Weekly Theme: Protecting Our Planet
Activities
PreK-K
Make a Cloth Bag
Taking reusable bags when you go shopping makes less plastic and paper trash that can be harmful to nature. Make this reusable bag to take on your next shopping trip and use it to collect treasures on nature adventures!
1st-2nd Grade
Waste Audit
Your child can learn about recycling by sorting a day’s worth of trash from your home into different categories and then graphing what percentage can be recycled vs. true trash.
Activities
PreK-K
Celebrate Earth Poster Activity
Challenge your child to celebrate and protect our amazing planet.
1st-2nd Grade
Create a Family Water Conservation Plan
In this activity, your child will learn water-saving tips, then create a plan to conserve water by making small changes at home.
Activities
PreK-K
Make Your Own Paper
Children know recycling is important, but do they know how easy it is to give “trash” a new life? Making homemade paper provides a hands-on example of how we can help save the environment, one tree at a time.
1st-2nd Grade
Six Ways to Celebrate Earth Day Every Day
Research shows that early experiences in nature form the foundation for our understanding of the way things work. When we give kids time to be curious, we help them build a meaningful a relationship with nature.
Activities
PreK-K
Super Cleaner Upper
The Cat in the Hat is pitching in to keep the community clean! In this game, your child can hunt and classify items to recycle or compost.
1st-2nd Grade
AJs Recycle Rescue
In this game from Hero Elementary, kids learn to recycle and reuse items.
Activities
PreK-K
Nature Cat’s Recycling Challenge
Develop early math skills by sorting recyclable materials into the correct bins.
1st-2nd Grade
Celebrate Earth Day in Nature Cat’s Daisy’s Garden
Learn more about gardening and recycling for Earth Day with these ideas from Nature Cat‘s Daisy.