Here you will find Earth Day activities
 to do with your preschool child(ren).

Have Fun!

Paper Mache' Earth

Create and paint the planet earth by using a balloon to paper mache'

Recycling Items

We are recycling paper bags for a local store and
we are recycling cell phones and ink cartridges as well.

Exploring Nature

Explore rocks and other natural objects

Cleaning Up Piece of Earth

We went and picked up a elderly lady's yard.

Cleaning Up the Neighborhood

Decorate large coffee cans... use them as your trash
 cans and pick up trash around your neighborhood.
Remember to use gloves for safety reasons.

Separating Recyclables

The children are separating trash, cans, and aluminum.

Recycle Symbol

Show the children the recycle symbol and talk about what each step means.

Planting Flowers

We plant flowers to make the daycare area "more pretty" as the kids say.

Using Recyclables in the Classroom

We have been doing activities and crafts with a lot
 of food containers, T.P. rolls and paper towel rolls.

Recycling For Our Earth

(Sung to the tune of : "Mary had a Little Lamb")

Hear the cans go crunch, crunch, crunch,
crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch.
Hear the cans go crunch, crunch, crunch
Recycle for our earth.
Hear the bottle go ding, ding, ding,
ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.
Hear the bottle go ding, ding, ding
Recycle for our earth.
Hear the paper go crinkle, crinkle, crinkle,
crinkle, crinkle, crinkle, crinkle, crinkle, crinkle,
Recycle for our earth.

Beautiful Bracelets

Save the plastic rings from beverage six-packs to make beautiful bracelets.
In advance, cut apart each six-pack holder to make six circular rings.
 To make a bracelet, use different colors of glue to decorate a plastic ring.
 Allow the glue to dry. Then you are ready to sport a clearly interesting bracelet.

Bulletin Board

Recognize Earth Day with this display. Enlarge an earth pattern and cut it out.
Have youngsters twist green and blue pieces of tissue paper, then glue them
 onto the pattern. Enlarge a child pattern. For each child, duplicate the pattern
 onto skin-toned construction paper; then cut it out. Ask each child to decorate
 his pattern using various art supplies so that it resembles himself. Mount the
 earth and student projects on a background, adding a title if desired.

Earth Painting

Copy an earth pattern and encourage the children to paint it using blue and
 green paint.  Explain that the blue represents water and green represents the land.

Ideas submitted by:
Shell, Brenda, Kim, Sophia, Maria, Deb,

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No copyright infringement is intended.
I do not claim any of these as my own ideas.  
They are shared from friends and fellow group members.  
Some ideas found have been compiled from groups through the yrs.
Thanks for sharing all your great ideas!

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