This recycle worksheet asks kindergarten students to circle each object that belongs in the recycling bin. Nine familiar pictures, no reading required, and an answer key is included so checking takes seconds.
This go green recycle activity helps preschool to 3rd grade students sort everyday items into paper, plastic, metal, and glass, with a practice page and answer key included.
Using the Going Green Song (Animated Music Video), students learn all about ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle and so much more through a catchy video!
Using the Going Green Song (MP3), students learn all about ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle and so much more through a catchy song!
This Earth Day reader's theater lets kindergarten and 1st grade students perform The Earth Day Hen and Friends, a two-level script that builds reading fluency and expression while children learn to care for the Earth.
These earth day flash cards help preschool to 2nd grade children name and read 16 picture words about caring for our planet. A practice page and answer key are included.
UsingEarth Day Writing Activity, students brainstorm the sequence of events of a growing seed, then publish using them Earth Day themed writing.
Using Earth Day Numbers Activity, studentscount objects up to 20 in a set in order to build their counting fluency.
This Earth Day easy alphabetical order activity gives kindergarten and 1st grade students two sets of nature picture cards to put in ABC order by the first letter. A practice page and answer key are included.
Little hands, big planet love
Kindergartners learn that Earth Day is a day in April to take care of our planet. They learn three big words: reduce, reuse and recycle, and what each one looks like at home and school. They sort trash into paper, plastic and cans, and talk about turning off lights and water. The click comes when kids realize their own small choices, like using both sides of the paper, really help!
Five-year-olds learn best by singing, sorting and doing. These moves make caring for Earth real.
Start each day of Earth Day week with the Going Green song. Add hand motions for reduce, reuse and recycle. By the end of the week, kids will be singing the words while they clean up.
Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withGoing Green Song (Animated Music Video)SongsOpen it →Bring in clean paper, plastic bottles and cans and set out three bins. Kids take turns sorting and saying why. Then they do the same sort on paper.
Why it works: going from real objects to pictures to symbols is a core recommendation of the U.S. Department of Education's elementary math guide.
Try it withGo Green Recycle ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Flash a card and kids act it out: plant a tree, turn off the water, pick up trash. Quick rounds each morning help the new words stick.
Why it works: a big review of study methods ranked quick self-quizzing among the most powerful ways to remember (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withEarth Day Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →These ideas fill a whole week of planet-friendly fun.
ActivitiesKids act out a short reader's theater, each with a part to read or say.
Open Earth Day Reader's Theater →
ActivitiesCount recycled objects and match each set to its number.
Open Earth Day Numbers Activity →
ActivitiesKids draw and write one way they will help Earth this week.
Open Earth Day Writing Activity →Teacher favorites right now: Recycle Worksheet, Go Green Recycle Activity and Going Green Song (Animated Music Video).
Earth Day is on April 22 every year. Many schools celebrate it all week.
Say it is a special day to take care of our planet. Then show one thing they can do, like turning off the water while brushing teeth.
Sorting recycling, planting a seed, a short nature walk to pick up litter, and a song about going green. Keep each activity short and hands-on.
Reduce means use less, reuse means use things again, and recycle means turn old things into new things. Kids remember it best with a motion for each word.
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