Earth Day

Earth Day 

Earth Day Projects 

I Love the Earth Headband

Here is the link for these cute Earth Day Headbands

Paper Plate, Hand Print and Heart Earth!

Styrofoam Ball and Tissue Paper Earth

Cover a Styrofoam ball with white glue or Mod Podge.  Cover with squares of blue tissue paper.  Add on green tissue paper and red heart

Protect the Earth Mini Book

Here is the link for this mini book

Sorting Trash

Here is the link for this sorting trash activity

Earth Day

Earth Day

Projects

Earth Man!

Cut a blue circle out of construction paper

Cut out green shapes 

Cut out a red heart

Cut 4 green strips and accordion fold each strip

Directions:  Glue the green shapes and heart onto the blue circle

Glue on googly eyes and draw a smile

Glue on the arms and legs

Hand Print Earth

Cut out a blue circle

Paint a hand green and press onto the circle, paint on other green shapes to make the earth!

Painted Earth

Cut a circle out of white paper

Paint the circle - earth- blue and green

Earth Day!

Create a document just like below.

Cut squares of green and blue tissue paper

Glue the tissue paper squares onto the blank circle to make earth

Earth Day Tracing

I created a Word Document for my almost 3 year old nephew to work on his tracing skills.  We also did a little counting and name writing!

Earth Day Projects and Activities!!

Earth Day Projects

 

Earth Day Crafts

Earth Crayon Molds

We peeled the wrappers off all of our broken blue, green and white crayons and broke each crayon into small pieces.  Each child took turns filling their mini-muffin hole with the broken crayons.  I placed the muffin tin into a 250 degree oven until the crayons were melted.  We let them cool and then I popped  each Crayon Earth out of the muffin tin! 

The end result

 

 

Watercolor Earth Hand Prints!

I painted the girl's hands with blue and green watercolor paints.

They pressed each of their hands onto white paper. 

We let them dry and then I labeled the paper with each girl's name and the year.

I also wrote, "Our hand prints are all over the world!"

 

Hand and Foot Print Earth

Paint 1 hand and 1 foot with green paint

Press the painted hand and foot onto blue paper

Let dry

Cut a circle shape around the hand and foot print

Label with name and year

 

Coffee Filter Earth

Paint a coffee filter with blue and green watercolor paints

Earth Window Cling/Suncatcher

Cut a circle shape from green construction paper (you will need 2 circles for each project)

Cut a circle from the middle of each circle so you have a large circle opening

Rip pieces of green and blue tissue paper

Stick one of the circles onto Con Tact Paper

Press the green and blue pieces of tissue paper into the middle of the green circle

When  covered, place the other circle on top and seal with Con Tact paper

 

Torn Paper Earth

Cut a circle from white paper

Tear pieces of green and blue construction paper

Glue the pieces onto the white circle

Glue the finished earth onto black paper

**I did this same project in 2010 with my son and friend.
Here are their Mosaic Earth Projects from 2010!!**

 

 

Earth Day Learning Activities

 

I Heart the Earth

Writing

Cut a heart shape from white paper

Paint the heart with blue and green watercolor paints

Let dry

I made a writing template that says, "I heart the earth by "

Discuss ways that we care for and love our earth

Have your child write how they "Heart" earth

Glue the painted heart and writing template onto a piece of construction paper.

Here is the link to the activity that inspired my writing/painting activity!

 

 

Earth Day and Where Is the Green Sheep?

Day 2 of the week - The theme this week is Books! Then letters of the week are W, w, X.
Learning Activity- I read the book Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox to Connor and Lauren. Then, Connor and Lauren each chose a color. I cut a construction paper cloud usingtheir chosen color. They glued the shape to the form sheet (Mailbox Magazine February/March 2009). Next, they decorated the shape so it resembled a sheep from the bookand named the color of their sheep and where their sheep might be. They wrote the information on the provided spaces.
Project - Coffee Filter Earth- To celebrate Earth Day, we discussed how we can take care of our earth and how important it is to take care of earth. They came up with; shut off the water and the lights, recycle and throw away trash. Then we talked about what earth looks like from space Directions: paint a coffee filter blue and green with water color paints. Let dry. Glue painted coffee filter onto black construction paper (use a glue stick), write Earth Day on black paper with white chalk. Materials Needed -water color paint, paint brush, water, coffee filter, black construction paper, glue stick, white chalk.

Today's Learning Activities:

Numbers - subtracting writing numbers, counting

Letters - writing lowercase w and uppercase X

Pre-reading - same and different, matching

Writing - journal writing

Mosaic Paper Earth!

Day 3 of the week - The theme this week is Outer Space. The letters of the week are J, j, O the number of the week is 12.
Project - Mosaic Paper Earth- Before we started the project. Connor, Lauren and I talked about the planets in our solar system. When we talked about Earth, I asked them what colors they see when you see Earth from space. They both said, green and blue! Connor is really getting into this outer space theme. At the library today, he found a lot of space books, including a huge book about the moon. We read the moon book this afternoon and he had a ton of questions. I think we will have to do a craft about the moon next week.

Directions: Connor and Lauren ripped blue and green construction paper into small pieces. I traced a circle onto white card stock (I actually traced the lid to my smallest cooking pot!) Connor and Lauren cut out their circles and glued the green and blue paper pieces onto their circle. Once the circle was covered, Connor and Lauren glued the covered circle (Earth) onto a piece of black construction paper. Then, to work on their writing and letter skills, they each wrote the word "Earth" beneath their Earth with chalk! Materials Needed - blue, green and black construction paper, white card stock, glue stick, scissors, white chalk

Gluing the paper pieces The finished mosaic projects

Learning Activities:

Today's Activities:

Handwriting - tracing lines

Numbers - 12, counting, writing numbers

Reading Readiness - on top

Colors -yellow and blue, coloring, writing, recognition

Writing Letters -Uppercase O