Earth Day
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Spring Pots - Let your kids paint clay pots and then plant plants in them. I used tempera paint and then we sprayed them with a clear varnish. The next day we took a trip to the nursery and I let my daughter pick out plant to plant in her pots. She now feels like she has been part of landscaping the yard. We even ...
Handprint Flower - Create a bright, cheerful flower on paper with your handprint, to display or share!
Earth Day Clean-up - Any day will do...not just Earth day! Set a day and time and then network with the families in your neighborhood for a Make Our Neighborhood Beautiful Day! Divide up the streets and start picking up. Our family decided to do it after noticing how much trash there was on the walk to the bus stop every ...
Coffee Filter Earth - First have the child lay the coffee filter on a newspaper or paper plate. Mix a cup of water with blue food coloring (The darker the water, the better). Have the child squeeze the dropper in the blue liquid and then onto the coffee filter until the filter is completely covered. Allow to dry. Do the same ...
Garbage Dump - You may want to go for a garbage walk....explaining that garbage does not go on the ground, but many people put it there. Monitor closely what they are picking up, of course, watch for glass, cigarette butts, etc. Put garbage in a bag to take back to the garbage dump. Or, you can just place items of ...
Animal Matching - Cut out pictures of animals. On paper, write out the sounds that each animal makes (i.e Cow - Moo, etc). Cut out each sound. Mix them all up and sound out the words with the child, then have them match up he sounds to the corresponding animal picture.
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