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Earth Day is Wednesday, April 22nd. To get into the spirit of this eco-friendly holiday, try out these sites for a wide variety of Earth Day free coloring pages, word searches and classroom or at-home activities and crafts. After researching a long list of sites, here are my favorite top 10 resources for super fun and educational Earth Day activities:
- Habitat Heroes – This is a brand new website that got up and running just in time for Earth Day 2009. Habitat Heroes is a social network that aims to inform and inspire all children, in a factual but fun way, about environmental and social issues affecting our planet. The main message is that the Earth is our habitat, and kids are the heroes. To check out Habitat Heroes, click here.
- Earth Day bookmarks to print and color - These ready-for-printing Earth Day bookmarks are a great school or at-home activity. Go the extra step and laminate them for durability and extended life. This dual purpose activity teaches kids to be eco-friendly, while encouraging their love of reading. For this fun and educational craft, click here.
- PlanetPals Earth Day learning activities – When learning is fun, it’s a win-win for child and parent or teacher. PlanetPals is a fantastic site offering a super variety of Earth Day activities. Topics include how the world recycles, our Earth Day pledge, the Earth Day swap and more. Click here for PlanetPals activities.
- Printable Classroom Activities - Picadome is a fantastic resource for all things green. You’ll find plenty of fun and educational printable activities for the classroom or at home. Activities on this site include free Earth Day coloring pages and posters, Earth Day crafts, and much more. To check out this fantastic resource, click here.
- Earth Day coloring pages and super craft ideas – Kaboose offers six different coloring pages: 4 of different animals, one of a boy planting a tree, and one of caring hands holding the planet Earth. For coloring pages, click here. This great resource also features also fun Earth Day craft ideas, including an egg carton bug mobile, tin can herb pots, and a super cute laundry bottle pet food scoop. Click here for crafts.
- Earth Day songs and poems – CanTeach.com offers Earth Day songs and poems on eco-friendly topics such as recycling, our Earth, and in tune with Mother Nature. My favorite song is This Old Earth, sung to the meoldy of This Old Man. Click here for songs and poems.
- Happy Earth Day Printable Coloring and Activities Book - The EPA has provided this 11-page printable coloring and activity book with worksheets about Earth Day. It’s full of tips for making the Earth a better place. Click Here for this fun-filled resource.
- Printable Nature Coloring Books - LeeHansen.com has a good variety of printable nature coloring books, including bugs, animals, flowers, and Earth Day. To celebrate Earth Day even more, there’s a nice poster and recycle bumper stickers. Click here for all of these fun activities and coloring pages.
- Activity Village – Hailing from England, this site has beautiful Earth Day coloring pages. Topics include cleaning up, tree planting, recycling, lovely Earth and save the Earth. There are 15 different pages from which to choose. Click here to check it out.
- Earth Day activities for preschool and kindergarten – DLTK offers a good variety of printable templates for Earth Day crafts, coloring pages, songs and more specifically designed for preschool and kindergarten kids including endangered animal crafts. Click here to view the site.
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Habitat Heroes is a fantastic new website for eco-savvy kids
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Comments
I really liked the Habitat Heroes website. Thanks for all the Earth Day fun!
love this site
i just learn this website and i think its really cool
I LOVE Earthday! I really liked the sites you had here also. I wanted to add something to the list. grandchildconnection.com. It is an incredible new service that strengthens the ties between grandparents and grandchildren. Grandchild Connection allows distant grandparents and grandchildren to develop close, meaningful relationships by utilizing today's technology of video conferencing. As part of the "VideoVisit" experience, GC coaches grandparents in educational and social activities that deepen the bonds they share with their grandchildren, and we provide the tools to achieve that end. We are putting the finishing touches on the site and are having our first soft launch on National Grandparents Day, September 13th, 2009. Come visit us now at grandchildconnection.com
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