Earth Day Activities Pack

Description

This Earth Day Activities Pack for preschool and kindergarten provides opportunities to develop important preschool and kindergarten skills in a fun way while also learning about the ways we can protect our earth. Both color and black and white formats are included, where possible, to suit your individual printing needs.

What’s included in the Earth Day Activities Pack?

Literacy Activities Include:

• Alphabet Trace: Students trace uppercase and lowercase letters to practice letter formation.
• 3-Part Cards: Featuring a range of Earth Day vocabulary and matching pictures.
• Vocabulary Match: Students draw a line to match the picture to the vocabulary word.
• Do-A-Dot Letter Search: Students search for and dot the target letter on each page.
• Writing Pages: Each page features dotted writing lines and a written or picture prompt. Prompts include: What can you recycle? and Ways I Can Love the Earth.

Math Activities Include:

• Counting Puzzles: Fun picture skip counting puzzles including counting by 1s, 2s, 3s and 4s.
• Count the Objects: Students count and record how many they can find of each object.
• Count and Clip Cards: Students count the objects and clip the correct number.
• Color by Number: A set of fun themed color by number coloring pages.
• Size Sequencing Cards: Students order the pictures in order according to their size.
• Number Cards: Featuring both numerals and number words, these cards can be matched or used for different games.
• Task Card Counting Bottles: Students count the plastic bottles in the recycling bins and either write or model the number using magnetic numbers.

Fine Motor Skills Activities Include:

• Do-A-Dot Pages: Students use a bingo or stamp marker to dot each spot on these letter and picture activity cards.
• Coloring Pages: Students color the Earth Day themed pictures and trace the vocabulary word.
• Trace the Lines: Students practice their fine motor skills by tracing the various lines on this worksheet.
• Fingerprint Activity: Students use paint to dot their fingerprint on each spot on these activity cards
• Playdough Letters: Students roll little balls of playdough and place them along the outline of each of the letters.
• Cutting Practice: Students use scissors to cut along the different lines.
• Trash Sort & Clip: Students sort the picture cards according to the correct bin and attach using math links.

Other Themed Activities Include:

• Ways We Can Help the Earth Chart: Showing nine actions students can take to help with earth featuring words and pictures.
• Trash Sorting Posters: Three posters with picture examples of what goes in the green bin, blue bin and trash bin.
• Earth Day Bingo: Including calling cards and both color and black and white game boards for students to color.
• Puzzles: 2- and 4-piece picture puzzles featuring themed pictures and vocabulary.
• Patterning Worksheets: Including What Comes Next? and Complete the Pattern.
• Dice Game: Students roll the themed dice and represent the results on a graph.
• Puppets: Attach each of these items to paddle pop sticks for dramatic play and role playing experiences. 
• Activity Sheets: 10 printable worksheets including Trace & Color, See & Dot, Recycle Bin Counting, Earth Day Tracing and more.

This Earth Day Activities Pack is perfect for the following learning settings:

⭐ As part of your morning work during a unit on Earth Day

⭐ As a math or literacy center activity while learning about the environment

⭐ With small groups of students with a particular focus, e.g. recognising numbers 1 to 10.

How to prepare this Earth Day Activities Pack?

✂️ Simply print and laminate each component, if desired. 

✂️ Both color and black and white formats are included where possible to suit your individual printing needs.

Suggested materials:

✏️ Pencils / coloring materials

✏️ Scissors

✏️ Glue

✏️ Bingo markers

✏️ Pegs

✏️ Paddle Pop sticks

✏️ Dry erase markers

✏️ Paint

✏️ Playdough

✏️ Math links