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Celebrate Earth Day on April 22nd
Protect our Species
Jan Homden
Consilium Education 2019
EARTH DAY 2019
EDUCATION PROGRAM
Protect Our Species!
‘Earth Day Network works year round to solve climate change, to end
plastic pollution, to protect endangered species, and to broaden,
educate, and activate the environmental movement across the globe.’
“In nature, nothing exists alone.”
— Rachel Carson, 1962
‘Nature’s gifts to our planet are the millions of species that we know
and love, and many more that remain to be discovered. Unfortunately,
human beings have irrevocably upset the balance of nature and, as a
result, the world is facing the greatest rate of extinction since we lost
the dinosaurs more than 60 million years ago. But unlike the fate of the
dinosaurs, the rapid extinction of species in our world today is the
result of human activity.’
‘Earth Day Network is asking people to join our Protect our Species
campaign. Our goals are to:
Educate and raise awareness about the accelerating rate of
extinction of millions of species and the causes and consequences
of this phenomenon.
Achieve major policy victories that protect broad groups of
species as well as individual species and their habitats.
Build and activate a global movement that embraces nature and
its values.
Encourage individual actions such as adopting plant based diet and
stopping pesticide and herbicide use.’
From: Earth Day Network – Earth Day 2019 Protect Our Species
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Earth Day Resources
Go to www.earthday.org click on earth day
resources to download toolkits to use in the
classroom. There is more information about
Earth Day as well as other material that
includes the following list of species profiles:
Bees
Coral Reefs
Elephants
Giraffes
Insects
Whales
Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on
April 22, ‘Day events worldwide are held to
demonstrate support for environmental
protection. It was first celebrated in 1970, and
is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day
Network and celebrated in more than 193
countries each year.’ Wikipedia
Protect Our Species Poster for Earth Day
2019
The official poster Earth Day 2019 is on sale for donations of $50 or
more to Earth Day Network.
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DESIGN YOUR OWN POSTERS
Within your school community organise a competition to encourage
students of all ages to design Protect our Species posters. Have an
exhibition of their posters with a box for donations. The money raised
could go towards a charitable environmental organisation your school
supports.
ORGANISE A SPECIAL DAY AT SCHOOL
Earth Day is the perfect occasion to get the school
community together and organise an event that
involves everyone. Maybe start the day with a special
assembly centred on Earth Day – perhaps invite a
guest speaker to talk to the students about
protecting our species.
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Follow this with:
An Earth Day Scavenger Hunt
An Earth Day Neighbourhood Clean-up
Plant/Adopt a Tree for Earth Day
Design and Create a Bug Hotel
Create a rewilding patch to encourage wildlife
Finish with a school picnic/barbeque
An Earth Day Scavenger Hunt
Ask each family to bring a bag to
put their items into. Make a list of
things to collect outdoors e.g. a
pinecone, a leaf, a flower, a smooth
stone, a stick, a feather. Add items
such as a plastic bottle/fork/bag, a
paper cup, a lollypop stick, an item
made from cardboard, something
shiny, a most unusual item! Etc. etc.
Everyone sets off on a walk around the neighbourhood or to a nearby park and
has an hour to collect as many items as possible before returning to school.
Encourage the parents to talk to the children about the items they find - what
role they have and what impact they make on the surrounding environment. For
example flowers provide nectar that bees carry back to their hives to make
honey. Plastic items, on the other hand, are litter that do not belong in nature
and should always be recycled so they don't continue to pollute or harm the
environment.
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Neighbourhood Clean Up
Discuss why it is important to keep the
Earth clean. Give families litter grabbers,
high-visibility jackets & recyclable
trash/bin bags before they set off to their
favourite local park, playground, or beach.
Remind young children to pick up only paper
and plastic products, and not to lift
anything dangerous, like broken glass. The
adults can handle the serious stuff.
Plant trees for Earth Day
‘From Senegal to Finland, from Los Angles to the Bronx.
Earth Day Network loves planting trees and especially loves
planting trees with kids. Planting trees connects children
with nature and shows them that their hard work makes a
difference in their world.’
‘Trees in a school yard improve air quality and can reduce
temperatures in warm climates by 10°F. They provide shade in the summer,
beautiful, inspiring colors in the fall, and new signs of life every spring. They are
a small environmental investment that will pay dividends for years if not
decades to come.’
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If you are in the UK have a look at these web-
sites
Click on the images to follow
the link
If you are in Ireland have a look at this
web-site - Click on the images to follow the links
Have a look at this video on how
to plant a small tree.
‘Here's a great Irish book written by
teacher and lecturer Paddy Madden. Paddy lectures in
SESE at the Marino institute of Education. His book is
based on his experience working with children in Scoil
Treasa Naofa in Dublin. In 1985 he established Ireland’s
first school wildlife garden. He has also written 'The
School Garden - What to do and when to do it.'
An edition with a broad remit where Paddy's school experience shines through.
A very well researched book.’ Click on the book cover to follow the link
If you are in Australia have a look at Trees for
Life
Click on the image below to follow the link to Schools
Tree Day
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If you are in New Zealand have a look at
this web-site – Trees for Survival
Click on the image to follow the link
If you are living in Canada
this is a great web-site
with an introductory video –
Google: Tree Canada
‘Schools can apply anytime, as we are in touch with sponsors all over Canada.
Applications are accepted year-round, and we’ll keep your request on file for
two years. To apply, start to complete the following “Steps to Greening Your
School Grounds,” ensure the principal supports the project, and submit your
application form.’
BUG HOTELS
‘This incredible 5-star luxury wildlife hotel is easy
to make using lots of recycled materials.
The best bug hotels have lots of small spaces in
different shapes and sizes and made from
different materials. Ideally some should be nice
and dry inside, and others a bit dampish.
Bug hotels are generally made from reclaimed
materials, or natural objects, which reduces cost,
helps them blend in with their surroundings and is
probably more attractive to the mini-beast guests.
Visitors throughout the year might include nesting mason bees and leaf cutter
bees, woodlice and earwigs, ladybirds and lacewings, or beetle larvae feeding on
the dead wood. Bug Hotels also provide refuges for frogs, toads and hedgehogs;
and they also help local birds and small mammals who rely on insects as a food
source.’
By: Jenny Dicks – Encourage Wildlife Into Your Garden With A Bug Hotel!
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CREATE A REWILDING PATCH
Rewild Our World
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
Durrell’s new strategy is focused on
rewilding and we have set ourselves bold
and ambitious targets to achieve by 2025 when our
founder, Gerald Durrell, would have celebrated his
100th birthday. Click on the image to watch the video
From: Kennedy Wild Bird Food
What is rewilding?
‘Regardless of whether you’ve got a large open garden space or a modest one,
you can always get involved in rewilding. Essentially, it involves restoring your
land or garden to its natural state to encourage more wildlife and nature to
reside there.’
1. Create a ‘wild area’ in a corner of your school campus.
You can do this by leaving piles of leaves, old bits of wood, twigs and grass in a
sheltered corner of your garden. This will create a cosy home for animals such
as hedgehogs to hibernate in, and it will also provide a place for slugs and
beetles to thrive.
2. Don’t be too tidy
You can trim hedges, branches and grass a certain amount, but allow a bit of
wildness here and there will create a haven for little critters.
3. Mix and match your plants
Mix and match the plants in your garden to create a wildlife and bird friendly
garden design. Not only is this attractive to look at, you’ll have better success
at attracting bees and other insects with a wider range of plants and flowers.
4. Avoid harmful pesticides
Use natural alternatives to create a more wildlife-friendly environment. You can
buy organic, natural deterrents or alternatively you can make them yourself
with natural ingredients.
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5. Leave the weeds
Weeds are often painted in a bad light as the ‘pariahs’ of garden plants, however
did you know that they can play an important part in rewilding!
Plants such as stinging nettles provide homes for moths and butterflies, so leave
the weeds to thrive to see a wider array of beautiful insects.
6. Add water
Just as water sustains life on earth, the single best thing for biodiversity in a
small space is to add water. And you don’t need much space for a pond. A
washing-up bowl will do. Collect some duckweed and other common pond “weeds”.
Within a year, the pond will be found by frogs, newts, pond snails and
damselflies.
For more information have a look at
https://bluecampaignhub.com/
The Blue heart is now recognised nationally as the
symbol for rewilding Britain.
In January 2017, Chris Baker – Head of Science at
The British School in Bucharest created a ‘Rewilding
Zone’. Read about his experience in ITM –
International Teacher Magazine
https://consiliumeducation.com/itm/2018/02/17/rewilding-zone/
Finish your special community day with a school picnic or barbeque
School picnic at the Jerusalem
American International School
School Barbeque - The British
School, Paris
9|PageRecycling in School
If you haven’t already set up recycling stations in and around school have a think
about the best places to install them with easy access for everyone on campus
to use them, and easy access for the collection of bins/contents.
Bins for outdoors Bins for indoors
In classrooms have small bins so the children can learn from an early
age the process for recycling items into the paper and card bin, the
plastic bin and the compost bin.
Invest in a Bokashi Bin/Bucket
Bokashi is an easy, no smell or mess
compost process.
Click on the image for further information
Fruit and veg, dairy products, meat and
bones, fish, pizza, burgers, snack based
foods, cakes, cooked food leftovers,
spent flowers can all go into the
Bokashi Bucket. Sprinkle a handful of
Bokashi Bran on top of the food waste each time you add food scraps. Drain any
excess liquid produced using the tap at the bottom of the bucket as often as
possible. This allows the material to decompose at a quicker rate. After 2/3
weeks add the waste to a home composter or to a wormery or dig a trench in
the soil in your garden, add the waste and cover over.
Have one in your staffroom, the kitchen, and a couple in the school canteen. The
school garden will never be the same again!
10 | P a g eWater conservation
Teach children about the importance of saving water e.g. washing hands –
demonstrate turning the tap off after wetting hands, turning it on again when
ready to rinse off the soap and turning it off when finished. At home, when
they are cleaning their teeth remind them to turn the tap off while they are
brushing their teeth and to turn it on to rinse, remembering to turn it off again
when they have finished.
Save Water to Help the Earth
Two friends discuss how to save water
WonderGroveKids
Click on the image to follow the link
Water Splash: an early years education pack about water
produced by WaterAid working with the Education Forum of
the Water Companies of the UK and with support from the
National Day Nurseries Association. Click on the image to
download your free pack with lots of resources and ideas to
teach water conservation to young children.
Water Aid: have a look at the Water Aid web-site and
find out how you can get your school involved. They offer a
wide range of teaching resources and fund raising materials
covering all key stages to support learning about global
water issues. Click on the image to follow the link.
A world of water! | WaterAid
WaterAid
Suitable for Key Stages 1-2, 'A world of water'
explores the importance of this vital resource,
takes a brief look at the water cycle, and
introduces the concept of life without taps and
toilets and the implications on health and livelihoods.
Click on the image to watch and listen to the video
11 | P a g eProtect our seas
‘ORCA works in North East England to deliver the
Your Seas educational programme. Please note that
the Your Seas North Sea project runs from March
to September every year.’ Google: ORCA's Schools
Programme for more information.
‘The project also delivers our Your Seas educational programme in Portsmouth
and the local area, teaching people of all ages about the fantastic whales and
dolphins that can be seen right on our doorstep and the threats that they
face. Please email us for more information on info@orcaweb.org.uk
Working with local schools, community groups and
businesses, ORCA teaches people of all ages about
North Sea whales and dolphins and the threats they
face and helps the general public understand how they
can play a part in protecting the marine environment.’
PROACTIVE EDUCATION
‘As part of our educational awareness, GreenSeas
Trust will continue with the help of our volunteer
base to visit schools and education institutes to
highlight the problems of marine debris. We want
children and young adults to come up with
interesting solutions to the problems and see
where their imagination can take them. Art work,
workshops and beach cleans are all great ways to
keep the next generation interested.’
Click on the GreenSeas logo above to follow the link
Click on the Save Our Seas logo to follow the link
ABOUT THE FOUNDATION
For more than a decade, Save Our Seas Foundation
has been dedicated to protecting life in our oceans,
especially sharks and rays. We support passionate and innovative researchers,
conservationists and educators across the globe, by funding their projects and helping
them to tell important scientific and environmental stories. Our centres
in Florida, Seychelles and South Africa are dedicated to learning about sharks and rays
and sharing that knowledge.
12 | P a g eEARTH DAY VIDEOS FOR EARLY YEARS & KEY STAGE 1
CLICK ON THE IMAGES TO FOLLOW THE LINKS
BETSY’S KINDERGARTEN ADVENTURES: HAPPY
EARTH DAY BY JANSON MEDIA (13:07)
Told from the perspective of 5-year old Betsy. Her
teacher explains that Senator Gaylord Nelson was
the founder of Earth Day and how we can help keep
our Earth clean…even at that the young age of 5.
READING RAINBOW: HOW TRASH IS RECYCLED WITH LEVAR BURTON BY
READING RAINBOW (6:24)
This video is an amazing video that takes you on
a “field trip” to a recycling plant. Your students
will learn many important facts about recycling.
They will see the specific steps of how
cardboard and plastic products are recycled.
EARTH DAY RECYCLING SONG LYRICS FOR
PRESCHOOL BY KIBOOMERS (1:17)
This one is great for recycling and talking
about the processes of how kids do it!
WE’RE GOING GREEN BY HARRY
KINDERGARTEN (2:39)
This video is LOADED with ways to make better
choices for the planet. This is a great video for
talking about recycling, reusing, and conserving!
13 | P a g eEarth Day Science Lessons- Key Stage 2
There are so many ways to connect Earth Day with science. Here are just a few
suggestions: Click on the images to follow the links.
Planets: Teach your students about our solar
system and the planets in it. This could be followed
up by using this excellent activity from the KS2
BBC Bitesize website, also have a look at The solar
system
Water Cycle: Study the water cycle and how it is important for our Earth.
Have a look at this video from: National Science
Foundation which ‘uses animation, graphics, and video
clips to illustrate and explain each of the "flow" and
"storage" processes in the Hydrologic Cycle, more
commonly known as the Water Cycle: precipitation,
interception, runoff, infiltration, percolation,
groundwater discharge, evaporation, transpiration,
evapotranspiration, and condensation.’
Have a look at Project Learning Tree.
‘Working with seeds and leaves can teach your
students about much more than capillary action, germination,
and photosynthesis. It can provide valuable lessons in caring for
living things, collecting data, and using the scientific method.’
Have a look at their hands-on plant science activities that are
easy to integrate into your kindergarten, elementary, or middle
school classroom.
Recycling: Earth Day is a perfect time to talk about
reducing, reusing and recycling. Have a look at dealing with
waste. ‘Sweden is so good at recycling that, for several
years, it has imported rubbish from other countries to
keep its recycling plants going. Less than 1 per cent of
Swedish household waste was sent to landfill last year or any year since 2011.’
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/sweden-s-recycling-is-so-revolutionary-
the-country-has-run-out-of-rubbish-a7462976.html
14 | P a g eActivities for Earth Day
Recycled Plastic Mobile
Create a mobile which gets everyone
contributing.
Make a class, year group or whole school mobile/s
from recycled plastic. Ask each child to bring in
something made from plastic to add to a mobile.
This could be a class or corridor display.
In the classroom you could use a hoola hoop
suspended from the ceiling and hang the children’s
items using fishing wire.
Or
Along the corridor use 2 or 3 hoola hoops or suspend plastic netting and hang
the plastic items from it.
Ask your PE Dept. for a loan of a couple of hoola hoops
Fishing wire available from most craft stores
Flexible plastic netting from hardware stores
15 | P a g eFor Early Years
Children could make binoculars to go exploring in the environment
Materials: two toilet rolls or one kitchen roll cut in half, paint brush, washable
paint, coloured craft paper, washable PVA glue, Pritt stick, string or ribbon,
safety scissors, stickers (optional), single hole punch
Children to paint the 2 paper tubes or cut coloured paper
and using a Pritt stick glue the paper around each tube.
When the tubes are dry join them together with PVA glue
– secure with a couple of elastic bands.
Remove the elastic bands when firmly joined and punch a
hole in the outer edge of each tube. Children can
decorate their binoculars with stickers. Cut the string
or ribbon – roughly 20cms, thread it through each hole
and tie.
All set to go exploring the environment!
16 | P a g eHave fun with Seeds - Click on the image to follow the link
Grow Hair!
Materials:
Clear plastic cups
Compost
Grass seeds/radish seeds
A photo of each child
Sticky labels
Marker
Scoops
A little watering can
Children scoop compost into their cup & sprinkle grass seeds on
top. Pour a little water over the seeds. Clean off the outside of
the cup, write their name on a label and stick it on.
Take a photo of each child maybe pulling a funny face and glue it
to the cup. Leave the cups on a sunny window sill & remember to
water.
Plant seeds in eggshells! Click on the image to follow the link
Materials:
Empty eggshell halves from large eggs.
Potting soil.
Easy to grow flower, vegetable or herb
seeds.
Plastic or cardboard egg carton.
Little watering can
When you use your eggs, be careful when you crack your eggshell. You should
just crack off enough of the shell to make it easier for you to get those half
shells. Fill the shell with your potting soil, and plant your preferred seeds in
there. Water your seeds. When it is time to plant your seedlings, just
transplant the whole shell into the ground. Some say it is also good to crush the
eggshells a little bit as they contain nutrients that are needed by your soil and
your plants. Don’t forget to keep your planters in a place where they have
access to sunlight.
17 | P a g eMake an Earth Day Sign
Materials:
Blue construction paper
Glue
Dirt
Grass
Rocks
Flowers
Twigs
Use natural materials collected on a walk around your local environment to make
an Earth Day Sign.
Construct with Recycled Materials
Collect recycled materials so you have a stack of
supplies in your classroom all ready to go. Children
can build cities, roads, bridges, etc. using what is
available from your collection.
Click on the image to follow the link
Recycled tins and magnets on the
discovery table
From:
Children will have lots of fun experimenting with
different kinds of magnets and adding magnets to the
tins to make e.g. robots. Click on the image to follow
the link.
From:
An assortment of magnets –
Click on the images to follow the link
18 | P a g eEARTH DAY SONGS
Earth Day Song for 2019 | Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Song For
Kids
Math Songs by NUMBEROCK
Enjoy our growing library of educational videos beyond
Earth Day 2019 at https://www.numberock.com
Suitable for Upper Primary students 6:57
Click on the image to follow the link.
Earth Day: The Environment and our Planet in a Song for Kids!
I Love to Learn with PlayKids
Celebrate Earth Day in a video and song for kids
teaching about the environment, conservation, saving
water, recycling, turning the lights off and all things
green! This is a great way to teach preschool kids
about the importance of reduce, reuse and recycle in a
fun, memorable song. 2:22
Click on the image to follow the link.
I Am The Earth - music & lyrics by Glyn Lehmann (official)
Sheet music, recording and backing track at:
https://songlibrary.net/I-Am-The-Eart... Available
from Apple Music (http://apple.co/2pCSjRq) Spotify
(http://spoti.fi/2nP7P0f) Amazon
(http://amzn.to/2ohJ0FB)
This animation created by children from Marryatville
Primary School, South Australia in 2008 for the song
'I Am The Earth', written by Glyn Lehmann http://glynlehmann.com Suitable
for Upper Primary students 3:56 - A beautiful, memorable song.
Click on the image to follow the link.
19 | P a g eThis Is Our World Song - For Earth Day
This is a song for Earth Day. It is for children
and schools and can be downloaded at
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Pr... It is
available to download as a vocal track and
karaoke version. Lyrics come with the
download. Suitable for lower & upper Primary
Sing along with We’ve got the whole world in our hands
Click on the image
Barefoot Books
‘Connect with the whole wide, wonderful
world with this green book that rejoices in
the marvels of our environment.’
SONGS TO SING FOR THE 2 – 5 YEAR OLDS
Clean Up - (Tune: Twinkle, twinkle, Little Star)
Twinkle, twinkle little star
Time to clean up where you are.
Put litter back in its place,
Keep a smile upon your face.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
Time to clean up where you are.
Save, save, save the cans (Sung to: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat")
Original Author Unknown
Save, save, save the cans, throw them in the bin,
We can help to save the earth if we all pitch in.
Save, save, save the paper....
Save, save, save the bottles....
Save, save, save the plastics....
20 | P a g eThis Old Earth (to the tune of "This Old Man") Original Author Unknown
This old earth
Needs our help
To stay fresh and clean and green
With a pick it up; pitch it in; and throw it in the
can………….
This old earth needs a helping hand!
Recycling in my Home from: Can Teach
(To the tune of "The Wheels on the Bus")
Recycling in my home goes round and round,
Round and round, round and round.
Recycling in my home goes round and round,
All through the day.
Tie up the papers and take them back,
Take them back, take them back.
Tie up the papers and take them back,
All through the day.
Crush the cans and take them back.....
Rinse the milk bottles and take them back....
Save the glass and take it back......
A can in the bin (Sung to: "Ten in a bed") By: Meish
Goldish
A can in the bin
And another went in.
Recycle! Recycle!
We all recycled and added a can,
There were two in the bin and another went in.
Recycle! Recycle!
(Continue to you get to five...
21 | P a g eEarth Day, Earth Day, (Sung to: "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star")
Earth Day, Earth Day,
Comes once a year.
But we should make our message clear.
Love and clean our Earth each day.
Make that plan a plan to stay.
Earth Day, Earth Day,
Comes once a year,
Love and care for our Earth so dear.
This Land - from: CHILDFUN
(Tune: This Land is Your Land)
This land is your land, This land is my land,
Let's work together, To make it better,
From tall green forests to clear blue waters
This land depends on you and me!
Books for Earth Day – reviewed by Amazon -
Click on the covers to follow the link
The Earth Book - Hardcover - by Todd Parr (Author)
‘With his signature blend of playfulness and sensitivity,
Todd Parr explores the important, timely subject of
environmental protection and conservation in this eco-
friendly picture book. The book is printed entirely with
recycled materials and nontoxic soy inks. This book
includes lots of easy, smart ideas on how we can all work
together to make the Earth feel good.’
22 | P a g eMichael Recycle - Paperback – by Ellie Bethel (Author), Alexandra
Colombo (Illustrator)
‘I'm Michael Recycle for all that I'm worth I'm green and
I'm keen to save planet Earth! A small town somewhere
near you is in desperate need of salvation...from drowning
in rubbish at the hands of its lazy and wasteful
inhabitants! He is a new kind of superhero in a new kind of
world.’
The Coral Kingdom - Hardcover – 15 Mar 2018 by Laura
Knowles (Author), Jennie Webber (Illustrator)
Through gentle rhyme and intricately etched artwork, it
explores the life cycle, diversity and colour of the coral
reef ecosystem, as well as the threats the reef faces and
what we can do to save it.
Ten Things I Can Do to Help My World - Paperback – by Melanie
Walsh (Author)
‘A beautifully simple book for small children where
transforming pages reveal ten things that everyone can do to
help conserve their world. Many of them, such as turning off
the television properly, are about conserving energy. Others,
such as feeding the birds in winter and growing plants from
seed, will encourage an understanding of nature and
conservation.’
The Drop in my Drink: The Story of Water on Our Planet
- Paperback by Meredith Hooper (Author), Chris Coady (Illustrator)
This is the story of a drop of water, told by a gifted
science writer and illustrated with remarkable paintings.
Meredith Hooper takes us back thousands of years to see
where the Earth's water came from, and how life began in
the oceans and later moved onto land.
23 | P a g eGeorge Saves the World by Lunchtime (George and Flora)
- Paperback – by Dr Jo Readman (Author), Ley Honor Roberts (Illustrator)
‘George is determined to save the world by lunchtime, but
he's not quite sure how. Grandpa suggests they start by
recycling the yoghurt pot from his breakfast, putting his
banana peel in the compost pile, and hanging the washing to
dry in the sun. A bike trip to the recycling bank, charity
shop and local farmers' market show how recycling and re-
using materials, can really help save the world.’
Charlie and Lola: Look After Your Planet - Paperback – by Lauren
Child (Author)
‘Lola is clearing out some of her old things because she does
not want her bedroom to ever get as messy and pongy as
Marv's older brother Marty's bedroom - yuk! Charlie
persuades Lola that instead of throwing her things away,
she should recycle them. 'Recycle it? What is that?' asks
Lola.’
Charlie and Lola - Look after your planet (HQ)
Click on the image to watch
‘Lola learns all about recycling, and doing things to save the planet.
In a magazine, she and Charlie spot a competition to win a tree, if
you recycle 100 things in each of four categories. Finding it
difficult to complete this alone, they get their school involved.’
Good video to inspire the children to work together!
Eight Books for Earth Day and Beyond by Alycia Zimmerman from
Scholastic - Click on the image to follow the link.
Dr. Seuss’s classic is still my go-to book to kick off our
unit about the problems facing our natural world. There
are, however, plenty of other fabulous children’s books
that build awareness about climate change. Even if you
don’t have time for an environmental service project or
an Earth Day extravaganza, you can still bring
environmental awareness into your classroom by sharing
some of these books with your middle grade students.
24 | P a g eHere We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
- Hardcover by Oliver Jeffers (Author, Illustrator)
The exquisite and thought-provoking new book from the multi
award-winning, internationally best-selling picture book creator
of Lost and Found, Oliver Jeffers.
Disappearing Wildlife (Protect Our Planet) by Angela
Royston (Author)
Why are many animals in danger? What is a habitat? How can
we protect wildlife? People are doing things that are putting
our planet in danger. Discover what they are doing and how
other people are trying to make things better. Every person
can make a difference. Find out what you can do to help protect our planet.
Free Resources to download for Earth Day
Click on the logos to follow the links
From:
We have three variations of printable on the "protecting the environment"
theme.
From:
* NEW * UKS2 Earth Day 2019: Protect our Species Differentiated Reading
Comprehension Activity
From: Earth’s Kids
Observed each year on April 22nd, Earth Day celebrates
Earth's life and beauty and Earth Day activities strive to educate and alert
people about the need to preserve and renew the threatened
ecological balances upon which all life on Earth depends.
25 | P a g eOther Resources
A very informative web-site from The Welsh
Government. Lots of interesting facts, ideas,
activities and useful videos. Suitable for Early
Years and Key Stage 1. Click on the logo
Clean and Green from The British Council – to reinforce
the sorting of materials - an interactive video for use on
a whiteboard. Suitable for Early Years.
Google - Clean and green | LearnEnglish Kids | British
Council
Earth Yoga practices for children – Google: Kids Yoga Stories –
Incorporate Yoga into your curriculum
April Theme: EARTH
‘One of the challenges readers have shared over the years
is deciding how to add yoga into their curriculum, classes, or
home life with ease and simplicity. For this reason, we have
put together this Earth Yoga post for teachers and parents
that includes’:
one breathing technique
one focus yoga pose
a three-pose flow sequence
one focus yoga book
26 | P a g eLet’s aim to make every day an Earth Day!
With all best wishes
Jan
This resource is sponsored by:
Jan Homden, Consilium Education
An early years teaching specialist and designer, Jan has taught in international
schools around the world.
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