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RECYCLE

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OUR COUNTRY

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I AM EARTH READ ALOUD by Rebecca and James McDonald

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HOW TO HELP THE EARTH BY THE LORAX by Tish Rabe-Earth Day Book - Children's books - Read aloud

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EARTH DAY EVERY DAY by Lisa Bullard and Xiao Xin-Earth Day Books for kids

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GO to EPIC and log in! If you are having difficulty, please contact me ASAP! There are lots of fun books that are all "Read To Me" that students can click on. This week they are themed around the Earth, Recycling, Our Country. Feel free to search for more books that you'd like as well! After each story, tell a fun fact you learned from each book! Read one or 2 or all of them!

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4th Of July Crafts - Firework Salt Painting

4th of July crafts are a great way to keep the kids entertained coming up to Independence Day. It also sparks up the topic of conversation about American history and can be great for the kids education. Our pick of the crafts this year is 4th of July firework salt painting! This craft can get slightly messy, however a little bit of preparation goes a long way. It is simple and easy and kids will have a fantastic time making it and they will love the results.

Materials

Table Salt

Paper (black really makes the colors pop)

Watercolors + paintbrush

White Glue

Cookie Sheet

Instructions

1. To start, put down some cookie sheet on your work surface. Then place your black paper on top. This way the cookie sheet will catch any run-away salt and make the cleaning up process a breeze!

2. Use the white glue to draw out your design on the black paper. The thicker the glue, the better. You can also draw the design with a pencil first and then trace over it with the glue.

3. Next, sprinkle salt over the glue while it is still wet. Make sure you cover all of the glue with salt. Shake off any excess salt.

4. Now it is time to paint the salt. Use red and blue for patriotic colors, which gives this craft an American touch. You will need to get the watercolors very wet. You will want the color to drip off the paintbrush. This way you can paint the salt by barely touching it, so it will keep its shape.

5. You can now leave the fireworks to dry, and you are done! Watch how the salt sparkles when it is dry. Just like fireworks!

Fireworks Tips

You can use food coloring and an eye dropper instead of the watercolor and paintbrush. It just depends what you prefer to use and what is easier for your kids.

To make the craft simpler for the little kids, you can use red, white and blue glitter instead of salt. Just sprinkle the glitter directly onto the glue, leave it to dry and you are done!

You can spray the dry fireworks with hairspray so that it lasts even longer without flaking off. If you spray, make sure to do it outside or in a well ventilated area.

Happy Independence Day!

Now the kids fireworks are all ready! And I'm sure with all the buzz around the craft they are super excited for the 4th of July.

See the full instructions here
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I absolutely hate bees and they can make me scream running across the room in 1.3 seconds BUT today we decided to make cute little cartoon fingerprint bees! They don't sting or bother you while you eat! ;) We also used some of my leftover bubble wrap to make the little beehive! I think they turned out great.
Materials Needed:
Start by cutting out a beehive shape with some bubble wrap, it doesn't have to be very big! After that have your kids paint it yellow and stamp it on a piece of white paper.

Take a brown marker and draw the outline around the beehive. Cut out a small little door with brown paper and glue it on.

Take a darker shade of yellow and have the kids dip their thumb prints in it, stamping it all around the beehive. Once that yellow paint dries, take a black sharpie and draw the little bee's features! So cute!

If you liked this one, check out some more bubble wrap crafts for kids!

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Bubble Wrap Beehive + Fingerprint Bee Craft

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Bees are so important! Go to www.Google.com first and push play on the "O" and watch the video - so cool!

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Find 4 different things in your house (coins would be perfect) and draw 4 sections on a paper. Have your child sort the item by attribute. Have them tell why they chose those categories.

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If you're looking for a simple Earth Day activity, then this DIY Earth Day Crayon Craft is fun!

This guest post from a few years ago continues to be a great earth day kids craft year after year! You may also like these 30+ Stuck Inside Games for Kids for when you need more ideas! If you're looking for more great craft blogs like Stuffed Suitcase, check out this list of 50 Amazing Craft Blogs.

On April 22nd this year it will be the 45th annual Earth Day. This is a great time to take a moment to consider what your environmental footprint is, and perhaps even do a little activity like this DIY Earth Day Crayon Craft with your kids. Today I'm sharing a fun free printable and craft for you to do with your kids to celebrate Earth Day.

DIY Earth Day Crayon Craft

One of the big messages of environmental responsibility has always been reduce, reuse, recycle, so my activity goes along with that slogan. We're going to make some earth day crayons from old broken blue and green crayons, then place them on a cute printable that is perfect for giving as a classroom gift or for friends.

Supplies Needed: Making DIY Earth Day Crayon Craft

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Muffin Tin - If you use a silicone one, the crayons will pop right out.

Crayons (Blues and Greens)

Oven

Start off by collecting as many blue and green crayons as you can, then remove all the paper wrapping from them. It works best if you have a variety of blues and greens, not all the same color. You're going to break them up into small pieces, about 3/4″ pieces.

I purchased a muffin tin for $5 so I wouldn't have to use our food use one. It's up to you on what you want to do. I really wanted the clean smooth edges which is why I purchased the tin. I've heard before that you can line the tin cups with foil, but I worried on whether the foil would get bent into the crayons. It was worth $5 to have a dedicated crayon making tin.

How to Make Earth Day Crayons

1) Heat your oven to 280 degrees. Add your crayon pieces to the tins, I put around 15-20 1/2″ to 3/4″ pieces in each cup. The more you put in, the thicker the final crayon will be which will help prevent breaking.

2) Bake for 10-12 minutes.

3) Carefully remove from oven and allow to cool for about an hour.

4) Place in freezer for about an hour. This will help contract the wax from the sides of the tin and they crayons will pop out. Just be sure you are careful or they could break when you flip them over to drop out. Perhaps you'll want to use a cookie sheet on top of the tin when you flip it, so the crayons only just drop out.

Allow them to rest for a couple of minutes then use a towel (paper towel or old towel in case of crayon marks) to remove condensation from crayon.

Affix them with some tape to this cute Earth Day 2015 printable, and you've created a fun craft while also reusing something old!

Hope you enjoy this fun Earth Day craft and that it helps you teach and remind your kids to be kind to our environment!

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You'll always find us completing STEM activities, and we love making our STEM activities related to an upcoming holiday. These Earth Day STEM activities help teach kids about recycling, biomes, carbon footprints, water filtration, pollution, and even global warming.

Earth Day STEM challenges are one of the best holidays to use as a bridge to STEM, because not only are most problems in the world caused by technology, we use science, technology, engineering, and math to help prevent and make up for these other problems.

Use these Earth Day STEM activities in your classroom, daycare, or home to teach kids about the world we all live in.

What are Earth Day STEM Challenges for Students?

An Earth Day project is simply a STEM activity that has an Earth Day theme!

Many common NGS standards and other school standards require science lessons to include lessons on caring for the earth.

On Earth Day, try these fun Earth Day STEM activities with your class! And if you're celebrating Earth Day at home, you can do these activities at home, too!

If you can't get enough of these Earth Day activities, check out the weather STEAM pack, filled with fun earth-day themed activities and weather science learning for kids!

Earth Day STEM Activities to Inspire Kids to Care for Our World

Try these fun Earth Day projects for students and teach kids how to care for the world with active, hands-on projects!

It's important to show elementary kids why it is so important to care for our world and create solutions to the problems that humans have created.

Climate change is real, and it is up to us to help heal some of the damage that has been done to the world over the past several hundred years since the industrial revolution.

Humans and nature must be able to find a way to co-exist without causing more damage that will end up harming all living things.

Earth Day Science Projects

Give these earth-themed science projects a try! Earth Day science activities for elementary students is super fun!

Make recycled Egg Shell Gardens and watch grass grow.

Learn about biomes and Build a Desert Biome!

Learn about Global Warming with Earth Day Toast.

Try the Carbon Footprint Activity and learn how much damage we do to the ecosystem!

Learn about Animal Habitats and find out how animals adapt to changes in the world.

Make a Water Cycle in a Bag to learn about the water cycle.

Earth Day Seed Planters are a popular STEM activity for Earth Day!

Make a Terrarium in a Jar and create your own ecosystem.

Earth Day Technology Activities

Try these Earth Day STEM activities with a technology twist! Earth Day technology activities show students how technology can be used to heal the world and not hurt it!

Learn How Recycled Paper is Made.

Make a Model Waterworks and learn how water is filtered.

Melt Crayons with Solar Energy and see how heat can be used as energy!

Earth Day Engineering Projects

Try these Earth Day engineering projects with your class! Kids will enjoy these Earth Day engineering activities.

Create Your Own Mini Landfill!

Try the Earth Day Robot Design Challenge and build a robot who recycles for you.

Try the Exploring Solar Heat experiment.

Earth Day Math Activities

Try these Earth-themed math activities! We can't forget about math, even on Earth Day!

There are tons of Earth Day Math Worksheets here.

These Earth Fractions are a fun way to learn about fractions.

Try these Ear th Day Math Activities in class.

Recycling Science Activities

These recycling science activities are a lot of fun for kids! Teach about ways to recycle, types of recycling, benefits of recycling, and more!

Play this simple Sort the Recycling Game.

Build a Tabletop Recycling Center Model!

Water Pollution Activities

If you're learning about water pollution, try these activities. Kids will remember this lesson for years to come!

This Water Pollution STEM Activity will teach kids how to keep water clean.

These Water Pollution Activities are perfect for elementary kids.

Teach Kids about Water Pollution and get them to think differently about the water they use and see!

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You'll always find us completing STEM activities, and we love making our STEM activities related to an upcoming holiday. These Earth Day STEM activities help teach kids about recycling, biomes, carbon footprints, water filtration, pollution, and even global warming.

Earth Day STEM challenges are one of the best holidays to use as a bridge to STEM, because not only are most problems in the world caused by technology, we use science, technology, engineering, and math to help prevent and make up for these other problems.

Use these Earth Day STEM activities in your classroom, daycare, or home to teach kids about the world we all live in.

What are Earth Day STEM Challenges for Students?

An Earth Day project is simply a STEM activity that has an Earth Day theme!

Many common NGS standards and other school standards require science lessons to include lessons on caring for the earth.

On Earth Day, try these fun Earth Day STEM activities with your class! And if you're celebrating Earth Day at home, you can do these activities at home, too!

If you can't get enough of these Earth Day activities, check out the weather STEAM pack, filled with fun earth-day themed activities and weather science learning for kids!

Earth Day STEM Activities to Inspire Kids to Care for Our World

Try these fun Earth Day projects for students and teach kids how to care for the world with active, hands-on projects!

It's important to show elementary kids why it is so important to care for our world and create solutions to the problems that humans have created.

Climate change is real, and it is up to us to help heal some of the damage that has been done to the world over the past several hundred years since the industrial revolution.

Humans and nature must be able to find a way to co-exist without causing more damage that will end up harming all living things.

Earth Day Science Projects

Give these earth-themed science projects a try! Earth Day science activities for elementary students is super fun!

Make recycled Egg Shell Gardens and watch grass grow.

Learn about biomes and Build a Desert Biome!

Learn about Global Warming with Earth Day Toast.

Try the Carbon Footprint Activity and learn how much damage we do to the ecosystem!

Learn about Animal Habitats and find out how animals adapt to changes in the world.

Make a Water Cycle in a Bag to learn about the water cycle.

Earth Day Seed Planters are a popular STEM activity for Earth Day!

Make a Terrarium in a Jar and create your own ecosystem.

Earth Day Technology Activities

Try these Earth Day STEM activities with a technology twist! Earth Day technology activities show students how technology can be used to heal the world and not hurt it!

Learn How Recycled Paper is Made.

Make a Model Waterworks and learn how water is filtered.

Melt Crayons with Solar Energy and see how heat can be used as energy!

Earth Day Engineering Projects

Try these Earth Day engineering projects with your class! Kids will enjoy these Earth Day engineering activities.

Create Your Own Mini Landfill!

Try the Earth Day Robot Design Challenge and build a robot who recycles for you.

Try the Exploring Solar Heat experiment.

Earth Day Math Activities

Try these Earth-themed math activities! We can't forget about math, even on Earth Day!

There are tons of Earth Day Math Worksheets here.

These Earth Fractions are a fun way to learn about fractions.

Try these Ear th Day Math Activities in class.

Recycling Science Activities

These recycling science activities are a lot of fun for kids! Teach about ways to recycle, types of recycling, benefits of recycling, and more!

Play this simple Sort the Recycling Game.

Build a Tabletop Recycling Center Model!

Water Pollution Activities

If you're learning about water pollution, try these activities. Kids will remember this lesson for years to come!

This Water Pollution STEM Activity will teach kids how to keep water clean.

These Water Pollution Activities are perfect for elementary kids.

Teach Kids about Water Pollution and get them to think differently about the water they use and see!

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