Earth Day

Earth Day literacy packet for Pre-school to Year 2 that pairs a simple emergent reader about caring for the planet with reduce-reuse-recycle writing and a letter to Mother Earth.
Year levels
Pre-school (Early Years), Foundation–Year 2
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Updated Sep 26, 2026

Subject
Holidays, Holiday & Seasonal
Topic
Earth Day, Environmental Awareness
Resource types
Worksheets
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Australian Curriculum content descriptions
AC9EFLY09 — recognise and generate rhyming words, alliteration patterns, syllables and sounds…

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Earth Day Teaching Resource for Young Learners

The Earth Day packet is a valuable resource designed to teach students essential concepts about environmental awareness and conservation. With its diverse educational materials spread across 30 pages, it's ideal for Foundation students, pre-schoolers, as well as children in Years 1 and 2.

Key Features:

  • An emergent reader focused on different ways to preserve our planet.
  • Briefing on 'the three R’s'—reduce, reuse, and recycle.
  • Four steps detailing practical things students can recycle at home or school.
  • An interactive exercise—"How will you help Planet Earth?" encourages participation from young minds toward safeguarding Mother Earth.

This rich academic resource also includes engaging activities that go beyond regular learning exercises:

    "Teach Others ": This activity invites learners to teach others how we can better care for our planet.
    "Creative Writing & Art": Students curate their recycling project ideas through imaginative writing activities.
    "Art & Motor Skills" : Two casual colouring pages provide relaxation while subtly honing fine motor skills.
    The "ABC Order Activity": This helps boost literacy skills along with understanding environmental concepts. The syllables-focused activity serves as handy phonetic exercises.

To wrap up this comprehensive package are insightful 'Earth Day cards/promises'. Wearing these as badges symbolises a student's commitment to saving the earth!

Versatile And User-friendly

This multifunctional package is perfect for whole group instruction, small group activities or homework. It is delivered in a user-friendly PDF format, ensuring ease of printing and distribution.

Purposeful Learning

Teaching children about important holidays like Earth Day through such dynamic resources instils a deeper appreciation for the world we all collectively call home. By using engaging teaching materials like this packet, educators can make their students proactive contributors in efforts to care for Mother Earth from an early age.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Read simple repeated sentences about caring for the earth

  • Explain reduce, reuse and recycle in their own words

Skills covered

  • Syllable counting — counting the syllables in Earth Day words

  • Alphabetising — sorting Earth Day words into ABC order

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Australian Curriculum (Version 9.0)

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

  • AC9EFLY09 — recognise and generate rhyming words, alliteration patterns, syllables and sounds (phonemes) in spoken words (phonological awareness)

Core concepts

  • Earth Day

  • Reduce, reuse, recycle

  • Syllables

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