Earth Day

- Year levels
- Pre-school (Early Years), Foundation–Year 2
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Holidays, Holiday & Seasonal
- Topic
- Earth Day, Environmental Awareness
- Resource types
- Worksheets
- Preparation
- Print ready
- 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.
In the classroom
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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