With Earth Day just around the corner, you’ll want to get your hands on these classroom ready free activities for Earth day. Each April we get the chance to talk about being good stewards of the Earth and these free Earth Day activities can help.
Add these free printables for Earth day to your lesson plans for early elementary grades.
Earth Day Games
Play games to celebrate Earth day!
Start with this free Long A Words Scoot Game that will have your class moving around the classroom.
Working on money? You’ll love this counting money read the room activity for Earth day and your students will too.
Or get your students working on fractions as they play this comparing fractions equivalent fractions Earth Day game.
Keep students reading on April 22nd – but spice it up with a Roll and Read Earth Day activity.
Earth Day Crafts
Get a little hands on with these Earth Day crafts you can totally pull together in no time.
Focus on the 3 R’s with a Reduce, Reuse, Recycle craft. You can add a piece of writing to it as well.
Practice what you preach! Recycle materials (or upcycle them!) into a beautiful recycled dragonfly or daisy piece of artwork.
And here are two free worksheets for Earth day that will come in handy. One is actually a little booklet, but you have flexibility with how you decide to use it.
I hope you can draw inspiration or use some of these classroom ready ideas to celebrate Earth Day this year.
If you’re in the market for more Earth Day ideas then you should check out 10 Teacher Friendly Earth Day Go-To Activities.
Or grab these 7 Fast Activities for Earth Day and Free Printables.
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