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Circle Time Song of the Day
Recycling Song
(tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat)
Save, save, save your paper,
throw them in the bin,
We can help to save the Earth,
if we all pitch in.
Repeat with: bottles, cans, and plastics
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Fine Motor Practice
- Earth Day Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle Sorting: It's important for our children to learn how to keep our Earth clean and healthy. Talk with your child how when we throw things away in the garbage we make our Earth dirty. We want to recycle as much as we can to keep our Earth healthy. For this activity, you will need sorting bins/baskets, paper/plastic/metal/glass garbage and recycling. Make a sign for each bin that says paper, metal, glass. If you don't want to use real recyclables, you can use three colors of pom poms/beads/cubes and sort them into containers. You can also click here to use this printable for pictures of different items to sort.
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Art / Center Time
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Recycled Crayons: Make your own new crayons from old crayons instead of throwing away the bits and pieces. It is very easy to melt crayons in the oven! You can also melt them in the microwave. For this activity, you will need muffin tins/silicon molds and crayons. Preheat the oven to 275 degrees. Peel the paper off the crayons and cut into tiny pieces. Fill each mold with different colors. Place them in the oven for 7-8 minutes or until the crayons are melted. Remove them carefully from the oven and let them cool completely! Once done, pop the crayons out of the molds and get coloring!
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Recycled Puzzles: For this activity, you will need food boxes that you are ready to recycle. Some example include cereal boxes, cracker boxes, cookie boxes, etc. Cut up one side of the box into pieces. Triangle pieces work best. Tape a square or rectangle onto the table the size of the box you used. Invite your child to put the pieces of the box back together.
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Science / Cooking
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How Do Pine Cones Work? Why Do They Open and Close? Experiment:
For this activity, you will need pine cones, two jars or large bowls, and hot and cold water. Go for a walk outside and look for pine cones. Place each cone in a tall jar. Fill one with hot water and one with cold water.
Make some predictions: What do you think will happen?
Wait for a few minutes and watch what happens. The pine cones will start to close. Place the wet cones on a window sill or baking sheet to dry and see if they will open up again.
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Gross Motor Play
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Earth Day Yoga: Yoga is a great way for children to work on their coordination, strength, and body awareness. Yoga also helps children to relax, as well as relieve their stress and anxiety.
Click here for a link for earth day yoga poses.
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