Earth Day for Kids

Here are some quick ideas for celebrating Earth Day with your children:
• Plant a tree
• Go for a bike ride or a long walk (leave the car behind)
• Hold a nature "scavenger hunt" (send the kids out into the garden or park in teams to collect - or spot - various items on a list you provide)
• Print out some of our posters and place in strategic positions around the house. Talk about saving water when brushing teeth and saving energy by turning off the lights when you leave a room
• Bake your favourite cookie recipe and let the kids decorate with icing to look like the planet earth
• Gather family and friends together and combine a picnic or other excursion with a litter clean-up
• Set up a recycling centre in your home or school
• Look through your shelves and find some books to give away via www.bookcrossing.com or your local charity shop or library

These days it is recognised that it is important that children know how to help the environment by recycling, and schools do a pretty good job! Consequently children are often the instigators and policemen of recycling in the home.

Teach kids the three R's:

• Reduce - reduce the amount of things you buy and use and you will have less to throw away
• Reuse - keep using the same things as many times as you can
• Recycle - find new ways to use old things

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