Earth Day turns 50 years old this year! Don\u2019t let a quarantine keep you and your family from celebrating!<\/p>\n
In fact, as the spotlight is increasingly focused on global health concerns, children are more aware of our interconnectedness than ever. What better time to celebrate the planet we all share?<\/p>\n
Whether your little one is a climate-minded mini-activist or a young preschooler in need of fun crafting opportunities, there are dozens of quarantine-friendly ways to commemorate the day with virtual learning<\/a>.<\/p>\n For Our Littlest Friends<\/b><\/p>\n For children between the ages of two and five, Earth Day offers the perfect opportunity to introduce important concepts like recycling, composting, pollution and planting — all while creating memories and sharing laughs.<\/p>\n Grab your little ones, some seeds, and a shovel and take the celebration out back. Even the smallest of hands can help drop seeds into holes you\u2019ve shoveled, smooth top soil, and wield a watering can. Planting offers an invaluable opportunity to explore how plants grow while getting dirty (which is every three year old\u2019s idea of a great time)! Extend the activity by tracking your plant\u2019s growth week to week. Add some socialization into the activity by inviting a friend to join you in starting a garden. Facetimme to check in on each other\u2019s planting progress over the upcoming weeks. Kids will love the pride that comes from showing off what they\u2019ve grown.<\/p>\n For Our Mini-Activists<\/b><\/p>\n More and more young people are taking an interest in ensuring the preservation of our planet and Earth Day offers the perfect forum for voicing concerns, inspiring action, and brainstorming ways to help!<\/p>\n Fear not, Earth Day is going digital this year with virtual teach-ins. Visit earthday.org<\/a> to join in on the action, learn about the history of the holiday, explore the issues still affecting our planet, and virtually join other activists in \u201cmarching\u201d for awareness. Your kids can choose between registering for any of the digital events and opting to host their own (with guidance from the organizers). Whichever route you choose, there are plenty of ways to fuel your child\u2019s passion for eco-friendly awareness.<\/p>\n For Lesson-Based Activities\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Conservation, pollution, and preservation organically lend themselves to interesting and complex lessons for elementary students. From letting students create to their heart\u2019s content on recycled materials to enlisting them to help engineer solutions for better recycling of plastic bottles, lessons abound.<\/p>\n WeAreTeachers.com<\/a> does a fantastic job of guiding parents in getting their children\u2019s minds to grapple with climate change, eco-friendly engineering, and waste\u00a0 reduction — all while having fun. We especially love the idea of \u201cpredator\/prey\u201d simulation game designed to demonstrate tangible effects climate change has on our planet\u2019s animal population. Fun, education, and memorable — what more do you want from a lesson?<\/p>\n Happy 50th Earth Day and Happy Celebrating to All of You!<\/p>\n We would love to see what you and your little ones do to celebrate. Visit us on Facebook to share the memories you make.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Earth Day turns 50 years old this year! Don\u2019t let a quarantine keep you and your family from celebrating! In fact, as the spotlight is increasingly focused on global health concerns, children are more aware of our interconnectedness than ever. What better time to celebrate the planet we all share? […]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[18,175,172],"tags":[181,182,160],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/languageworkshopforchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/earth-day.jpg?fit=900%2C605&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbVlY8-3b4","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/languageworkshopforchildren.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12218"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/languageworkshopforchildren.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/languageworkshopforchildren.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/languageworkshopforchildren.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/languageworkshopforchildren.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12218"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/languageworkshopforchildren.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12225,"href":"https:\/\/languageworkshopforchildren.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12218\/revisions\/12225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/languageworkshopforchildren.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/languageworkshopforchildren.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/languageworkshopforchildren.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/languageworkshopforchildren.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}