3 Earth Day Activities
to help you connect with your child
In case this looks familiar... Remember how I often say "Take Care of the Care Taker"? It's been a busy week or two so I'm recycling this a little bit. I chose to spend time with my family this weekend, so I'm updating last year's tip and sharing the good stuff with you!
As we get ready to celebrate Earth Day, there are lots of things you can do as a family to help take care of and sustain our earth.
Here are three easy activities that will provide great together-time helping you strengthen the bond you have with your children.
1. Plant Seedlings
My husband grows a great vegetable garden and has invited our girls to help from the time they could get their tiny hands messy in the dirt. You can start seedlings inside and then transfer them to an outdoor garden.
Personally, I prefer flowers -so if you are going that route, think about planting things that will attract pollinators - and you can talk to your kids about how important bees and butterflies are to our planet!
Talk to your child about greenhouse gases and how you can help reduce your carbon foot print by eating vegetarian for the day. Maybe you could create a family challenge to eat vegetarian at least one day a week - and eat things you grew in the garden you grew mentioned above!
I have two links below to Scavenger Hunts (PDFs) you can download and print from my website.
I'm partial to the hand drawn one (thanks mom!) which is great for young children who can or can not read. The other handout has two versions of Nature hunts to chose from depending on how much time and energy you (the parent)
have.
Not exactly an activity to help protect our earth... but something happening right now so I wanted to share!
Another great bonding activity you can do with your children is to learn about space. This week, April 21st and 22nd, is the peak of the Lyrid Meteor shower.
Bundle up (over jammies?) and go for a little field trip. Choose an area where there isn't a lot of light pollution for the best view and keep your eyes to the skies.
