I have enjoyed every last minute of the last two snow days!!! We should schedule these in the middle of winter more often! :) Yesterday was all play, so today I got busy working on several hundreds charts that have popped into my mind lately! If you have any suggestions for new charts, I would love to hear them!  Be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom to download a freebie! :)

Confession time here….I have never celebrated Earth Day with my students. (I know, you may need some recovery time. Take all the time you need. I’ll be here when you’re ready.)

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So, this year, I’m going to do something about it. Implementing the new Common Core Standards this year has been a blessing when it comes to thematic teaching. We’ve ditched our Reading manual and now we’re on our own in all academic areas. Kind of scary, but definitely great! Since Earth Day falls on Sunday, April 22, my class will be celebrating all week next week.


I created the following mini unit to go along with our Earth Day festivities. It is $2.50 in my TpT store. It includes activities for Shared Reading, graphing, Write the Room, Charts, etc. Click on the picture below or here to take you to my store.

For Monday, I called our local Lowe's to see if they could collaborate with us to help our students build something and they said yes! They will be coming to our school to host a Build & Grow Clinic to help our Kdg. students build an Earth Day kit. I'm super excited about this! There will be lots and lots of hammering! They are also bringing little aprons, goggles and patches for the kids. I'm excited for the experience!  I called our High School Counselor to see if we could get several high school students to help us since we've never experienced 60 students hammering at one time. Thank goodness she said yes! Ha! 



If you'd like more information about the Lowe's Build & Grow Clinics, visit http://lowesbuildandgrow.com/pages/default.aspx.


 Here are a few things I thought you might also enjoy.

• Let's Recycle Sorting Game
• Paint your own Earth
• Emergent Reader Plays 

Check out my Earth Day board on Pinterest.
http://pinterest.com/lilcountrykdg/kindergarten-earth-day/

Check out my Earth Day selections at My Amazon Bookstore. 



Earth Day Songs


http://www.preschooleducation.com/searth.shtml
http://www.songs4teachers.com/recycle2.pdf

Online Games
Every Day is Earth Day (Starfall Game)
Handy Manny’s Green Planet Show

I am working on several Earth Day activities that I will be posting about soon. Until then, feel free to click on the picture below to grab this Base Ten and Ten Frame Number Match Math activity from my TpT store.

Also, if you are needing a few books for your Earth Day unit, feel free to visit my Amazon Bookstore tab below my header. I just added four pages of books you might like to help celebrate Earth Day with your students. I purchased four of the books below with my Amazon Prime membership (free 2-day shipping), the Amazon 4-for-3 special offer, along with a free $5 Amazon gift card I had earned through Swagbucks and got all four for only $6.97!  Feel free to use my referral link if you would like to sign up for Swagbucks.  http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/Marlana