Montessori Monday – Montessori-Inspired Earth Day Activities

Montessori-Inspired Earth Day Activities

April 22 is Earth Day! I already have a few posts with Earth Day activities, so I want to share those along with some new Montessori-Inspired Earth Day activities published since my roundup post last year.

I loved celebrating Earth Day with my kids when they were little, and I’m so happy to see all the great Earth Day activities around the blogosphere today! Following are some Montessori-inspired Earth Day printables and resources.

Montessori-Inspired Earth Day Printables

Free 3-Part Recycle Cards

Earth Day Cards and Recycle Booklet (Photo from Montessori Print Shop

Earth Day Cards and Booklet (available inexpensively from Montessori Print Shop)

Montessori-Inspired Earth Day Activities

Earth Day posts, including an Earth Day sensory tub, from Carrots Are Orange

Free Downloads: Earth Day and Make a Snail Garden from Montessori on a Budget

Earth Day Lessons from Just Montessori

Paint Your Own Earth (Photo from My Montessori Journey)

Montessori-Inspired Earth Day Activities (my post from last year) Photo from Paint Your Own Earth at My Montessori Journey

Montessori-Inspired Activities for Earth Day Every Day (my post from last year with follow-up activities to Earth Day)

Lorax Recycling Labels Punching Activity

Montessori-Inspired Lorax Activities (and Earth Day Blog Hop). UPDATE: Even though Montessori schools and homeschools have been using push pins for pin punching for years, I think it’s time to change. Please read this sad post and consider an alternative to push pins, such as Montessori Services’ wood handled puncher.

Recycling Sorting Activity (Photo from To the Lesson!)

Earth Day Posts from To the Lesson! (Photo from Recycle That!)

Free Printables and Montessori-Inspired Earth Day Activities

Earth Day in the Montessori Classroom from North American Montessori Center

Celebrate Spring Posts at Mama Nature

Earth Day and Folk Art from Montessori Mom

Other Ideas for Earth Day

Activities don’t have to be specifically designed for Earth Day to be great Earth Day activities.

Montessori-Inspired Arbor Day Activities are great for Earth Day, too.

A study of the earth is wonderful before, during, and after Earth Day. If you sign up for my newsletter (in my right sidebar) you’ll receive a free copy of Karen Tyler’s Montessori geography album for preschoolers through early elementary. You’ll find lots of great activities in the geography album for Earth Day or any day.

For Montessori elementary students, Earth Day could be a great time to introduce or review the First Great Lesson. (The Five Great Lessons of the Elementary Curriculum from Montessori for Everyone)

Study of Biomes and Sun’s Energy (Photo from Discovery Days and Montessori Moments)

A unit like Discovery Days and Montessori Moments’ Biome Study is great for Earth Day, too. (Photo from School Days~ Energy)

And of course, outdoor activities, especially in nature, are wonderful for Earth Day or anyday.

Are you planning to celebrate Earth Day?

Montessori Monday Link-Up

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