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Montessori-Inspired Activities for Earth Day Every Day

April 25, 2011 By Deb Chitwood 21 Comments

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Playdough Earth (Photo from Jojoebi Designs)

Playdough Earth (Photo from Jojoebi Designs)

Three weeks ago, my Activity of the Week was Montessori-inspired Earth Day Activities. Last week, I continued to focus on the earth with Continent Map Work. Even though the official Earth Day was April 22, that doesn’t mean Earth Day activities should stop. Ideally, of course, Earth Day is every day.

Layers of the Earth Activity

Layers of the Earth (Photo from Jojoebi Designs)

Layers of the Earth (Photo from Jojoebi Designs)

Even if your focus changes a bit, this is a great time of year to continue studying the earth as a follow-up to Earth Day. A great example of a follow-up activity would be the activity shown in the photos. The photos of the playdough earth and layers of the earth are from the Layers of the Earth post by Jojoebi at A Bit Of This And A Bit Of That…

The activity uses the free printable Layers of the Earth cards from Cultivating Dharma. This activity isn’t just for preschoolers and would be great for multi-level learning in a homeschool.

Other Montessori-Inspired Activities for Earth Day Every Day

Since my first Earth Day post was published, here are some new Montessori-inspired posts with activities that are great for celebrating Earth Day every day:

Planet Earth Posts from Leptir

All About Mother Earth! from Olives and Pickles

Everyday is Earth Day from To the Lesson!

And don’t miss out on Karen Tyler’s geography album with 177 pages of Montessori geography activities for ages 2½ – early elementary (which you’ll receive if you sign up for my mailing list at the bottom of this post or in the right sidebar).

All My Earth Day Posts (Updated 4/18/2020)

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  • Free Conservation Songs for Home or School {Character Education Resources}
  • Free Earth Day Songs and Rhymes for Circle Time
  • Free Tree Printables and Montessori-Inspired Tree Activities
  • Free Endangered Animal Songs and Educational Videos {Save the Animals}
  • Thank You for Planet Earth (or Thank You, Planet Earth) Mindfulness Cards and Booklet
  • Kids’ Earth Day Every Day Pinterest Board

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Filed Under: Activities - Cultural, Activity of the Week Tagged With: earth, Earth Day, Earth Day every day, geography, homeschool, Layers of the Earth, Montessori, Montessori-Inspired activities, Montessori-inspired Earth Day

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  1. Leptir says

    April 25, 2011 at 4:31 am

    Voted for you, circle of moms – 25 homeschooling blogs.

    Reply
    • Deb says

      April 25, 2011 at 2:39 pm

      Thanks, Natasa! That’s so sweet of you! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Leptir says

    April 25, 2011 at 6:43 am

    Here I am again 😉
    Adorable blog award is waiting for you 🙂
    You can check it out here:
    http://leptir-mojpribor.blogspot.com/2011/04/new-award-adorable-blog.html

    Reply
    • Deb says

      April 25, 2011 at 2:40 pm

      That is an adorable award! I really appreciate your support and encouragement, Natasa! Thanks so much! 🙂

      Reply
  3. Palmy says

    April 25, 2011 at 11:31 am

    thanks for link to my blog!!!!

    Reply
    • Deb says

      April 25, 2011 at 2:42 pm

      My pleasure, Palmy! Thanks for all you share! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Mama Mia says

    April 25, 2011 at 6:09 pm

    I love the playdough Earth! You just gave me another new activity that I can do with my child…form planets and other heavenly bodies using her play dough! Thanks Deb! ;D

    Reply
    • Deb says

      April 25, 2011 at 9:15 pm

      Thanks for your comment, Mia! I loved finding that activity from Jojoebi! Have fun with your precious daughter! 🙂

      Reply
  5. Angela says

    April 25, 2011 at 6:16 pm

    following from Blogfrog, on this and your other 2 blogs as well! Have a great week!

    Reply
    • Deb says

      April 25, 2011 at 9:15 pm

      Thanks so much, Angela! I hope you have a great week, too! 🙂

      Reply
  6. maryanne says

    April 26, 2011 at 9:55 am

    I LOVE this idea! My kids are in a science playgroup, where we do a short science activity and then the kids play together. I think we’ll do this as the activity the next time it’s at our house!

    Reply
    • Deb says

      April 27, 2011 at 12:41 am

      Thanks, Maryanne! I think that would be a lot of fun for a group like that! And what an awesome idea to have a science playgroup! 🙂

      Reply
  7. Heidi says

    April 26, 2011 at 3:29 pm

    So many great Earth inspired activities! Stopping in from HHH!

    Reply
    • Deb says

      April 27, 2011 at 12:42 am

      Thanks, Heidi! I’m so glad you stopped by! I hope you found some ideas you can use! 🙂

      Reply
  8. Steph says

    April 27, 2011 at 7:11 am

    These look like so much fun – I love how colorful the photos are, too! Thanks for your ministry – we’re always looking for fun things to do. =)

    Visiting you from HHH!

    Reply
    • Deb says

      May 4, 2011 at 5:37 pm

      Thanks so much, Steph! I love doing online research and loved finding that activity! 🙂

      Reply
  9. Jessy says

    April 27, 2011 at 5:13 pm

    Thanks for the link! My son is studying Earth Science next year and building a Play-doh Earth will be fun. I bookmarked the layer cards as well! Stopping by from HHH!

    Jessy

    Reply
    • Deb says

      May 4, 2011 at 5:39 pm

      Thanks for your comment, Jessy! It’s great that you’re already planning for next year! Have fun! 🙂

      Reply
  10. Sheri says

    May 1, 2011 at 3:08 pm

    The play-doh Earth is so cool, I really love how it looks. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
    • Deb says

      May 4, 2011 at 5:40 pm

      Thanks for your comment, Sheri! Have a great rest of the week! 🙂

      Reply
  11. Umm Umamah says

    September 24, 2012 at 5:44 pm

    Hi Deb,

    This is one of the best visual activities for when learning about the Earth with our kids. We just made ours today and are very happy with the results 🙂 What do you think ?

    http://umamahlearningacademy.blogspot.ca/2012/09/our-earth.html

    Reply

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