In honor of Earth Day on April 22nd, we’re kicking off our weekly story activity guide with the book, “It’s Earth Day” by Mercer Meyer.
This year’s Earth Day is a bittersweet one. Because people have been forced to stay home, it is actually helping our earth get healthier and happier. Use this week as an opportunity to talk to your little learner about how s/he is positively impacting our earth by staying home.
Quick Start Guide
- Read by watching the read aloud video of the story for the week.
- Learn by building connections between concepts from the story and your child’s world through active reading.
- Play one of six story extension activities to engage and build upon new concepts learned.
If you are new to TigerKubz’s Storybook-based Activity Guide, read the introduction post for more details.
Listen to the Story
It’s Earth Day Book Extension Activities
Happy vs. Sad Earth
Materials
- Print and cut out printables.
- Have your child sort the cards based on whether it makes our earth happy or sad.
- Bonus: do some of the happy earth cards with your child
Newspaper Engineering
Materials
- Newspapers
- Tape
- String
- Make a bag with handles using only the materials provided.
- Fill the bag up with items around the house to test its strength. See how you can improve it.
- Try to make other items out of newspaper.
Recycling Classification
Materials
- Any paper, metal, and plastic product
- 3 boxes (alternatives: bags, different colored construction paper)
- Label your boxes (1) Plastic, (2) Paper, (3) Metal.
- Work together to sort different materials in their respective bags.
- Have your child try it on their own.
Litter Bag
Materials
- Printable
- Paper bag
- Supplies to color in and decorate the bag
- Print out the litter bag labels and decorate it.
- Cut it out the labels and it on each side of the paper bag.
- Have your child go around the house and find things that should be in the litter bag.
Make a Birdhouse
Materials
- Milk carton (or other cartons will work too)
- Birdseed
- Paint (and other materials to decorate)
- String
- Using a knife or scissor, cut out windows around the carton.
- Decorate your birdhouse and add a string at the top so it can hang off a tree.
- Add birdseeds inside and place outside!
Cereal Box Puzzles
Materials
- Cereal box
- Marker
- Cut out the face of the cereal box and write numbers on the back side.
- Draw puzzle lines around each number so it can be self correcting; cut along the lines you drew.
- Put the puzzle together by placing the numbers in order or flip the pieces over to put the cereal box picture together.
Read. Learn. Play.
Subscribe and receive our free weekly story-based activity guide with all 6 activities, plus:
- The weekly guide in PDF form that links to all the resources
- Print ready guide to have handy
- A story synopsis so you can get some work in while your child watches the read aloud independently
- Detailed guided questions so you can engage in story discussions, without having to read the story
Sheryll is the proud mom to 3 boys (3, 7, and 14-years-old) and wife to her better half. She is the founder and CEO of TigerKubz and is on a mission to empower parents with tools to easily engage their little learners. When Sheryll is not thinking of creative ways to make learning experiences of everyday life, changing diapers, or chasing after her kids, you may find her in the kitchen trying out new recipes, attempting to fish on a nice day, or jamming out to Disney singalongs with Alexa.
