Earth Day Activities Worksheet for Kids

Title: Exploring Earth Day Worksheet
Suitable For: Educators, parents, and caregivers looking to educate young students about the significance of Earth Day.
Purpose: Promote understanding of Earth Day concepts through engaging activities that foster critical thinking, reading comprehension, and creative expression.

Activity:

• Uncovering Earth Day’s Main Ideas
• Read the main idea sentences provided on each worksheet page.
• Identify detail sentences that support each main idea and write them next to the corresponding main idea panel.
• Use colored pencils or markers to color the images representing Earth Day.
• Cut out the panels along the designated lines.
• Take three pieces of 9×12 construction paper, fold them in half, and tape them together.
• Flip the taped pieces over and apply glue to the flaps.
• Attach the printable pages from the worksheet onto the flaps.
• Discuss the significance of Earth Day and how its main ideas are interconnected.

Tools Needed: Colored pencils or markers, scissors, glue, 9×12 construction paper.
Page Size: 8.5″x 11″ (Letter Size)

User Instructions:

• Begin by reading the main idea sentences provided on each page of the worksheet.
• Identify detail sentences that support each main idea and write them next to the corresponding main idea panel.
• Use colored pencils or markers to creatively color the images that represent Earth Day.
• Carefully cut out the panels along the designated lines.
• Take three pieces of 9×12 construction paper and fold them in half.
• Flip the folded pieces over and tape them together to create a booklet.
• Apply glue to the flaps of the booklet.
• Attach the printable pages from this worksheet onto the flaps.
• Engage in a discussion about the importance of Earth Day and how its main ideas and details are interconnected.