I’m so excited for Earth Day this year. I already have a few books on the list I’m about to share with you and we’re planning on reading them starting this week to prepare for Earth Day which is April 22nd. I want both of my children to be very conscious about the Earth and the way they treat it. We’ve started composting and including them in that task and whenever we go to the park or woods we make an effort to pick up any garbage left behind by others.
Just the other day we were at the park and Mason spotted a wrapper. He said “Look Mom, garbage” and proceeded to pick it up and throw it in the garbage. I was so proud to see the example B and I set paying off. I’m excited to spend some time reading some books about Earth Day and seeing what else we can learn AND do to help our planet! Here are 8 Earth Day Books for Preschoolers.
The Three R’s: Reuse, Reduce, Recycle is one in a series of four entertaining What Do You Know About? books, for very young children. It describes the ways in which kids and their families can avoid waste and be environmentally conscious. Four pages presenting activities for children appear at the back of the book, followed by a two-page section for parents, with tips on explaining the subject in more detail.
Follow that garbage truck!…to the landfill to see how trash keeps piling up…to the incinerator to see how trash can be turned into energy … to the recycling center to see how a soda bottle can be turned into a flowerpot. Filled with graphs, charts, and diagrams, Where Does the Garbage Go? explains how we deal with the problem of too much trash and provides ideas for easy ways to be a part of the solution.
What if everybody threw away old bottles and newspapers, littering the world with glass and plastic and tin cans that should be recycled and made into new products? Mr. Jones is a teacher who sets a good example for kids by separating his trash for recycling. When he takes them on a class trip to a recycling plant they learn the value of recycling.
With his signature blend of playfulness and sensitiviy, Todd Parr explores the important, timely subject of environmental protection and conservation in this eco-friendly picture book. Featuing a circular die-cut Earth on the cover, and printed entirely with recycled materials and nontoxic soy inks, this book includes lots of easy, smart ideas on how we can all work together to make the Earth feel good – from planting a tree and using both sides of the paper, to saving energy and reusing old things in new ways.
How are you teaching your children about being kind to the Earth?
I’m a little late discovering it, but delighted nonetheless to find my COMPOST STEW on this lovely list! Thank you so much for including it, Christa, and hope you had a very happy Earth Day!
I’m *so excited* you saw this! We love your book!
Really lovely reads for preschoolers! I have two of them at home and I love to teach them about our planet and ways to preserve it! I love these books and I am sure that they will be very interesting for them! I am trying to teach them how to reduce waste and how to compost, so I guess that the Don’t Throw That Away by Lara Bergen and the Compost Stew by Mary McKenna Siddals will be a great beginning! Thank you for sharing!
These are fantastic books to teach young children about helping the Earth and Earth Day!