Hello Soaring Eagles!  Happy Earth Day!  Celebrating Earth and participating in activities to take care of our environment is the perfect way to show good citizenship!  When we are going through difficult times, being outside and enjoying fresh air is a wonderful way to rejuvenate and re-energize.  Also, helping others is one of the best strategies to help yourself feel better.  Every positive action can make a big difference.  Every person has the power to do something helpful. Show good citizenship today and do something to help our Earth!

Watch this great video to hear about a child with a positive attitude about changing the world:

Children Changing the World

Lemons to Lemonade VIDEO

Read Some Stories to Celebrate Earth Day

Read Aloud from Space

Click HERE to Listen to "I, Humanity" Written by: Jeffrey Bennett Read by: NASA Astronaut, Robert Shane Kimbrough

Read Aloud of an Environmental Favorite

Click HERE to Listen to "The Lorax" by Brightly Storytime

10 Earth Day Activities and Ideas

Celebrate Earth Day by appreciating and respecting the natural world. Here are some ideas to inspire you!

1.  Watch a documentary or do some research about animals and discover ways we can protect them

2. Follow the three Rs:  Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

3.  Plant wildflowers

4.  Use less plastic

5.  Start a vegetable garden

6.  Conserve water

7.  Plant and take care of our trees

8.  Use items from outside to make an art project

9.  Repurpose materials from around your house into new items - be creative:  make jewelry, bags or plant holders

10. Support bees and other pollinators 

          Click HERE to Learn About Pollination with the Pollinator Garden Toolkit

          Click HERE to for an Earth Day Network Pollinator Garden Planning Worksheet

MINDFULNESS EXERCISE YOU CAN USE: 

Mindfulness Calming Exercise

Click HERE for Mindful Walking Comic Kids Zen Den

Yoga 

View Below for Earth Day Yoga Poses