Unforgettable Childhood

We had a wonderful Earth Day. The sun was shining all day and the temperature was perfect.

We started our morning reading The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle.

I had cut out felt board characters to tell the story. This is a fun way to get the girls involved in the story. Then after I am done, they love to tell the story back to me in their own words with the characters.

We decided that we needed to plant our own seeds.

Last night our oldest daughter had her spring concert last night. For a mom that doesn’t have a sewing machine I think her costume turned out okay. I just used a little heat bond, safety pins and pipe cleaners.

It was another great Earth Day! Today the forecast is rain so we are thankful for the beautiful day.

We made a fun snack to celebrate Earth Week.

E: Earth Worms (Gummy Worms)

A: Animal Crackers

R: Resse’s Pieces

T: Teddy Grahams

H: Hershey’s Kisses

Mix it all together in a big bowl and enjoy! YUMMY!

We celebrated our first day of what we call Earth Week in our house yesterday. I had a great suggestion from Kim at Rosie Hippo to use The Lorax by Dr. Seuss to kick off our week.

This book is a wonderful illustration of how we can hurt the environment by not taking care of the earth. It is also a great example of greed. After reading the story, we talked about what we can do to save the Earth.

We created Celebrate Earth Journals. First the girls finished drawing the Once-ler from the book. All we know is he has yellow eyes and green hands and arms. It was fun to see their creations. Next they drew a place that they would like to live. They all agreed that they want to live in a place full of color.

You can print off the Journal we used here!

Celebrate Earth Journal

For snack I had a great plan. . .but I couldn’t find any cotton candy in town. If you can find Cotton Candy, this is my suggestion to you. Buy twizzlers, frosting and cotton candy. Put a little frosting on the end of your twizzlers, grab a puff of cotton candy and stick it to the twizzlers. Now you have your own Truffula Trees.

Today we are creating E.A.R.T.H. Snack mix. . .check back tomorrow for more Earth Week Fun!

And don’t forget to check out Rosie Hippo. It is a great shop full of Unique, Natural, Organic, Handcrafted toys for your kids.