Celebrating Earth Day With Your Children - 5 Top Tips to Teach Your Children About Kindness on Earth

April 22 is Earth Day's 40th anniversary. Yippee, achildren keep track of their own progress. Keep a
day set aside just to celebrate our amazingchalkboard or a piece of paper eye level to mark
mother earth. Her beauty and generosity areeach act. Tally the total in the evening and
inspiring.celebrate the kindness that you have brought to
Earth day is a wonderful opportunity to teachthe earth and the people on it.
children about kindness.- Visit a Recycling Center and discuss how
Here are 5 Top Tips to Teach your children aboutrecycling helps the earth.
Kindness on Earth Day- Visit the Animal Shelter in your area. Find out
- Play a game with these questions. There arewhat it takes to adopt an animal and take care of
many answers to these questions, let yourit. Ask them about their rescue program.
children use words, pictures, charades and body- Sing-along with the song Kindness
sculptures to express their ideas.I am kind to the earth, I am kind to the animals,
What is kindness? What are some ways that youall of creation deserves to be treated with
show kindness to others and to yourself? Howkindness
can you show an animal, a plant or the earthVerse: I look for ways to help others, and show
kindness? How does reduce, recycle and reusekindness to all that I see
show kindness to the earth?When I reach out to another, I become sensitive,
- Kindness Challenge:to the world around me
Have a contest, with your children, to see howRepeat Chorus
many acts of anonymous kindness they can do inVerse: I care about the earth; the air, the land
a day. Ask them to think of several things he/sheand the deep blue sea
could do that would bring a smile to someonesReduce, recycle and reuse, I'm connected to the
face. Include the earth in the acts of kindness.world around me
What would bring a smile to her face? Start themHAPPY EARTH DAY!
off with a few of your own ideas. Let your