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My Friend the Earth, Earth Week Activity Plan for Preschool

April 12, 2024

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This week we are celebrating Earth Day with our preschoolers and have a fun week of simple, easy and planned activities to go alongside our featured book My Friend Earth by Patricia MacLachlan. In the plan below you will find songs, rhymes, activities, crafts and even a snack recipe. Plus more ideas and books if you want to extend the week further.

So here you go the activity plan for My Friend Earth by Patricia MacLachlan and Earth Day Week from the Virtual Book Club for Kids.

collage of earth week activities for preschoolers, shaving cream sensory bin, math activity, letter recycling and upcycled sun catchers featuring the book My friend earth by  Patricia MacLachlan

Find Your Activity Plan Here

  • My Friend Earth by Patricia MacLachlan Featured Virtual Book Club for Kids Book
  • Earth Day Songs and Rhymes
    • Save the Earth Song!
    • Plant a Tree
    • Reduce Reuse and Recycle
  • Your Plan for Earth Day Week
  • More Earth Day Books for Preschoolers
  • More Virtual Book Club for Kids Activity Plans for Earth Day

My Friend Earth by Patricia MacLachlan Featured Virtual Book Club for Kids Book

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This week’s featured book on the Virtual Book Club for Kids is My Friend Earth by Patricia MacLachlan. With peek-a-book flaps and more this beautiful book explores the natural world from spiders and birds to chimpanzees and zebras follow mother earth as she introduces all about the planet we live on.

If you can’t get a copy of the book don’t worry, snuggle down with your preschooler and watch it being read below.

Earth Day Songs and Rhymes

In each of our activity plans this year we are including some songs and rhymes for you and your preschooler to learn, move and sing. Check them out below

Save the Earth Song!

Plant a Tree

Reduce Reuse and Recycle

Your Plan for Earth Day Week

To help you structure your week, this simple plan below spreads our activities over the full week and lets you spend quality 1 to 1 time supporting your child as they learn and create whilst having fun together.

structured weekly schedule for the virtual book club for kids
Earth Weekly Activity Plan featuring My Friend Earth

Monday – Set up your sensory play activity and leave out for the rest of the week so your child can return as they wish. (Ever wonder Are sensory bins really worth the mess?)

Tuesday – We’re working on letters, names and the alphabet

Wednesday – Having fun with math

Thursday – It’s time for a tasty snack

Friday – Get creative with our Earth Day themed craft activity

My Friend the Earth, Earth Day Week Activity Plan for Preschool

A week of simple and planned Earth Day activities for preschoolers inspired by the book My Friend the Earth by Patricia MacLachlan

Photo Credit: www.growinghandsonkids.com

Earth Day Sensory Play with Shaving Cream

We're creating a fun sensory play area for our preschoolers this week with shaving cream and some of our favourite animals.

Photo Credit: www.pre-kpages.com

Earth Day Alphabet Activity For Preschool

Let's practice recycling and learning our alphabet at the same time with this Earth Day Alphabet activity for preschoolers.

Photo Credit: fun-a-day.com

Earth Day Math Sensory Bin That's Quick and Easy to Set Up

A sensory math activity to count (you could set this up in the shaving cream from early in the week if you wish)

Photo Credit: theeducatorsspinonit.com

Earth Day Snack Idea for Kids

A delicious snack to make for Earth Day this week with lots of healthy fruit.

Photo Credit: booksandgiggles.com

Earth Day Craft for Kids - Upcycled Plastic Suncatchers

Let's upcycle our rubbish and get creative with some Suncatchers for Earth Day.

More Earth Day Books for Preschoolers

Whether you want to switch your book or add some more for the week ahead check out these other Earth Day Books for Preschoolers that you can read together

  • The EARTH Book by Todd Parr
  • Our Planet! There’s No Place Like Earth by Stacy McAnulty
  • Why Should I Recycle! by Jen Green
  • I am Earth by Rebecca and James McDonald
  • Compost Stew. An A to Z Recipe for the Earth by Mary Mckenna Siddals

More Virtual Book Club for Kids Activity Plans for Earth Day

Earth Day and Week Activities for preschoolers from the virtual book club for kids

Looking for more ideas then check out our The Earth Day Activity Plan for Preschool

My friend Earth Earth Day Activity Plan and Theme for Preschool

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