Learn Every Day About Our Green Earth: 100 Best Ideas from Teachers

By Kathy Charner

Learning about OUR GREEN EARTH has never been so much fun!

Taking care of our planet has never been more important, and this book will teach even the youngest children about environmental responsibility. Learn Every Day About Our Green Earth makes it easy for teachers to incorporate discussions about caring for the Earth into any curriculum with activities that promote responsible behaviors and are fun and enjoyable. 

In this book, activities like “Recycling Adds Up” and “Block Compost” teach children the importance of reusing and recycling, while “Thank a Tree” and “Worms Are Good Guys” teach them to respect and love nature. Global awareness is everyone’s responsibility, and the activities in Learn Every Day About Our Green Earth help teachers pass along this important knowledge to the next generation.

Each activity features:
• Learning objectives
• Vocabulary
• Related children’s books
• Materials 
• Preparation (if necessary)
• What to do
• An assessment component

Each of the books in the Learn Every Day series offers teachers 100 classroom-tested activities that make learning fun and engaging for young children!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gryphon House, Inc.
• Release date: May 1, 2010
• ISBN: 9780876593295

Kathy Charner

Kathy Charner is the Editor in Chief, Books and Related Resources for the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the nation’s leading professional organization for those working with and on behalf of young children from birth through age 8. Charner, who was previously the Editor in Chief of Gryphon House, manages and oversees NAEYC’s book publishing program. Before joining NAEYC, Charner spent 25 years at Gryphon House, where she developed the publishing program and worked with authors to create books that positively impacted the early childhood education field.  Prior to joining Gryphon House, Charner was a preschool teacher and educational researcher. Kathy Charner has a BA in Humanities from Binghamton University.  She lives with her husband in Silver Spring, Maryland.