Seasons and holidays
Fall Leaf Portrait
Find a real fall leaf, look closely and draw its portrait: the veins, the edges and every color.
Thinking sheet · Seasons and holidays
Earth Day Promise
Make one small promise to help the Earth, draw it in action and track it for a week.
- Grades
- K–5
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Topic
- Seasons and holidays
- Kids practice
- caring for the earth, commitment, tracking
What kids do
“Small promises add up. What will you do for the planet?”
- Color the Earth
- Me keeping my promise
- I promise to…
- I kept it on…
How to run it
- Ideas: turn off lights, use both sides of paper, pick up litter, take a reusable bottle.
- Keep it small enough to do every day.
- Hang the promises in a hallway for Earth Day.
Talk about it
- What if everyone in our school made your promise?
- Which promise is easiest? Hardest?
- Who could you ask to join you?
Take it further
Get a family member to make a promise too.
Pairs well with
Free for home and classroom use. Print as many copies as you need.
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