Earth Day Centers Activities for Sorting Trash, Garbage, Waste & Recycling

❤️Looking for a fun and engaging way to celebrate Earth Day or teach about recycling? These colorful, differentiated trash & recycle sorting play mats are the perfect way to help your students understand the importance of taking care of our Earth, while practicing their literacy and fine motor skills!

✏️Students will love sorting waste items (newspaper, can etc.) by recyclable categories (metal, paper, glass etc.) and sorting actions (turning off the lights, composting etc. ) by whether or not they are helpful or hurtful to our Earth.

✏️Cards are differentiated and come with text or no text.

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♻️Ways to Use:

☑ You can use the pictures/cards as labels by attaching them to containers. Then, students can sort by placing the cards into the containers.

☑ Use the large pictures to decorate your bulletin board, door, or hallway!

☑ Students can use large pictures, medium size cards or mini cards to read, identify, match, and sort environmental concepts.

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⭐️ Great for whole group, individual work, centers, sub tub, partner work, early finishers, an enrichment activity, word wall, write the room, or extra practice at home!

⭐️Perfect for kindergarten, first or second grade students!

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✅ Includes: (57 pages)

☑ Number sorting mats (4 pages)

☑ Bins and Earth flashcards (3 pages)

☑ Category flashcards - pictures only (3 pages)

☑ Category flashcards - pictures & text (3 pages)

☑ Rubber large bin and mini cards (3 pages)

☑ Paper large bin and mini cards (3 pages)

☑ Glass large bin and mini cards (3 pages)

☑ Metal large bin and mini cards (3 pages)

☑ Plastic large bin and mini cards (3 pages)

☑ E-waste large bin and mini cards (3 pages)

☑ Batteries large bin and mini cards (3 pages)

☑ Light bulbs large bin and mini cards (3 pages)

☑ Compost large bin and mini cards (3 pages)

☑ Trash large bin and mini cards (3 pages)

☑ Happy Earth picture and mini cards (9 pages)

☑ Sad Earth picture and mini cards (5 pages)

✅ Bonus: (63 pages)

☑ Table of contents (3 pages)

☑ How to use (3 pages)

☑ Black and white set (57 pages)

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If you have any questions, please contact me: 

kimberly@kimberlysclassroom.com

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look. Wishing you a wonderful school year!

❤️Kimberly