All week long, National Geographic has been celebrating Earth Day on their newly launched, NatGeo@Home.
National Geographic’s Hub is filled with enriching learning resources helping parents and teachers find content for kids and students that will keep them engaged and empowered to make the world a better place. Celebrating Earth Day all week long (April 17-22), the hub’s offerings will inspire families to celebrate the planet from home – from engaging animal videos and DIY projects, to daily live talks from National Geographic Explorers, Nat Geo has set up a virtual base camp to keep the spirit of exploration and adventure strong for kids.
“In addition to the NatGeo@Home online resource, National Geographic is also encouraging families across the globe to bring the wonders of the wild world to their neighborhood with an Earth Day Neighborhood Safari, as a way of staying connected with both nature and each other. Families can design their own “safari stop” with the resources available on NatGeo@Home and can encourage their friends and neighbors to do the same while sharing your safari shots on social media with #NatGeoEarthDayAtHome!”
Fun ways to show off your neighborhood safari would be by having your family show off their art skills with:
Sidewalk Chalk Sketches
Have your child create their own animal drawings with chalk and then post it on social media.
#NatGeoEarthDayAtHome
Original Drawings or Artwork
Have your child create their own drawings and display them in your window or share their pictures on social media with the hashtag #NatGeoEarthDayAtHome.
Newspaper Koalas are such a cute upcycle craft.
Just cut out the shapes of the Koala’s 2 ears, face and body as well as, 2 white circles and 2 smaller black circles from construction paper for the eyes, a black construction paper nose and mouth.
Color a colorful background on a white piece of paper and glue your koala pieces all together on that sheet of paper.
Easy and fun.
I saw this idea on Pinterest and loved it so much!
Coloring Pages:
“A child colors a page from the National Geographic Safari project while at home while on quarantine during Covid-19.”
(Rebecca Hale, National Geographic)
The coloring pages available to print are beautiful.
Join the fun like we did with National Geographic.
Read more: HERE
We highly recommend National Geographic’s new resourceful hub, NatGeo@Home and their brand new Neighborhood Safari campaign to encourage exploration from the home ahead of Earth Day!
