Kids Discover - advertising free magazine for kids ages 6 to 12 which invites the kids to explore thier surroundings. Fair Trade Chocolate Activity Book - If you are a homeschool mommy like me, go to www.globalexchange.org/cocoa and download this activity book, it is great!Going Green - A Kid’s Handbook to Saving the Planet
- Geared towards kids in grades 4-8, it is a guide to saving the environment, including explanations of ecological issues and projects. See Green Now - click on the emissions calculator and sit down as a family and work out your environmental impact.Go Green with your Kids - a guide to incorporating green habits for each stage of childhood More fun less stuff - buy this book and sit down and read it to your children and follow some of the recomendations that you like.Teaching Kids to Go Green - How about Green Schools? EarthdayNetwork has a very colorful interactive site for helping kids calculate their ecological footprint with Bobby Bigfoot. Tips for Parenting in a Commercial Culture - log on to the website 'newdream.org', and you will find all sorts of information about living conciously, wisley and the like. In addition, they offer a FREE downloadable guide to parenting in a commercial culture. Check it out, and then email it to your friends!EPA Air Now site for kids activities on air quality. Or visit another part of their site to learn about household chemicals. EPA has a kids club web site with information and activities on a full range of topics. The American Museum of Natural History features Ology - a kid friendly trek into biodiversity - way cool! EcoKids is another site full of games, activities, homework helpers, and ideas for getting kids involved in their environment. Make Waves site - plenty of kid friendly fun. EEK - environmental education for kids - another fun, interactive, educational site. Department of Energy has teamed up with Disney and their movie Ratatouille on their kids page about energy conservation. BrainPOP.com features animated videos on a variety of topics from air quality to the oceans and everything in between. It is a subscription site, but my kids have been using it in school and love it!! Perfect for homeschoolers. National Wildlife Federation has a variety of eco-friendly magazines for kids of all ages - Ranger Rick and Your Big Back Yard are the most popular. NIEHS has coloring pages, games, activities, jokes, and stories for helping kids get the message about the environment. Printables4Kids is a great site for Earth Day word search, coloring page, and more Earth Day activities , all good for moms who are homeschooling! Family Fun has crafts, projects, printables, makeables and more on a variety of eco-friendly topics.Green Parent Magazine - not only is this a great magazine, buy you can e-subscribe for just 15 Euro's, which allows you to browse through current and previous issues!William the Garbage Truck is a friendly new book aimed at getting younger kids interested in their environment.
