Throwback Thursday: Ideas for an AAC-friendly Earth Day

For today’s Throwback Thursday, we’re reprising a past post with ideas for an AAC-friendly Earth Day.

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Looking for some fun Earth Day activities that can be used for AAC practice and language learning? Here are some ideas for you.

1. Learn about the importance of Earth Day with this book from Boardmaker.
2. Getting to the Core of Earth Day
   • Let’s Read
   • Let’s Create
3. Write an acrostic poem like this one by Donna O’Reilly.
4. Make infused water for a planet-friendly drink using these resources from the AAC Language Lab.
5. Play Earth Day BINGO with these LessonPix materials by Liz Sturgill.
6. Let’s Go Outside!
7. Make some Earth Day waffles with this recipe from Shevi Greebel.
8. Create a language experience survey. Here are some possible questions for your survey
   • What are your favorite outdoor activities?
   • Tell me about a time when you had an outdoor adventure.
   • What are some ways that you reuse and recycle?
9. Make some Earth Day plant heads with Erin Pleuss’s project directions.
10. Create some Earth Day art with these Dot Marker Mystery Pictures from Mrs. Thompson’s Treasures.
11. Tour the Grand Canyon with Elmo & friends.
12. Make some Earth Day Promises with this writing activity from KTPonTPT.
13. Pay a virtual visit to a national park.
14. Explore some of the Junior Ranger virtual activities.
15. Make an Earth Day Wreath with these materials from the AAC Language Lab.
16. Learn about the High Line in New York City with these passages from Jillian Starr.
17. Plan to take some mindfulness moments with trees as suggested by the Heritage Conservancy
18. Head to the park and sing The Park Song by Speech and Language Songs.
19. Build a backyard fairy house.
20. Play backyard conservation Bingo.
21. Go on a nature scavenger hunt using this form from the Delaware Nature Conservancy.
22. Make a planetary craft with this fun activity from the AAC Language Lab.
23. Go on a virtual field trip to the Recycling Center with your friends from Sesame Street.