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Worksheets and Printables to Teach Children About Recycling
Welcome to the resource list of the BEST free worksheets and printables about recycling online. These free worksheets can be used at school or to teach kids recycling facts at home. Learning about recycling has never been so much fun! Feel free to browse the list or suggest resources of your own. Let's each make a commitment to teach children the benefits of recycling!
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FREE Recycling Worksheets
Free Recycling Worksheets
Lakeshore Learning
Teach Kids to Sort Recyclables - into the correct bin with this cute worksheet, including Compost, Aluminum, Plastic, or Paper.
A-Z Teacher Stuff
Slideshow to Teach Kids about Composting - Very good explanation of the many ways to compost. It's important to remember that worms do most of the work and that composting is not rocket science. All you need to compost are unwanted plant materials (fruit and veggie scraps, leaves, grass clippings, etc.) and dirt.
ABC Teach
Lots and Lots of Free Printables Including: -
*An earth day award.
*Book List of Kids Books about the Environment
*Coloring Pages
*Recycling Mazes - Follow the path to put the plastic bottle in the plastic bin.
*Word games - Make as many words as you can from the words "Earth day."
*Printable song lyrics about recycling.
*Posters
*Recycling Signs
Vocab Maker
LARGE list of Free Worksheets: - Too many to list, but they include matching games, decoding word games and bingo sheets all with a recycling theme.
Pinellas County
Planet Protectors Coloring Book
Recycling Worksheets for Kindergarten
Kindergarten Recycling Worksheets
Kindergarten-Lessons.com
Free Kindergarten Recycling Worksheets Including: -
*Understanding Composting
*Sorting Recycling
*Plant Growth Record
*Science Observation Book - "I Spy"
Journey for the Planet
Recycling Worksheets for Preschool - 6th Grade
Bryson Education.org
Worksheets separated into 3 levels.
Level 1 (Preschool, Kindergarten, and 1st) Includes: -
*Composting
*Recycle Sorting
*Sequencing Recycling Events (for 1st or 2nd)
Level 2 (2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade) Includes: -
*Reuse Ideas
*Details on Paper, Plastic, Glass and Metal Recycyling
Level 3 (5th and 6th grade) Includes: -
*Lesson encourages children to think about their impact on the environment and sustainable living.
Recycling Coloring Books from Amazon.com
Recycling Worksheets from Education.com and NIEHS
Education.com
This is a maze to help Eco find his way to the recycling bin. It is perfect for Kindergarten and 1st grade students as they become more familiar with the recycling symbol.
Eco-Friendly Maze : Recycling Symbol
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
The NIEHS has a maze to encourage younger kids to learn about worms. Help the worm make his way through the maze. There is also a hidden word search for older children. Hunt for environmentally friendly words, such as "compost," "recycling" and "earth."
Teaching Kids to Love the Earth
Recycle City Online Games
Recycle City
Recycling Activities for Kids
If you are looking for an online recycling activity for children, try the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) "Recycle City" game. Kids can roam the city and find opportunities to recycle. To make the game more fun, have children hunt for specific recyclable items within the city. This game is similar to a treasure hunt. Kids can also play "Dump Town" where they can literally see unrecycled trash pile up throughout the city as a visual reminder of what happens when we don't recycle.
Can Recycling be Taught With Worksheets?
Are recycling worksheets for kids useful? Or do they need hands on experience?
Yes, the worksheets serve as a reminder.
Yes, the worksheets serve as a reminder.
Great lens!
I think it is a great way to introduce young children to the world of recycling, as long as an adult guides them into taking action and doing hands on.
They can learn from the worksheets, then go take action.
They need both - good worksheets help to remind them how they're helping by recycling.
I think printables are a good place to start, but they should be followed by actions.
Worksheets are easy to reference.
I think a worksheet can make a great teaching tool.
I think hands-on and worksheets complement one another
Both! I would also staple the worksheets into a book that they can take home and share with others.
I think learning by doing is always the best way, however a worksheet to introduce and reinforce the lessons or a well-placed poster are great to keep the lessons fresh. I've even made a few recycling posters and coloring pages for kids. Love this lens ... blessed.
I don't see why not. What we learned when were kids, stuck best... ;)
Worksheets reinforce and inspire thinking about recycling and being responsible.
What great resources for kids to learn about recycling. My 3 year old grandson loves when the recycling truck comes around and helping mom recycle.
Anything that gets the kids involved in recycling has to be a great idea in my opinion.
Worksheets are a great place to start in the classroom or in a homeschool environment but nothing beats hands on experience to make recycling become an everyday action.
I think they could be used
No, they need to get up and start sorting recyclables.
I'm sure they are useful, but they only go part-way. After completing the worksheets, they need to see how what they have learned applies in the real world. Help them understand with the worksheet, then follow through: help them feel good about themselves because they are actively helping the planet. :)
I think both of them should be used. But definitely hands on is a must for me.
I think it's a healthy balance for both, but I would say hands on.
I am glad to see some schools running hands on projects for the kids
i guess it can begin with worksheets but it should result in action!
Recycling Coloring Pages - Print them for free! Click a thumbnail below to change the coloring page.
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Recycling Videos
After your children have done their recycling worksheets, let them watch one of the educational videos below about recycling plastic. Watch as plastic becomes recycled in the factory. Also watch a quick home lesson in recycling plastic.
Recycling Video by Waste Management
Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures: Happy Earth Day
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Comments or Your Own Suggestions for Recycling Worksheets
Not exactly what this lens is about, but I sometimes recycle worksheets by putting them in plastic page protectors and having kids do the worksheets with a wipe-off marker.
Recycling is important to our survival and should be taught to the next generation...
lovely way to get children involved in a greener world! cheers
Lensrolled to my Recycling at Home: Beyond Bottles and Cans :)
Well done Heather on making such a valuable resource for teachers and those of us looking to spread the word about recycling.
I'll be adding this lens to my lensroll on http://www.squidoo.com/recyclingfacts
I love the earth and I love your lense. Keep up the good work.
Great lens! I featured it on my Kids Recycle Projects lens. You provide great resources here for learning more ways to recycle.
Neat lens! Liked!
A resource for helping imprint recycling in our lives is a great idea for making it a natural course and developing good habits.
I loved these worksheets. Thanks!
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@schoolmarm: You are welcome. Enjoy!
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@anonymous: Respect for the earth is so important.
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@Scarlettohairy: Thank you Scarlett!
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@Scarlettohairy: Thank you Scarlett!
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@Runnn: Runnn, I hope you find the worksheets helpful.
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@Runnn: Runnn, I hope you find the worksheets helpful.
Practical skills might come in handy at the most unexpected times! :)
Impressive lens, thumbs up
Kids love to be involved in important matters such as recycling. I have some additional books on my lens: Nature and Earth-Friendly Books for All Ages. Take care!
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They aint making any more planet, that's for sure. We have to do our best with this one!
Important to learn this at an early age for sure
Added to my Recycling at Home lens :)
thanks using some of this info tonight for a scout meeting, Blessed
Nicely done.
Vital Stuff
Great lens about such important topic
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Great information. I am trying to teach my kids about recycling so this will prove very valuable.
That is wonderful! Looks like a lot of fun :)
That's great work, we are about to start a program at a local primary school so these worksheets will be handy. Thank you!
Teaching our kids to respect and appreciate our resources is important for our future!
Thanks for these resources!
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I just got the neatest 2-in-1 Recycler. Rubbermaid makes it and it keeps all of it organized. Otherwise my recycling is EVERYWHERE!
Wonderful resource. Liked, shared and blessed x
Added this to my recycling and recycled page
Great ideas! Loved it! Sundae ;-)
Loved it!
great lens, I can tell you put work into it.
Great lens!
Keep up the good work!
Very good lens! Good habits learned at an early age can help them (and planet earth!) for the rest of their lives.
Great lens and it is best to get children on the recycle path early in life
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