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Give Kids a Reason to Care About the Earth. Starting Today.

This free guide is packed with activities, quizzes, and hands-on projects that connect kids to the natural world: trees, soil, pollinators, and birds. Fun enough for Earth Day. Useful enough to keep around.

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What Kids Learn When They Grow Up Knowing This Stuff.

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Why trees matter: and how to measure the ones in your yard.

Kids learn to count trees, calculate the oxygen they produce, and understand the carbon they absorb.

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What’s living in your soil: and why that’s a good thing.

From earthworms to microbes, this guide makes soil fascinating instead of just dirty.

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The bees and butterflies your garden depends on.

Kids discover how pollinators work, what they need, and how to support them at home.

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Birds are gardeners too: here’s how.

Hummingbirds, honeyeaters, and more: the role birds play in keeping plants alive.

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Hands-on projects they can start this afternoon.

From a DIY bee house to a soil health test, every section includes something to do.

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Here’s What’s Inside the Guide.

  • Why trees are important and how to calculate the carbon yours absorb
  • What’s living in your soil and why healthy soil is teeming with life
  • How bees and butterflies pollinate your garden and how to help them
  • The birds that help plants grow and how to support them in your yard
  • Quizzes on trees, soil, and pollinators kids can work through together
  • A DIY bee house project with a step-by-step materials list
  • A backyard bird identification activity with a tracking worksheet
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Free for families, classrooms, and anyone raising kids who care where food comes from.

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Ready to Make Earth Day Stick?

The guide is free. The activities take an afternoon. The curiosity it builds lasts a lot longer than that.