We’ve Been Working on Recycling, Reducing and Reusing
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What's Inside
Read this book together at home and talk about how recycling, reducing, and reusing can help our planet. The book introduces science ideas in simple language and gives children a chance to hear important environmental words again and again.
It fits well for kindergarten through second grade, especially around Earth Day or any time a child is learning about pollution and taking care of Earth. As you read, pause to name examples of things that can be reused or recycled, then end by asking your child one thing the family can do at home.
Teaching & Discussion Guide
Use this guide to turn We’ve Been Working on Recycling, Reducing and Reusing into a mini reading lesson at home or in the classroom.
Concepts & skills practiced
- Earth Day and environmental awareness
- Recycling vocabulary
- Reducing waste
- Reusing materials
- Science topic reading
Discussion Questions
- 1 What do you think recycling means in this book?
- 2 Why do you think reducing and reusing can help our planet too?
- 3 Can you think of something at home that we could use again instead of throwing it away?
- 4 What is one thing you already do that might help keep the planet cleaner?
- 5 How are recycling, reducing, and reusing different from each other?
- 6 If we wanted to sort things for recycling, what questions would we ask first?
Words to Learn
- recycling
- Using old things to make new things.
- reducing
- Using less so we make less waste.
- reusing
- Using something again instead of throwing it away.
- planet
- The world we live on, Earth.
- pollution
- Dirty things that hurt land, water, or air.
- Earth Day
- A special day to think about taking care of Earth.
- science
- Learning about how things work in the world.
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