If you ever wanted to a project that would also teach your children an important ecology message than this is it!
Materials needed:
Trash
Paper
Glue
Small paper sack
If the weather is nice outside and not too windy take the kids outside and give each one a paper sack. Talk to your children about how harmful litter is and how you are going to not only make the world look better with your project, but you are going to have fun. Be sure to explain to them not to pick up anything that is sharp or that will hurt (broken glass, wires, etc.).
Take them on a litterbug walk and have them pick up the trash that they see.
When you are all done have each child glue their trash on a piece of paper...be sure to do a lot of talking about the trash they found as they do their gluing, and explain to them the importance of throwing trash away in the proper containers.
Help your child select a picture of each member of your family. Using a separate sheet of paper for each person, glue the picture to a piece of construction paper. Collect magazine or catalogue pictures of items that remind you of the likes of each family member and glue them to the family members page, being careful not to cover the picture.
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