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  • The Grove School is more than a place to drop off and pick up your kids. We’re in this together, raising smart, conscious children, and we want to hear from you. Dig in and share your knowledge.

 
 
 

Here at The Grove School, we celebrate the Earth every day. Doing so is part of our commitment to model healthy behavior, grow strong bodies and teach children how to make a lasting, positive impact on the planet.

Through the rest of April on our blog, we will feature activities, resources and tips to learn how to protect our environment and appreciate nature. We’ll also showcase the school’s celebrations on Earth Day, Thursday, April 22. Be sure to let us know how you’re celebrating the day. And do share your favorite activities in our Comments section below.

Discover the Story of Earth Day

Gaylord Nelson (June 4, 1916 – July 3, 2005)

Earth Day was founded in 1970 by Democratic U.S. Senator and then Governor of Wisconsin, Gaylord Nelson. Nelson was a passionate environmentalist in a time when there was no Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act or EPA. Factories just spewed toxic materials into the natural landscape. Nelson wanted to change that.

He discovered that the people of Wisconsin supported his passion, and he believed that the nation would echo their sentiment. In 1963, he wrote a memo to President John F. Kennedy arguing that the environment was a popular issue worthy of the president’s upcoming speaking tour. The president agreed and the tour became known as the Conservation Tour.

The tour did not result in change. Nelson worked on Congress for the next 6 years to raise the alarm. He was fruitless, so he decided to take his message to the American people.

In 1969 he proposed a national teach-in for the environment. He got the idea from college students who had been staging teach-ins to educate their campuses about the war in Vietnam. Seven months later Nelson’s idea resulted in the largest demonstration in U.S. history. Twenty million Americans demonstrated on April 22, 1970. Congress took notice. Before the year’s end, they authorized the creation of a new federal agency to tackle environmental issues, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Other critical environmental initiatives would soon follow.

Earth Day flag

Today, Earth Day is celebrated internationally. Many communities celebrate Earth Week, an entire week of activities focused on environmental issues. You may see the Earth Day flag, which was designed by world peace advocate John McConnell.

Britt is the editor of The Grove School website. She's got 15 years of writing and editing experience, a 6 year old daughter, a garden and a healthy obsession with all things green.

 

 

“I wish for everyone to help create a strong, sustainable movement to educate every child about food, inspire families to cook again and empower people everywhere to fight obesity.”

Jamie Oliver
TED2010

This is something we do every day here at The Grove School. Our curriculum teaches kids how to make good food choices. We introduce gardening and the basic concepts of how to grow our own foods. And our daily menus include fresh, nutritious and delicious meals that help children to grow stronger physically and mentally.

In Jamie’s TED Talk, I was most impressed by his idea to have every child leave high school with 10 healthy recipes they can use to cook for themselves as they go through college and life. What a practical and empowering bit of knowledge to instill in our children.

Britt is the editor of The Grove School website. She's got 15 years of writing and editing experience, a 6 year old daughter, a garden and a healthy obsession with all things green.

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Image by Tura Troimh Alba

Photo courtesy of Tura Troimh Alba

On this date, waaay back in 1878, fresh, cold milk hit the front porches of America for the first time.

We know how much kids love milk, and it’s served daily at The Grove School. It’s nutritious, yummy and interactive (milk mustaches!).

In honor of all things milk related, may we suggest…

Conversation-starters for kids
- Discuss where milk comes from.
- Check out these fun facts about milk and cows.
- Using stuffed animals, pretend you are at a dairy farm.
- Sample all kinds of dairy products (cheese, yogurt, ice cream) and talk about the differences.
- Make milkshakes!

Activities for kids
- Make “milk” collages by gluing white scrap paper onto dark colored paper. Use the unprinted side of old letters, printouts from work or junk mail.
- Sponge paint black cow spots onto white pieces of paper.
- Try one of these craft projects using milk containers.
- Learn how to draw a cow.
- Color this cute cow picture.
- Take a virtual tour of a dairy farm.
- Look at these pictures of cattle.
- Visit the Got Milk website for fun games and trivia.

(Ideas via About.com)

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Winter holidays are a great time to start a family tradition of giving back to the earth and instilling the values of sustainable living in your children. Here are three suggestions.

Buy a living Christmas tree. Ball-BurlapTreesA potted or balled tree (roots still attached) can be replanted in your backyard or donated to the parks department. Planting a small tree together as a family also offsets the loss of a tree. Learn more about caring for living Christmas tree here or from LivingChristmasTree.org.









Take a family nature hike. winter trailA peaceful walk through nature on Christmas day will be remembered and valued more than the score of the football game. Pick a local place such as an arboretum or nature preserve that you can return to throughout the year and watch the seasons change. Or volunteer an hour helping to clean up or enhance the trail. This introduces children to volunteering and acknowledges nature as a source of our well-being.




Decorate a tree for the birds. Chickadees1-2009-01-main_Full In addition to ribbons or popcorn garland, place seed bells, suet or pine cones with peanut butter on any tree in your yard. It’s preferable to find a tree in the open where cats can be seen easily by the birds. This is a great activity for kids because it connects them with the world outside their window. Plus it offers an important food source for birds during the winter.

Ideas from Eartheasy.

Britt is the editor of The Grove School website. She's got 15 years of writing and editing experience, a 6 year old daughter, a garden and a healthy obsession with all things green.

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Britt is the editor of The Grove School website. She's got 15 years of writing and editing experience, a 6 year old daughter, a garden and a healthy obsession with all things green.

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