Do you have any suggestions about how our family can make Earth Day and Screen-Free Week more meaningful? - Seeking Activities Answer:Earth Day is always celebrated on April 22. This Earth Day don't you have your family join the more than 1 billion people celebrating this day by improving the environment in some way? Join one of the many Earth Day events in your community. You could be part of a group working to improve city, state or national parks. Other groups clean up streams, plant gardens at schools and pick up street trash. Here are some other ideas of things that your family could do on Earth Day as well as other days throughout the year to green our environment. Whatever you elect to do will be hands-on learning about the environment for your children. 1. Recycling is always a good place to begin. Commit your family to separating recyclables from your trash every week. 2. Plant a tree for every member of your family. They will remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. 3. Start turning lights out when you leave a room. Unplug appliances when they are not in use. When you use less electricity, less oil and gas are being used to create electricity. 4. Build a compost pile. Find a section of your yard in a back corner and start putting all the leaves and grass cuttings from your yard in this pile. It will decompose, then you will be able to put it in the soil for other plants in your yard. 5. Make bird feeders. This can be done by collecting pine cones and dipping them in peanut butter or honey and covering them with birdseed.
Your family should think about observing Screen-Free Week.It is hard to believe that preschoolers average 32 hours a week of screen time from computers, TV and other electronic devices. The time is even greater for older children. Screen media dominates too much of our children's lives, even if they are watching good programming. Use this week to examine your family's relationship with entertainment media and to rediscover the joys of screen-free living.