{"id":15521,"date":"2022-04-14T16:52:29","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T20:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/?p=15521"},"modified":"2022-04-18T13:58:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T17:58:41","slug":"10-books-and-activities-sure-to-spark-an-interest-in-the-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/10-books-and-activities-sure-to-spark-an-interest-in-the-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"10 books and activities sure to spark an interest in the environment!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To celebrate Earth Month, and to continue supporting the next generation of environmental leaders, we have partnered with our friends at Let\u2019s Talk Science<\/a><\/strong> to pair our favorite environmentally themed books with easy activities sure to spark your child\u2019s interest in the environment. Each activity is meant to provide practical and fun ways for children to apply their learnings from each book while in the school yard or at your local park!   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
DOWNLOAD BOOK & ACTIVITY LIST<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2021, our foundation supported 20 schools across Canada by gifting these books along with others to underserved elementary schools with the goal of promoting a love of reading and a love for the environment. After rifling through the new books, one student in Winnipeg, Manitoba immediately led their class in a community clean up, while a group of students in Hamilton, Ontario began to question why so many students are driven to school when they live so close. This led to the development of the \u201cWalking Bus\u201d an initiative that had available staff meet in the neighborhood to walk students to school every morning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
\n
\n
\"\"<\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\"\"<\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

While inspiring action is just one benefit of environmental literacy, we also saw students engage with these books for the benefits to their mental health. One student from Toronto had a strong connection with the book \u201cSlow Down: 50 Mindful Moments in Nature<\/a>\u201d and took it out of the library four weeks in a row! When asked about why this book was so special, she described the way it made her feel calm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To celebrate these students, our foundation will be gifting each of these schools an additional $250 for books this Earth Month<\/strong>! Tackling climate change won\u2019t happen overnight but we believe that by educating young Canadians, we have the power to spark individual action and collective change.
<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Let\u2019s Talk Science <\/a>\u2013 a leading partner in Canadian education \u2013 is a national charitable organization committed to inspiring and empowering children and youth of all ages in Canada to develop the skills they need to participate and thrive in an ever-changing world. <\/em> 
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To celebrate Earth Month, and to continue supporting the next generation of environmental leaders, we have partnered with our friends at Let\u2019s Talk Science to pair our favorite environmentally themed books with easy activities sure to spark your child\u2019s interest in the environment. Each activity is meant to provide practical and fun ways for children … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1041,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[53,52,49,51,50,54],"class_list":["post-15521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-literacy-blog","tag-childrens-books","tag-childrens-literacy","tag-earth-day","tag-environment","tag-environmental-literacy","tag-kids-books","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1041"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15521"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15562,"href":"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15521\/revisions\/15562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}