Kindergarten Goes Green
Kindergarten Goes Green
Learning Sustainability
Learning Sustainability
Use the lesson plans below to help introduce kindergarteners to sustainability concepts through hands-on play.
Use the lesson plans below to help introduce kindergarteners to sustainability concepts through hands-on play.
Use the lesson plans below to help introduce kindergarteners to sustainability concepts through hands-on play.
These activities are designed to be easy to run with one adult, use minimal materials, and get students excited about nature, water, food, and taking care of the Earth. Feel free to adapt them to your classroom needs!
These activities are designed to be easy to run with one adult, use minimal materials, and get students excited about nature, water, food, and taking care of the Earth. Feel free to adapt them to your classroom needs!
Building the Plant World
Biodiversity • Native Plants • Habitats
Students will explore the importance of biodiversity and ecosystems by building mini-terrariums with outdoor materials, gaining hands-on experience in how plants create self-sustaining environments.
Food on
the Move!
Food Systems • Horticulture
Students will learn about horticulture and where their food comes from through a role-playing activity where they move through the steps produce goes through from the farm to their plates.
Caring Starts with Noticing
Human Impact on Nature
Environmental Stewardship
Students will explore their surroundings through a nature bingo game to learn about environmental stewardship and how their actions can help or harm the natural world.
Building the
Plant World
Biodiversity • Native Plants • Habitats
Students will explore the importance of biodiversity and ecosystems by building mini-terrariums with outdoor materials, gaining hands-on experience in how plants create self-sustaining environments.
Food on
the Move!
Food Systems • Horticulture
Students will learn about horticulture and where their food comes from through a role-playing activity where they move through the steps produce goes through from the farm to their plates.
Caring Starts with Noticing
Human Impact on Nature
Environmental Stewardship
Students will explore their surroundings through a nature bingo game to learn about environmental stewardship and how their actions can help or harm the natural world.
Building the Plant World
Biodiversity • Native Plants • Habitats
Students will explore the importance of biodiversity and ecosystems by building mini-terrariums with outdoor materials, gaining hands-on experience in how plants create self-sustaining environments.
Food on
the Move!
Food Systems • Horticulture
Students will learn about horticulture and where their food comes from through a role-playing activity where they move through the steps produce goes through from the farm to their plates.
Caring Starts with Noticing
Human Impact on Nature
Environmental Stewardship
Students will explore their surroundings through a nature bingo game to learn about environmental stewardship and how their actions can help or harm the natural world.
Food on
the Move!
Food Systems • Horticulture
Students will learn about horticulture and where their food comes from through a role-playing activity where they move through the steps produce goes through from the farm to their plates.
Caring Starts
with Noticing
Human Impact on Nature
Environmental Stewardship
Students will explore their surroundings through a nature bingo game to learn about environmental stewardship and how their actions can help or harm the natural world.
Food on the Move!
Food Systems • Horticulture
Students will learn about horticulture and where their food comes from through a role-playing activity where they move through the steps produce goes through from the farm to their plates.
Caring Starts with Noticing
Human Impact on Nature • Environmental Stewardship
Students will explore their surroundings through a nature bingo game to learn about environmental stewardship and how their actions can help or harm the natural world.
Why should I teach my students
about sustainability?
Why should I teach my students
about sustainability?
Teaching young children about sustainability helps them build a lifelong connection to the environment, understand how their actions impact the world, and feel empowered to care for their community.
By introducing these ideas early, we lay the foundation for responsible, curious, and compassionate future adults.
Teaching young children about sustainability helps them build a lifelong connection to the environment, understand how their actions impact the world, and feel empowered to care for their community.
By introducing these ideas early, we lay the foundation for responsible, curious, and compassionate future adults.
Teaching young children about sustainability helps them build a lifelong connection to the environment, understand how their actions impact the world, and feel empowered to care for their community.
By introducing these ideas early, we lay the foundation for responsible, curious, and compassionate future adults.
Bring sustainability to your classroom!
©2025 Csilla Moran
Developed as a sustainable design senior capstone project.
Bring sustainability to your classroom!
©2025 Csilla Moran
Developed as a sustainable design senior capstone project.
Bring sustainability to your classroom!
©2025 Csilla Moran
Developed as a sustainable design senior capstone project.
Kindergarten Goes Green
Learning Sustainability