Happy Late Earth Day!

In honor of Earth Day, I decided to post this cute idea that I found while looking at random education blogs. This one is all about the Lorax by Dr. Seuss. This website features a ton of ideas for a Lorax birthday party, but I loved the idea of planting the new Truffula Trees!

This is a good idea to read the book "The Lorax" to students and then have them make their own Lorax pots, then they get to plant their own Truffula trees (which are really sunflowers). This can be integrated into a science lesson, or you could do it as an Earth Day lesson.

As an alternative to real trees and dirt, I saw an idea where students plant a pom pom in a pot of confetti and when the students go home, the teacher places a lollipop or something like it, in the pots. So cute!

http://blog.hwtm.com/2012/11/truffula-tree-inspired-lorax-birthday-party/

Enjoy!