Celebrate Earth Day with The Lorax

What better way to introduce Earth Day than with Dr. Seuss's The Lorax? What a great story! And a jumping off a point for some wonderful discussions and creative activities. Most of these are good for the K-3 set.

From Seussville.com:

What Can Your Class Do? Ideas for Earth Day and every day
A list of discussion ideas and activities.

The Lorax Project
This project helps "generate funding, create awareness and inspire earth-friendly actions." Information about friends of The Lorax, as well as games and activities.

The Lorax Project in the Classroom
Discussion questions, Earth Day toolkit, printable resources, suggested books.

Seussville: The Lorax
Interactive games and activities.

The Lorax by Dr. Seuss: Lesson Plan (Scholastic)
Lots of ideas here for science, language arts, visual arts and more.

Family Literacy Bag: The Lorax (Reading Rockets)
Crafts, printables, and more featuring The Lorax and Tell Me, Tree by Gail Gibbons.

And how cute is this?  Learn to make your own Truffula Trees at Craftjr.com.