FOR CHILDREN

Creation Care Book Recommendations

• All Things Bright and Beautiful (ages 0 – 5)

• Let’s Explore God’s World (ages 3 – 7)

• Seven Days to Care for God’s World (ages 4 – 9)

• God Gave Us the World (ages 4 – 9)

• In Our Image: God’s First Creatures (ages 4 – 9)

• God Made it For You! The Story of Creation (ages 4 – 9)

• The Lorax (ages 4 – 9)

• The Giving Tree (ages 4 – 9)

• A Child of God: Stories of Jesus and Stewardship Activities for Children (ages 8 – 12)

• I Love God’s Green Earth (devotional for ages 9-12)

• Just a Dream (ages 9-12)

• In the Beginning: The Story of Genesis and Earth Activities for Children (ages 9-12)

• Taking Care of God’s Gifts: Stewardship: A Way of Life (ages 9 – 12)

• Amazon’s list of children’s books on creation care

Other Good Children’s Book Lists

• Little Green BooksThe Green Series: Eco Kids Books

• Common Sense Media’s Green Books for Kids

• Childsake book recommendations

• The Children’s Book Review: Kid’s Earth Day Books

• Barnes and Noble’s list of children’s nature books

• Amazon’s list of children’s books on Environment & Ecology

• Amazon’s list of children’s books on Nature

Creation Care Activities, Lessons, and Curricula

• Project Learning Tree

• Sunday School seed planting activity – Sunday school might be the most “fertile soil” for sowing lessons about God’s creation. This lesson brings the outdoors inside for a hands-on creation care lesson.

• Acorns to Oaks – This environmental toolkit, published by Eco Congregation, is full of children’s stories, activities, and other resources to help children begin to care for God’s creation.

• Worm Composting – Get started composting with worms!

• VBS Creation Care Curriculum

  • Caretakers of God’s Creation

  • iGo Green Kids Camp

• Books with large lists of creation care activities:

  • Earthcare for Children

  • 365 Outdoor Activities You Can Do With Your Child

  • 365 Ways to Live Green for Kids

Websites and Resources for Parents

• The Children & Nature Network – With many useful resources for parents, teachers, and community organizers, this organization is devoted to giving every child a wide range of opportunities to experience nature directly.

• Web of Creation: Teaching Children and Youth – This site lists ideas and resources for teaching youth to care for creation.

Websites and Resources for Kids

• Energy Kids – This website, part of the U.S. Energy Information Administration, has great information on energy. It is very visual, informative, and accessible for a variety of ages.

• Kids Planet – This website by Defenders of Wildlife is designed to both teach kids about wildlife and to show them how they can take care of animals.