In today's world, it's never too early to teach kids the value of kindness, empathy, and taking action for a cause. Through hands-on, creative activities, elementary students can understand the importance of helping communities in need, protecting wildlife and the environment, and standing up for what's right.
In this article, we've compiled ten fun and meaningful printable activities that inspire children to make a difference, all while fostering creativity and problem-solving skills. Let's empower kids to become compassionate and active global citizens!
Design Coastal Clean-Up Robots
Every year, approximately 8 million tonnes of plastic waste makes it way to our oceans. Many marine animals get caught in these plastics or fall ill as a result of ingesting them. This printable robot design activity is meant for for our students to learn more about how we can help to keep our oceans free from plastics.
Save The Tiger Poster
Just over a hundred years ago, there were 100,000 tigers roaming across all of Asia. Today less than 6000 survive in the wild. This printable worksheet pack encourages your students to create more awareness about tigers and what we can do to help them from the brink of extinction.
Autism Awareness: Every Child is Amazing
This creative printable activity celebrates the amazing strengths of people living with Autism or ASD and hopes to create greater awareness of families and people affected by the disorder.
My Elephant Gift Box
In this activity, your students will learn about the threats faced by the elephants around the world and participate in a design challenge as an artist to create awareness to help these magnificent primates. They will design an Asian elephant inspired statue on the printables.
Create Awareness for Childhood Cancer
In this activity, your students will have an opportunity to find out more about childhood cancer and the local organisations helping those in need. They will also have the opportunity to help create awareness among family and friends using the printables.
Save the Sea Turtles: Poster
Plastic pollution continues to be one of the major threats to the sea turtle and it is said that one out of two sea turtles in the wild have ingested plastic.
In this activity, your students have an opportunity to find out more about the sea turtles and what threaten their survival in the wild. They will also have the opportunity to help create awareness using the printables.
Let's Act on Hunger
Hunger is a significant problem globally, particularly in the developing world. However, food deprivation remains an issue in most developed countries. Yes, people still go hungry in America and Canada.
This creative printable activity encourages children and students to find out more about the issues of hunger globally and in their own country.
Skaters for a Cause
In this activity, your students will learn about creating impact for a good cause using art and a popular subculture. They will identify a good cause of their choice and design a skateboard deck on a printable to represent that cause.
Our Global Refugee Crises
Millions of individuals around the world are forcibly displaced from their homes due to conflicts, persecution, and natural disasters. By introducing elementary students to the realities faced by refugees, we can cultivate empathy, promote inclusivity, and empower them to become compassionate global citizens.
This activity will allow students to learn about the global refugee crises to foster greater empathy and appreciation for diversity and a desire to help those in need.
Save the Whales Posters
In this activity, your students will learn about whales and the different threats to their survival. They will research and prepare information and posters to raise awareness of the plight of whales worldwide.
Conclusion
By incorporating cause-based activities into the classroom, we provide our students with opportunities to think critically, act compassionately, and understand the impact they can have on the world around them.
As young students engage creatively in these activities, they learn that no action is too small and their efforts can make a difference. Let’s continue nurturing our future changemakers and empower them to leave the world better than they found it.
We leave you with some great good material on inspiring action through creativity:
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