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 Books
  • The 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

• 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.
• Project Learning Tree
• 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

• • Web of Creation: Teaching Children and Youth – This site lists ideas and resources for teaching youth to care for creation.
  • 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.
  • Interfaith Power & Light’s Resources for Children and Youth – This page lists many good books and other resources to use in helping children and youth care for God’s creation.
  • Earth Ministry Resources for Children and Youth – This very large list of resources has books, curricula, videos, and games regarding creation care for kids.
  • Catholic Creation Care for Kids – This site has various ideas and resources for teaching children to care for creation.

Websites and Resources for Kids

• 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.
• The Lorax Project – This website is designed to inform kids (in fun and interesting ways) about protecting forests and endangered species.
• Marvel, Believe, Care – This website has a creation care coloring book, activity book, Bible bingo, and Bible flash cards.
• Kids for Saving Earth – This site has information and resources for both parents and children on taking care of the earth.
• 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.