Each daily lesson should take about 30 minutes.
Day One: Listen to the song Hooray for the World and follow along with lyrics that have been written on a large chart paper. Discuss living and non-living things. Using large chart paper, classify things from the lyrics of the song that are living and non-living.
Day Two: Listen and follow along with the lyrics of the song. When finished, make a class big book ... students tell things that they are happy to have in the world.
Hooray for the World, ________ is glad that _______ is on it.
Earth Day Connection: How can we take care of the earth? List some different ways of taking care of the earth — recycling, taking care of trees and plants.
List all the animals that Red sings about in Hooray for the World. Discuss which ones live above or below the ground and which ones live in or out of water. Have students trace and cut out one of the animals in the song. Paste it on paper. Have the students draw the habitat for that animal.
