Earth Day — a ready 25-minute lesson plan

Aylara A.
Kids' teacher · founder of AylaraTalks
A ready-to-teach Earth Day lesson built on the five-block structure: land & warm, teach, play, produce, land. Every link below opens with this topic already loaded — the plan runs from one browser tab.
Before the lesson (1 minute)
- Open the Earth Day topic page in a tab — the word wall doubles as your flashcards and pronunciation guide.
- Offline or with a printer: print the flashcards sheet. Two items maximum on the child's desk.
Warm-up (0–3 min)
The fixed opening: wave + name + hello song. Then thirty seconds of topic TPR: "Show me a planet! Now be a tree!" — bodies first, words after.
Teach: six words (3–9 min)
- 🌍 Earth (Земля) — show, say, echo in a silly voice, tap the card to hear it.
- 🪐 planet (планета) — show, say, echo in a silly voice, tap the card to hear it.
- 🌳 tree (дерево) — show, say, echo in a silly voice, tap the card to hear it.
- 🌲 forest (лес) — show, say, echo in a silly voice, tap the card to hear it.
- 🏞️ river (река) — show, say, echo in a silly voice, tap the card to hear it.
- ⛰️ mountain (гора) — show, say, echo in a silly voice, tap the card to hear it.
Play (9–17 min)
Main game on today's words — Memory in picture↔word mode (say every card aloud), or Bingo if the child likes hunting. One game played twice beats two games played once.
Produce (17–22 min)
- Personal questions with today's words: "Do YOU like the planet? Which one is big? Which is your favourite?"
- Or spin Name 3 — when the cube lands anywhere near today's theme, watch the recall fireworks.
Land (22–25 min)
- The suitcase: 'What are you taking home?' — each child packs one word.
- A star on the chart, the fixed goodbye song, camera wave.
Take this with you
Six Earth Day words met seven ways in twenty-five minutes — and next lesson starts by waking these words before adding more. Steal this structure for any topic; the games re-load in one tap.
Put it into play
Everything here pairs with our free classroom games — no prep, no accounts.

About the author
Kids' teacher · founder of AylaraTalks
Aylara is a kids' teacher who spent years hand-making every classroom game — cutting cards and drawing boards on paper sheets. She created AylaraTalks so no teacher has to start from a blank page again.
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