It’s Earth Day

by Jennifer Donovan

earth.jpgIt’s Earth Day, and thanks to my kids, I remembered it.

The art project my three-year-old brought home from preschool was a tree. When he heard one of the children’s TV shows we were watching mention Earth Day, he said, “That’s today. We learned it at school.”

My nine-year-old daughter is always turning off extra lights in our house, while talking about global warming and conserving energy.

It gives me hope to know that our children are growing up with a natural concern for our planet.

Children’s media is largely responsible for this. I’ve reviewed a couple books which educate children about conservation. The show “It’s a Big, Big World” invites children to join in the adventures of Snook, the charismatic sloth who lives in the World Tree with his colorful animal friends. Together they investigate the world around them and discover how different things live, grow and change.

The Earth Needs You DVD focuses on issues such as reusing and recycling. Click HERE to see an exclusive clip that might inspire your kids–or you–to clean up for good!

We have five DVDs to give away.  Leave a comment to enter.  We’ll draw the winners on May 1.



Email Author    |    Website About Jennifer Donovan

Jennifer Donovan has been a part of the 5 Minutes for Mom team since 2007. She writes product reviews, covers events, and manages the 5 Minutes for Books weekly column and website. She lives in Houston and blogs at Snapshot about life with her family.

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1 Sarah April 22, 2008 at 5:47 pm

We live in Germany which is huge into recycling, so my two and a half year old is an expert in sorting! It’s great! I’d love the DVD

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2 Michelle Rosborough April 22, 2008 at 6:15 pm

What a useful DVD.

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3 Ashley April 22, 2008 at 6:30 pm

I’d love the DVD!

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4 Jenn April 22, 2008 at 6:40 pm

What a great way to teach kids about being green!

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5 Natalie April 22, 2008 at 6:48 pm

Cool!

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6 Sara April 22, 2008 at 7:02 pm

My son already loves to help me sort recycling and toss things into the recycling bin and to return soda bottles to the store. He also love Big Big World. We’d love this DVD in our house.

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7 Tracy Heyer April 22, 2008 at 7:31 pm

count me in!

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8 Michelle April 22, 2008 at 7:58 pm

I would also love one of the DVDs. :D Thanks!

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9 Kim Davis April 22, 2008 at 8:21 pm

We have been starting to change things around the house. Would love a copy of the DVD to help!

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10 Shanna April 22, 2008 at 8:26 pm

Wow, I’d love some extra help teaching my children the need to recycle. My 2 year old love to throw our bottles and cans in the bins.

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11 Patty April 22, 2008 at 8:27 pm

Enter me please! I think it would be great to show my students!

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12 Morning Rose April 22, 2008 at 8:49 pm

Please enter me.

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13 Belinda Abel April 22, 2008 at 8:57 pm

A subject dear to my heart, please, please enter us!

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14 Chesapeake Ribbons April 22, 2008 at 9:09 pm

My son and I went to Longwood Gardens (in PA) today for Earth Day and had such a great time! Check out my pic for wordless weds.
margie

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15 Shannan P April 22, 2008 at 9:16 pm

My boys love It’s a Big, Big World and would love to win this video!

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16 Megret April 22, 2008 at 9:58 pm

Always looking for more ways to teach eco-friendly ideas to the kids! And it helps that they like that show, too! Thanks!

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17 Kari April 22, 2008 at 10:23 pm

Sounds like a good one to have!! :) Thanks, y’all!

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18 Jill April 22, 2008 at 10:45 pm

cool, count me in!

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19 Laura H. April 22, 2008 at 11:33 pm

Count me in!

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20 Jo April 23, 2008 at 1:48 am

Great DVD – count me in please. I have involved my 3 granchildren in collecting cans and bottles for recycling. Each has a savings account and the recycling proceeds are deposited and we call this their ‘College Fund’.

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21 marybeth April 23, 2008 at 5:56 am

this sounds like a great DVD!

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22 Christina S. April 23, 2008 at 8:54 am

It sounds like a great Dvd and also is helping to teach future generations about how important it is to take care our of planet.

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23 Sandra April 23, 2008 at 9:22 am

I would love this as well!
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24 Michele April 23, 2008 at 9:41 am

My daughter adores It’s a Big, Big World! This sounds like a great DVD.

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25 Piseco April 23, 2008 at 9:58 am

Thanks for this giveaway!

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26 Ellie April 23, 2008 at 10:14 am

This sounds like an excellent video!

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27 Nissa April 23, 2008 at 10:29 am

I love this concept. It’s so important to teach our children to value our planet.. and TV always gets their attention!

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28 Kathy Conley April 23, 2008 at 10:51 am

This would be great for classroom use

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29 Cindi April 23, 2008 at 11:08 am

This would be a great DVD to show in the classroom! The earlier kids are educated about “getting green”, the better. Please enter me in your drawing.
Thanks,Cindi

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30 Kyra April 23, 2008 at 11:18 am

Our son is 2 and we’ve recently begun to turn into being green, I’d love to win this!

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31 Betty Shoemaker April 23, 2008 at 11:20 am

It sounds like a great DVD kids will watch movies better then getting them to read

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32 Demetra April 23, 2008 at 11:41 am

This is truly a kids movie of our time – thanks!

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33 Ann April 23, 2008 at 12:15 pm

I have to say this year my kids are also more conscious about earth week, earth day!! They have been pitching in! We recycle, use re-usable bags, switch off lights we don’t need and I’m replacing my cleaning products to “green” ones. I would love to win this for my kids, it would really help.
Thanks for the giveaway!

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34 Mary April 23, 2008 at 12:28 pm

Happy belated Earth Day everyone! Great giveaway, thanks.

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35 Ilissa H. April 23, 2008 at 12:48 pm

This looks like a really fun DVD. From the little clip, I’m even enjoying it! Thanks. I’d love to win!

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36 Anita April 23, 2008 at 12:50 pm

How neat!

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37 Linda Pinto April 23, 2008 at 12:54 pm

I would love to win this DVD.

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38 Nicol April 23, 2008 at 1:13 pm

Great way to teach kids about our earth!

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39 John Z April 23, 2008 at 1:31 pm

Sounds like a great idea.

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40 C Duran April 23, 2008 at 1:36 pm

I would love to win one of these!

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41 Bree April 23, 2008 at 1:48 pm

What a great tool to teach the 3 Rs!

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42 Stacey April 23, 2008 at 2:24 pm

What a great DVD!

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43 Patricia April 23, 2008 at 4:44 pm

Sounds like a great DVD! Thanks for introducing it to us!

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44 jenny hebert April 23, 2008 at 4:53 pm

Very educational

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45 DARIJAVAN April 23, 2008 at 8:39 pm

We all need to do our part in helping to keep our earth green.

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46 Jacqueline Carpenter April 23, 2008 at 9:35 pm

All children could benefit from a dvd like this.

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47 Tonya April 23, 2008 at 10:12 pm

My twins LOVE Big, Big, World. They normally watch it before going to bed because it’s a more quiet show, especially the singing at the end than a lot of the other cartoons.

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48 Melissa April 23, 2008 at 10:27 pm

We are really trying to get green here! This would be great!

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49 Monique April 24, 2008 at 12:06 am

My daughter would love this. She goes around the house saying “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”.

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50 Jennifer W April 24, 2008 at 12:07 am

OHHH, I homeschool and would love to have this!

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51 Mae April 24, 2008 at 1:00 am

Looks interesting. I am always looking for a greener path.

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52 stampedwithgrace April 24, 2008 at 1:00 am

I would like to win this DVD :)

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53 Ivan Girl April 24, 2008 at 7:31 am

this is a gret dvd giveaway!
nice way to start young ones with the
idea of how to love Earth…

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54 Jen April 24, 2008 at 10:24 am

I’ve been trying to explain to my kids about the importance of taking care of our earth and we did some Earth Day crafts and read books, they’re very interested! We would LOVE this dvd!!
sublimejen@gmail.com

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55 Elisa Perkins April 24, 2008 at 10:45 am

Great Giveaway!

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56 ashley April 24, 2008 at 11:05 am

would love this to explain to my 2 year old important topics on keeping our planet safe.

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57 Erin April 24, 2008 at 4:57 pm

my preschooler has been obsessed with saving the earth for the last few weeks. This would be a great way to encourage her to keep up the good work

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58 Bailey's Leaf April 24, 2008 at 10:15 pm

My daughter would love this DVD. She watches it on PBS!

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59 lisa April 24, 2008 at 11:09 pm

This is excellent, thank you

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60 Dawn April 24, 2008 at 11:10 pm

We’ve really been trying to do more earth-friendly things around our house. The DVD sounds like it would be really good.

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61 mama meji April 24, 2008 at 11:14 pm

Would love to win it.

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62 John MacDonald April 24, 2008 at 11:29 pm

Count me in please!

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63 Valerie Mitchell April 25, 2008 at 12:45 am

fabulous!

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64 Tracy April 25, 2008 at 12:49 am

My son is 6 and we try hard to teach him the value of our Earth. He is great about recycling, participating in vounteer events with us to pick up litter, and picking up litter on his school playgrund as he sees it.

I would love this dvd as another way to teach him about our Earth and our part in protecting it.

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65 Sandy April 25, 2008 at 1:19 am

this dvd would be very educational for our whole family…thanks!!!

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66 Normal to Natalie April 25, 2008 at 9:06 am

this dvd would be great for our family!!! thanks for offering it.

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67 Adrienne! April 25, 2008 at 10:02 am

we would love this. :)

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68 Leeanthro April 25, 2008 at 3:06 pm

I love earth-friendly media directed toward children.

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70 Ginny April 25, 2008 at 11:10 pm

Cool count me in!

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71 stacey moore April 26, 2008 at 9:55 am

this would be great for my classroom

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72 Brett April 26, 2008 at 11:46 am

My boys and I, find simple ways to recycle. I find that starting one step at a time is the best way to go. Don’t try to change your entire life at once, just take one step at a time. This DVD looks like a great way to educate people.

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73 Kristie Noguera April 26, 2008 at 10:45 pm

What a fun reinforcement of my values for the kids.

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74 Alicia April 27, 2008 at 10:14 am

Cool

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75 Kristinia April 27, 2008 at 12:23 pm

I’m into teaching my children as much as I can about the earth and how we can better it!

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78 Nada April 29, 2008 at 11:52 pm

This is great! I’m a teacher and my sister is in ECE, this will be very useful. : )

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79 Caryn Bailey April 30, 2008 at 2:31 am

Sounds like a great DVD!

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80 Brooke April 30, 2008 at 9:13 am

Excellent! Please randomly pick me!

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81 Taryn S April 30, 2008 at 2:25 pm

great!

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82 israel y April 30, 2008 at 5:41 pm

nice dvd, thanks!

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83 philip halter April 30, 2008 at 6:10 pm

enter me please

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84 Jennifer H April 30, 2008 at 10:42 pm

Sounds like a good DVD!

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85 Sarah Fischer May 1, 2008 at 12:18 am

I always try to do my part in being green! I’d love to have this dvd.

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86 Gloria Dornin May 1, 2008 at 5:09 pm

sounds great, thanks

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87 Rickey Moham Jr. May 1, 2008 at 10:18 pm

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