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It’s Earth Day

April 22, 2008 by Jennifer Donovan

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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.

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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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89 Comments

  1. Rickey Moham Jr. says

    May 1, 2008 at 10:18 pm

    WIN WIN WIN!!!

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  2. Gloria Dornin says

    May 1, 2008 at 5:09 pm

    sounds great, thanks

    Reply
  3. Sarah Fischer says

    May 1, 2008 at 12:18 am

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

    Sarah F
    [email protected]

    Reply
  4. Jennifer H says

    April 30, 2008 at 10:42 pm

    Sounds like a good DVD!

    Reply
  5. philip halter says

    April 30, 2008 at 6:10 pm

    enter me please

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  6. israel y says

    April 30, 2008 at 5:41 pm

    nice dvd, thanks!

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  7. Taryn S says

    April 30, 2008 at 2:25 pm

    great!

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  8. Brooke says

    April 30, 2008 at 9:13 am

    Excellent! Please randomly pick me!

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  9. Caryn Bailey says

    April 30, 2008 at 2:31 am

    Sounds like a great DVD!

    Reply
  10. Nada says

    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. : )

    Reply
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    April 28, 2008 at 8:07 pm

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  12. L McLendon says

    April 28, 2008 at 1:40 am

    Here is my entry!

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  13. Kristinia says

    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!

    Reply
  14. Alicia says

    April 27, 2008 at 10:14 am

    Cool

    Reply
  15. Kristie Noguera says

    April 26, 2008 at 10:45 pm

    What a fun reinforcement of my values for the kids.

    Reply
  16. Brett says

    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.

    Reply
  17. stacey moore says

    April 26, 2008 at 9:55 am

    this would be great for my classroom

    Reply
  18. Ginny says

    April 25, 2008 at 11:10 pm

    Cool count me in!

    Reply
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    April 25, 2008 at 10:12 pm

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  20. Leeanthro says

    April 25, 2008 at 3:06 pm

    I love earth-friendly media directed toward children.

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  21. Adrienne! says

    April 25, 2008 at 10:02 am

    we would love this. 🙂

    Reply
  22. Normal to Natalie says

    April 25, 2008 at 9:06 am

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

    Reply
  23. Sandy says

    April 25, 2008 at 1:19 am

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

    Reply
  24. Tracy says

    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.

    Reply
  25. Valerie Mitchell says

    April 25, 2008 at 12:45 am

    fabulous!

    Reply
  26. John MacDonald says

    April 24, 2008 at 11:29 pm

    Count me in please!

    Reply
  27. mama meji says

    April 24, 2008 at 11:14 pm

    Would love to win it.

    Reply
  28. Dawn says

    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.

    Reply
  29. lisa says

    April 24, 2008 at 11:09 pm

    This is excellent, thank you

    Reply
  30. Bailey's Leaf says

    April 24, 2008 at 10:15 pm

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

    Reply
  31. Erin says

    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

    Reply
  32. ashley says

    April 24, 2008 at 11:05 am

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

    Reply
  33. Elisa Perkins says

    April 24, 2008 at 10:45 am

    Great Giveaway!

    Reply
  34. Jen says

    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!!
    [email protected]

    Reply
  35. Ivan Girl says

    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…

    Reply
  36. stampedwithgrace says

    April 24, 2008 at 1:00 am

    I would like to win this DVD 🙂

    Reply
  37. Mae says

    April 24, 2008 at 1:00 am

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

    Reply
  38. Jennifer W says

    April 24, 2008 at 12:07 am

    OHHH, I homeschool and would love to have this!

    Reply
  39. Monique says

    April 24, 2008 at 12:06 am

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

    Reply
  40. Melissa says

    April 23, 2008 at 10:27 pm

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

    Reply
  41. Tonya says

    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.

    Reply
  42. Jacqueline Carpenter says

    April 23, 2008 at 9:35 pm

    All children could benefit from a dvd like this.

    Reply
  43. DARIJAVAN says

    April 23, 2008 at 8:39 pm

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

    Reply
  44. jenny hebert says

    April 23, 2008 at 4:53 pm

    Very educational

    Reply
  45. Patricia says

    April 23, 2008 at 4:44 pm

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

    Reply
  46. Stacey says

    April 23, 2008 at 2:24 pm

    What a great DVD!

    Reply
  47. Bree says

    April 23, 2008 at 1:48 pm

    What a great tool to teach the 3 Rs!

    Reply
  48. C Duran says

    April 23, 2008 at 1:36 pm

    I would love to win one of these!

    Reply
  49. John Z says

    April 23, 2008 at 1:31 pm

    Sounds like a great idea.

    Reply
  50. Nicol says

    April 23, 2008 at 1:13 pm

    Great way to teach kids about our earth!

    Reply
  51. Linda Pinto says

    April 23, 2008 at 12:54 pm

    I would love to win this DVD.

    Reply
  52. Anita says

    April 23, 2008 at 12:50 pm

    How neat!

    Reply
  53. Ilissa H. says

    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!

    Reply
  54. Mary says

    April 23, 2008 at 12:28 pm

    Happy belated Earth Day everyone! Great giveaway, thanks.

    Reply
  55. Ann says

    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!

    Reply
  56. Demetra says

    April 23, 2008 at 11:41 am

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

    Reply
  57. Betty Shoemaker says

    April 23, 2008 at 11:20 am

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

    Reply
  58. Kyra says

    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!

    Reply
  59. Cindi says

    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

    Reply
  60. Kathy Conley says

    April 23, 2008 at 10:51 am

    This would be great for classroom use

    Reply
  61. Nissa says

    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!

    Reply
  62. Ellie says

    April 23, 2008 at 10:14 am

    This sounds like an excellent video!

    Reply
  63. Piseco says

    April 23, 2008 at 9:58 am

    Thanks for this giveaway!

    Reply
  64. Michele says

    April 23, 2008 at 9:41 am

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

    Reply
  65. Sandra says

    April 23, 2008 at 9:22 am

    I would love this as well!
    owatz(AT)telus(DOT)net

    Reply
  66. Christina S. says

    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.

    Reply
  67. marybeth says

    April 23, 2008 at 5:56 am

    this sounds like a great DVD!

    Reply
  68. Jo says

    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’.

    Reply
  69. Laura H. says

    April 22, 2008 at 11:33 pm

    Count me in!

    laura_licious101(at)hotmail.com

    Reply
  70. Jill says

    April 22, 2008 at 10:45 pm

    cool, count me in!

    Reply
  71. Kari says

    April 22, 2008 at 10:23 pm

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

    Reply
  72. Megret says

    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!

    Reply
  73. Shannan P says

    April 22, 2008 at 9:16 pm

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

    Reply
  74. Chesapeake Ribbons says

    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

    Reply
  75. Belinda Abel says

    April 22, 2008 at 8:57 pm

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

    Reply
  76. Morning Rose says

    April 22, 2008 at 8:49 pm

    Please enter me.

    Reply
  77. Patty says

    April 22, 2008 at 8:27 pm

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

    Reply
  78. Shanna says

    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.

    Reply
  79. Kim Davis says

    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!

    Reply
  80. Michelle says

    April 22, 2008 at 7:58 pm

    I would also love one of the DVDs. 😀 Thanks!

    Reply
  81. Tracy Heyer says

    April 22, 2008 at 7:31 pm

    count me in!

    Reply
  82. Sara says

    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.

    Reply
  83. Natalie says

    April 22, 2008 at 6:48 pm

    Cool!

    Reply
  84. Jenn says

    April 22, 2008 at 6:40 pm

    What a great way to teach kids about being green!

    Reply
  85. Ashley says

    April 22, 2008 at 6:30 pm

    I’d love the DVD!

    Reply
  86. Michelle Rosborough says

    April 22, 2008 at 6:15 pm

    What a useful DVD.

    Reply
  87. Sarah says

    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

    Reply

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