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April 21, 2022 by Nicole Canún Spanish for Kids 0 comments

Celebrate Earth Day in Spanish: Vocabulary for Kids

Earth Day has celebrated the world’s natural resources since 1970. In 2022, it continues to be a reminder of how important it is to protect and restore our planet. 

This special day is the perfect opportunity to practice Spanish using our Printable Earth Day Worksheets PDF! Teach your children about the impact we each have individually and as a society when everyone does their part. 

Keep reading for Spanish-English vocabulary lists, coloring pages, scavenger hunts, memory games, books, and more meaningful activities. 

Do these Earth Day activities in Spanish to teach your kids valuable ecological lessons this April 22—or any day!

¡Feliz día de la Tierra en español!
Happy Earth Day in Spanish!


Table of Contents:

  • Earth Day Resources and Games
  • Meaningful Earth Day Videos and Books
  • Earth Day in Spanish – Writing Prompts
  • Earth Day in Spanish – Vocabulary Lists
  • Continue to Celebrate Earth Day in Spanish

Earth Day Resources and Games

This lesson is designed to include indoor and outdoor activities. Enjoy celebrating Earth Day with your kids!

Earth Day continues to be a reminder of how important it is to protect and restore our planet. 

Earth Week Coloring Pages

It’s fun for kids to relate ideas with objects, and coloring pages like these do wonders for their imagination, creativity, and memory. This activity is perfect for practicing the colors with them while you commemorate Earth Day in Spanish!

EnglishSpanish
black negro
blue azul
brown café
green verde
orange naranja
pink rosa
purple morado
red rojo
white blanco
yellow amarillo
Earth day in Spanish - verde

See also: Desert Animals and Plants (Free Spanish Lessons for Kids)

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Color-by-Number Resources for Kids

Learning about the Earth Day in Spanish has never been so easy and fun! Use these coloring pages to continue practicing colors and memory skills with your little one.

Earth Day in Spanish – Scavenger Hunt Worksheet

Earth in Spanish has never been so entertaining! Let your children play scavenger hunt looking for this items they can find in a garden or park:

EnglishSpanish
birds los pájaros, las aves
butterfly la mariposa
flowers las flores
green leaf la hoja verde
mushrooms los hongos
petals los pétalos
plant la planta
stones las piedras
roots las raíces 
water el agua
wood la madera
Earth day in Spanish - hongos

Check out: Science of Amphibians (Free Spanish Lessons for Kids)

Memory Game

This activity is enjoyable for kids of all ages. Memory games are extraordinary if you are looking for brain stimulation. When you add that on top of language learning, you get the whole package. Besides matching images, your children have to match words and their translations. 

EnglishSpanish
air el aire
clouds la nube
hail el granizo
moon la luna
rain la lluvia
rainbow el arcoiris
snow la nieve
sun el sol
umbrella el paraguas, la sombrilla
wind el viento
Earth day in Spanish - nieve

Meaningful Earth Day Videos and Books

Videos and books are helpful when introducing Earth Day in Spanish to children. 

1. YouTube Video and Song

Read the lyrics of this Earth Day song in Spanish and English. With enough practice, your children will eventually be able to sing along!

EnglishSpanish
This Earth is ill because no one cares for itcars, factories, planes that polluterivers, forests, jungles, seas, and their animalsan elephant with big earsa crocodile that swims in the rivera snake, be careful it can bite you!a giraffe with a long neck and legslet’s go together to take care of rivers, forests, jungles, seas, animalslet’s go together to clean rivers, forests, jungles, seas, animalsEsta Tierra está malita porque nadie la cuidacoches, fábricas, aviones que contaminanríos, bosques, selvas, mares y sus animalesun elefante con orejas grandesun cocodrilo que nada por el ríouna serpiente, ¡cuidado que te muerde!una jirafa con cuello y piernas largasvamos juntos a, a cuidar ríos, bosques, selvas, mares, animalesvamos juntos a limpiar ríos, bosques, selvas, mares, animales 

2. YouTube Lesson

In this lesson, kids repeat the words they hear and read in the video while viewing landscape images. 

3. Read Earth Day Books

Reading books is a memorable way to connect with information. 

Commemorate Earth Day in Spanish with these books in Spanish and English about nature. 

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Earth Day in Spanish – Writing Prompts

What to say on Earth Day? Here’s a list of writing prompts you can say on this special day!

¡Feliz día de la Tierra!
Happy Earth Day!

Reduce, recicla, reutiliza.
Reduce, recycle, reuse. 

¡Salvemos al planeta!
Let’s save the planet! 

¡No tires basura!
Do not litter!

Todos tenemos que poner nuestro granito de arena.
We have to do our bit.

¡Salvemos al planeta!

Earth Day in Spanish – Vocabulary Lists

This section features vocabulary lists to celebrate Earth Day in Spanish:

  • Perfect words for kindergarten children
  • Terms and concepts ideal for older kids
  • Nature words that start with “e” and “t” 
  • Verbs

Earth Day Vocabulary for Kindergarten

EnglishSpanish
Earth La Tierra
animalslos animales
coasts las costas
forests los bosques
insects los insectos 
jungle la selva
nests los nidos
oceans los océanos
seas los mares
treeslos arboles
Earth day in Spanish - el nido

Earth Day in Spanish – Vocabulary for Older Kids

EnglishSpanish
cloth diapers los pañales de tela
contamination, pollution la contaminación
garbage la basura 
glaciers los glaciares
global warming el calentamiento global
greenhouse effect el efecto invernadero
inorganic waste la basura inorgánica
natural fibers las fibras naturales
organic waste la basura orgánica
photosynthesis la fotosíntesis
plastic el plástico
renewable energy la energía renovable
wind energyla energía del viento
las fibras naturales

Recommended reading: Nature Printables and Activities (Free Spanish Lessons for Kids)

Earth Day Words That Start with E

EnglishSpanish
Earth Day el día de la Tierra
ecological ecológico/a
ecology la ecología
ecosystem el ecosistema
efficienteficiente
electricity la electricidad
electronic devices los aparatos electrónicos
emissions las emisiones
energy la energía 
endangered en peligro
environment el ambiente
erosion la erosión
evaporation la evaporación 
extinction la extinción
extreme extremo/a
en peligro - endangered

Earth Day Words That Start with T

EnglishSpanish
technology la tecnología
temperature la temperatura
terrain el terreno
toxic tóxico/a
toxinla toxina
traffic el tráfico
trash la basura
tree el árbol
tropical tropical

Earth Day in Spanish – Verbs

EnglishSpanish
to breathe respirar
to conserve conservar
to drink water tomar agua, beber agua
to prevent prevenir
to recycle reciclar
to reduce reducir
to reuse reutilizar
to save energy ahorrar energía
to take care of cuidar de
to turn off apagar
to unplug desenchufar
to waste desperdiciar
tomar agua, beber agua

See also: Tropical Animals in Spanish (Free Spanish Lessons for Kids)

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¡Deberíamos empezar a hacer composta y a plantar árboles!
We should start making compost and planting trees!  

Tengo un popote de metal extra en mi bolsa de tela, ¿lo quieres?
I have a spare metal straw in my cloth bag, do you want it?

Es importante comprar productos ecológicos y pilas recargables. 
It’s important to buy ecological products and rechargeable batteries.

Mi mamá usa un tendedero y deja que el viento y el sol sequen todo. 
My mom uses a clothesline and lets the wind and sun dry everything. 

Sólo utilizo el metro y otras formas de transporte público.
I only use the subway and other forms of public transportation. 

Do These Actions and Use These Products Less

¡Es urgente que dejemos de comprar productos con aceite de palma! Eso contribuye a la deforestación y deja animales sin casa.
It is urgent that we stop buying products with palm oil! It contributes to deforestation and leaves animals with no home. 

Los fertilizantes químicas, combustibles fósiles y bolsas de plástico están destruyendo nuestro planeta. 
Chemical fertilizers, fossil fuels, and plastic bags are destroying our planet. 

Nunca dejes correr el agua mientras te lavas los dientes. 
Never leave the water running while you brush your teeth.

No está bien contaminar las calles. 
It’s not good to litter the streets.

No está bien contaminar las calles. 

Continue to Celebrate Earth Day in Spanish

Celebrating Earth Day in Spanish is fun! Learning Spanish is an amazing idea and a lifelong tool to improve your household’s interactions and brighten your child’s future. Becoming bilingual as a family empowers your children to thrive by learning a second language. 

By embarking on this adventure, they will learn about new cultures and will be able to travel more easily to Spanish-speaking countries. This will trickle down to generate more empathy and tolerance towards others that look and think differently from them. 

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