Dirt Theme

MAKE (Art Center)

• Crafts Shaped Like the Letter D/d
• Dirt Crafts Shaped Like the Letter D/d 
• Letter D/d Filled in with Dirt
• Letter D/d Filled in with Dirt Stickers
• Fingerprint Crafts
• Handprint Dirt
• Footprint Dirt
• Fingerprint Dirt - saved by Jels Sharp
• Recyclable Crafts
• Paper Plate Garden - Happy Hooligans
• Hairy Gardening Craft - Mom vs The Boys
• Other Crafts
• Sculpt with Dirt - Play Ideas
• Paint Canvases with Dirt - Play Ideas
• Create a Picture Using Real Dirt - Play Ideas
• Mud Stamping - Adventures at Home with Mum
• Make Mud Creatures - Via Joy
• Make a Picture Using Real Dirt and Pieces of Yarn as Worms - Play Ideas
• Mud and Nature Paintings - Curly Birds
• Free Art
• Have art materials accessible to children such as a dirt coloring page, a dirt stencil, an easel, markers, stamps, colored pencils, crayons, play-dough, and tissue paper/construction paper/fabric squares for children to work with if they'd like as well.

EXPLORE (Sensory Centers)

• Practice Tracing the Letter D/d in Dirt - Play Ideas
• Sediment Jar - Play Ideas
• Closed Terrariums - Play Ideas
• Bug and Dirt Shake and Find Sensory Bottle - House of Burke
• Dirt & Worms Sensory Play - Growing a Jeweled Rose
• Dirt Dough - Growing a Jeweled Rose
• Dirt Play Dough - Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls
• What Lives in Dirt Explorative Science - Go Science Girls
• Do Some Gardening - Lemon Lime Adventures
• Grow Plants Indoors - Powerful Mothering
• Mud Sensory Play - The Jenny Evolution
• Mud Pie Making Fun! - B-Inspired Mama
• Learn with Real Worms - Lemon Lime Adventures
• Pretend Worm Sensory Bin - Fun at Home with Kids
• Muddy Dino Wash - 3 Boys and a Dog
• Dirt Volcano - Kids Activities Blog
• Paint with Mud Paint - Growing a Jeweled Rose
• Dirt Painting - Growing a Jeweled Rose
• Dinosaur Small World - Growing a Jeweled Rose
• Construction Sensory Bin - Growing a Jeweled Rose
• Hunting for Plastic Bugs - Play Ideas
• Dirt Box - Play Ideas
• Fairy Garden - Play Ideas
• Mud Soup - Play Ideas
• Searching for Dinosaur Bones - Play Ideas
• Fizzy Mud - Growing a Jeweled Rose
• Magic Mud - Growing a Jeweled Rose
• Muddy Car Wash - Happy Hooligans
• Exploring Dirt and Mud Science Projects - Parenting Science
• Composting - Spell Out Loud
• Dinosaur Eggs - Summer Camp Program Director
• Dinosaur Dig - Carnival Savers
• DIY Worm Farm - A Mom with a Lesson Plan
• Dirt Play Dough Sensory Writing Tray - Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls
• Learning to Measure with Gummy Worms - Kids Activities Blog
• Dirt Math Center Activity - How Wee Learn
• Cooking Dirt Cups - Autism Tank

PLAY (Inside and Outside Games/Activities)

• Puzzles/Board Games
• Dirt Digger - Zulily
• Melissa & Doug Puzzle Chunky Construction - Entropy
• Block Center/Building Ideas
• Build Mud Bricks - Play Ideas
• Build Castles Out of Dirt - Play Ideas
• Dramatic Play
• Cook in a Mud Pie Kitchen
• Pretend Play Bakery
• Archaeological Treasure Hunt - Greening Sam & Avery
• Pretend Paleontologist - Habeebee Homeschooling
• Quiet Activities
• Five Little Worms Felt Board - Ram Sam Storytime
• Vegetable Garden Quiet Book Page - lookisquare.com
• Dump Truck Quiet Book Page - Imagine Our Life
• Place Cut Pipe Cleaners on a Brown Carpet Square - saved by Joey Bailey
• File Folder Activities/Worksheets
• Worm Activities - From the Hive
• Soil Layers - education.com
• My Observations About Types of Soil - The GLOBE Program
• Worm Jar Observation Sheet & Instructions - Preschool Creations
• Wishy Washy Color By Number Pages - Making Learning Fun
• Soil, Sand, or Dirt? - education.com
• Dump Truck Coloring Page - education.com
• Soil Maze - education.com
• Active Games/Outside Play Activities
• Use Mud for Target (and Math!) Practice - Hands On As We Grow
• Mud Pit - Growing a Jeweled Rose
• Mud Pie Kitchen - Growing a Jeweled Rose
• Mud Body Painting - Growing a Jeweled Rose
• Mud Sliding - Growing a Jeweled Rose
• Kiddy Pool with Dirt and Water - Play Ideas
• Jump in Mud Puddles - Play-Based Classroom

READ (Circle Time/Books for the Book Center)

• Diary of a Worm - Doreen Cronin
• Dirty Gert - Tedd Arnold
• Dirt The Scoop on Soil - Natalie M. Rosinsky
• Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt - Kate Messner
• Dirt on My Shirt - Jeff Foxworthy
• There's a Hair in My Dirt - Gary Larson
• Harry the Dirty Dog - Gene Zion
• Jump Into Science: Dirt - Steve Tomecek
• The Amazing Dirt Book - Paulette Bourgeois
• Dig In! Learn About Dirt - Pamela Hall
• Dirtmeiscter's Nitty Gritty Planet Earth - Steve Tomecek
• I'm A Dirty Dinosaur - Janeen Brian

SING (Circle Time Songs/Poems)

• Dirt on My Shirt - harpercollinschildrens.tumblr.com
• Sesame Street: Song - Dirt Dirt Dirt - youtube.com
• Dig a Little Dirt - youtube.com
• Mud, Mud, Mud - extension.illinois.edu
• I Love Dirt - extension.illinois.edu

EAT (Snack Center)

• Earth Day Dirt Cups - Mothering with Creativity
• Dirt and Worm Brownies - Perfectly Sprinkled
• Worms & Dirt Chocolate Bark - Crafting Chicks
• Easter Dirt Cake - Lil' Luna
• Bunny Dirt Cups - A Zesty Bite
• Oreo Dirt Cups - Shari Blogs
• Dirt Cake - Yours Mine and Ours 2012
• Easy Dirt Cup Dessert - Midget Momma
• Pudding Filled Dirt Cupcakes - Inside Bru Crew Life

VISIT  (Visitor/Field Trip Ideas)

• Guest Speaker -  Farmer or Someone who can bring in Earthworms to share
• Field Trip - Go on a Nature Walk