Earth Day With Green Bean

This Earth Day, get ready to celebrate and learn how we can care for our planet with Anita Frost, the creator of the Green Bean series. This environmental-themed event is designed to support literacy skills and enjoyment, and is recommended for children aged 5 to 7 years. In an accessible lens through her picture books, Anita will be sharing how we can live sustainably, nurture the environment through play, learning and fun adventures.

This event will be hosted on Zoom webinar, with a live-stream recorded on YouTube.
Can't make the live time? Please continue to register to receive a link to the recording.

​About The Author Anita Frost

Anita Frost is a multi-award-winning author, entrepreneur and the founder of Green Bean Studios®. With an extensive professional background in both child development and business, recognised as an industry leader for innovating eco-toys, designing sound media content and fun learning books.
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As a businesswoman eager to address some of society’s most important issues, including children’s emotional and social development delays, children's mental health and the ecological crisis. Anita wanted to get to the heart of the issue and began researching the key contributing factors; children are spending less time outdoors, and this is showing a result in an increasing range of behavioural and attainment challenges in children.

About Green Bean

Green Bean is a beloved character from the Green Bean Collection, a multimedia children's franchise by author Anita Frost. This collection features books, toys, music, and entertainment, positioning Green Bean as a supportive household companion for children from infancy through primary school.

Living in the scenic Adventure Dales with five distinct friends, Green Bean's mission is to promote learning through play. The character supports children's social and emotional growth while advocating for healthy and sustainable lifestyles.

​Sign Up For Your Link To Join

This event is a National Literacy Trust initiative. While most participating children will join from a school setting, we also enthusiastically welcome those joining our events from home. BOOK your place HERE. We look forward to seeing you!​

Earth Day Teaching Activities & Resources

Although the event focuses on ages 5 to 7, the materials can easily be adapted to suit younger pupils.
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What’s included in the download?

• Literacy activities: reading, writing (3) and oracy.
• An excerpt from Green Bean’s Garden
• Two colouring activities
• A comic strip template (ideal for the writing activity or for creative use in class)

Sign up for the online event and download the full resource pack here to help your pupils explore Earth Day themes through stories, creativity and literacy.

​More resources

• Explore our hot topic: Greta Thunberg and the climate emergency
• Initiate exporation of global goals in the early years through our resource: Talking to Young Children about The Global Goals
• Dive into stories exploring climate and the environment in the Caring for the Planet selection in our Young Readers booklists​

This year, Earth Day is taking place on Wednesday 22 April and follows the theme Our Power, Our Planet.