World Environment Day: Activity Worksheet 1 is a fun and interactive resource designed to help students engage with the values of World Environment Day through a series of creative and educational tasks. This worksheet encourages environmental awareness while supporting early literacy, numeracy and visual thinking skills.

Students will complete a variety of activities, including colouring and counting environmentally themed objects, solving a nature-themed maze, designing their own vegetable garden, and using the letters in the word “environment” to build as many smaller words as possible. These tasks are perfect for classroom discussion, individual reflection or as a light yet purposeful way to celebrate World Environment Day.

Whether used as a morning starter, literacy rotation or part of a themed celebration, this worksheet offers multiple opportunities for cross-curricular learning—building vocabulary, strengthening fine motor skills and reinforcing concepts related to sustainability and environmental care.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Build vocabulary through environmental-themed word-building tasks
• ✅ Strengthen fine motor skills through colouring and maze activities
• ✅ Explore basic numeracy through object counting
• ✅ Promote creativity and awareness through garden design and environmental reflection

What’s Included:

• Single-page worksheet with four activities:
• Colour and count environment-related objects
• Complete a nature-themed maze
• Design a vegetable garden
• Create as many words as possible using the letters in “environment”

Materials Needed:

• Printed worksheet
• Coloured pencils, markers or crayons
• Pencil and eraser for the word-building task

How to Use:

• Begin with a class discussion about the importance of World Environment Day
• Guide students through each section of the worksheet, encouraging discussion and creativity as they work
• Use the vegetable garden task as a springboard for a deeper conversation about food sustainability
• Challenge students to share the words they created from “environment” and compare answers with peers

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use during a World Environment Day classroom celebration or as a morning starter
• 💡 Display completed worksheets in a classroom or hallway gallery
• 💡 Use in conjunction with the other resources in our World Environment Day collection

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Print on A3 for younger students or those needing extra space
• 💛 Turn the maze into a group competition to build engagement
• 💛 Use the garden design activity to introduce discussions around composting and food waste

World Environment Day: Activity Worksheet 1 is a creative and educational way to get students thinking about sustainability while building key early learning skills.