🌳 Arbor Day
Last Friday in April Grades K–5
Arbor Day, the last Friday in April, is all about planting and caring for trees.
📅 Next dates
- Friday, April 24, 2026
- Friday, April 30, 2027
- Friday, April 28, 2028
📖 The story
J. Sterling Morton loved trees and convinced Nebraska, which had few trees, to hold the first Arbor Day on April 10, 1872. People planted about one million trees that day!
Trees give us oxygen, shade, homes for animals, fruit and wood. Many states hold Arbor Day at the best time for planting where they live.
✨ Traditions
- Planting trees
- Learning to identify trees
- Tree giveaways
✂️ Activities
Leaf Rubbings
- Put a leaf under paper.
- Rub the side of a crayon over it.
- Collect five kinds and name the trees.
Arbor Day quiz
Where was the first Arbor Day?
About how many trees were planted that first day?
Which gas do trees give off?
💭 Let’s write
If you planted a tree today, what would you want it to see in 100 years?
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