Whether it’s Earth Hour, Earth Day, or family movie night, these environmental movies are perfect for the entire family!
Our whole family loves a good movie night, and we’ve also used movies to help teach lessons in our homeschool. Naturally, we’ve watched many movies about the environment! It may be annoying, but I can make almost any movie about the environment, actually. I’ll call it my superpower haha! Here are some movies that my Little Boo (age 4) likes and that I approve!
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Questions to ask after watching these movies:
Before the movie list, here are some post-movie questions to help spark conversations with your Little Earthlings:
- What role did nature play in this movie?
- What can be done to protect and help nature?
- How was nature harmed by the things that people do?
- What did the characters do to protect nature?
- What did you learn about the natural world, animals, and plant life that you didn’t know before?
- How will you help protect the planet?
See also: Earth Hour Activities for Families, Young Children, & Couples
Educational Environmental Movies for Young Kids
Sesame Street: Being Green
Elo and Abby find out it can be easy being green when they stumble onto the Earth-a-Thon, hosted by Mr. Earth (Paul Rudd), happening right on Sesame Street. Telly, Rosita, and Cookie Monster answer phone calls from children calling in with pledges to reduce, reuse, recycle (and possibly send cookies to Cookie). But what happens when Abby uses her magic to help Elmo be really “green”? This jam-packed DVD is filled with songs, ideas, and suggestions from real kids around the world!
Available to watch on Prime Video (Amazon); available to purchase the DVD on Amazon:
WALL-E
Official descriptions simply say that WALL-E is about a robot who has a big personality after collecting trash alone on Earth for 700 years. He then falls in love…
What they don’t tell is what we love the most about it – WALL-E shows how the Earth and humans can end up if we don’t stop overproducing and being wasteful. It also shows redemption – we have the power to make better choices to benefit ourselves and the Earth!
Available to watch on Disney+ and Prime Video (Amazon); available to purchase the DVD on Amazon:
Related article: Our Homeschool Library – Essential Reference Books
Disneynature: Earth
An epic story of adventure, starring some of the most magnificent and courageous creatures alive, awaits you in Earth. Disneynature brings you a remarkable story, narrated by James Earl Jones, of three animal families on a journey across our planet – polar bears, elephants and humpback whales.
Available to watch on Disney+ and Prime Video (Amazon); available to purchase the DVD on Amazon:
Wings of Life
An intimate look at incredible – and increasingly threatened – creatures that a third of the world’s food supply depends upon.
Available to watch on Disney+ and Prime Video (Amazon); available to purchase the DVD on Amazon:
Schoolhouse Rock: Earth
Taking care of the environment rocks! SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK! EARTH features 13 songs that educate and celebrate what makes our planet so great! These fun and high-energy songs will teach a new generation of fans all about recycling, biodiversity, solar energy and more. Think green and do your part to rock the Earth! It’s the only Earth we’ve got!
Available to rent to watch on YouTube; available to purchase the DVD on Amazon:
A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventures
A sea turtle, who was hatched in 1959, spends the next fifty years travelling the world, while it is being changed by global warming.
Available to watch on Prime Video (Amazon); available to watch for free on YouTube
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
FernGully is set in an Australian rainforest inhabited by fairies including Crysta, who accidentally shrinks a young logger named Zak to the size of a fairy. Together, they rally the fairies and the animals of the rainforest to protect their home from the loggers and a malevolent pollution entity, Hexxus.
Available to watch on Prime Video (Amazon); available to purchase the DVD on Amazon:
Final thoughts on Environmental Movies for Kids
I hope you take the time to watch these movies while enjoying and learning from them. Of course, this isn’t an exhaustive list of existing environmental movies for kids. I also hope that we start to see many more in the near future. Continue to teach these precious Tiny Green Earthlings that they have it within themselves to care for the earth, and that we are doing our best to care for it for their sake and our own sakes, as well!
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