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Splash Into Summer!

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Wrap up the year with these fun and motivating activties in a variety of curriculum areas.

 

 

 

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  • Lesson Plans and Activities (13)
  • Online Activities (3)

Lesson Plans and Activities

The Magic School Bus in a Beehive

How do the Magic School Bus kids communicate where nectar flowers are? By dancing like bees! Challenge your kids to dance the Honey-Bee-Bop to communicate the location of hidden flowers.

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Bubbles

This learning activity provides a method for students to explore the properties of air, water, color, and light. Students experiment with different bubble wands to discover the properties of bubbles.

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Hoops

Help your students develop concentration and quick reflexes with this fun physical activity that has its roots in ancient Greece!

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Pusa At Aso

Pusa at aso means "cat and dog" in the Filipino language of Tagalog. This game is guaranteed to get students' blood pumping and teaches children how to work together to have fun.

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Games Around the World

All over the world, in every culture and country, children play games. While these games may vary from place to place, you will recognize them in one form or another. Try these fun games with your students today!

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Song Books and Sing-Along

Children will choose favorite songs, create a group songbook, and have a sing-along with family members at an end-of-the-year celebration.

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Making Fruit-Shape Kebabs

Teach students to identify and compare shapes by helping them make fruit kebabs.

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Discovering Science in Nature

Give children time to explore the outdoors to foster emotional connections with nature, and help students develop a  respect for the environment and empathy for all forms of life.

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Boxes and Blocks: Puffer Bellies and Box Cars

This activity fosters cooperative and dramatic play outdoors by challenging children to create a train from cardboard boxes.

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Native American Games

A ready-to-use teaching idea about Native American culture that supports cooperation, social studies, and literacy skills

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Get to the Root of It!

Use this lesson plan to teach about plant roots, stems, leaves, and flowers through direct observation and diagramming.

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Giving an Outdoor Play

Use your outdoor play equipment as a stage for a favorite story.

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In My Garden Sing Along

Sing a song about vegetables to learn what grows in a garden.
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Online Activities

Going Bug-gy! Facts and Fun About Insects and Bugs

A collection of fun online activities and resources to introduce your students to the world of insects and bugs.
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Max's Math Adventures

Hosts Max and Ruthie challenge young students to solve real-world math problems by using clues embedded in fun, rhyming poems.
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I SPY

Play these exciting I SPY games filled with hours and hours of nutritious fun. Race against the clock in I SPY Bingo or solve the I SPY Puzzler as quick as you can!

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