Enriching elementary minds and bodies during an at-home summer
Countless animal homes can be discovered right outside our front door. After getting some inspiration from Friends of the National Zoo: A Guide to the Outside, try it yourself! Go outside and look up, look, down, and look all around, and you’ll see all sorts of animal homes. Look in trees and you might see …
If you’re a fan of the PBS Kids show Peg + Cat, you will love this counting game involving chickens! Enter the crazy chicken coop and place all 100 chickens in different areas of the coop! When you put enough chickens in each room something silly happens! Find out by playing Chicken Coop on PBS …
Make an origami frog that is easy to fold and fun to play with! What You Need Colored construction paper, cut to the rectangle size of your choosing. The smaller the rectangle, the better the frog will jump. In this example, the paper is cut to 5.7 x 3.5 inches Scissors What To Do Fold the rectangle …
These animal-themed variations of the game “tag” are sure to lift your spirits — and your heart rate! Turtle Tag Keep yourself safe from being tagged by hiding in your turtle shell! Choose one or two players to begin as turtle taggers; the other players will be the runners. The runners should keep away from …
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Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but it doesn’t have to be the most boring. Make breakfast a “hoot” with this fun recipe! Let your imagination fly by creating all sorts of animals on your toast! Create a cow, a dog, a silly monkey, a fox and more! There are endless options …
How do animal parents care for their babies? Read, watch, and learn here! We know how grown-ups care for us, but how do animal parents care for their babies? You can listen to a reading of the book “Baby Animals” by Elaine Pascoe for some of the many ways the animal kingdom takes care of …
Hot diggitty dog! This simple recipe is sure to be a crowd-pleaser for kids and adults alike! Capital Region BOCES Communications Manager Jodie Orzechowski’s preschooler really loved the idea of making corn dogs, even though he never had one before. Knowing that both of her children (she has a fourth-grader as well) like hot dogs …
Create an adorable origami fox in just a few minutes! What You Need Colored construction paper, cut to the square size of your choosing In this example, the paper is cut 8 x 8 inches Scissors Crayons, colored pencils or markers What To Do Fold your paper in half by folding the top corner to …
Take a virtual step into the Utica Zoo to meet a snake. Then, grab some colored construction paper make a snake of your very own! Meet a Snake In this video, Kathleen from the Utica Zoo introduces Prism, the zoo’s rainbow boa. What’s special about Prism’s scales? Find out here: Make a Snake You’ll have …
Go to the zoo and view all the animals up close and personal without leaving home. Many zoos around the country have live animal cams for you to view! Want to see what some otters are doing? Watch a panda sleep? Or perhaps you want to head across the country to California to “visit” the …
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