Enriching elementary minds and bodies during an at-home summer
Kids will learn some rhythms while getting ready for an imaginary camping trip. What would you bring on a camping trip? Would you bring a sleeping bag? Should you pack some firewood? Come along with two teachers from Shenendehowa Central School District to get packing for your camping trip. Check out this packing list to …
Create all the wonders of the great outdoors right in your own home! Find a cool picture you’d like to recreate and make it with something that we ALL have — laundry! Check out this video for ideas on how to use clothes, blankets and props from home to create your own beautiful landscape.
This camping trip between Teddy Roosevelt and his journalist, John Muir, is the reason that America has national parks, national forests and national sanctuaries. What To Do Listen to this read-aloud of The Camping Trip That Changed America. List the things that Teddy and John saw on their camping trip. Draw a picture of one …
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Create your own nature composition with materials found right in your own backyard! Artist Andy Goldsworthy creates elaborate works of art using sticks, rocks, leaves, and other treasures he can find outside. His artwork uses geometry and shapes inspired by nature, such as circles, spirals and domes. Some of his artwork has been compared to …
In this no-cooking-required activity, campers make a fun and nutritious snack. You won’t have to gather tinder for this fun and tasty campfire-inspired snack made of pretzel logs, grape rocks, and flames of American cheese. Young campers will enjoy building their campfire almost as much as they’ll enjoy eating this sweet-and-salty treat. What You Need …
Enjoy these stories showcasing the fun and wonder of camping. Every camping trip is a unique adventure with new things to see and lessons to learn. S is for S’mores is a visual story that takes you through the alphabet and helps you brush up on your camping vocabulary! Read Aloud: S is for S’mores YouTube …
Take a day trip to the great outdoors with this list of nature walk locations in the Capital District. Schiffendecker Farm Preserve Elm Avenue Town Park Moh-He-Con-Nuck Nature Preserve Hannacroix Ravine Six Mile Waterworks Park Ann Lee Pond Nature and Historic Park Corning Preserve North Bethlehem Park Peebles Island State Park Normanskill Preserve East Van …
Who says camping requires the wilderness? Set up camp right in your living room for the perfect summertime adventure. Camping is really all about the tent, and who says a tent has to be pitched outdoors? Set up camp in your living room! If you don’t have a tent, a couple of blankets draped over …
Get settled into campfires, s’mores and storytelling! There are so many adventures that come along with camping, including nature walks, spooky tales by the fire, and sleeping outside in a tent. In this video, Karen Swain, assistant superintendent of Scotia-Glenville Central School District, shows us all the campfire stories that await in the Summer Adventure …
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Pete can’t wait to go hiking, fishing and eat s’mores by the campfire. Listen to this read aloud of Pete the Cat Goes Camping. Make up a fiction campfire story that you would tell your family or friends if you could sit around a campfire. Draw pictures of your story and share it with your …
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