Enriching elementary minds and bodies during an at-home summer
This investigation will take kids on an indoor scavenger hunt until somebody yells “Bingo!” What You Need Paper and drawing materials to create your own Bingo cards, or use this online Bingo card generator. Here’s a sample Bingo card if you make your own: Pick a theme and make one card for each player. In …
Here’s a twist on Bingo that will get you outdoors exploring your surroundings! Can you find all of these everyday sights in your neighborhood? That’s the challenge for this scavenger hunt. Explore your backyard, a local park or your neighborhood to search for as many items on the Bingo card as you can find. When …
How is it that no two fingerprints are exactly alike? Leave your mark with this hands-on fingerprint activity! Watch Fingerprint Monsters Video One thing that makes us so unique is our fingerprints. You are the only one in the world with your fingerprint! There are three types of fingerprints: loops, whorls and arches. In this …
Be an engineer and build your very own city in this creative, hands-on activity. Be the designer of a brand-new city and decide what buildings and places make it into your own marvelous metropolis. In this video from the NY STEAM Bus, Hayley Neufeld gives us the instructions to build our own model city with …
Follow the clues and solve the mystery! Can you catch this master thief? Figure out what Carmen Sandiego has taken and where she went! Track her all over the world with “Where on Google Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?” That’s right, the fun game of Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? is back — but this …
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In this activity, young sleuths will solve a mystery using musical clues. A cookie is missing and it’s up to you to figure out what happened. It was in the cookie jar but now, well, it could be anywhere! Get warmed up for this musical mystery with a vocal exploration by Karigon Elementary School teacher …
Unlock secret messages to become a master code breaker! Unlock secret messages by cracking the code! What level of code breaker will you become?
A catchy way to learn all 50 states. Take a musical tour of the 50 States of America Just like you remember the words to your favorite songs, a good tune can help you remember great information like the 50 States of America. Take a musical tour of the 50 states and their state capitals …
Write a mysterious message using simple household ingredients! Check out this video on How to Make disappearing ink out of vinegar. Making invisible ink is a lot of fun! You can pretend you are a secret agent, or draw a secret map that leads to your hidden treasure. All you need is some basic household …
Use this #SummerAdventure “map” to navigate to far away places! With virtual field trips, you can visit almost anywhere in the world right from your own home! The Kids Activities Blog has collected dozens of free virtual field trips, spanning the globe to all kinds of historic and unique places!. Visit The Great Wall of …
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