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Supporting Activities
Family activity planners provide parents, homeschoolers with learning activities for kids to do at home during summer and throughout the year. Materials including posters, reading lists, crafts, word puzzles, coloring pages, journals, and more.
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Instructions for performing an experiment to learn about evaporation.
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"Children go to the school to learn." This early reader booklet introduces young readers to simple sentences about neighborhood buildings.
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One page from a set of 16 Story Starters: Students are prompted to write a few sentences about the meaning of a "Stop" sign. (color)
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Use four of the five senses to explore the community, tracking what can be seen, heard, smelled, and felt throughout a neighborhood on this handy chart.
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Fun collage activity.
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Look for these items in the grocery store. Circle the ones you see. Color the ones you saw when you get home.
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Suggestions for making a family savings jar. Save up for your next vacation!
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"Children go to the school to learn." This early reader booklet introduces young readers to simple sentences about neighborhood buildings.
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Write an acrostic poem about the flag. With a picture to color.
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Two conversion charts: Metric to US and US to Metric.
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Four b/w bookmarks with Earth Day-themed slogans ("save our resources" etc.)
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A short reading comprehension selection about fires in the home is followed by 3 multiple choice questions and 5 questions that require brief written responses.
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"Aunt Jane said Kimmie could only go if she had sunscreen and a hat." A realistic fiction story about choosing a perfect beach hat.
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Aloha from Hawaii! Read about this family's fantastic Hawaiian vacation.
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Cut out the six school items and paste them on the matching squares on the board.
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Cut out the six school items and paste them on the matching squares on the board. Print out two copies to create a matching game.
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A rebus story of activities at the beach with word recognition matching activity and yes no answer questions.
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"Frank ran down to the beach." Realistic fiction followed by multiple choice comprehension questions.
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Use this simple bar graph to determine how many trash items (categorized by type) were picked up.
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Record the height, weight, and age of a student.
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Dominoes with bike safety tips (with full color pictures) instead of dots.
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Colorful game board: Reinforces use of the words "go", "to", and "the".
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A poster explains simple electrical circuits; this is followed by a clear, detailed reading comprehension exercise; practice work for drawing in missing wires to complete the circuits concludes the lesson.
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A simple form for interviewing a grandparent. Works well as part of a "family" unit or as a stand-alone project.
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Back to School Unit: Cut out the pictures and put them in order next to the sentences. Then write a story that uses the sentences as the foundation. Good early reader work.
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Open-ended comprehension questions and prompts to go with Dick Gackenbach's tale of three trees: one used for material, one a Christmas tree, and one left in the forest. A great Earth Day tie-in.
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Solar energy, wind energy, geothermal energy, hydropower, and biomass energy.
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Pitching an ideal summer is more than just pitching a tent... this unit takes students through a step-by-step planning and "pitch" of an ideal summer vacation, including needs assessment, time management, cost analysis, writing a persuasive letter, and more.
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A painted domino attaches to a clip to make a cute way to show school spirit. A great "back to school" craft!
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Fun pictures to color with space to write a short story.
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This form enables students to track titles and authors of what they read. Narrower lines and a cute graphic of children reading under a tree.
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"My family goes to the lake every summer in July." A realistic fiction reading comprehension.
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Keep track of things with this simple journal form. (Today is... I...)
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Spin the wheel and advance to the corresponding shape. This colorful castle-themed game is a fun way to master basic shapes.
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Use these forms to brainstorm ways to reuse a plastic bag and to create a poster to show your findings.
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This handy table form enables students to track what they are reading and how much, and also develops summary skills. One form is with graphics, one without.
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Instructions for making a family tree, including a form; a reading comprehension for reading a family tree; hints for mapping genetic traits and four great suggestions for take-home family tree projects.
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