Coding activities with kids can start long before they are ready to write their own programs on a computer. In fact, they don’t need to involve a computer at all.
At its most basic, coding is just a set of … Read More ...
Water Gun Cup Race
Kids will take any excuse to shoot each other with water guns, which I’m pretty sure is the inevitable conclusion to setting up this DIY water gun cup race game.
It’s a super simple project that you probably already have … Read More ...
Summer Escape Room for Kids
It’s almost the end of summer where I live, but there’s still time to squeeze in a bit of fun (and hey, we’ve still got weekends with kids who need to be entertained, right?).
This escape room plan from Teaching … Read More ...
Pop-It Challenge Cards
If you have kids at home or in the classroom who are into Pop-It
, these challenge cards from Teach Me Mommy are a fun way to add a little enrichment to this sensory toy.
The printables show different patterns … Read More ...
Play a Traditional Liberian Strategy Game
Playing games from other countries is a fun way to learn more about a culture or just to play something that you haven’t already played 100 times before.
What Do We Do All Day has a great post on Queah, … Read More ...
Fourth of July Printable Games and Worksheets
With the Fourth of July coming up, you might be looking for printable games and activities to do in the classroom, at home or on road trips.
Here are some great options from all over the Internet.
Printable Fourth of
… Read More ...American Flag Counting Game
This easy, low-prep counting game is good for Memorial Day, Flag Day, Fourth of July or any other time during the summer when you’re talking about flags.
Use the printable from Playdough to Plato to count and color the stripes … Read More ...
Make a Jump Rope for Summer Fun
This is a fun upcyling project if you have a lot of plastic straws in your house. I used to buy packs of straws from the dollar store and we would use them with playdough and other sensory and art … Read More ...
Roll and Race Shape Games
Sometimes turning something into a game makes kids learn it — or show that they have learned it — way faster than doing regular worksheets or quizzes does.
These roll and race shape games from This Reading Mama cover the … Read More ...
Fun Family Easter Games
These “minute to win it” style Easter games are a lot of fun for families to play on Easter or to do in a classroom around Easter or for a spring party.
You don’t need a lot of supplies to … Read More ...
Printable Spring Memory Cards
There are so many cute images associated with spring, from flowers to baby animals and insects. What better way to celebrate the things of spring than a fun printable memory matching game?
This game from Kiddy Charts has three pages … Read More ...
Insect Movement Dice Printable Game
This printable dice game is a lot of fun for kids to use inside when it’s too rainy to play outside or outside or those warm spring days.
The activity is from Taming Little Monsters, and it includes different movements … Read More ...
Printable Spring Bingo Cards
Bingo is a fun game to play with a group of kids at just about any age. These printable bingo cards from Crafts on Sea have spring images and only use pictures, not words, so they’re great even for kids … Read More ...
Leprechaun Sequence Coding Activity
Coding games that don’t use a computer are a fun way to introduce kids to the concepts of programming without getting too complicated. And when you can add a holiday game twist, its just that much more fun.
This Leprechaun … Read More ...
Valentine’s Addition and Subtraction Printables
Valentine’s Day is a great time to add some holiday-themed activities to the learning day, and these printable math games are a perfect way to do it. These games are designed for kindergarten and first grade students, and they use … Read More ...