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End of the School Year Classroom Activities

May 14, 2023 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

With the end of the school year coming up fast, you might be looking for some fun activities to do in the classroom to mark the occasion. These are also great to do with groups of kids such as Girl Scouts, a church group or other club that doesn’t meet over the summer.

We Are Teachers has a collection of 21 ideas that you can use for fun at the end of the year. I love the person bingo idea, because that’s often one that’s played when people are getting to know each other, but it can be fun to see how much faster this goes when people have had the whole year to learn different things about each other. That particular idea (which comes with a printable) is from Playdough to Plato.

Younger kids will enjoy these end of the year crowns you can print and color. The printable, which is available on Teachers Pay Teachers, is 65 pages and covers kindergarten through fifth grade with sentiments like “future fourth grader” and “I totally rocked second grade.”

Creatively Teaching First has a bunch of cute ideas for celebrating the end of the year, from a beach party that builds up over 10 days of fun activities to printable doughnut themed awards, summer bookmarks and more. These ideas are sure to get you thinking of some fun things you can do with your class, or even your kids at home (a beach party at home would be fun for the first day of summer, for instance).

Add some color and a little snack to your end of the year reflections with this Skittles writing activity from Digging Deeper Teacher Resources. Each child gets a bag of Skittles and the things they write down on their memory list are related to that color (for example red is thing they’ll miss, purple is something they learned, etc.).

Need more ideas for the end of the year? Check out this awesome A to Z end-of-the-year roundup I shared before.

Ways to Count Down to the End of the School Year

End-of-School-Year Ideas for Older Kids

Goodbye Stars to End the School Year

Easy Activities for the End of the School Year

 

 

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Bastille Day for Kids

When I was writing about France the other day, it occurred to me that Bastille Day was also coming up (July 14, to be precise), and I wasn’t sure that I had written about it before. On further digging I realized I had, but it’s been a few years, so let’s take a look at some more ideas for celebrating this pivotal day in French history. Of course anything in the post on France would be great to do as well. 

First, if you want to start with a kid-friendly explanation of Bastille Day, get the basics from Britannica Kids. 

Learn more about the French Revolution and play the Storming the Bastille game from Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool +. It looks a little like Chutes (or Snakes) and Ladders to me, but I think you might start over instead of just going back when you hit a guillotine space. She also has a France unit study that includes a printable lapbook and making pain au’ chocolat. 

The Princess and the Frog made a wafer cookie Eiffel Tower (which they originally found on our Edible Crafts site; love a full circle moment!). When I went looking for that I also saw Eiffel towers made of pretzels and gingerbread, so get creative with your building challenges. 

Make a fun French flag collage with this tutorial from Sparkle Living Blog (via Real Creative Organized). Search for French clip art or royalty free photos online to add to your artwork. And if you’re looking for more France themed crafts, check out this collection from Artsy Craftsy Mom. My favorite is the little printable city, which came from Handmade Charlotte, but there are lots of cute craft ideas here for Bastille Day or an day. 

Grab some Bastille Day coloring pages from Plantz Matter, which also has a little French lesson if you want to learn some basics. Coloring Pages for Kids also has some good options for Bastille Day coloring. 

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