Ideas for Spring Break Activities for Tweens

As kids get older, it can be harder to get the interested in any kind of activity that involves hanging out as a family.

But we still have to do something over spring break, or any other holiday from school. We don’t want to completely leave them to their own devices (literally, in the case of my 9-year-old, who will listen to Audiobooks on her iPad all day if I let her). But we’d like to keep the eye-rolling and grudging participation to a minimum, too.

Kitchen Counter Chronicle has some ideas for spring break activities for tweens that the whole family will enjoy. Whether it’s a day of gaming, letting the kids cook or putting on jammies and watching a movie, among other things, these ideas will help you do some bonding and give them good answers to the question “what did you do for spring break?” even if you were at home the whole time.

What do you do with tweens on school holidays? I’d love to hear your ideas.

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Shark Week generally happens in July, but any time is a good time to learn more about sharks.

First, start with some fun whale facts like these from Kids Craft Room. Here I learned about the dwarf lantern shark, which is the smallest shark and only grows to about 6-8 inches (about 15-20 cm) long. It also emits light. How cool is that?

Natural Beach Living has some great printable shark information guides, where kids can learn about different kinds of sharks, match the facts to the pictures, or print out doubles and do a shark memory game.

Living Life an Learning has some great shark activity pages including the parts of a shark, types of sharks, a crossword puzzle and more. Also check out their parts of a shark and word scramble download, and a life cycle worksheet.

Learn about how sharks float with this great activity from JDaniel4’s Mom.

Need more facts about sharks? This fact pact from The WOLFe PACK on Teacher Pay Teachers includes fact sheets, a printable flip book, informational text, vocabulary, comprehension questions and more.

Living Montessori Now has a great collection of shark themed activities with a Montessori inspired twist. You’ll find a shark roll and cover, shark phonics and lots more shark activities Deb has collected from all over the Internet.

Remember the “Sharknado” movie? A Few Shortcuts turned the combination of sharks and tornadoes into a fun science activity. You’ll need a bottle connector for this project but otherwise should have everything you need on hand. Use their template to make your sharks out of aluminum foil. So fun!

You can also do some shark themed coloring with these coloring pages from Encouraging Moms at Home. Or make a cool 3D shark with this template from korkotak. And there are tons of different shark crafts collected in this post from Kids Activities Blog.

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