LEGO Scavenger Hunt — Fun Indoor Activity for Kids

This time of year (summer where I live) I’m often looking for fun activities that can be done indoors because it’s hot outside.

This LEGO scavenger hunt is a fun idea you can do with a single kid or a group if you have enough clues to divvy them up.

Frugal Fun 4 Boys and Girls shares this idea that is like a treasure hunt for the mini figs. Each clue shows where a mini figure is hiding and kids can collect the figures as they go. You can do this with old figures or buy a set of figures for this purpose.

You could also just put little constructions or pieces in the areas for kids to find and then have them make something with all the materials they scavenged.

This idea comes with a set of 16 printable cards that are already filled out with clues. It’s meant to be done at home so the places to find are things like the mailbox, bookshelf, washing machine, sock drawer, refrigerator and clock, to name a few. She suggests using eight to 10 clues at a time so if you don’t have all these things in your home (dog leash, for example) you can just skip those.

There aren’t any blank cards in the set but you could of course write your own clues if you want to do this activity in the classroom or throw in some clues that might be more unique to places in your house. You could even add some clues that will be found outside if it’s not too hot.

Check out more on this idea and grab the free printable LEGO scavenger hunt challenge cards at Frugal Fun 4 Boys and Girls.

What’s your favorite indoor activity when it’s just too hot to play outside? I’d love to hear your ideas!

[Photo: Frugal Fun 4 Boys and Girsl]

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As I write this, back to school time is right around the corner, and if you have kids going to school for the first time or who might need a refresher on what school is like, books can be a big help in calming fears and letting them know what to expect.

School Days by Fabiola Sepulvelda is a wordless picture book full of photographs of various things that happen during the school day, such as leaving home, getting off the bus, greeting your teacher, raising your hand to talk, circle time, reading, quiet work, lunch, recess, art and music, and greeting your parent at the end of the day.

This is a nice book to prompt conversations about the way things might look and things that might happen at school, and could also be used in the classroom to talk about routines and what happens each day. It’s meant to be for kids who don’t yet know how to read, but could be used with older kids as well.

Ready for School by Dona Herweck Rice and illustrated by Amanda Morrow follows a little girl through a day getting ready for school and thinking about all the things that happen at school. It covers things like calendar time, mat time, being read to, math (they’re learning to count to five), recess and art. She’s so excited to go she wakes her mom up and it’s still nighttime.

This one is good for kids who like reminders of how the routine goes (both getting ready for school and being there) and those who might be apprehensive about what’s going to happen or if it will be fun.

The same author has a series of books that are meant to be for ESL learners but would work for others as well. Welcome to School has photos and single words or short phrases for things you do to get ready for school, different ways you might travel there, greetings, morning meeting activities. people you might see at school (like teacher, student, custodian), places and objects you’ll find around school, things at recess and school rules (like line up and raise hand).

Your School Day uses longer phrases (“riding in car” instead of just “car,” for example) and older children in the photos. The routine is also for older kids and uses bigger words like announcements and equipment. It also shows photos of different subjects kids might study, different kinds of learning groups and more people and places you’ll find in school.

A Day at School is kind of in between these two, with older elementary students going through many of the same things. This one doesn’t mention morning meetings but also doesn’t use the level of vocabulary of the book for older kids. Either this one of Welcome to School would be fine to use with young kids who already speak English but might like to see all the things and people they’ll see at school.

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