Mardi Gras Learning Activities

Mardi Gras maybe isn’t a holiday you automatically think of as relating to learning activities, but with its bold colors and great music it’s a great theme to attach to other lessons or a chance to learn about Louisiana culture.

I found some great printable resources at Teachers Pay Teachers if this is something you’d like to incorporate into your plans for the next month (Mardi Gras is March 5).

CreativeCOTA has a collection for younger kids (pre-K, kindergarten and first) that includes writing activities, word searches, counting worksheets, number puzzles and more. It’s 33 pages and runs $6.50.

For older kids check out the Mardi Gras reading comprehension and more pack from Mia McDaniel. In 10 pages it shares 22 short nonfiction passages about Mardi Gras complete with reading comprehension questions. It also includes an art activity, a game and more and costs $4.50.

Do you have any Mardi Gras learning activities you like to use in the classroom or at home? I’d love to hear about them.

[Photo: Mia McDaniel via TPT.]

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Mardi Gras Activities for Kids

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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