Pokemon Learning Activities and Crafts

Lots of kids love Pokemon, and lots of people have pulled together learning activities, crafts and other fun things to do with a Pokemon theme. This might be fun to do in the classroom around the holidays or before a long weekend, or you can use these ideas at home when kids are home for a break or the weather is lousy and you want something fun to do that’s not playing Pokemon Go.

If you are wanting to use Pokemon (particularly Pokemon Go) in the classroom, Teaching Ideas has some ideas for writing and math activities for older kids, though they need to be players or be teamed up with a player to make these work. Alternatively kids who haven’t played it, could, for example, write about why they don’t or make up a story about someone who does.

Mother Natured has some fun activities inspired by Pokemon critters. I particularly like the classification of Pokemon creatures into different animal types, because it gets kids thinking about the qualities of different critters and how they relate to real-life animals.

Fill in the missing numbers in some basic math equations with a Pokemon card twist with the Pokemon missing number math printable from Mathematic Shed (scroll down a little on the linked page to find it).

Grab some color by number Pokemon printable worksheets from Simple Everyday Mom. Or make Pokemon perler bead patterns with the design templates from U Create Crafts. (The patterns are actually from Kandi Patterns, but all their easy ones are linked on U Create.)

Want to build your own Pokemon? Get instructions to build a couple in Lego from Frugal Fun 4 Boys and Girls, or make your own Pokeballs with this tutorial from And Next Comes L.

Get some wiggles out (like Wheedle) with the Pokemon movement cards from Royal Baloo and your kiddos will be flapping like Venomoth in no time.

Diana Rambles has printable Pokemon bingo cards, while you can get Pokemon bookmark printables from Ruffles and Rain Boots.

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Learning about the Weather with Kids

The celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe is important throughout Mexico and other parts of the world. Her feast day is Dec. 12, and the celebrations honoring her appearance to Juan Diego in 1531 begin a few days before that.

Whether you celebrate yourself or just want to share about the celebration at home or in your classroom, Las Mañanitas: The Beautiful Celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe is a good place to start. The book, by Ernesto Joel Vega Rosales and Jeanette Gonzalez Seneviratne, with illustrations by Dana Sanmar, tells the story of a family’s celebration of the feast day in both English and Spanish.

They prepare with a novena, which is nine days of prayers and preparations. The children, Lucia and Pablo, are given special outfits made by their grandmother that look like what Juan Diego might have worn when he saw Our Lady. The book describes the prayers that are made each day, such as a prayer for respect for life, for families and for the indigenous people of the Americas, to name a few.

As told in the book, Juan Diego was a native Mexican born near modern day Mexico City. His given name was Cuaauhtlatoatzin, which means “He who speaks like an eagle.” When he converted to Christianity his name was changed to Juan Diego, and as he walked to church he passed a hill called Tepeyac. One day he heard the birds singing especially beautifully and a voice called him to go to the top of the hill.

There he saw Our Lady of Guadalupe, who asked him to tell the bishop she wanted a chapel built in her name at the foot of the hill. The bishop asked for a sign that Juan Diego really saw her, and later she had him collect flowers that she blessed and take them to the bishop. When Juan Diego dropped the flowers, an image of Our Lady could be seen on his cloak, which is still on display in her basilica to this day.

The feast day is celebrated as mañanitas, which includes singing, indigenous music and dancing, and children presenting flowers to Our Lady. Juan Diego is remembered today as being humble, brave and faithful, and was the first indigenous American made a saint.

The book is colorful and tells the story in a clear way, and it’s fun to have it both in English and Spanish if you teach Spanish or speak Spanish at home or in the classroom. It’s a great way to learn the basics of the celebration and the story of Juan Diego and why he is still remembered today.

About the book: 40 pages, paperback, published 2024 by Loyola Press. Suggested retail price $14.99.

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