Practice Spelling Outdoors with “Magic Paint”

When kids are learning to write and to spell, it’s helpful for them to see and work with words in lots of different ways.

This idea for using “magic paint” on the sidewalk from Gift of Curiosity is a great one to use during the summer or whenever the weather is warm.

You can have kids write their names and other sight words on the sidewalk, or start by writing the words you want them to practice in chalk and they can “paint” over them.

This is a quick, easy, no prep activity you can add to your outdoor water play or use as a way to get kids learning while they are outside.

[Photo: Gift of Curiosity.]

If you are looking for fun active games to get the kids moving, I highly recommend this Floor Is Lava Board Game

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Outdoor Learning Areas and Ideas

Whether you have snow where you live or are on the wrong side of the world for that, these snow glob crafts for kids are a lot of fun to put together at home or in the classroom.

If you want to keep it super basic, you can download some snow globe coloring pages from Monday Mandala and have kids drawn in their own images (or color in what is there for the ones that are already filled). This could be a fun way to play with different media, having kids paint in one, draw in another, or use crayons in one, colored pencils in another, etc.

Or you can add your kid (or a classroom full of kids) to snowglobes with this craft from Twitchetts. It’s easy to make and fun for kids to help with, too.

You can also make snow globes with paper plates pretty easily, and there are lots of different options out there that should give you some ideas. This one from In the Playroom uses blue glittery pompoms as the snow and has a snowman in the background (though you can use whatever you want).

Mas and Pas uses a clear plate on top of a regular plate to make its snow globe, and Daydream into Reality just uses a paper plate to make the snow globe shape but there’s no snow involved. Their template includes different images you can put in the snow globe, or draw your own.

If you want to make a snow globe without the watery (so potentially less mess) you can make a waterless snow globe out of a plastic cup with this tutorial from The Pragmatic Parent. It uses tiny foam balls as the snow. Tidy Mom’s version uses a real glass jar and fake snow to flurry around.

And if you’re OK with using liquids in your snow globe, which will allow the snow to flutter like in a real snow globe, check out this version from 123 Homeschool 4 Me, which uses water and baby oil.

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