Star Wars Learning Activities for Kids

Whether you celebrate May the Fourth be with You, Revenge of the Fifth, or This is the May, Star Wars activities are super fun all month long (or any other time) and give you a great excuse to talk about space exploration and observation. Pull out your favorite space crafts, print out some space mazes, or start planning a space camp at home, and check out these fun Star Wars learning activities.’

First, dress up your pencils by turning them into light sabers with this idea from Keeping it Simple Crafts. Then you’ll be all set to play these Star Wars-inspired Mad Libs from Get Away Today.

Or check out this Star Wars preschool printable pack from Hazen Home and School. It has a counting activity, three part cards, repeating patterns, letter tracing and more.

Help your toddler make Yoda out of simple shapes with this activity from Toddler Approved. Or you can make Star Wars characters using cardboard tubes with these ideas from Hello Wonderful.

Turn classic baking soda and vinegar play into a rescue mission with mini figures and this tutorial from Fun-a-Day.

Use basic bricks to make Star Wars-themed constructions (Yoda, R2D2 and a Death Star) with these ideas from Little Bins for Little Hands. Or grab the mosaic building cards from Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls. She also has a pattern from making Rainbow loom light sabers. So cute!

Color in some baby Yoda bookmarks for storytime from Rock Your Homeschool, and get a ton of printable games and activities from Preschool Printables Free. And don’t miss Printabelle’s Star Wars bingo cards.

And if your kids love to dress up, check out the easy Ewok ears and hoods I made for my daughter’s birthday a few years ago. Other than the fur mess these were easy to mass produce and a big hit with the kids!

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I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

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