This Trail Finding Scavenger Hunt is a Great Idea for Summer

Kids love scavenger hunts, and a hunt that gets them outside and helps them learn a little bit about navigating in the wild is extra fun.

This trail signs scavenger hunt idea from There’s Just One Mommy is a great one to do with a group or as a summer camp activity, but you can also set it up yourself instead of having two groups of kids do it.

The activity includes a printable with different trail marking symbols kids can make with sticks and rocks. One group of kids can collect the items and make the symbols to help the other group find a toy or another fun little treasure.

If you have a smaller group of kids you can set it up yourself, or have one kid set it up for the other(s) and then switch.

Or if you need it take less time, start with sticks and rocks already collected for the trail markers to start with.

I do want to note that this post is old and when I clicked on the link to download the trail signs printable I had to request access (which I did but haven’t gotten access yet) but the idea is still a good one.

Check out this post from Ranger Rick to find ways to mark trails (it includes a PDF of the basic trail markers that you can access). You could also buy this printable trail signs activity from Still and Made on Etsy that includes even more symbols you can try.

Either way, this is a great activity to do at a park or somewhere with a nice amount of space to direct people around. Check out the post from There’s Just One Mommy for more inspiration on how to do this activity.

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This time of year is a great time for pulling out all the apple and pumpkin themed worksheets to add a little seasonal fun to your learning. Let’s take a look at some fun pumpkin themed worksheets for the classroom or homeschool.

If you want some pumpkin printables that are actually about pumpkins, check out the pumpkin life cycle worksheets from 24 Hour Family that include parts of a pumpkin, life cycle, vocabulary, shape and counting activities. Rock Your Homeschool also has a cute printable and foldable life cycle worksheet for the life cycle of a pumpkin that kids can color and put together.

Inspire the Mom has ideas for a pumpkin unit study as well as printables (free with email signup) that include parts of the pumpkin, letter recognition, lesson plans and more. The blog post also includes more ideas for things like pretend play and centers, as well as books and videos with a pumpkin theme you can include in your study.

Do some pumpkin themed color by number with these printable coloring pages from The Artisan Life. Or try your hand at pumpkin I-spy with this printable from The Best Ideas for Kids.

Work on shape recognition and matching with this color, cut and paste activity from Free 4 Classrooms. And get some cutting practice with a pumpkin twist with these worksheets from Simple Everyday Mom.

These last two have a bunch of different fall themed worksheets to choose from, some of which include pumpkins. Willa Bean and Co. has a pumpkin themed alphabet set that includes pumpkins with the letters inside them and sets of upper and lower case letters on seeds you can use for matching.

And Worksheeto has a bunch of fall themed phonics worksheets, including pumpkin sight words with fall themed words and pumpkin letter matching.

For more pumpkin learning fun, see our pumpkin printables for kids and pumpkin STEM activities lists.

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