Who Did It Printables

August 14, 2024 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

Deductive reasoning is a super important skill of logic for kids to learn, but it’s not that easy to practice. It involves drawing logical conclusions based on the evidence or general ideas. One great way to practice with kids is by solving mysteries, using clues to figure out who did the crime.

If your kids can read (or you can read the clues to them) this set of who did it printables from Miniature Masterminds is fun for kids to use individually or in small groups.

The pages show different line ups of people and kids can use the clues to exclude people and figure out who did it.

For example one game card says the criminal was a short man with orange hair and there was a scrap of blue fabric found at the scene (among other clues). Using that information the kids can eliminate the other suspects until they have found the person who did it.

This printable set includes six lineups kids can solve.

There’s also a second game included with a bunch of different people you can cut out and make into cards. Two or more kids can play this game, where each kid gets a card with a person on it and they ask each other questions trying to find out which character they have.

If you’re playing with a small group, the person who guesses correctly gets to keep the card of the character they guessed, and the person with the most cards at the end wins. For larger groups you can play so that a person is out when their character is guessed, and the last person standing wins.

There’s also a printable clue page for kids to take notes on as they try to formulate their guesses.

These guessing games are a lot of fun for kids and improve their logical reasoning skills. You can download the printable pack for free from Miniature Masterminds.

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Learn about Vikings for Leif Erikson Day

Leif Erikson Day is celebrated on Oct. 9, and it’s a great time to learn more about the Vikings and why we still remember Erikson all these years later.

If you don’t know about Leif Erikson (sometimes spelled Eriksson), he’s believed to have been born in Iceland, and is considered the first European to set foot on continental America, more than 500 years before Christopher Columbus.

123 Homeschool 4 Me has a printable mini book about Leif Erikson and the Vikings for kids to read and color. It talks about who the Vikings were, what kind of ships they used, how they got to America and more. It’s a good overview for younger kids to use.

A good unit study is available from Simple Living Creative Learning, which includes a page where kids can write what they know, what they want to learn and what they learned through the unit, as well as information on the Vikings, longships, helmets, clothing and more.

Get a printable Viking unit study with reading passages, comprehension questions and other activities aimed at grades 4-8 from Creative Classroom Core at Teachers Pay Teachers. (And see more Vikings content from TPT here.)

Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool Plus has some great unit study ideas, too, including suggested books and videos. The post includes information about the Viking voyages, society, mythology and ships, as well as some vocabulary and a list of famous Vikings. While you’re over there also check out her free printable lapbook, which includes mini books on ships, a timeline, a Viking women coloring page, draw your own Vikings, geography, ancient runes and more.

Piqolo Kids has a lesson on Viking women with (available for purchase) worksheets about a day in the life of Viking women. Even if you don’t grab the printables there’s some good resources on that page and a link to a video on Viking women.

Learn how to draw a Viking ship with instructions from Drawing How to Draw, or grab Vikings coloring and labeling worksheets from Kids Puzzles and Games.

There’s a Leif Erikson Festival annually in Norway, Michigan, which you can learn more about here.

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