Category: Rainy Day Summer Vacation

Scholastic: Print Circles With Found Objects to Reinforce Shapes

6/7/2019

Scholastic:
Print Circles With Found Objects to Reinforce Shapes
by Meghan Burch

Toddler-friendly art exploration may be messy, but it's also a lot of fun. For this activity, start by reading a picture book with your child that features lots of circles in it. Then, have your child help you collect round objects from your recycling bin or around the house.

Note: The above comes directly from the Scholastic website. Click here to read more.

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Connections Academy: Holiday Marbled Paper

11/26/2018

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Connections Academy: Holiday Marbled Paper

Children get the chance to express their creativity with this fun paper craft idea for making marbled paper with shaving cream and food coloring. Use the holiday marbled paper as stationary and take the opportunity to teach your student proper letter-writing etiquette. Re-purpose for other seasonal holidays by using different colors.

The above information comes from Connections Academy

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Peanuts by Charles Schulz

10/25/2018

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Peanuts by Charles Schulz

Learn the character histories of the Peanuts Gang
OR read some comic strips
OR go to the Charles M. Schulz Museum for a completely different experience.

This could be a rainy day site or possibly a research site for older students!

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Lego

10/24/2018

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Lego for Kids

Everything LEGO! Games, videos, picture posts, news, etc. If your child loves Lego building blocks this site might just keep them interested on a rainy day too!

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Light Up Your Brain: Coloring Pages

9/27/2018

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Light Up Your Brain: Coloring Pages
Here they are! Free coloring printables for home or classroom.

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Light Up Your Brain - Industrial-Strength Bubbles For Extra Fun!

9/25/2018

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Light Up Your Brain - Industrial-Strength Bubbles For Extra Fun!
This link has the recipe and a great picture. Looks like fun!

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Highlights Kids

3/7/2018

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Highlights Kids
"The place for children of all ages to play games and discover new jokes, surveys, answers to science questions, and fun crafts and recipes from Highlights"

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Surf Net Kids

1/23/2018

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Surf Net Kids
Welcome to my vision of what’s wonderful on the Web. Welcome parents, kids, teens, grandparents, teachers, librarians and the incurably curious. I am a syndicated newspaper columnist, mother, wife and Net surfer supreme (not listed in order of importance, of course).

If you are interested in educational activities for your family or students, this is the place to be. Come join me as we maneuver through the always fascinating, and occasionally spectacular, Internet. Send me your ideas for interesting topics, your site recommendations and stories about your own Internet explorations.

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Chess Kid

1/22/2018

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Chess Kid
"Empower children to learn the timeless game of Chess on the the world’s #1 Chess site for kids! Our learning tools will keep kids motivated to learn and improve their Chess skills. More importantly, learning Chess will give them skills that they can take with them throughout life: strategy, tactics, creativity, perseverance and calculated risk-taking.
A variety of learning tools, puzzles and real-time Chess against our computer robots or other humans, provide brain-stimulating challenges and hours of entertainment to kids, even through the natural growing pains of learning the demanding game of Chess."

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