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Cereal Box Puzzles- Save the front panels from cereal boxes. Cut each
into pieces, and store in ziploc bags. When you are prepping meals and
need a table activity, give the children the pieces to put back
together.
Food Box Swap- do the same thing, with a variety of boxes- pasta,
cereal, mac & cheese, crackers, etc. Mix up the pieces, and give the
children a few each. The object of the game is for the kids to trade
pieces so that each ends up with a completed puzzle.
From Lynn at the Homeschooling with Heart Yahoo group.
I used this to teach the days of the week when I taught Kindergarten. It is sung to "Oh My Darling, Clemintine." We also held up a small sign with the day written on it for each part of the song.
Today is ____________, Today is _______________,
It is ___________________ all day long,
Yesterday was ___________________,
Tomorrow will be __________________, will be _________________ all day long.
Do you spend tons of time driving your children to various activities? I do. Plus, sometimes we travel with my husband on business trips. We all need suggestions to keep the kids from getting bored!
Here are some of the games we play during trips that are both fun and educational:
1. The State License Plate Game: You need a map of the 50 states (available here: ) and colored pencils. Simply color in the states as you see cars with the tags. You can also color the different geographic regions-- red for south, yellow for southwest, etc.
2. The State Map Game: You need a map of your state with the counties outlined and colored markers. Try to find as many counties as you can on your trip.
3. States/Capitals Game: How many state capitals can you name? How many of the 50 states can you name? Set a time limit of 2 to 5 minutes. OR: Call out either a state or capital--who can answer the fastest?
4. The “ABC” Game: Take turns trying to find the letters of the alphabet in order. You can find them on billboards, signs, license plates, whatever.
Variation: Try to find words on signs that begin with that letter. Go down the alphabet.
Another Variation: Think up a category (say “animals”) and take turns going down the alphabet thinking of things in these categories.
5. Fast Facts Game: Call out a math problem (can be addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division) and see who can answer first.
Variations:
Greek/Latin Roots Game-- call out a root and see who can tell the meaning first.
How about a word that has this root? What does it mean?
Countries Game-- call out a country and see who can tell the continent it is on. How about its capital? Natural features?
Blends: How many words can you think of that begin with "sh" or end with "sh?"
Any blend will work.
6. Count the Raindrops game: How many raindrops can you count on your window in a certain period of time? (Try one to two minutes.)
This also works with anything, signs, 18 wheelers, red cars, whatever.
7. Color Game: Pick a color. Have your child find 25 things that begin with this color. They could include anything-- 1 red car, 1 red sign, 1 red license plate, etc.
8. Scavenger hunt: Give your children a list of ten things they must find on the trip. Have them check them off as they find them.
9. The poetry game: Each person makes up a line of poetry and adds it to the poem. We have done this to make rhyming poetry, couplets ("I see the sky, it's way up high"), haikus, etc.
These can get pretty silly. We made up one during a trip when my son was complaining that went something like-- "I don't want to do this, (line 2) I think it's kind of foolish, (line 3) but at least we're doing something schoolish."
10. License Plate letters: Read the letters off of a license plate. Who can come up with a word that starts with each letter on the plate?
