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100+ Fun Learning Activities For Kids To Do At Home

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Make learning for toddlers and preschoolers more exciting with hands-on activities. Try out these fun learning activities for kids to do at home as you get ready for school.

It’s almost time for kids to go back to school ! Learning doesn’t have to take place only at school, though.

Have fun learning about colors, shapes, letters, and words with these fun educational activities you can do at home.

Make learning more exciting for preschoolers and toddlers with fun activities! Try these 100+ easy learning activities for kids to find inspiration!

These are all easy activities that you can do at home with your toddlers and preschoolers.

Which activities will you try first?

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Fun Learning Activities For Kids: Shapes

Make learning more exciting for preschoolers and toddlers with fun activities! Try these 100+ easy learning activities for kids to find inspiration!

Have fun learning about squares, circles, stars, and more with these fun shape learning activities for kids!

  •  Introduce toddlers to shapes with 10 fun shapes activities found on Hands On As We Grow.
  • Create animals with shapes in a  zoo animals shape craft  found on A Blog From the Pond.
  • Make more shape animals  as seen on The Educators’ Spin On It.
  • Get active while you hunt for shapes with a  photo scavenger hunt , just like on Hands On As We Grow.
  • Sort shapes with this simple card sorting activity  found on Hands On As We Grow.
  • Make stars out of toothpicks with this experiment from Rookie Parenting.
Add in a little science fun with 50 easy experiments for kids !

Fun Learning Activities For Kids: Words & Letters

Make learning more exciting for preschoolers and toddlers with fun activities! Try these 100+ easy learning activities for kids to find inspiration!

Have fun practicing ABCs, phonics, sight words, and spelling names with these easy and fun learning activities for kids.

No boring worksheets required!

  • Check out these  12 fun phonics activities  from Hands On As We Grow to practice sounding out words.
  • Use plastic Easter eggs for a   letter matching activity  with an idea from Turning Ordinary into Extraordinary.
  • Practice sight words with these 12 sight word activities  found on Hands On As We Grow.
  • The Imagination Tree uses a basket for their  phonics sounds sorting activity .
  • Practice beginning letter sounds with this beginning letter sounds sorting game  found on Hands On As We Grow.
  • Try  50 incredible alphabet activities for preschoolers , found on Hands On As We Grow.
  • Discover 21 obvious and crazy ways to practice spelling words  found on Hands On As We Grow.
  • Try some more spelling word practice with these homemade  spelling cards  found on Confidence Meets Parenting.
  • Practice writing names with these 35 name activities  found on Hands On As We Grow.
  • Find unique ways to write your child’s name with  12 name writing activities  found on Hands On As We Grow.
  • Practice letters using shaving cream with this shaving cream activity  from Hands On As We Grow.
  • Get active while learning words with this  bean bag toss sight words game  from Hands On As We Grow.
  • Practice writing words with this triple name tracing fun activity , from Hands On As We Grow.
  • Hands On As We Grow makes Easter eggs into a fun sight word scavenger hunt .
  • Play hide and seek in this fun  spelling game  from What Do We Do All Day.
Add in a little counting and numbers practice with 40 number activities for preschoolers.

Fun Learning Activities For Kids: Colors

Make learning more exciting for preschoolers and toddlers with fun activities! Try these 100+ easy learning activities for kids to find inspiration!

Colors can be found all around us. Have fun exploring and learning about colors with these simple color learning activities for kids.

  • Sort colors with this color sensory bag  found on Hands On As We Grow.
  • Experiment with  color mixing eruptions with an idea from Learn Play Imagine.
  • Go on a color hunt  with your toddler, just like Busy Toddler.
  • A DIY color matching mat  does double duty with fine motor skills practice, with a how-to from Hands On As We Grow.
  • Make an  upcycled clock color matching craft  with a guide from Hands On As We Grow.
  • Sort colors with this sticky window color matching activity  from Hands On As We Grow.
  • Use fall leaves and a  color chart  to make learning fun, as seen on Hands On As We Grow.
  • Go on a  preschool color scavenger hunt  as seen on Hands On As We Grow.
  • Match colors while creating a beautiful rainbow with this Cheerios Rainbow craft  as seen on Hands On As We Grow.
  • Don’t step in the lava  as you jump from color to color, with an activity found on Hands On As We Grow.
  • Match colors across the house with this connect the colors activity  as seen on Hands On As We Grow.
  • Make a  color matching collage  as seen on Hands On As We Grow.

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About Brigitte Brulz

Brigitte Brulz is a homeschooling mom of two daughters, wife of her high school sweetheart, and author of Jobs of a Preschooler and Pickles, Pickles, I Like Pickles. She offers free coloring pages and activity ideas on her website at BrigitteBrulz.com .

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Educational Games for Kids

Welcome to TurtleDiary! Our award winning educational website offers 1000+ learning activities that are both interactive and educational. The games support necessary skills while promoting fun. TurtleDiary activities are compatible with grade levels K-5 and provide opportunities to enhance material retention and increase success in the classroom.

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Introduce kids to new, exciting ways of learning with the help of fun online games, videos, experiments, puzzles, coloring sheets, and more! TurtleDiary activities pair with the appropriate grade level to enhance retention of material and increase success in the classroom.

Multiplayer Games

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  • Adverb Games
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Turtle Diary offers a unique blend of education and entertainment to create the ideal interactive learning platform for your little ones. The kids' quizzes offered on our site enable children from first to fifth grade to become confident in applying learned concepts, and grant instant evaluations.

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TurtleDiary offers 1000+ games that are interactive, educational, and that kids love to play. TurtleDiary includes multiple learning-based games for kids that support necessary skills while promoting fun.

From basic topics like Number Recognition, Simple Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division, to more complex topics like Geometry, kids can master Math basics and more.

Language and Art Games

Kids learn Sight Words, Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, and other Parts of Speech, developing grammar skills right in the app.

Nowadays, the skill of typing is undoubtedly essential. More activities are technology based and knowing how to type efficiently and successfully is key. TurtleDiary provides fun keyboarding games for kids that develop the necessary skills for typing success.

For kids who thrive on competition and challenge, we offer many fun multiplayer games. Kids can engage with their classmates, a friend (with an invite) and others in the world, in a safe environment.

Science Games

Our science games will develop your child's sense of curiosity. They build upon basic science concepts, reinforcing comprehension in an engaging, approachable, stimulating manner. Our program offers a collection of science games covering topics like the human body, weather, life cycles, animals, and much more.

Geography Games

In our map games, kids learn about US and World Geography. Students have access to maps of the world divided into different regions, so learning is simpler, and tasks feel less overwhelming.

Explore Worksheets & Quizzes

We have over 500+ Online quizzes enabling children from first to fifth grade to become more confident in applying learned concepts. They can also receive instant evaluations. Our fun quizzes give kids the opportunity to receive positive feedback as they master new skills and build their knowledge base.

Typing Lessons

The app offers 3 skill levels for typing - basic, intermediate, and advanced, that include multiple lessons in each. The basic level covers touch typing skills and introduction to the QWERTY keyboard. At the intermediate level, students learn to type basic words and simple sentences. The final advanced level progresses kids to more complex sentences and short paragraphs, all the while building solid typing skills. The program is comprehensive enough to ensure typing mastery and user friendly so your child can develop at an individualized pace.

Worksheets are a great learning tool for kids just learning to write or those who want additional practice at home. At TurtleDiary, we recognize the importance of practicing educational content online and offline. We offer 1000+ printable worksheets in subjects such as language arts, math, and science. Worksheets give students an opportunity to display their work in a written format and to receive feedback. Be sure to check out our fun and colorful worksheets for kids, available for download.

Geography Quizzes

Learn US states and Countries with their capital and their location.

Learn about World Currencies

Learn about Culture, Food and religion of the US and the World

Learn about Natural Wonders and Resources of the US and the World

Learn about important cities of US and the World

Math Quizzes

Foundational topics like Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division subdivided into smaller related subtopics, progressing from easy to hard, in a step-by-step manner.

Language and Art Quizzes

These quizzes will help kids learn Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions, Compound Words, Conjunctions. They are the building blocks of all reading and writing.

Educational Tools for Parents & Teachers

TurtleDiary offers assessment tools and detailed reports for teachers to track students’ activities and to report their progress. For example, we offer:

Worksheet Generator

Teachers can create their own worksheets, with customizable and unique content.

Printable Lessons

Teachers have the option to print from our 100+ lessons or review lessons online for inspiration and ideas.

Assessment Tests

We offer plenty of assessment tests, accessible anytime, to analyze student performance and identify areas of concern to address.

Assignments

In the app, teachers can create their own assignments, and send them right to students, with ease.

Teachers can view reports, including quiz scores and activity performance to closely track how students are progressing.

Google Drive Integration

Our app offers a seamless integration with Google drive. Teachers can access current or past google drive documents without leaving the program.

Google Classroom Integration

Teachers can login to TurtleDiary using their existing Google Account. They can use a simple process to import their existing google classrooms into TurtleDiary, saving time and teaching resources.

Student Management Tools

Our app offers several management features that simplify and streamline processes for administrators and educators in a top-down approach.

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District Administrators: The app design allows District Administrators to invite multiple schools to join the program. Once School Administrators become established, teachers can receive individual invitations to create accounts.

School Administrators: School Administrators can invite multiple teachers to join the program. A teacher can then create classes and add students to the class.

Educator Account: A teacher can create classes and add students to the classes.

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Using TurtleDiary Login Credentials: Teachers and students each receive their own accounts so sharing passwords is not necessary.

Using Your Existing Google Account: Teachers can login to TurtleDiary using their existing google account.

Our dashboard provides an easy-to-use interface to access the TurtleDiary program and all its offerings. From the dashboard, teachers can manage classes and update student details, easily adding students or creating classes, as needed.

Educational Games & Activities to Guide Kids in Elementary School

Turtle Diary offers a huge compendium of online educational games from K4 through 5th grade. These support the content kids are already learning in the classroom. Often students need just a little bit of extra help to master those concepts that are introduced in the classroom. With Turtle Diary they can have that...and so much more.

The games contain amazing graphics with age-appropriate content for each grade level in each subject. Students will enjoy playing the games while you know that behind the scenes, they’re practicing and reinforcing new skills.

With Turtle Diary, kids can try multiple games that all reinforce the same concept. This gives them a scaffolded and repetitive approach to mastery of a variety of subjects. Gone are the days of rote memorization and boring flash cards.

With our site, kids will be begging to come back and play some more games. Students can play by themselves, with classmates online, or with other kids logging on. It adds an element of positive peer experience, knowing that other kids are also practicing. And they can have a bit of competition if they want!

Instead of constant battles about working on learning skills, introduce your kids to Turtle Diary. Then, take a step back to watch the magic of learning happen!

Award-Winning Learning Games Created by Top Educators

Put away your flashcards and workbooks and log on to see the new way to master educational skills! Top educators worked exclusively with Turtle Diary to create game after game with superior content and maximum fun for every child.

The concepts reviewed parallel those taught in the everyday classroom for grades K4 through 5th grade. Students focus on mastering the concept on their own with consistent and repetitive review. They won’t even realize they’re reviewing thanks to incredibly fun graphics, sounds, and interactive games.

These games will keep your kids coming back for more day after day. You can rest easy knowing they’re working towards their future.

With skills backed by top educators, parents know that Turtle Diary is giving their kids the best they have to offer. The games help to solidify the necessary skills needed for their specific grade levels.

Turtle Diary’s games are not only educational, but incredibly fun. They can even be a bit competitive at times when you choose a multiplayer option.

Students can also link up with kids in their classes and play games specifically recommended by their teacher. This helps them master the exact concepts they are working on in their classroom. The possibilities are endless, and the fun is never-ending.

Gamification of Education to Make Learning Fun & Exciting

Gamification isn’t just a new buzzword around education. The concept swirls in every educational endeavor that involves helping kids to master concepts by including games, rewards, and fun.

With Turtle Diary, concepts can be practiced in a variety of ways. But the kids will tell you they prefer the gamification features. They can see how well they’re doing in the games with the interactive scoring component.

Often, there is a countdown that occurs with each game. This encourages the students to beat their own best time on whatever concept they happen to be studying.

Who doesn’t love a good story or to be the hero in your own story? With Turtle Diary, students can play games where they must slay a dragon, or shoot hoops, or race a car. They answer questions that help them to practice and master important grade-level concepts.

Students will come back again and again for more competition as well. Turtle Diary’s multiplayer options allow students to pit themselves against kids from their own class. They can also play someone in the Turtle Diary platform. A bit of friendly competition often encourages students towards mastery in a way that nothing else quite can.

Worried about Grades in School? Try Our Learning Games for Kids to Find Success!

Sometimes grades in school don’t reflect a student’s true aptitude, and sometimes they do. Either way, students can benefit from time spent on Turtle Diary instead of in front of mindless video games.

Our platform takes the fun of video games and puts it into an educational context. This helps students learn more and enjoy the process while they’re playing. Students who don’t quite seem to be able to get a leg up in the classroom will love the opportunity to work on their skills by playing games. Those who excel can come and practice their processing and recall speeds, or work on something more challenging.

With a wide variety of great games in every subject, students will always find a place for them at Turtle Diary. Students will be empowered by the option to choose their own games. They can work towards the same goals established in their classroom in a fun and engaging way.

They often don’t realize that the games are actually helping them find success in a variety of subjects. They’re just having fun choosing their characters and working to get the next high score. Spend 15-20 minutes on Turtle Diary each day in problem areas and watch how quickly your child will improve!

Flexible Learning On-the-Go Boosts Kids Learning Potential on iPads & Tablets

Kids learning games that can travel with you wherever you may be are one of Turtle Diary’s most exciting features. As long as you have a stable WiFi connection, your student will always have access to Turtle Diary’s entire platform. Kids learning games are everywhere these days, so you want to have the right one at their fingertips at all times.

Turtle Diary promises to be an adventure in education that can travel with you wherever you may be. There’s nothing like learning on the go! Kids have this opportunity with the wide variety of games and materials available for parents.

No matter where you are or when you’re there, Turtle Diary will always be there. Kids can master both problem areas and areas needed to challenge kids. Wouldn’t you rather have the kids be mesmerized by the games than pull teeth as they actively protest their schoolwork?

Simply download the app on your tablet, iPad, or iPad. Your kids will be able to join in on the ultimate fun of Turtle Diary. No matter what your busy situation is, kids can always have Turtle Diary with them. They can master their current subjects with a high quotient of fun and gamification.

Build On, Gear Up, and Test for Mastery of Common Core Subjects

With Turtle Diary, we’ve done the hard work for you. Common Core Standards used in their classrooms will be reinforced with our games, lessons, and quizzes.

All of the fun we offer on our site is aligned with the newer vision of mathematics and other subjects. By sticking with Turtle Diary, you can let us handle the hard work of explaining Common Core. Sometimes this method may seem foreign to you if you’ve learned with “old math.” In fact, you might just learn along with your student!

Students have the necessary skills to be able to compete in a competitive world with an increased focus on STEM. Cognitive demand reigns higher than rote learning, and students are able to quickly visualize and manipulate numbers. They can “see” the inner workings of the problems, especially in math, and learn to mentally work the numbers.

Turtle Diary helps students to learn and practice these concepts, especially if they aren’t quite grasping it in the classroom. You’ll be amazed at how quickly your student picks up the new concepts. Just remember that they’ve never learned it the “old” way. The Common Core way is THE way for their learning journey.

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24/7 access to great games while still building a foundation for learning? Welcome to Turtle Diary, where you can have it all! Edutainment at its finest is alive and well here.

Students can access our platform from wherever they go on whatever device they have. All you need is an internet connection.

Once you enter Turtle Diary, the world is yours to explore. From learning videos to quizzes to entertaining games and multiplayer challenges, students will never be bored. Turtle Diary offers students amazing graphics, sounds, and intense gaming. This allows students a chance to breathe while learning in a stress-free environment.

With new games being added all the time, your student will never get bored with Turtle Diary. And since our games align with Common Core, the more they play, the more they’ll learn. The more they learn, the better their classroom experience will be because the information will click with repeated exposure.

Even though there may seem to be an overwhelming amount of games, the idea is to give students the choice. All of the games in a grade level reinforce the same necessary concepts, but just in a different way. Students will be practicing the same ideas over and over again as they choose from one fun game to another. We dare them to be bored!

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Educational games make a great alternative for children who don't learn best through pencil and paper instruction.

According to educational nonprofit EDUCAUSE , a growing body of research shows game-based learning platforms “can create an engaging dynamic that inspires students to develop competencies and skills as they focus on the activities of the game.”

Regardless of the subject, educational games for kids can help you instill a love of learning in your own child. This applies whether they're learning through homeschooling, online learning or traditional classroom setting.

Below, we’ve organized some of the best educational games for kids by subject! Interested in games for a certain subject? Click one below and jump right to it:

Mathematics games

Available : Apple App Store , Google Play , Amazon Appstore , Web

Age : 6 to 14

Cost : All in-game educational content is free, Memberships  available

Prodigy Math is the engaging, fantasy-based math game used by over 100 million students, teachers and parents around the world. 

It’s curriculum-aligned and helps kids master math skills in every major topic from 1st grade to 8th grade, including fractions, geometry and more.

After creating their own personalized math wizard, your child will compete in math battles against in-game characters , just like how role-playing games like Pokémon work. To win, they must answer sets of math questions.

The game also adapts in difficulty to suit your child’s learning style and grade level, helping them build key math skills. In one school district, research showed that students who used Prodigy Math mastered 68% more math skills on average when they used Prodigy Math!

Create your free parent account  to follow your child's progress as they have fun learning math. You can also get a Membership to level up your Prodigy experience — packed with plenty of extra benefits for you and your child!

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Characters from Buzzmath, a math game for middle school kids.

Available : Web

Age : 8 to 14

Cost : $20 per month, $40 per quarter, $60 per year

This is a middle school math game aligned with the common core and TEKS curricula. Your child will be tasked with helping Alfred, an inventor, save Mathlantis —  a chaotic and disordered world — by restoring the population’s math knowledge.

On this adventure, they’ll time-travel and meet famous mathematicians, help them regain their lost knowledge, and transform Mathlantis back to its original state.

Twelve a Dozen

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Available : Apple App Store

Cost : Free, in-app purchases

Developed by Touch Press Games, this educational math game helps children understand the beginning thought process of algebra and explore longer, more complex algebraic equations.

In Twelve a Dozen, your child will join the numeric hero, Twelve, on a journey through a universe of numbers. She’s on a mission to rescue her family and the crumbling world of Dozenopolis from the destructive Ultimate Prime. And they’ll use their skills and understanding of core math concepts to solve puzzles.

Looking for more amazing math games for kids? Check our list of the  13 best math apps for kids in elementary school!

Start with Art!

Available : Apple App Store, Google Play, Amazon Appstore

Embark on a journey into the world of art, creativity, and visual learning with your personal Art Guides: Tickles, Furnace, and Ruby!

Start with Art! will walk your child through four foundational art lessons:

  • Art as language
  • Message in art

It also has engaging “Creativity Builders” art projects designed to foster creativity, encourage problem solving, and enhance critical thinking skills.

Each lesson is aligned to Creativity Express, a multi-award winning visual arts curriculum that professional educators and former Disney animators created!

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Cost : Free

Tate is a family of four art galleries in London, Liverpool, and Cornwall. Its children-focused project, Tate Kids, lets children play free art-related games and quizzes, get help on art homework, and share their creations!

In addition to completing fun quizzes, kids can help robots save famous art in “Art Parts,” create their own landscapes in “My Imaginary City,” and more! 

No matter what area of art your child is into, they’ll find something engaging, educational, and creative!

Colorfy: Coloring Art Game

Colorfy Art Game gameplay showing creation of mandalas.

Available : Apple App Store, Google Play

No crayons? Run out of sketchbook pages? No worries! 

Colorfy is a digital coloring book for kids of all ages, filled with high-quality images. With over 1000 pictures to paint, your child will have the choice of florals, animals, patterns, gardens, mandalas, famous paintings, and other creative images.

This coloring game also includes a new AR virtual gallery that lets your child see what their art would look like in the real world!

Language arts games

Available: Web

Cost: Free to play, with optional Memberships for extra rewards

Prodigy English is a free educational game for kids that uses creative, sandbox gameplay to engage kids in English language skills. The game takes place on the player's very own village, where they'll collect resources and use them to build objects that can play in their own world.

Just like Prodigy Math, Prodigy English uses an adaptive algorithm that adjusts the questions students get based on their grade and ability. This can help them grow their reading and vocabulary skills – all while having fun!

Prodigy English covers Common Core reading and language skills from 1st grade to 6th grade, with more skills and game content coming!

Available : Apple App Store, Google Play, Amazon Appstore, Web

Age : 4 to 18

Cost : 30-day free trial, then $9.99 per month

As outlined on HOMER’s website, their “mission is to provide the best educational start possible by offering personalized, fun, and proven learning products for children.” 

This early learning program has two products: Reading and Stories .

HOMER Reading combines a child’s current reading level and their passions, in order to create a personalized learn-to-read plan. Using that child’s same interests, HOMER Stories curates stories they’ll love — from classic to contemporary.

Vocabulary Spelling City

Vocabulary Spelling City, a spelling game for kids.

Available : Apple App Store, Google Play, Web

Cost : Free, $34.95 per year (family annual membership up to five students)

This program is a K-12 supplemental literacy tool designed to help children at every learning level learn spelling and hone grammar skills.

Plus, it helps them build vocabulary retention and reading comprehension.

You can try out 40+ free online spelling games which come with pre-populated word lists. They also offer a premium membership that gives your child access to all of Vocabulary Spelling City’s games with customized lists, homework practice, and more.

Wallykazam! Letter and Word Magic

In-game screenshot of Wallykazam's reading game for kids.

Available : Apple App Store, Amazon Appstore

Cost : $1.99

Based on the children’s animated television series on Nickelodeon, Wallykazam! helps preschoolers learn early reading skills.

Kids will join Wally Trollman, his pet dragon Norville, the mischievous Bobgoblin, Gina Giant, and Libby Light Sprite in magical and hilarious adventures! They’ll play games and learn letter recognition, letter tracing, and phonics.

Room Recess

Room Recess provides a wide variety of educational games for kids to play during recess. This includes ELA topics, like nouns, sight words and phonics. Each topic has a mini-game made for it, with easy gameplay designed to encourage engagement in the subject. The platform also includes games for skills like math and typing, from pre-k to 6th grade.

If you're a teacher, you may find Room Recess extra helpful for its worksheets, ideal if you're looking to reinforce some of the content seen in the platform's mini-games.

Health and physical education games

GoNoodle promotional poster showing cartoon character running.

Age : 5 to 12

Cost : Free, premium version available

The purpose of GoNoodle is to help parents and teachers get kids moving, with the help of engaging video content. As their app description states: “make screen time active with 300+ videos that feature kids songs, dance, yoga, mindfulness, stretching, and more!”

Whether you want to throw your children a dance party to get them moving or make cleaning up around the house fun, GoNoodle has the perfect video.

Learning Games for Kids: Health

Screenshot of website from Learning Games for Kids.

Age : 4 to 13

When it comes to health, it’s important that children learn about their bodies early to stay healthy. Although this website is outdated, there are 36 health-related games across four categories that will help children love to care about their health.From allergies and body parts to dental hygiene and staying fit, playing these games can introduce them to new concepts and help reinforce what they learn in school.

Disaster Master

Disaster Master is an educational game for kids designed to teach them about staying safe from environmental disasters. Players progress through different 8 levels, each centered on a particular disaster challenge, like hurricanes and wildfires.

Use this game to teach both younger and older kids about the importance of staying safe and what they can do to protect themselves in an environmental disaster.

Science games

Available : Apple App Store, Google Play, Microsoft

Cost : $2.99 per app, discounted bundles available

Tinybop can be summed up in three words: play, create, and learn. 

Using educational apps and digital games created for curious and creative minds, children can explore the awesome and invisible wonders of the world!

Children will develop foundational science literacy while engaging with educational games about the human body, plants, homes, weather, space, animals, states of matter, and other exciting topics.

Period table of elements on Toca Lab, a science game for kids.

Cost : Free with in-game purchases

Flowing from a belief that the power of play jumpstarts imagination, its games are open-ended, so children are encouraged to experiment and make new connections. The educational game developer Toca Boca creates digital toys from the kid perspective. 

Among Toca Boca’s products, science-related ones include Toca Lab: Elements and Toca Lab: Plants.

In Elements, children will explore the exciting world of science and meet all 118 elements from the periodic table, as they experiment with lab equipment!

And in Plants, they’ll have the opportunity to see how plants evolve, while collecting up to 35 different plant characters!

Camp Wonderopolis

Science for kids is a website packed with fun games for kids to channel their inner scientist. From learning about food chains to mastering melting points, each topic includes mini-games to help engage kids in biology, chemistry and physics.

The website also includes other educational activities for parents and teachers to try with kids, like experiment ideas, quizzes and more.

Technology games

Tynker is a coding game for kids.

Cost : Individual and Family Plans available, starting at $9 per month

Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and CEO of Facebook, said: “In fifteen years, we’ll be teaching programming just like reading and writing… and wondering why we didn’t do it sooner.” 

Recognizing its importance, Tynker has created award-winning coding courses that are fun and offer self-paced learning for all experience levels.

With over 3,700 fun modules, Tynker designed its lessons to motivate children to further advance their skills, while earning cool new badges! They’ll also have help along the way thanks to interactive explanations, how-to videos, mini-game previews, and more.

CodeSpark Academy

Cost : $9.99 USD/month, with discounts available for longer subscriptions.

This coding game for kids covers many different skills needed for programming, including creativity, logical thinking and problem-solving. It includes characters called the Foos, who guide players through puzzle games where they'll encounter and learn coding topics like sequencing.

Like many of the educational games listed in this article, you can access it via web or through a device running iOS or Android.

Gamestar Mechanic

Gamestar Mechanic teaches game design to kids.

Available : Web (App access required)

In partnership with E-Line Media and the Institute of Play, Gamestar Mechanic is an online game and community with the sole aim of helping children learn the guiding principles of game design in a highly engaging environment.

There are three components to Gamestar Mechanic: Play, Design , and Share .

Here’s a quick overview of how it works:

  • Your child will start by going on an exciting single-player quest to learn about the principles of game design, while earning “sprites.”
  • After exhibiting a certain level of mastery, they can use their sprites to design their own original games!
  • Then, if your child wishes, they may publish their game in Game Alley as well as review and collaborate on other players’ games.

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If your child loves technology games, they might benefit from a STEM program. STEM programs help kids build key STEM skills – all while they have fun!

Social studies games

Pbs kids games.

PBS Kids logo with faces of popular PBS characters.

Available : Web, Apple App Store, Google Play

Age : 2 to 11

Starring some of children’s favorite television characters, the social studies games on PBS Kids explore culture, different environments, identity, governance, science, and more.

Not sure there’s something for your child? PBS Kids offers a variety of styles of games — from Jet’s Planet Pinball to learn about our solar system to Fidgits to the Rescue! where they build structures to help victims of environmental disasters. There’s something for every type of learner.

iCivics is an educational game about citizenship for kids.

In 2009, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor founded iCivics to reimagine civic education. Since its inception, her vision has been “to cultivate a new generation of students for thoughtful and active citizenship. Civic knowledge is a prerequisite for civic participation. Yet for decades, civic education had largely disappeared from school curricula and the repercussions are undeniable.”

Taking a game-based approach, iCivics transforms abstract concepts into problems that every child will face in real life. 

If it’s used in your child’s class, they’ll have a class code to sign in. If it isn’t, they can still make their own account to play engaging and educational games that will help make them better citizens!

One Globe Kids - Friends

One Globe Kids lets kids make friends around the world.

Available : Apple App Store, Web

This social studies game allows children to “meet” other kids around the world through photo- and audio-based stories called “A Day in My Life.” Choose from places like Haiti, New York City, the Netherlands, or Indonesia to hear each storyteller’s language as well as learn geographic, cultural, and political facts about each country.

Depending how your child would like to explore each friend’s story, they can choose from three different approaches: Adventure, Start to Finish , and Conversations .

History games

Civilisations ar.

In-game screenshot of Egyptian mummy in the kids history game, Civilisations AR.

Age : All ages (However, children under 16 are advised to have an adult present.)

With this engaging app, Civilisations AR puts puts history in your hand with the BBC’s first ever Augmented Reality app. You and your child will discover things like ancient Egyptian secrets and reveal hidden layers beneath Renaissance masterpieces.

Whether at home or on a walk in the park, you can use Civilisations AR to bring realistic, to-scale artifacts to life. Become the explorer as you move, scale, and rotate the collection. And, if interested, use features like the “Spotlight” to reveal audio guides and special features, or the “X-Ray” to discover some of history’s greatest secrets.

History for Kids: All Civilizations Learning Games

History for Kids: Discover how was our world many years ago.

Cost : Free, in-app purchases ($2.79 to $13.99)

Children will have fun discovering the ancient world and exploring through games and adventures. With vibrant colors and high-quality images, they’ll find themselves engaged with the history of 14 different civilizations.

Kids also get to create their own avatar! And when they do, playing the game will allow them to level it up so they can unlock some awesome prizes.

Geography games

National geographic kids.

National Geographic Kids.

Parents may remember the National Geographic Kids magazine. Now, children can engage with the same fun aspects of the magazine online.

To learn more about geography, head over to their website for some fact-filled, fast-paced fun! There are many educational quizzes, funny fill-ins, and action-adventure games to play.

Carmen Sandiego

In-game screenshot of Carmen Sandiego.

Where on Google Earth is Carmen Sandiego?

Your child will just have to hop on the internet to find out. In collaboration with education publishing company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Google Earth created a series of Carmen Sandiego games: The Crown Jewels Caper, Tutankhamun's Mask Caper, and The Keys to the Kremlin Caper.

Your child will help Carmen Sandiego track down burglars working for a global criminal organization called VILE. Flying from continent to continent, players interview characters to gain clues that help track down the burglars while testing their geography knowledge. 

Ready to see the impact educational video games for kids can have?

Gamification in education need not be limited to the classroom. Encouraging your child to spend their screen time playing educational video games for kids not only strengthens their skills in various subjects but can also help transform them into lifelong learners!

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27 Classroom Games Students Will Want To Play Again and Again

Practice important skills … and have fun!

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The classroom games you choose to play with students may become their favorite memories. (I still remember playing Heads Up, Seven Up in Mrs. Merar’s first grade class!) Classroom games are a great way to build collaboration and community and practice important skills. Plus, they’re fun!

Benefits of Classroom Games

Classroom games capture what kids are naturally good at—playing—to improve other skills. Games support kids’ executive functioning skills , things like planning, organization, turn-taking, and problem-solving are all skills that students need to be successful. Playing games, from Memory to Monopoly, gives kids experience in focus and concentration, working memory, and flexibility in safe spaces where they can grow and stretch these skills. Plus, they’re a fun way to learn more about how your students think and work together.

In addition to all the classroom games listed below, check out our lists of most loved educational board games and best board games for 6-to-12-year-olds .

Here are our favorite classroom games that you can use to teach, reteach, and engage students.

Games for Practicing Academic Skills

Classroom games can help students practice things that they need to know—like multiplication tables, vocabulary words, and science facts. They’re great ways to do a quick review or practice for a quiz.

Math (or Fact) Baseball

Divide the class into two teams. One team is “at bat” and scores runs by answering questions that are worth one, two, or three bases. You “pitch” the questions using flash cards. If the at-bat team answers correctly, they move around the baseball field and rack up runs. If the at-bat team does not answer correctly, the defending team can respond correctly to earn an out. Once the at-bat team has three outs, they switch.

You can also put students into pairs and have them play a partner version.

Why we love it:  This game is great for upper elementary students who are able to follow the game and will love the strategy of earning runs.

Beach Ball Toss

beach ball with writing on each side for students to practice answering questions during a classroom game

Write questions on the sides of a plastic beach ball. You can write questions about a story (plot, theme, setting, characters, structure), about math (write numbers 1 through 6 on the beach ball and students have to select a math problem based on the number they choose), or simply silly questions that students can answer. As students catch the ball, they answer the question. When they’ve answered, they throw the ball to the next player. If you’re working with material that may be new for some kids, you can give each kid one “pass” and they can share the problem-solving with another student.

Why we love it: It’s flexible and works with students’ eye-hand coordination.

Buy it: Beach Balls at Amazon

Learn more: More Than Elementary

paper covered with drawings that students have done as part of a pictionary game. drawings including a pumpkin for halloween and a turtle.

Create a list of topics that students can visualize (think: science concepts, vocabulary words). Students work either in two teams for the entire class or in small groups that are divided into two. One student selects a card and has to draw an image that the other team uses to guess the word. The rest of the group guesses the term that’s being drawn. Add a timer for an added challenge. Provide additional differentiation by allowing students to provide one, two, or more letters in the word as well.

Why we love it: Kids who have strengths in drawing and thinking outside the box can really shine.

Learn more: Differentiation Daily

There’s the Simon Says you know from the playground and the Simon Says classroom game. In this Simon Says, tell students to do something that lets them show off what they’ve learned or practices a skill. So you might say, Simon Says spell “conundrum.” Or Simon Says solve this equation. Play either as a whole class with you as Simon or in small groups with cards of prompts that students can use when they take turns being Simon.

Why we love it: In addition to practicing skills, students also practice listening and impulse control.

20 Questions

Prepare cards with related words or topics. Group students into teams of two to four students. One at a time, students choose a card and the others have to try to guess what the card is by asking questions that can only be answered with a yes or no. Keep track of how many questions are asked, because you’re only allowed 20 questions to get to the answer. Have students put aside the cards they didn’t get for review.

Why we love it: Students practice working memory as they add new information to what they already know.

Also, Guess in 10 is a great 20 Questions–style game played around various topics, including animals, countries, and cities.

Buy it: Guess in 10 at Amazon

Memory is a game that students can do with any content—vocabulary words paired with their definitions, chemistry terms paired with images that depict them, or text structures paired with graphic organizers. First, have students create card pairs. Shuffle the cards and put them on the table. Take turns flipping cards over and finding the matching pairs.

Why we love it: Memory is so versatile you can use this game with anything from procedures to vocabulary to history facts.

Buy it: Blank Memory Cards at Amazon

charades cards that students could act out, including riding a bike and raising your hand to play during a classroom game

In charades, students choose a card and act out the information on the card. For a unit on weather, you may have the words cloud , tornado , or hurricane for example. Scaffold this game with three rounds. In the first round, students can explain the topics using a few words. Then, in the second round, they can only use one word to describe what they are acting out. And in the third round, they have to be completely silent, using only their bodies to act out each word.

Why we love it: This game gets students up and moving around and thinking creatively about how to show what they know.

Learn more: Savvy Apple

Put students in the hot seat to review the plot points of a story, practice answering questions, or review for a science test. First, choose vocabulary to review. Then, select a student to sit in the hot seat. The other students ask questions about the topic or information. The student in the hot seat must answer as quickly as possible. If their answer is correct, they stay in the hot seat. If they get a wrong answer, they can pass the seat to someone else. (You can take the pressure out of this game, which can make some students nervous, by removing the timed aspect.)

Why we love it: Hot Seat is a great way to get students to practice information they need to have right at the tip of their tongue.

Scattergories

Scattergories can be played for academics or for fun. It also helps students improve their creative thinking. You’ll need a list of at least 10 categories—mix serious topics with silly ones. Then, select a letter of the alphabet. Have students brainstorm words to go with each category that starts with that letter. So, if the categories you have are Weather, Bees, and Favorite Places, and the letter is H, students might write: hurricane, hive, Hawaii. Give a set amount of time for students to complete their own brainstorm, then share out. Students can rack up points for the number of categories that they complete. And sharing out helps them connect their brainstorming with everyone else’s.

Why we love it: The boundaries that kids have to work in when playing Scattergories is ideal for inspiring creativity.

Get printable Scattergories sheets on Pinterest.

Fix It Relay Race

fix-it game cards that have sentences with a grammar error on them for students to fix to use during classroom games

Divide the class into teams of four to six students, and prepare sentences that each have an error—it could be a factual error for content classes or grammar or spelling mistakes for language classes. Arrange students in a line, with students standing a few feet apart. The first student in each team must correct one mistake in the sentence they are given. Then, they pass the card to the next teammate. The next student corrects another mistake. This continues until each team member has seen the card and they think all the errors are corrected. Then they run the card to the front to complete the relay.

Why we love it: Teams work together to complete each task.

Buy it: Fix It Sentences at Teachers Pay Teachers

This is another classic game that can be adapted to any academic content. Each student gets a card that is taped to their back or their forehead. The card has a name of a person you’re studying or a topic on it. Then, the students circulate and ask questions of other people to try to figure out who or what is taped to them.

Why we love it: This game is easily differentiated by providing students with personalities that you know they are familiar with, and by providing them with questions to ask or a checklist of personalities that they can be thinking about as they figure out who everyone is.

Word Scramble

Each student or group has a word. The goal is to pull as many words out of the original word as possible within the time limit.

Why we love it: Word Scramble encourages flexibility, and students may be surprised at what they see in each game.

Stickyball Bingo

Create a bingo board on your whiteboard with the words that you want students to work with or the math problems you want them to do. Then, have students throw a sticky ball at the board to select their game.

Why we love it: When their aim is poor, students may have to answer questions that push them out of their comfort zone.

Musical Chairs

Prepare a list of discussion questions or prompts. Students choose a card, then walk around the room while music plays. When the music stops, they find a partner and work on the questions they see on the card. You can prepare cards with math or science problems, questions from social studies, getting-to-know-you questions, or silly questions. Changing the type of questions that students are working with keeps this game fresh.

Why we love it: Musical chairs really gets students up and moving, and if you remove the loss of a chair each time, all students can stay in the game.

Check out these school-appropriate songs kids love .

Flashcard Duel

Students each have a set of flash cards and use them to “duel.” In pairs, students show each other a flash card one at a time. If they answer the card right, they get to keep the card. If they don’t, their partner keeps the card.

Why we love it: It’s fast-paced and easy for students to pick up and play during a few minutes of downtime.

Classroom Games for Communication

Games that require students to talk and listen to each other are great ways to encourage communication.

Yes, No, Stand Up

Have a list of sentences prepared. When you read a sentence, students stand if their response is yes and stay seated if it’s no.

Why we love it: Students practice listening skills and inhibition by standing or not in response to your questions.

Blind Square

Use a long rope and blindfolds. Have students stand in groups of four, then put the blindfolds on and hold the rope between them so it creates a square. They have to work together to put the rope down on the floor in front of them.

Why we love it: This game is great for middle schoolers to learn to work together.

Odd One Out

Prepare this game with a set of words or phrases written on slips of paper. Have students work in pairs or small groups to categorize the words or phrases as they relate to each other. Students have completed the game when they find the odd one out. So, students may have a group of four people from the Revolutionary War but only three who were presidents, so the one who is not a president is the odd one out.

Why we love it: Odd One Out requires students to use critical thinking and working memory as they come to each answer.

Can You Hear Me Now?

This is a fun warm-up or cool-down for the day. It’s also a great classroom game to play if you’re teaching virtually. Play as a class or in groups. Each student takes a turn describing an item for the others to draw one step at a time. For example, if the object were “cat,” the description might be: Draw a circle. Draw two triangles on top of the circle. And so on until a cat is drawn. It’ll surprise students how their directions are interpreted, and how hard it is to get people to follow their directions.

Why we love it: This is a humorous way to reinforce that students need to be clear in their directions and listen to yours.

Classroom Games for Collaboration and Team Building

Games that require teamwork are ideal for helping kids practice collaboration in short bursts and around a common, if silly, goal.

Minute To Win It

Minute to win it games including cereal box puzzle and boy trying to keep balloons in the air.

Challenge your class to compete in tasks that can take under a minute. You could:

  • Speed-stack paper cups.
  • Roll a coin between fork tongs.
  • Transfer pom-poms with chopsticks.
  • Build a tower out of marshmallows and toothpicks.
  • Pass a balloon from one person to another without using your hands.
  • Put together a puzzle.

Why we love it: It’s a quick way to engage students and shift students into a positive frame of mind.

Learn more: Fun and Easy Minute To Win It Games

Over the Electric Fence

Put two chairs in a row, and tell students that they are connected by a wire that is 3 feet high. Even better, string a rope 3 feet high. Students have to imagine that this is an electric fence and if they touch it they are dead. They’ll help everyone get over the fence and work together to do so. Make it even more challenging by telling students that they have to hold hands while moving everyone from one side of the fence to the other.

Why we love it: Students will have to slow down and figure out exactly how to solve the problem.

Create a square in your classroom using tape. Then, place plastic cups or cones around the inside of the square. This area is the minefield. Break students into pairs. One student is blindfolded and the other leads them. The students have to cross the minefield without touching or knocking down the plastic cups. The non-blindfolded student gives directions and the blindfolded student must follow them to cross the minefield without blowing up a “mine” or knocking over a cone.

Why we love it: Students will get out of their comfort level while playing this game.

Start with general everyday scenes (eating dinner, brushing teeth). Have two people act out a scene while everyone else watches. After a time, stop the scene and have someone swap out for a new player. Then, they have to change how the scene is being done. They could, for example, turn eating dinner into taking care of a pet. Once students are familiar with the game, make it more challenging with prompts from the book you’re reading or history scenarios (e.g., Washington crossing the Delaware turns into the French Revolution).

Why we love it: This game gives older students the opportunity to work with a variety of people and get creative connecting scene to scene.

Check out more team-building activities for kids and cooperative games for kids .

Classroom Games for Fun

Sometimes you need classroom games that simply let students have fun and blow off steam!

Freeze Dance

This is a great brain break. Put on music and dance (challenge kids to a Floss-off or the Macarena to get everyone moving). Then, pause the music and any student who unfreezes before the music starts again is out.

Why we love it: You’ll see some students come out of their shells once the music starts.

Heads Up, Seven Up

Why we love it: This is a classroom game we remember from our elementary school years, and now we’re passing it along!

Tic-Tac-Toe

Use a version of tic-tac-toe during the dreaded indoor recess or as a brain break.

Tic-tac-toe with Hula-Hoops:

Human Tic-Tac-Toe:

Why we love it: Whichever version you choose, tic-tac-toe is a quick game that’s always a winner.

Place a number of objects (up to 20) on a table (or post on a slide with 20 words or pictures) and have students take one minute to try to memorize as many as they can. Then, cover the objects or hide the slide and have students write down as many as they can remember. Play this game once a week or so and see how students improve their memory strategies.

Why we love it: Students will sharpen their focus and memory skills trying to remember as many objects as possible.

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Fun Learning Activities for Kids You Can Do at Home

They'll never know these DIY delights are good for them

School isn't the only place for learning activities. When your child's at home, you're their teacher. But everything doesn't have to feel like a classroom lesson. Get your kids excited about discovering something new by disguising the learning activities as a fun time. Try these engaging and effective activities that you can do at home.

Play Learning Games

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Put learning in motion by playing games that get your kids moving while learning about a variety of subjects.

For preschoolers, start with a basic game that helps him learn farm animals, numbers, colors (create a hue scavenger hunt!), and shapes. Adapt the game for school-age children to cover anatomy, world government, foreign language, and history. What you choose to teach with this game is only limited by your imagination. You can also explore educational apps together.

Learn Phonics Basics

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Teaching your child to read is one of the most wonderful gifts you will ever give them. Learning the basics of phonics (that is, the idea that letters make certain sounds), prepares kids for spelling and reading readiness.  

You don't have to sit still in a chair endlessly repeating letter sounds. Try activities that make learning phonics an adventure instead of a tedious lesson. Kids can play games (look for things that start with certain sounds), hunt for letters, make alphabet books, and even use a digital camera to bring their phonics lessons to life.

Practice Writing

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Writing is a skill your kids will use throughout their life. Teach them to write with methods that go beyond pencil to paper. Get messy. Let them trace. Connect the dots. Use Play-Doh to shape letters or draw letters in shaving cream. They'll be entertained and better prepared for school.

If you have preschoolers, help them learn the alphabet and the motions of each letter.

For school-age children, encourage them to improve their penmanship by helping you in your everyday writing tasks.

Identify Colors

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Kids are interested in learning their colors at an early age.

With a pack of colorful pom-poms, you'll put them on a path to identify colors, learn how to count, and start sorting, which also encourages gross motor skills. At the same time, you're helping them develop their fine motor skills by letting them pick up the tiny objects.  

Develop Counting Skills

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Teaching your child how to count seems so simple but reciting numbers in the correct order is only the beginning.

Play a game that lets them physically touch the objects they're counting. As an added bonus, research shows that hands-on projects activate kids' brains and help them learn better.  Kids who are more advanced in their counting skills can try a variation of the game that will challenge them to think beyond counting to three and in terms of how many objects they actually see before them.

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Math is an easy subject to teach because it's all around us. Add the number of people waiting at a restaurant. Divide the number of soccer players on the field by the number of water bottles on the bench to see how many people don't have anything to drink.

For preschoolers, your future math whiz can get an early start on number recognition (look for digits when playing "I Spy") and learning to count. For school-age children, tackle fractions and other advanced math problems with math games, an abacus, and even cookies!

Enrich Their Minds With Music

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"Mary Had a Little Lamb" and "The Itsy, Bitsy Spider" may be on a constant loop in your children's playlists. But there are so many more musical activities you can play together to instill a love of music they'll carry with them throughout their lives.

Hit the right note with fun music classes, making your own instruments (add bells to a paper plate to create a tambourine, for example), and playing musical games. Record instrument sounds and play them back to see if your child can get the answer right, or create a music trivia game and act out the answers.

Preschoolers love the one-on-one time with mom and dad and school-age children can begin formal training to enhance their musical skills.

Try Science Experiments at Home

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Think "science experiment" and you might have visions of a chemistry lab explosion. Fear not: You don't have to turn your kitchen into a blast zone to teach your kids about science at home.

Preschoolers will enjoy simple science experiments that don't require much of an effort on your part (use gumdrops and toothpicks to create a shape), yet are jam-packed with fun learning opportunities. Your school-age children can try science experiments that are a bit more involved but won't leave your house a disaster area when they're finished.

Plant a Garden

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There's more to planting a garden than sticking a seed in the ground and waiting for something to grow. Gardens are lessons in science, nutrition, and patience all rolled into one plot of dirt in your backyard.

A garden teaches preschoolers how plants come to life. It's also an easy way to teach him about nutrition and get him excited about eating the vegetables he's grown. School-age children can keep a gardening journal, study a plant's scientific name, and grow more difficult plants.

Create a Website

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That magic box on your desk is an open door to learning. Turn on the computer and create a website together.

Preschoolers may not be the best website designers, but they're not too young to have their own website. With your help, they can take pictures for their site, tell you what they want to say on their blog, and learn what it takes to make a website run smoothly. When they're older, you can redesign the site together and turn over the keys without having to do as much for them.

School-age children are ready to manage most of their own site, which will help improve their writing and thinking skills. You can also use their website to teach them how to stay safe online .

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Preschoolers can enjoy making crafts he might find in other countries and tasting authentic foods you cook together. School-age children can study cultural etiquette, find a penpal from that country, and learn words from the official language.

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Chart and graph the weather! This week, observe the weather each day, keeping track of what you observe with tallies in a table. At the end of the week, display your results in a color bar graph.

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Counting coins Learning to count change is an important skill that many children find challenging. One way to help is to practice counting to 100 by 1s, 5s, and 10s.

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Crazy captions What’s going on in this picture? Captions are used to tell readers what’s happening in a photo.  

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Create a comic book Learn about story structure and writing dialogue by creating your own comic book.  

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Create a family memory book Making a book of family memories is an enriching activity that will result in a treasured keepsake.  

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Does it sink or float? In this activity, you’ll make predictions about whether objects will sink or float, test the objects, and chart the results.  

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Draw a story map A story map is a diagram of the events of a story in order. Making a story map is a fun art project that helps kids learn sequencing (how to distinguish the order of events), which helps with reading comprehension.

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Feelings collage Learning to identify and express feelings helps kids build social skills. Make a collage with images of people expressing different emotions.

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Find all 50 states! Learn geography with a game you can modify and play again and again!    

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Jumping raisins Who knew raisins could be so entertaining? With a little tap water, soda water, and a handful of raisins, your kitchen will become a laboratory for testing and understanding how buoyancy works.

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Living things and nonliving objects In this early science activity, kids explore what makes living things different from nonliving objects.  

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Make a letter collage Explore letter sounds by making a series of colorful collages.    

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Make a mold garden Use bread and water to grow various types of mold and learn about bacteria.  

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Make a name puzzle In this activity, kids make a puzzle that helps them learn to spell and recognize their name.  

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Make a paper quilt Develop creative-thinking and problem-solving skills with this fun-filled math activity, which can be spread over a few days — or even a few weeks.  

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Make a pop-up book Write a story and illustrate it in 3-D! Note that the finished book will open bottom-to-top (like a calendar) rather than right-to-left.  

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Make a reading tree Keep track of the books you read by creating a reading tree. Create a trunk with branches and add each book as a leaf. Wait till you see how much you’ve accomplished!

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Make a self-portrait Use a mirror to take a close look at the placement and shapes of your facial features — and then put your own artistic spin on your self-portrait.  

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Make a word-family flip book Making a fun flip book is a good way to practice reading related words.    

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Make an accordion book In this activity, your child writes and illustrates a simple story, then binds it with a ribbon to create a keepsake book. This would make a great gift for a grandparent, too.

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Making hieroglyphics Hieroglyphics was a writing system in which words were simple drawings of the thing being described. This activity teaches kids about ancient Egyptian pictograms and how writing has evolved.

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Sorting beans Using an ordinary bag of mixed beans, you can practice sorting, categorizing, making patterns, adding, counting, and comparing. These are important math skills!

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Water glass music With this fun and simple activity, you can play a familiar tune and create your own song!  

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400+ Free Printables and Activities for Kids

If you need free printables for kids in preschool and kindergarten, then I have you covered.

Find hundreds of free printable activities for literacy, math, science and more!

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These free printables make it super easy to plan fun and engaging learning experiences for the kids.

All of them are interactive, and have hands-on components and fun themes that will excite and engage the kids.

Plus, you will save time searching for resources and prepping activities. Many of the printables we share here are low-prep and easy to utilize.

So grab some simple supplies and get ready to plan lots of fun and learning for the kids!

Free Printables for Most Preschool Themes

The free printables I share here cover  so many different themes! There are learning activities for most of the popular themes in preschool and early elementary.

There are printable learning activities for seasonal themes like apples, pumpkins, gingerbread, snowmen, snowflakes, flowers, insects, rainbows, ocean and much more!

And there are resources for many holidays as well.

In addition, there are lots of activities for themes that you can use any time of year like dinosaurs, farm, space, superheroes, unicorns and more.

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These are some of the most popular free printables here on Fun Learning for Kids.

Check them out and then keep scrolling to find all of our free printables below.

These pencil alphabet puzzles are perfect for the back to school theme.

These printable alphabet pencil puzzles will make learning letters and letter sounds so much fun.

A fun alphabet game to learn letters and sounds. Perfect for alphabet centers or literacy centers or small groups.

This editable alphabet board game is one the most popular resources!

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Use these alphabet letter formation cards to reinforce letter recognition, letter formation and introduce beginning letter sounds.

Alphabet play dough mats make learning letters and sounds hands-on and fun!

Grab some play dough and these alphabet play dough mats for lots of hands-on alphabet fun!

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Reinforce number recognition and counting while developing fine motor skills with these number clip cards .

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Letter sounds matching mats are super popular around here and can be used all year long.

Learning to read CVC words.

These CVC word search sheets are a new favorite. Make learning to read and write CVC words lots of fun!

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Grab these CVC word building strips and making learning to read and spell CVC words a hands-on and engaging experience.

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These number formation cards give kids practice with number recognition, number formation and counting.

A fun unicorn alphabet activity that teaches letter identification and beginning letter sounds.

The kids will have a blast with this unicorn editable board game that you can use to teach letters, numbers, phonics skills, word work and more!

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St. Patrick's Day find and cover the letter alphabet activity for kids in pre-k and kindergarten.

Four Leaf Clover Find & Cover the Letter for St. Patrick’s Day

Digraph phonics activity for kids.

Digraph Clip Cards for Kindergarten and First Grade

Rainbow theme CVC words board games for learning to read CVC words in kindergarten.

Rainbow CVC Board Game Task Cards

I love you to pieces craft for kids on Valentine's Day.

I Love You to Pieces Valentine’s Day Craft Activity

Rainbow alphabet activity for kids to learn letters and letter sounds.

St. Patrick’s Day Rainbow Find and Color the Letter Sheets

Teach students to add phonemes to simple CVC words and build phonemic awareness and phonics skills.

Missing Middle Sound CVC Word Mats Free Printable

Free printable number sense find and trace worksheets for learning numbers in kindergarten.

Number Sense Search and Find Worksheets

Heart theme CVC words phonics activity for kids.

Free Printable Heart CVC Clip Cards

Cut and paste CVC words worksheets for reading practice in kindergarten.

CVC Word Sorting Worksheets

Valentine's Day alphabet board game task cards for kids.

Heart Alphabet Game Task Cards

Short vowel sounds CVC clip cards for literacy centers in kindergarten.

CVC Short Vowel Sounds Clip Cards

Free printable letter tracing alphabet task cards for learning letters and letter formation.

Letter Tracing Alphabet Task Cards

Number recognition and number formation worksheets for kids to learn numbers and build number sense.

Number Find and Cover Worksheets

Alphabet find and cover the letter worksheets for kids to learn letters in a fun, hands-on way.

Alphabet Find and Cover the Letter Worksheets

Snowman find and color the letter alphabet activity for kids.

Exciting Snowman Find and Color the Letter Mats Freebie

Winter rhyming activity for kids to develop phonological awareness.

Snowball Rhyming Clip Strips

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New Year’s Eve Color By Number Coloring Sheets

Snowman adding beginning sounds task cards for phonemic awareness practice.

Snowman Adding Beginning Sounds Task Cards for Phonemic Awareness

Snow globe addition and subtraction math activity for kids.

Snow Globe Addition and Subtraction Mats

Winter phonemic awareness activity mats for kids.

Winter Snow Globe Phoneme Segmentation Cards

Snow globe CVC clip cards winter phonics activity for kids.

Snow Globe CVC Words Clip Cards Free Printable

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Christmas Color by Number Printable Worksheets

Snowman letter tracing task cards activity for practice with letter formation.

Snowman Alphabet Letter Tracing Task Cards

Gingerbread theme math activity for kids.

Gingerbread Making Ten Math Activity

Gingerbread theme CVC segment and blend phonics activity for kids.

Gingerbread CVC Word Building Cards

Gingerbread beginning sounds clip cards alphabet activity for kids.

Gingerbread Alphabet Beginning Sounds Task Cards

Alphabet worksheets for learning letters in preschool, pre-k or kindergarten.

Alphabet Letter Worksheets – Alphabet Activity Pages

Gingerbread theme phonemic awareness activity for kids to practice phoneme segmentation.

Gingerbread Phoneme Segmentation Mats for Phonemic Awareness

Number sense board games for kids to learn numbers, counting and more.

Numbers Four in a Row Board Game

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Alphabet Worksheets

Alphabet four in a row board game for kids to learn letters and letter sounds.

Alphabet Four in a Row Board Game – Beginning Sounds Game

Fall rhyming activity for developing phonological awareness.

Fall Leaf Rhyming Task Cards

Alphabet beginning sounds sorting worksheets for kids to learn phonics skills.

Alphabet Beginning Sounds Sorting Worksheets

Fall theme number order math activity for kindergarten.

Fall Leaf Missing Numbers Clip Cards Math Activity

Fall leaf alphabet beginning sounds task cards for kindergarten.

Fall Leaf Beginning Sounds Task Cards

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Colorful Crayon Rhyming Puzzles

Alphabet beginning sounds phonics activity for kids who are learning letters and letter sounds.

Super Fun Alphabet Beginning Sounds Clip Strips for Kids

Pumpkin theme alphabet board game task cards for learning letters and letter sounds.

Pumpkin Alphabet Board Game Task Cards

Candy corn fall alphabet activity for kids.

Beginning Sounds Clip Cards with a Fall Candy Corn Theme!

Free printable pumpkin theme editable bingo game for reading practice in kindergarten and first grade.

Editable Pumpkin Theme BINGO Game

Free printable candy corn find and cover the letter alphabet activity for fall literacy centers.

Candy Corn Find and Cover the Letter Mats for Kids

Pumpkin counting math activity for kids in pre-k and kindergarten.

Pumpkin Counting Task Cards – Show the Number Math Activity

Free printable alphabet find and trace the letter worksheets.

Alphabet Find and Trace the Letter Worksheets

Pumpkin phoneme segmentation mats for developing phonemic awareness in kindergarten and first grade.

Pumpkin Phoneme Segmentation Mats for Phonemic Awareness

Pumpkin alphabet activity for kids who are learning letters and sounds.

Pumpkin Beginning Sounds Alphabet Task Cards

Pumpkin theme rhyming activity for developing phonological awareness.

Fun Fall Pumpkin Rhyming Clip Strips

Play dough number task cards for learning numbers.

Number Play Dough Task Cards for Numbers 0-20

Alphabet letter tracing task cards for learning letters and letter formation.

Alphabet Letter Tracing Task Cards

Find and trace number worksheets for kids to learn numbers and counting.

Search and Trace Number Worksheets 0-20 Free Printable

Apple theme beginning sounds task cards for letter learning in kindergarten.

Apple Theme Beginning Sounds Task Cards Alphabet Find and Cover

Free printable apple theme alphabet task cards.

Apple Theme Letter Recognition Task Cards – Alphabet Find and Cover

Pre-writing fine motor tracing strips for kids in preschool, pre-k and kindergarten.

School Theme Tracing Strips for Pre-Writing Practice

Editable apple theme bingo game for teaching phonics skills and reading fluency.

Editable Apple Theme Bingo Game

Alphabet letter tracing letter formation worksheets for kids in preschool, pre-k and kindergarten.

Alphabet Letter Tracing Worksheets to Learn Letter Formation

Alphabet letter recognition activity for kids in preschool, pre-k and kindergarten.

Alphabet Letter Recognition Clip Strips

Alphabet letter recognition mats for kids to learn letters.

Alphabet Stew Letter Recognition Mats

Free printable all about me name worksheets for kids in preschool, pre-k and kindergarten.

All About Me Name Worksheets – Letters in My Name

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Beginning Sounds Alphabet Puzzles Free Printable

Number worksheets for learning numbers 0-20 in pre-k and kindergarten.

Dot the Number Worksheets

Free printable alphabet worksheets for kids to learn letter formation and letter sounds.

Dot the Letter Alphabet Worksheets

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Syllable Counting Clip Cards Free Printable

Alphabet play dough cards for kids to learn letters in preschool and kindergarten.

Alphabet Play Dough Cards Activity

Free printable compound words phonological awareness activity for kids.

Compound Word Clip Cards Free Printable

Number sense activity strips for kids to build number sense and learn numbers in preschool, pre-k and kindergarten.

Number Activity Strips Free Printable

A hands-on phonics activity for adding missing sounds to CVC words.

Missing Beginning Sound CVC Word Mats Free Printable

Free printable phoneme substitution phonics activity for kids who are learning to read.

Printable Middle Sounds Phoneme Substitution Cards

Free printable sun theme CVC phoneme segmentation phonics and phonemic awareness activity.

Sun CVC Word Building Strips Free Printable

Free printable ice cream theme alphabet activity for kids in pre-k and kindergarten.

Ice Cream Beginning Sounds Clip Cards Free Printable

Free printable phonemic awareness letter sound isolation mats for your phonics centers in kindergarten and first grade.

Beach Letter Sound Isolation Mats Free Printable

Ocean fish CVC word cards CVC activity for kids.

Fish CVC Word Building Cards Free Printable

Fish rhyming activity for kids to develop phonological awareness.

Ocean Fish Rhyming Clip Strips Free Printable

Ocean CVC word activity mats for kids in kindergarten and first grade.

Ocean CVC Word Mats – Roll, Build, & Write Printable

Free printable caterpillar word work mats for spring literacy centers in kindergarten and first grade.

Editable Caterpillar Word Work Mats Free Printable

Number mats for kids to learn numbers 0-10.

Dot Number Activity Mats Free Printable

Free printable alphabet mats for kids in preschool, pre-k and kindergarten.

Dot Letter Alphabet Mats Free Printable

Caterpillar comparing sets clip cards for kids in kindergarten.

Caterpillar Comparing Sets Clip Cards Free Printable

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Rhyming CVC Clip Strips Free Printable

Free printable spring bee math activity for kids in preschool, pre-k and kindergarten.

Spring Bee Roll and Cover Number Mats Free Printable

Butterfly alphabet activity for kids in preschool and kindergarten.

Butterfly Beginning Sounds Alphabet Clip Cards Free Printable

Free printable frog theme CVC words phonics activity for kids in kindergarten and first grade.

Frog CVC Word Building Strips Free Printable

Flower comparing numbers math activity for kids in kindergarten.

Flower Comparing Sets Math Activity

A fun flower CVC word activity for kids in kindergarten and first grade.

Flower CVC Word Building Cards Free Printable

Flower alphabet activity for kids in pre-k and kindergarten.

Flower Alphabet Mats – Roll, Build and Write

Easter egg math activity for kids in preschool and kindergarten.

Easter Egg Roll and Cover the Number Free Printable

Easter bunny editable word work mats for kids who are learning to read and write in kindergarten and first grade.

Editable Easter Bunny Word Work Mats

Phonics games for kids who are learning to read in kindergarten and first grade.

Phonics Games for Kids Who Are Learning to Read

Make 10 math activity for kindergarten. Learn friends of ten and combinations of ten in a fun way!

Make Ten Math Activity Free Printable

A free printable rainbow CVC activity for kids in kindergarten and first grade.

Rainbow CVC Activity Roll, Build, Write Mats Free Printable

Editable name tracing and spelling printables. Type each name once and all of the pages are filled in for you! Perfect for preschool name learning.

Free Editable Name Tracing Printable Worksheets for Name Practice

Rainbow rhyming clip strips literacy activity for kids.

Rainbow Rhyming Clip Strips Free Printable

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Free Alphabet Printables

Free printable teen numbers clip cards for kids in kindergarten.

Teen Number Matching Clip Cards Free Printable

A fun 2D shapes math activity for learning shapes in preschool, pre-k and kindergarten.

2D Shapes Clip Cards Free Printable

Word search CVC worksheets for kids to learn to read and write CVC words.

Word Search CVC Worksheets Free Printable

Free printable Valentine's Day roll and cover the numbers math activity for kids in preschool and kindergarten.

Valentine’s Day Roll and Cover the Number Free Printable

A fun Valentine's Day beginning sounds alphabet activity for kids in preschool, kindergarten and first grade.

Valentine’s Day Beginning Sounds Alphabet Clip Cards Free Printable

Free printable number sense activity for kids to practice composing numbers in kindergarten and first grade.

Number Tower Mats Free Printable

A free printable CVC phonics activity for kids in kindergarten and first grade.

CVC Words Clip Cards Free Printable

Free printable number matching clip cards for kids to build number sense in preschool and kindergarten.

Free Printable Number Matching Clip Cards

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Free Valentine’s Day Games for Kids

Free printable penguin comparing groups math activity for kids in preschool and kindergarten.

Penguin Comparing Sets Clip Cards Free Printable

Free printable snow theme CVC word activity for kids in kindergarten and first grade.

Snowflake CVC Word Building Strips for Kindergarten

Snowman number sense math activity for kids in preschool, kindergarten and first grade.

Snowman Number Spin & Build Mats Free Printable

Free printable snowman alphabet activity for kids in preschool and kindergarten.

Free Printable Snowman Beginning Sounds Mats

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Free Christmas Games for Kids

Christmas 100 chart and 120 chart number sense activity for kids.

Gingerbread 100 and 120 Chart Find and Cover the Number Game

Free printable Christmas beginning sounds alphabet activity for kids.

Christmas Cookie Beginning Sounds Clip Cards Free Printable

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Christmas Tree Roll and Cover Number Printable Mats

Free printable gingerbread roll and cover the number mats for kids in preschool, pre-k and kindergarten.

Gingerbread Roll and Cover the Number Mats Free Printable

Free printable fall theme CVC words reading activity for kids in kindergarten and first grade.

Fall Leaves CVC Clip Cards Free Printable

Free printable fall leaves comparing numbers math activity for kids.

Fall Leaf Comparing Sets Clip Cards Free Printable

Free printable phonics activity for kids in kindergarten and first grade.

Printable Ending Sounds Phoneme Substitution Cards

Free printable beginning sounds alphabet activity for kids in preschool and kindergarten.

Beginning Sounds Matching Clip Cards Free Printable

Free printable math activity for kids in preschool and kindergarten.

Free Printable Number Cover Up Mats

Free printable spider literacy center activity for learning letters, CVC words, phonics skills and high frequency words.

Free Printable Spider Word Work Mats

Pumpkin theme numbers and counting mats for kids in preschool and kindergarten.

Pumpkin Numbers Spin & Build Mats Free Printable

Pumpkin CVC word work activity for kids in kindergarten and first grade.

Pumpkin CVC Words Spin & Build Mats Free Printable

Free printable apple 100 chart and 120 chart math activity for kids.

Apple 100 and 120 Chart Find and Cover the Number Game

Pumpkin theme number math activity for kids in preschool, pre-k and kindergarten.

Pumpkin Roll and Cover Number Mats Free Printable

Free printable apple theme word work activity for kids.

Editable Apple Spin & Build Mats

Free printable apple math activity for kids.

Free Printable Apple Roll and Cover Number Mats

Free printable number formation math and handwriting activity for kids.

Number Formation Cards Free Printable

Apple theme pre-writing tracing strips for fine motor skills with kids in preschool.

Free Printable Apple Fine Motor Tracing Strips for Pre-Writing Practice

Back to school word work activity for kids.

Free Printable Back to School Spin and Build Word Work Mats

Back to school four in a row game for kids who are learning letters, numbers, sight words, phonics skill and more!

Editable Back to School Four in a Row Printable Game

Fun back to school theme alphabet activity mats for kids.

Free Printable Back to School Alphabet Activity Mats

Free printable back to school theme number sense math activity for kids. A fun math center idea for kindergarten.

Free Printable Back to School Number Tower Mats

Free printable phonics activity for developing phonemic awareness and phonics skills.

Free Printable Back to School Letter Sound Mats

A free printable phonics activity for practice with phoneme substitution.

Printable Beginning Sounds Phoneme Substitution Cards

Free printable snap cube alphabet mats for kids.

Printable Uppercase Snap Cube Alphabet Mats

Free printable lowercase alphabet mats for kids in preschool and kindergarten.

Printable Lowercase Snap Cube Alphabet Mats

Alphabet letter formation cards for learning to write letters. A fun handwriting activity for kids.

Printable Alphabet Letter Formation Cards for Kids

Printable ocean pattern block mats for kids.

Printable Ocean Animal Spin and Cover Pattern Block Mats

Sun theme CVC words reading activity for kids in kindergarten and first grade.

Sun CVC Word Clip Cards Free Printable

Sun theme number composition math activity for kids in preschool, kindergarten and first grade.

Sun Number Towers Printable Math Activity

Free printable ocean theme word work activity for kids in kindergarten, first grade and even preschool.

Editable Feed the Fish Spin and Build Mats Printable

Ocean fish CVC words activity for kids in kindergarten and first grade.

Fish CVC Word Clip Cards Free Printable

Ocean fish alphabet activity for kids in preschool and kindergarten.

Fish Find and Cover Free Printable Beginning Sounds Letter Mats

Ocean fish math activity for kids.

Fish Roll and Cover Number Mats Free Printable

Insect theme beginning, middle and ending sounds mats for literacy centers this spring.

Insect Letter Sounds Mats for Preschool and Kindergarten

Butterfly alphabet activity for learning letter sounds and letter identification in preschool and kindergarten.

Free Printable Butterfly Find and Cover Beginning Sounds Mats

A free printable flower theme editable word work activity for kids in kindergarten and first grade.

Editable Flower Bump Game Printable for Word Work

Flower number sense activity for kids.

Flower Number Towers Free Printable Math Activity

Flower theme CVC word work activity for kids to use this spring.

Flower CVC Word Building Strips for Kindergarten

Easter egg number sense activity for kids in preschool and kindergarten.

Free Printable Easter Egg Number Towers Math Activity

A fun frog theme word work activity for kids.

Editable Frog Spin and Build Mats Word Work Printable

Frog find and cover alphabet mats for kids. A fun way to learn letters and sounds.

Frog Find and Cover Beginning Sounds Letter Mat Printable

A free printable St. Patrick's Day learning activity for kids.

Editable Shamrock Spin and Build Mats Free Printable

Rainbow math activity for kids in preschool, pre-k and kindergarten.

Rainbow Number Towers Free Printable Math Activity

A fun rainbow alphabet learning activity for kids.

Free Printable Rainbow Beginning Sounds Mats

Community helpers word work activity for kids.

Editable Mailbox Spin and Build Mats Word Work Printable

Community helpers theme number sense learning activity for kids.

Construction Number Towers Free Printable Math Activity

CVC word work activity for kids.

Community Helpers Printable CVC Word Building Strips

Community helpers theme alphabet activity for kids.

Community Helpers Free Printable Beginning Sounds Mats

Valentine's Day editable word work learning activity for kids.

Editable Valentine’s Day Spin and Build Word Work Mats

Free printable Valentine's Day alphabet activity for kids.

Valentine’s Day Beginning Sound Find and Cover Letter Mats

Valentine's Day theme fun learning activity for kids.

Editable Valentine’s Day Four in a Row Printable Literacy Game

Free printable Groundhog Day editable board game for kids.

Groundhog Day Free Printable Editable Board Game

Printable Groundhog Day learning activity for kids.

Editable Groundhog Spin and Build Word Work Mats

A fun editable winter theme bump game for word work practice.

Editable Winter Bump Game Printable for Word Work

Snowman count the room math activity.

Snowman Count the Room Free Printable Math Activity

Snowman write the room editable word work activity.

Editable Snowman Write the Room Printable Activity

Snowman letter sounds write the room alphabet activity.

Snowman Beginning Sounds Write the Room Alphabet Printable

A fun snowball number tower mats for learning math in a fun way.

Snowball Number Towers Free Printable Math Activity

Fun winter snowman letter sound isolation learning activity for kids.

Free Printable Winter Theme Letter Sounds Mats

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Snowman 100 and 120 Chart Find and Cover Printable Number Mats

Fun, hands-on learning activity for kids to use this winter!

Editable Snowman Spin and Build Word Work Mats

Snowman comparing numbers winter math activity for kids.

Free Printable Snowman Comparing Sets Clip Cards

Gingerbread number sense activity for kids.

Gingerbread Number Towers Free Printable Math Activity

Gingerbread theme fun learning game for word work.

Editable Gingerbread Bump Game for Word Work Printable

A fun editable gingerbread word work activity for kids.

Editable Gingerbread Spin and Build Word Work Mats Printable

A printable Christmas game for fun and learning this holiday season.

Editable Christmas Tree Four in a Row Literacy Printable

Gingerbread addition and subtraction math activity.

Gingerbread Addition and Subtraction Mats Free Printable

Free editable Christmas board games.

Free Printable Christmas Editable Board Game

A gingerbread theme CVC activity.

Gingerbread CVC Word Building Strips Free Printable

A free printable gingerbread alphabet activity for learning to identify beginning sounds and letters.

Gingerbread Free Printable Beginning Sound Mats

Turkey literacy activity for word work.

Turkey Find and Cover the Word Free Printable Mats

Editable turkey word work mats for literacy and math centers.

Editable Turkey Spin and Build Word Work Printable Mats

Fall theme number tower mats math activity.

Fall Leaf Number Towers Free Printable Math Activity

Scarecrow theme editable word work mats.

Editable Scarecrow Spin and Build Word Work Printable Mats

Fall alphabet activity mats for learning letters and beginning sounds.

Free Printable Fall Alphabet Activity Mats

A silly monster CVC words activity for kids.

Silly Monster CVC Clip Cards Free Printable

A fun silly monster theme math activity for kids.

Silly Monster Number Towers Free Printable Math Activity

A fun spider count the room counting activity.

Spider Count the Room Free Printable Math Activity

Spider theme find and cover the letters alphabet activity.

Spider Find and Cover the Letter Free Printable Mats

Free printable pumpkin number towers math activity.

Pumpkin Number Towers Free Printable Math Activity

A fun teen numbers math game for developing number sense.

Pumpkin Teen Numbers Bump Game Free Printable

Pumpkin CVC words reading activity.

Free Printable Pumpkin CVC Words Clip Cards

Pumpkin 100 and 120 chart find and cover the numbers mats.

Pumpkin 100 & 120 Chart Printable Find and Cover Number Mats

Pumpkin find and cover the letters beginning sounds activity.

Pumpkin Find and Cover the Letter Mats Free Printable

Pumpkin theme comparing numbers math activity for kids.

Pumpkin Comparing Sets Clip Cards for Preschool and Kindergarten

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Editable Pumpkin Bump Game for Word Work in Kindergarten

An apple beginning blends reading activity for fall.

Apple Tree Find and Cover the Blends Free Printable Mats

Apple CVC decoding activity.

Apple CVC Matching Clip Cards Printable for Kindergarten

Apple number sense teen numbers game for kindergarten and first grade.

Apple Teen Numbers Bump Game Free Printable

Apple theme number sense math activity.

Apple Number Towers Free Printable Math Activity

Apple theme beginning sounds phonics activity.

Apple Tree Find and Cover the Letter Printable Mats

Apple theme find and cover sight word game.

Apple Tree Sight Word Find and Cover Printable for Kindergarten

Editable bump game with a fall apple theme.

Editable Apple Bump Game for Word Work in Kindergarten

Blends word work activity.

Blend Words Free Printable Board Game for Kindergarten

Back to school theme count the room math activity.

Back to School Count the Room Free Printable Math Activity

Editable back to school write the room activity for literacy centers.

Editable Back to School Write the Room Free Printable

A free printable sight word bump game for back to school season.

Editable Pencil Bump Game for Word Work Printable

Free printable CVC middle vowel sounds board game activity.

CVC Middle Vowel Sounds Board Game Printable

Digraphs reading activity for kids who are learning to read.

Free Printable Digraph Words Matching Mats for Kindergarten

Blend words matching mats for literacy centers.

Blend Words Matching Mats Free Printable

CVC words reading activity.

Free Printable CVC Words Matching Mats

Ending digraphs clip card activity.

Free Printable Ending Digraph Clip Cards

Beginning digraphs clip card reading activity.

Free Printable Beginning Digraph Clip Cards

Blend words reading activity.

Blend Words Clip Cards Free Printable

Free printables by category.

Right now you can find our free printables separated by 4 different catergories. There are alphabet printables, numbers and counting printables, general literacy printables which include sight words, phonics skills, CVC words and more, and finally there are addition and subtraction printables as well.

Click the images below to check out the free printables by category.

I hope your kids have lots of fun learning with these free printable activities for kids!

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Some of the Best Online Learning Games for Kids

Two young children sitting on a couch, using a learnign app on a tablet, from our review of the best educational apps and learning games for kids

To find our favorite learning apps and games for kids, we spent more than 40 hours researching and testing 50-plus apps recommended by educators, experts, and parents. If your family has a tablet and you want it to be more than a game-playing and video-watching device, or if you’re trying to find apps for your smartphone that will do more than keep your kids occupied in a pinch, we have some great suggestions.

As with our guides to STEM and learning toys, we didn’t test scores of apps to try to find the “best” ones. Rather, most of the apps here have been chosen by teachers for their students in classrooms, used by Wirecutter parents and their kids, or recommended by the experts and educators we spoke with. (For details, read more about how we selected the apps in this guide.) The apps we cover in this guide are great learning apps not because they’re designed to make kids smarter, to drill facts, or to replace in-school learning, but because they each offer something fun, unique, and interesting for kids and adults.

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Our favorite math apps, our favorite coding apps, our favorite science and exploration apps, our favorite social and emotional learning apps, our favorite ebook app, how we picked and tested.

These math games don’t simply drill facts or make kids memorize but rather use visuals, narratives, and storylines to help kids discover math concepts and build their skills. We like these apps because they offer games and exercises tailored to different ages and skill levels and because they encourage adults and kids to play together.

A family math app: Bedtime Math

A screenshot of Bedtime Math from our review of the best educational apps for kids, showing the "Math Problem of the Day" screen within the app

Bedtime Math (iOS and Android)

Bringing math home.

This free app makes math a part of daily family life, like a bedtime story. A peer-reviewed study showed that it not only helps improve kids’ math performance but also makes parents feel more comfortable with math.

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How it works: Bedtime Math ( iOS and Android ) seeks to do for math what the bedtime story does for literacy, by turning math into an enjoyable bonding routine between child and caregiver.

The free app offers a daily word problem for children to solve together with an adult during bedtime or anytime. Each exercise centers on a short narrative or interesting fact and poses questions at four difficulty levels, from pre-K through elementary school.

Why it’s great: Bedtime Math is one of the few children’s educational apps that have been evaluated in a peer-reviewed study . This particular study demonstrated that students who used the app significantly boosted their math scores; it also showed that Bedtime Math can help parents mitigate their own math anxiety , a phenomenon that can negatively affect their children’s attitudes toward math and their ability in the subject. Teacher Jennifer Auten told us she liked that the questions were written at a middle-school reading level, meaning an adult must facilitate the discussion but you have a choice of four levels of difficulty based on the child’s age and math level.

Apps for visual math: DragonBox Numbers and DragonBox Big Numbers

A screenshot of DragonBox Big Numbers from our review of the best educational apps and learning games for kids, showing a screen of addition and subtraction equation practice

DragonBox Numbers (iOS, Android, and Amazon)

Visual numeracy.

Cute Nooms help kids visualize and conceptualize numbers and arithmetic operations.

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DragonBox Big Numbers (iOS, Android, and Amazon)

More-complex arithmetic.

Kids follow characters called Nooms on adventures, solving long addition and subtraction equations in the process.

Ages: 4 to 8 and 6 to 9

How it works: DragonBox Numbers ( iOS , Android , and Amazon ), aimed at kids 4 through 8, introduces number sense, addition, and subtraction through cute characters called Nooms. (The characters are designed to resemble Cuisenaire rods , math learning aids that introduce kids to arithmetic operations in a hands-on way.) Kids feed, slice, and sort the Nooms, developing familiarity with addition, subtraction, fractions, and ranges. In DragonBox Big Numbers ( iOS , Android , and Amazon ), for kids 5 through 9, players follow the Nooms on more complex adventures, solving long addition and subtraction equations in order to gather and trade resources.

Why it’s great: The Nooms function as digital versions of what classroom teachers call math manipulatives , physical learning aids that help young children understand theoretical math concepts in a concrete way. For older kids, the DragonBox series continues on with algebra and Euclidean geometry.

Many great apps teach coding to kids as young as preschool and progressing through upper elementary grades. We’ve highlighted four of these apps because they’re particularly easy to get started with and don’t require reading or, for the child or the parent, a coding background. Regardless of what app they use, parents should think of coding apps as a family activity, said Pat Yongpradit of Code.org . “You will rarely have such a rich media experience as you can when coding with your kid,” he said.

Coding puzzles for beginners: Lightbot and Lightbot Jr

A screenshot of the educational app Lightbot, showing a screen that explains to the user how a particular command within the app works, from our review of the best educational apps and learning games for kids

Lightbot (iOS and Android)

Coding puzzles.

The app’s simple puzzle challenges are easy to jump into for kids and adults with no previous coding experience.

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Lightbot Jr (iOS and Android)

Coding puzzles for younger kids.

A slower-paced, easier set of puzzles for kids as young as preschool.

Ages: 9 and up (Lightbot); 4 to 8 (Lightbot Jr)

How it works: In Lightbot ( iOS and Android ), kids solve a series of simple puzzles by lining up commands that make a robot advance over obstacles and light up squares. As they master basic concepts, they add more-complex commands, such as conditionals, loops, and nested statements. Lightbot Jr ( iOS and Android ) follows a similar structure but at a slower pace and with simpler challenges that focus on reinforcing the basics. A minimal amount of reading is required, so pre-readers may need adult help at the beginning.

Why it’s great: Project Lead The Way (PLTW), a nonprofit educational organization that promotes and develops STEM curricula and resources, told us, “The best apps for young students without previous experience are those that teach and help build logic and reasoning skills [and] critical thinking skills, and provide brain teasers.” PLTW’s curriculum writers like the Lightbot and Lightbot Jr apps as ways to get kids as young as 4 started with the basic concepts and logical structures of coding.

A creative coding app: ScratchJr

A screenshot from ScratchJr, showing the creation environment, from our review of the best educational apps for kids

ScratchJr (iOS, Android, and Amazon)

Visual programming.

Using graphical coding blocks, ScratchJr lets kids animate characters and create storylines.

Ages: 5 and up

How it works: In ScratchJr ( iOS , Android , Amazon ), kids select characters and backdrop scenes and drag graphical programming blocks, which snap together like puzzle pieces, to make animation sequences and storylines. Although the app has some written cues, the programming blocks largely use symbols (such as arrows and stop signs) to indicate what they do (such as move the character forward or make them stop). As kids become familiar with how to structure the code, they can create multi-scene stories.

Why it’s great: ScratchJr isn’t lesson-based (though you can consult a variety of curricula and tutorials for the app) but rather designed to give kids a sandbox in which to experiment, learn, and create through trial and error (the app offers sample animations as well). Pat Yongpradit of Code.org , which recommends ScratchJr among other coding apps and games, noted one particular benefit: “It’s very free-form; you’re not basically being directed down a particular path.” Younger kids will need an adult or older child to guide them as they get familiar with ScratchJr .

An app for hands-on coding: Osmo Coding Awbie

A child using the Osmo app on an iPad, complete with the base and colorful game tiles, from our review of the best educational apps and learning games for kids

Osmo Coding (iOS)

Tangible coding.

The Osmo system uses physical game pieces in conjunction with the device’s screen, making scripting and coding tangible and accessible for pre-readers.

Ages: 5 to 12

How it works: Osmo Coding Awbie requires a base system—a stand and a mirror that attach to the device’s camera and that are compatible with other Osmo games —for the iPad , iPhone , and Amazon Fire . The system allows players to use physical pieces to interact with the screen-based game. Kids use bricks marked with commands, arrows, numbers, and loops to create scripts that direct a silly character through mazes and challenges, picking up prizes such as strawberries.

Why it’s great: Teacher Jennifer Auten, who uses Osmo Coding Awbie and other Osmo games in her classroom, said the fact that it combined an app with physical pieces made kids more patient and thoughtful as they worked through the challenges: “When something is purely on the screen, kids will sometimes end up just tapping as fast as they can, randomly guessing. With the manipulatives, it slows their thinking down.” Auten also noted that the physical pieces made it easier to play the game with multiple people, fostering discussion, collaboration, and group problem-solving. She also likes that Osmo Coding Awbie is open-ended: “Kids can explore and create their own paths.”

In this category we chose these three apps—focused on anatomy, the natural world, and space—because they offer kids unique, open-ended ways to explore science topics. Each app encourages kids to meander, linger, and dive deeper at their own pace.

An app to see what’s inside: The Human Body

A screenshot from The Human Body, one of our picks for best education app and learning games for kids, showing screens for both the digestive system and the heart

The Human Body (iOS and Android)

Seeing what’s inside.

The Human Body offers a visually and aurally interesting way to wander through the body’s organs, systems, and functions.

How it works: In The Human Body ( iOS and Android ), kids explore anatomy by jumping around to different organs and systems—for example, watching a mouth chew food and swallow drink, sliding into a stomach breaking down food, and following flashing nerve signals as they race up to the brain.

Why it’s great: The Human Body focuses less on teaching kids specific anatomical lessons and more on sparking wonder and fascination toward the body and what it can do. The app’s engaging visuals are neither cartoonish nor graphic, and the thoughtful sound effects are as compelling and instructive as the animations: Gurgles, wooshes, creaks, and spurts give kids a visceral sense of what’s happening inside them. You can toggle on or off the text labels that identify the systems and organs, but no reading is required to get deep into the app, making it equally accessible to pre-readers.

An app for discovering nature: Toca Nature

A screenshot from Toca Nature, showing one of the screens of a landscape that users can alter using the app's tools, from our review of the best educational apps and learning games

Toca Nature (iOS, Android, and Amazon)

Natural-world building.

Toca Nature is an open-ended building app—similar to Minecraft—where kids can explore and shape the terrain, collect resources, and observe wildlife.

Ages: 4 and up

How it works: In Toca Nature ( iOS , Android , Amazon ), kids start with a simple plot of land where they can raise or lower mountains, create lakes, clear or plant forests, and make deserts. They can zoom in to different areas of their terrain to collect and distribute resources (like mushrooms, fish, or berries). As they change and shape the environment, different kinds of animals, plants, and fish will appear, multiply, migrate, or disappear.

Why it’s great: Similar to popular narrative-less building games like Minecraft , Toca Nature harnesses the enjoyment kids get from open-ended creating, wandering, and exploring games, with a unique focus on the natural world. Common Sense Media senior editor Christine Elgersma said that an app like Toca Nature doesn’t have explicit learning goals—it’s not trying to teach kids the names of animals or types of terrain, for example—but rather is “an exploratory app with experiences that a kid really couldn’t have off screen.” By creating and manipulating the environment, and then observing how the plant and wildlife change as a result, kids can see how animals, resources, and the environment interact.

An app for exploring space: Professor Astro Cat’s Solar System

A screenshot from Professor Astro Cat's Solar System showing a true-false trivia question about the formation of the moon, from our review of the best educational apps and learning games for kids

Professor Astro Cat’s Solar System (iOS, Android, and Amazon)

Cats in space.

Explore the solar system with a jet-propelled cat.

Ages: 8 to 12, or 6 and up with an adult

How it works: Kids explore the app much as they would read a book, delving into facts, illustrations, and animations about planets, moons, stars, and space exploration. At various points, quizzes and other challenges let you earn sardine treats for Professor Astro Cat.

Why it’s great: Jana Grcevich , an astronomer, science educator, and author , told us she enjoyed the Professor Astro Cat app ( iOS , Android , and Amazon ), along with the popular book series it’s based on, with her then 6-year-old niece. The app requires reading, but the entertaining storyline and fascinating facts make it fun for adults along with younger children.

Social and emotional learning , which includes self-awareness, empathy, communication skills, and building relationships, among other capacities, has increasingly been recognized as a critical component of children’s education. These three apps let young kids explore different aspects of self-expression, emotions, and social play.

An app for self-expression: Me: A Kid’s Diary

A screenshot from Me: A Kid's Diary, from our review of the best educational apps and learning games for kids

Me: A Kid's Diary (iOS)

A digital diary.

This app lets kids explore self-expression through drawing, writing, photos, and audio and video.

Ages: 7 and up

How it works: Kids create a digital diary of their lives by answering questions about themselves; making avatars for family members, friends, and other loved ones; and designing their own media. Kids navigate all these entries on their Me Map, a sort of multimedia landscape of their lives.

Why it’s great: Me: A Kid’s Diary helps kids creatively document their feelings, experiences, and loved ones through different media and modes of expression. In some ways, the app offers an experience akin to social media—uploading photos, making videos, writing reflections, and mapping personal connections—but in an entirely closed environment (there’s no actual communication or sharing within the app). This can create a space for kids to start to explore (and for parents to discuss) digital self-expression and sharing.

An app for emotions: Daniel Tiger’s Grr-ific Feelings

A screenshot from Daniel Tiger’s Grr-ific Feelings a social emotional learning app reviewed in our review of the best educational apps and learning games for kids

Daniel Tiger's Grr-ific Feelings (iOS, Android, and Amazon)

Exploring emotions.

The beloved PBS character helps young kids identify, act out, and explore their feelings through games, songs and creative activities.

Ages: 2 to 5

How it works: Kids explore the familiar world of the PBS Kids series Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood ( iOS , Android , Amazon ) through simple games, songs, and art activities that focus on identifying and exploring feelings and emotions. It offers different ways for kids to practice, talk about, and experience emotions, such as by drawing a picture, taking a photo of themselves feeling angry or happy, or practicing a calming exercise with Daniel Tiger.

Why it’s great: The app is simple and accessible for very young kids, with frequent verbal cues and reminders to help them through the easily navigable interface. “Even without the Daniel tie-in, it could actually still be a pretty successful app for teaching a lot of social, emotional, and self-care skills,” said Harry Sawyers, Wirecutter senior editor and father of three. “But having the familiar characters and songs really helps jump-start their interest if, for example, they ‘have to go potty—stop, and go right awaaaaay!’”

An app for social play: Toca Tea Party

A screenshot from Toca Tea Party, showing a screen in which the user has set a table with tea party refreshments, from our guide of the best educational apps and learning games for kids

Toca Tea Party (iOS)

Tea for two (or more).

Toca Tea Party presents the elements of a tea party—drinks, desserts, and dishes—for unstructured imaginative play.

Ages: 2 and up

How it works: Toca Tea Party couldn’t be simpler: You set a tea table with plates, cups, drinks, and treats for three guests, and the rest is up to your imagination. There’s no objective beyond pouring drinks, munching treats, and wiping up spills, and the app has a built-in end point: Once you’ve finished the snacks and beverages, the table clears itself and the dishes drop into a sink, ending the party.

Why it’s great: Toca Tea Party isn’t so much a game as a scene for unstructured imaginative and social play for young children. Kids can play alone (perhaps by inviting dolls or stuffed animals as guests) or with one or two others—a unique feature for a tablet game to pull off well. My two daughters, now 4 and 5, haven’t tired of Toca Tea Party after two years, and their play centers on chatting, pretending, and sharing.

An app for reading: Epic! ebook subscription

Two children side by side watching a tablet with the Epic! e-book subscription open.

Epic! e-book subscription

Endless ebooks.

This app allows young readers to choose from up to 35,000 different books for a low monthly cost.

How it works: For $8 a month, kids gain access to some 35,000 children’s books in an intuitively designed app. Epic’s library is updated regularly with new titles, including classics and the site’s original content. Many of the picture books have a “Read to me” function, where a narrator reads the text aloud and the pages turn automatically. The app also suggests books by age and based on what a child has previously read, allowing kids to easily discover new titles at their reading level. Epic! works on iOS, Android and Microsoft tablets and smartphones.

Why it’s great: While some subscription kids’ e-book apps tend to be populated with the kinds of uninteresting titles you’d find in a bookstore bargain bin, Epic! offers an impressive library of children’s books, including many of the beloved classics and award-winning authors you’d find in a well-curated children’s library. (The Wizard of Oz, with the original 1900 illustrations, was one memorable find that gave us many nights of rapt bedtime reading.) The app is simple enough to use that both of my daughters can independently browse books by the cover art and find what interests them—even though they are both pre-readers. Fairy tales abound, but I’ve also found them paging through books about geology, Ramadan, and coding.

Since we began researching learning apps in 2016, we’ve spoken with a range of experts, including a classroom teacher, a child developmental psychologist, a pediatrician, an astronomer, education researchers, app developers, and others.

These have included Kathy Hirsh-Pasek , a professor of psychology at Temple University who has written about and conducted research studies on educational apps for young children; Jennifer Auten , an award-winning teacher in Cupertino, California, who has been using tablet and smartphone apps in her first- and second-grade curricula since the iPad was released in 2010; Christine Elgersma , senior editor, parent education, for Common Sense Media, an organization focused on children’s media; and Pat Yongpradit , chief academic officer at Code.org, a nonprofit that advocates for computer science education. Last, we’ve spoken with parents on our staff for recommendations of apps they and their kids love in categories such as science, music, and coding.

Three children gathered around an iPad, playing one of our picks for best educational apps and learning games for kids

We read articles and reports from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and child developmental psychologists and educational researchers to learn about kids’ media use and about principles for designing learning apps. Finally, we read through reviews and ratings from well-regarded children’s media sites such as Common Sense Media .

Similar to what we found when researching learning toys , we discovered that developers and app stores often label apps as “educational” with little research or evidence, and few experts, to support those claims. In 2016, the AAP released a broad report on children’s use of digital media, calling for more-rigorous evaluation of apps that claim to be educational: “Unfortunately, very few of the commercially available apps found in the educational section of app stores have evidence-based design input with demonstrated learning effectiveness.” Similarly, in a 2015 article , Hirsh-Pasek writes that educational apps “present a significant opportunity for out-of-school, informal learning when designed in educationally appropriate ways” but notes later on that “[o]nly a handful of apps are designed with an eye toward how children actually learn.”

Experts are still studying what makes learning apps successful pedagogical tools, as well as fun and interesting activities for kids. But after speaking with experts, reading research, and trying out apps ourselves, we identified a few features that seem to be common among great learning apps.

  • Offer unique experiences: Several of the experts we spoke to noted that a good educational app should offer children something they couldn’t simply do, learn, or explore in a classroom or the real world. If the app is “basically a worksheet on screen, [or] an experience that could be replicated off screen, then that’s not a good use of the screen,” Elgersma said. “You want it to be an experience that kids could really only have in that screen world.”
  • Be open-ended, with limits: Most of the apps in this guide are open-ended in the sense that they encourage kids to independently explore, create, and navigate within the app. But researchers say it’s important to have built-in limits, as well. The AAP has pointed out that digital games have traditionally been designed with rewards and reinforcement designed to keep kids playing as long as possible. The organization recommends that learning apps instead have “automatic ‘stops’ as the default design to encourage children and caregivers to pause the game use and turn to the 3-dimensional world.”
  • Be engaging but not distracting: Apps have great potential to engage children through interactive features, but some research has shown that too many bells and whistles can distract children or reduce their comprehension. A good learning app uses interactive, animated, and responsive features to engage kids or enhance their comprehension, not simply to entertain. Hirsh-Pasek has written that parents should evaluate an app’s interactive features and ask: “Do the enhancements actually add value and increase engagement, or do they cause distraction?”
  • Encourage interaction: The AAP and other organizations say that learning apps that encourage real-life interaction among multiple people—adult and child, or child and peers—can be especially strong at facilitating learning. The apps in this guide are fun and interesting for kids and adults, and many foster conversation and play outside of the app itself.

As with our guide to learning toys , we focused primarily on apps aimed at kids 3 to 9 years old, though older kids can enjoy many of our recommendations, as well. We chose this age range because, as Hirsh-Pasek has written , “there are so many apps targeted toward [children in this range] that parents and educators do not know how to navigate the marketplace of possibilities.”

All the apps we recommend in this guide adhere to the FTC’s Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act . Among other things, COPPA requires that websites and apps directed at children under age 13 obtain permission from parents before collecting or sharing personal information from children, or targeting them with behavioral advertising. None of the apps in this guide require children to enter personal information in order to use the app’s functions, and none offer social media sharing or connectivity.

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, et al., Putting Education in “Educational” Apps: Lessons From the Science of Learning , Psychological Science in the Public Interest , April 20, 2015

Yolanda (Linda) Reid Chassiakos, et al., Children and Adolescents and Digital Media , Pediatrics , October 1, 2016

Jana Grcevich, PhD, astronomer, science educator, author , phone interview , December 1, 2016

Jennifer Auten, first- and second-grade teacher, Cupertino, California , phone interview , November 8, 2016

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, PhD, professor of psychology, Temple University , phone interview , January 8, 2019

Christine Elgersma, senior editor, parent education, Common Sense Media , phone interview , March 12, 2019

Pat Yongpradit, chief academic officer, Code.org , phone interview , April 18, 2019

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Courtney Schley

Courtney Schley, a senior editor covering sleep and appliances, has been at Wirecutter since 2014. She has held several roles at Wirecutter, including research editor, as well as supervising editor of baby and kid coverage.

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Educational Activities for Kids

25 Educational Activities for Kids of All Ages: Learning Hands-on

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Let’s explore various educational activities for kids and how they can benefit children of all ages. When it comes to the education and development of children, hands-on activities are proven to be highly effective.

By engaging in educational activities, kids not only have fun but also enhance their knowledge and skills in a meaningful way.

From DIY projects to printables and interactive games, there are numerous options available for parents and educators to make learning engaging and enjoyable.

Keep Reading to find out 25 Educational Activities for Kids!

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What are Educational Activities for Kids?

Educational activities for kids are structured tasks or games designed to impart specific knowledge or skills.

They can range from reading exercises and math problems to hands-on science experiments and interactive learning games, all aimed at enhancing a child’s understanding and cognitive development.

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25 Hands On Educational Activities for Kids

Who said learning can’t be a hands-on adventure? Dive into 25 activities that make textbooks envious and classrooms wish they had this much fun.

Let’s get those little hands busy and brains buzzing with these Hands On Educational Activities for Kids!

1. DIY Volcano Eruption

Create a homemade volcano using baking soda and vinegar. This fun science experiment teaches kids about chemical reactions in an interactive way.

2. Alphabet Playdough Mats

Use playdough to form letters of the alphabet. This tactile activity helps younger kids recognize and learn their letters.

3. Nature Scavenger Hunt

Take kids outside and let them explore nature. Provide a list of items for them to find, teaching them about different plants, animals, and natural phenomena.

4. Magnetic Word Building

Using magnetic letters on a board, encourage kids to form words, enhancing their vocabulary and spelling skills.

5. DIY Constellation Viewer

Poke holes in a cardboard tube to represent different constellations. When kids look through, they’ll see stars, fostering an interest in astronomy.

6. Planting Seeds

Teach kids about botany by letting them plant and care for their own seeds, observing the growth process.

7. Water Xylophone

Fill glasses with varying levels of water and tap them to make music. This activity introduces kids to sound waves and music.

8. Homemade Balance Scale

Using household items, create a balance scale. Kids can learn about weight and measurement by comparing different objects.

9. Shadow Drawing

Place toys or objects in sunlight and trace their shadows. This activity teaches kids about light and shadow.

10. DIY Sundial

Teach kids to tell time using the sun with a homemade sundial, introducing them to ancient time-telling methods.

11. Floating Egg Experiment

Place an egg in saltwater and watch it float. This experiment teaches kids about density in a hands-on manner.

12. Ice Excavation

Freeze small toys in ice and let kids excavate them using droppers and warm water, teaching them about states of matter.

13. DIY Pulley System

Create a simple pulley system using ropes and a wheel. This introduces kids to basic physics concepts.

14. Mirror Symmetry Painting

Fold a paper in half, paint on one side, and press together. Kids learn about symmetry in a visually appealing way.

15. Homemade Barometer

Using a jar, balloon, and straw, kids can create a barometer to learn about atmospheric pressure.

16. Feather Parachute

Drop feathers and other objects from a height, teaching kids about gravity and air resistance.

17. DIY Kaleidoscope

Create a kaleidoscope using mirrors and colorful beads, introducing kids to light reflection and patterns.

18. Sound Wave Experiment

Using a spoon and string, kids can learn about how sound waves travel.

19. Static Electricity Butterfly

Rub a balloon on your hair and watch paper butterflies “fly” towards it, teaching kids about static electricity.

20. Salt Crystal Leaves

Grow salt crystals on leaves, teaching kids about crystallization in a visually stunning manner.

21. DIY Compass

Using a needle, magnet, and a bowl of water, kids can create their own compass, learning about Earth’s magnetic field.

22. Paper Bridge Challenge

Using only paper, challenge kids to build a bridge that can hold weight, teaching them about engineering principles.

23. Invisible Ink Messages

Write secret messages using lemon juice and reveal them by heating the paper, introducing kids to basic chemistry.

24. Sink or Float Experiment

Gather various objects and let kids predict whether they’ll sink or float in water, teaching them about buoyancy.

25. Color Mixing Lab

Using primary colors, let kids mix and create new colors, teaching them about color theory in a hands-on way.

These activities are designed to be both fun and educational, providing kids with hands-on experiences that enhance their understanding of various concepts.

Educational Activities for Kids

Educational Activities for Kids

Who said learning can’t be a party? Dive into activities that make textbooks jealous and classrooms wish they were this cool.

What are some fun learning activities for kids?

Fun learning activities for kids can range from simple hands-on experiments to interactive games and puzzles.

For younger children, activities like building blocks, sensory play, and color recognition games can help with their cognitive development.

Older kids can engage in science experiments, coding activities, and math games to enhance their critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.

How can you incorporate educational activities into playtime?

Incorporating educational activities into playtime is a great way to make learning fun and engaging.

For example, instead of traditional board games, opt for educational board games that focus on specific subjects like geography, mathematics, or language skills.

You can also organize scavenger hunts that require kids to solve riddles or find hidden clues, encouraging their problem-solving skills while having fun.

What are some DIY educational activities for kids?

DIY educational activities are not only cost-effective but also allow children to learn in a hands-on manner.

Building a volcano using baking soda and vinegar, creating a homemade musical instrument, or making a simple science experiment using household items are all excellent examples of DIY educational activities.

These activities not only stimulate creativity but also help kids understand scientific concepts and improve their fine motor skills.

Educational Activities for Kids

Printable Fun Learning Activities for Kids

Out with the old, in with the printable! Bring the joy of learning to your fingertips, one print at a time.

Where can you find printable educational activities for kids?

There are several websites and online platforms that offer printable educational activities for kids.

Websites like Pinterest, Education.com, and Teachers Pay Teachers provide a wide range of free and paid printable resources for various subjects and age groups.

Additionally, many educational publishers offer downloadable activity sheets and worksheets that can be printed at home.

What are some popular printable activities for kids?

Popular printable activities for kids include coloring pages, word searches, mazes, and crossword puzzles.

These activities not only entertain children but also help them improve their concentration, problem-solving, and fine motor skills.

Additionally, printable flashcards for learning letters, numbers, and sight words are widely used for early literacy development.

How can printables enhance a child’s learning experience?

Printables enhance a child’s learning experience by providing visual aids and hands-on activities that complement their learning journey.

These resources can help reinforce concepts learned in school and provide additional practice for children.

By engaging with printable activities, kids get the opportunity to reinforce their knowledge, improve their concentration, and develop essential skills independently.

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Lego Kid Activities

Brick by brick, watch your child’s imagination soar higher than a Lego skyscraper. It’s not just building; it’s brain-building!

What are some educational activities that can be done with Lego?

Lego is a versatile educational tool that can be used for various learning activities.

Children can engage in building challenges that promote creativity and problem-solving.

They can also use Lego to learn math concepts like symmetry and geometry by creating symmetrical shapes or patterns.

Additionally, Lego can be used to teach science-related concepts like simple machines or the properties of matter.

How can playing with Lego benefit a child’s development?

Playing with Lego can benefit a child’s development in multiple ways.

It helps improve fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and spatial awareness as children manipulate the blocks and build structures.

Lego also promotes creativity and imagination as children use their own ideas and designs.

Furthermore, playing with Lego in a group setting encourages teamwork, communication, and collaboration.

Are there any Lego sets specifically designed for educational purposes?

Yes, there are several Lego sets specifically designed for educational purposes.

These sets focus on subjects like science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

They come with specific building instructions and components that allow children to explore specific concepts in a structured and hands-on way.

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Stars in their eyes and constellations at their fingertips. Let’s turn bedtime stargazing into a daytime masterpiece.

What educational activities involve learning about constellations?

Learning about constellations can be a captivating educational activity for kids.

Activities can include stargazing and identifying constellations in the night sky, creating constellation art using glow-in-the-dark stars or black construction paper, or even constructing a model of the night sky using toothpicks and marshmallows.

These activities spark a child’s curiosity about space and improve their knowledge of astronomy.

How can studying constellations spark a child’s curiosity?

Studying constellations sparks a child’s curiosity by introducing them to the wonders of the universe.

Learning about constellations encourages them to ask questions, seek answers, and explore beyond what they see in their everyday lives.

It ignites their imagination and prompts them to discover more about our vast universe, fostering a lifelong love for learning and inquiring about the unknown.

Are there any resources available to help kids learn about constellations?

Yes, there are many resources available to help kids learn about constellations.

Books, websites, and apps dedicated to astronomy and stargazing provide information about different constellations, their mythology, and tips for observing them.

There are also interactive online tools that allow kids to explore the night sky and learn about the position and movement of stars and planets.

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Super Fun Alphabet and Sight Word Activities

From A to Z and everything in between, we’re making words more fun than a game of Scrabble with a dictionary on the side.

What are some fun ways to teach the alphabet and sight words?

Teaching the alphabet and sight words can be made fun through various activities.

Phonics games, alphabet puzzles, and letter scavenger hunts can engage children while enhancing their letter recognition skills.

Creating sensory bins with letter-shaped objects and playing educational apps that make learning interactive and playful are also effective ways to teach the alphabet and sight words.

How can learning the alphabet and sight words improve a child’s reading skills?

Learning the alphabet and sight words forms the foundation for reading skills.

By recognizing letters and their sounds, children are able to decode words and develop reading fluency.

Sight words, which are commonly used words that don’t necessarily follow regular phonetic rules, help improve reading comprehension and speed.

As children become more familiar with these words, they can focus on understanding the context of a text and better express their thoughts through reading.

Are there any educational games or apps for learning the alphabet and sight words?

Yes, there are numerous educational games and apps available for learning the alphabet and sight words.

Apps like ABCmouse, Starfall, and TeachYourMonsterToRead offer interactive activities, songs, and games to teach letter recognition and sight word vocabulary.

These apps make learning engaging and personalized, allowing children to progress at their own pace while having fun.

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Teaching Math Games with multiplication Worksheets

Who knew multiplication could be this much fun? We’re turning times tables into terrific tales of triumph!

What are some engaging math worksheets for kids?

Engaging math worksheets for kids can include activities that involve counting, number recognition, basic operations, and problem-solving.

Worksheets with colorful visuals, puzzles, and hands-on manipulatives can make learning math more exciting.

Interactive worksheets that incorporate digital elements and gamification are also becoming popular among educators.

How can worksheets assist in teaching various math concepts?

Worksheets provide a structured and organized way to teach various math concepts. They help children practice and reinforce their understanding of different mathematical operations.

Worksheets can be used to introduce new concepts, provide guided practice, and assess a child’s comprehension of math topics.

They also allow parents and educators to track a child’s progress and identify areas that need further attention.

Are there any online platforms that offer free math worksheets for kids?

Yes, there are several online platforms that offer free math worksheets for kids.

Websites like Math-Drills, Khan Academy, and Education.com provide a wide range of math worksheets for different grades and skill levels.

These platforms offer printable worksheets, interactive exercises, and even personalized learning programs to cater to the individual needs of children.

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Exploring the World Map

Pack your imaginary bags and put on your explorer hats! We’re going on a global adventure, no passport required.

What educational activities can be done with a world map?

A world map can be a gateway to endless educational activities. Children can learn about different countries, their cultures, and geographical features by exploring a map.

Activities can include identifying continents and oceans, locating famous landmarks, planning imaginary trips, or even creating their own maps.

Interactive map puzzles and country trivia games are also great ways to make map exploration entertaining.

How can learning about geography enhance a child’s global awareness?

Learning about geography enhances a child’s global awareness by building their knowledge and understanding of different cultures, environments, and societies.

It helps children develop empathy, respect, and appreciation for the diversity of the world.

By learning about different countries and their customs, children become more aware of global issues and the interconnectedness of our world, fostering a sense of global citizenship.

How Can You Engage Your Kids with Educational Activities to Do at Home?

Engaging your kids with fun educational activities to do at home is easier than you might think.

From alphabet activities for preschoolers to crafty science experiments using household ingredients, there’s a plethora of fun ideas that kids will love.

Flash cards, for instance, can make learning to read less stressful, while simple at-home science activities can turn your kitchen into a lab that kids will love exploring.

What Are the Best Methods to Teach Your Kid Fundamental Concepts?

The best methods to teach your kid fundamental concepts combine fun and learning.

For younger kids, using simple games or flash cards can help develop their understanding of the letters of the alphabet or basic math.

For a fun science twist, let kids erupt a homemade volcano or piece together a puzzle, which can also improve their cognitive skills.

How Can a Feeder Become an Educational Tool for Kids?

A feeder can be a fantastic educational tool for kids. By setting one up in your backyard, children learn about different bird species, their feeding habits, and migration patterns.

It’s a real-time science activity that kids can also observe daily, making it an easy learning experience that they’ll love.

What Are Some Engaging Ways to Teach Them the Basics of Math and Science?

To teach kids the basics of math and science, consider fun educational activities like learning through playing games or using hands-on experiments.

For instance, kids can learn about reactions by mixing household ingredients or understand number sequences by playing hopscotch, jumping from one foot to the next.

Fun science experiments, like creating secret messages with lemon juice, can make kids feel like learning detectives.

How Can Sidewalk Chalk Be Used as an Educational Resource?

Sidewalk chalk is a versatile tool for fun and educational outdoor activities.

Kids can practice writing the letters of the alphabet, draw diagrams for social studies, or even create life-sized number lines.

Toddlers and preschoolers, in particular, love the hands-on nature of sidewalk chalk, and it can be used to craft secret messages or fun games that help develop their motor skills.

Why Is It Important to Combine Play with Learning for Kids to Do at Home?

Combining play with learning for kids to do at home makes education feel less like a chore and more like a fun adventure.

When kids associate learning with positive experiences, they’re more likely to develop a love for education.

Activities that merge fun and learning, like crafting or playing games, ensure that the child gets the most out of their at-home educational experiences.

How Can Everyday Household Items Be Used to Teach Your Kid?

Everyday household items can be transformed into fun educational tools that kids will love.

For instance, measuring cups can teach preschoolers about volume, while flash cards made from scrap paper can assist in learning to read.

Even crafty projects, like piecing together a collage from old magazines, can help your child understand themes in social studies or art.

The key is to use these items in ways that make learning feel like a fun and natural part of their day.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Here are some frequently Asked Questions about Educational Activities for Kids. Get all the answers you need!

What are some fun educational activities for kids?

Fun educational activities for kids include science experiments, nature walks, reading storybooks, playing educational games, and engaging in arts and crafts projects.

What are the 5 learning activities?

The five learning activities typically refer to reading, writing, discussion, problem-solving, and hands-on experimentation.

What are good educational ideas?

Good educational ideas encompass interactive lessons, real-world application projects, group discussions, field trips, and incorporating technology in teaching.

What are fun grade R activities?

Fun grade R activities include storytelling, singing songs, playing with building blocks, drawing, and engaging in imaginative play.

What are examples of activity learning?

Examples of activity learning include group projects, role-playing, simulations, debates, and hands-on lab experiments.

What are the five active learning methods?

The five active learning methods are problem-based learning, cooperative learning, peer instruction, case-based teaching, and simulations.

What is a learning activity in a classroom?

A learning activity in a classroom is any task or exercise that students participate in to acquire and apply knowledge or skills.

What are learning activities in a lesson plan?

Learning activities in a lesson plan are the specific tasks, exercises, discussions, or assignments that students will engage in to meet the lesson’s objectives.

What are educational activities for kids?

Educational activities for kids are tasks or games designed to teach them specific skills or knowledge, such as puzzles, reading exercises, or math problems.

What are the five learning activities?

The five learning activities often refer to group work, independent research, presentations, interactive sessions, and practical hands-on tasks.

What are some home learning ideas?

Some home learning ideas include reading books, cooking together, gardening, DIY science experiments, and online educational games.

What is an educational activity?

An educational activity is any task, game, or project designed to impart knowledge or develop a skill.

What are the fun activities for Grade R?

Fun activities for Grade R include finger painting, playing with playdough, listening to stories, and participating in movement games.

What are teacher guided activities for Grade R?

Teacher-guided activities for Grade R involve tasks where the teacher provides direction and support, such as reading aloud, guided drawing, or structured play sessions.

What are the fun learning activities for kids?

Fun learning activities for kids include puzzles, interactive games, treasure hunts, and hands-on science experiments.

What is play in a Grade R classroom?

Play in a Grade R classroom refers to unstructured or structured activities that allow children to explore, imagine, and learn through interaction and creativity.

Wrapping Up Educational Activities for Kids

In conclusion, Educational Activities for Kids are more than just a way to pass the time; they’re a bridge to knowledge, creativity, and growth.

By integrating these Educational Activities for Kids into daily routines, we not only foster a love for learning but also equip our young ones with essential skills for the future.

Remember, the best investment we can make is in the Educational Activities for Kids that shape their minds and imaginations.

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Kids have a reputation for being over-scheduled, but even the ones with the busiest calendars still find themselves faced with stretches of downtime. When those empty hours strike, it can be tempting for them to run to the nearest adult and just whine, "I'm bored!" But you can head those complaints off at the pass by keeping some fun ideas in your back pocket — especially ones that only require some simple materials that can easily be kept around the house.

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a diy deckle to make your own paper

You can take photo frames and a fiberglass window screen and refashion them into a DIY deckle that can be used to make paper. Kids will love taking their old worksheets or junk mail and turning into paper that can be re-used.

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Decoder Wheel

a decoder wheel that uses school icons as symbols for a code

Kids will have so much fun decrypting secret messages after they make their own decoder wheel. You can use the one from the tutorial below, or invent your own codes and ciphers.

Get the tutorial at Crafting Cheerfully »

Recycled T-Shirt Bracelets

a woman wears bracelets from recycled t shirts

Kids can take old t-shirts that are either too small or too damaged to wear and give them new life as colorful bracelets. This activity can also spark conversations about sustainability and the lifecycle of the things we buy.

Get the tutorial at Crafts By Amanda »

Worry Monsters

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This is a social-emotional activity inspired by the Mo Willems book Sam, the Most Scaredycat Kid in the Whole World . But even if you haven't read it, kids can get the gist: They can paint pet "monsters" onto smooth, flat stones, then keep them in their pockets to either tell their worries to or squeeze when they're feeling anxious. They can also just be treated like pet rocks.

Get the tutorial at No Time for Flash Cards »

Fairy House

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Get the kids in on the " cottagecore " trend by making a fairy house and decorations out of polymer clay. They can then be placed in gardens, under trees or anywhere else kids think need a splash of color — or any place they thing there are fairies who need a good home.

Get the tutorial at Happiness Is Homemade »

Magnetic Race Track

a with a magnet on the bottom, plus a race track with a kid manipulating the cars

Glue a metal washer to the bottom of a toy car, grab a strong magnet and then kids will have a new way of sending their vehicles around the track. You'll also give them an introduction into the concept of magnetism and can talk about a magnet's force.

Get the tutorial at Hands On as We Grow »

DIY Sidewalk Chalk

a stack of diy sidewalk chalk in different colors

Sure, you can buy sidewalk chalk at the stores. But making your own adds a new layer to the activity, plus kids can mix up their favorite colors or try to make fun shapes (depending on what kind of mold you use).

Get the tutorial at Kid Friendly Things to Do »

Fire-Breathing Dragon

a cardboard toilet paper tube turned into a fire breathing dragon craft

Here's a craft that's certain to spark imaginative play: With a few modifications, a cardboard tube can be transformed into a fire-breathing dragon perfect for adventures with knights and princes and princesses.

Get the tutorial at One Little Project »

DIY Paint Brushes

clothespins holding different objects like ribbons, leaves and pipe cleaners make diy paint brushes

Use clothespins to hold various objects from around the house and yard — string, ribbons, craft supplies, leaves and flowers — and then see how each material works as a paintbrush. Kids can experiment with how the different materials make different brush strokes, and they'll have a cool work of art when they're done.

Get the tutorial at Emma Owl »

Backyard Treasure Hunt

a treasure hunt map shows backyard landmarks and is displayed with colored pencils the project is a good housekeeping pick for best activities for kids

Give them early map-reading skills by giving them a homemade path to treasure or prize. Then, flip it and have kids make their own maps for you to follow.

Get the tutorial at Alice & Lois »

Bucket-List Wreath

fun activities are written on clothespins and made into a bucketlist wreath the project is a good housekeeping pick for best activities for kids

This is an activity that sparks ideas for future activities. The clothespins that make up this wreath have suggestions for fun days out written on them, like "beach day" or "go to the museum" — aka some "bucket list" items — and every time your family is staring down a weekend with nothing to do, you can always head over together and pick one out. Refresh the clothespins for summer vacation, for winter break or any other time you expect a lot of downtime.

Get the tutorial at Design Improvised »

Jack and the Beantstalk Activity

a climbing bean vine reaching up to a drawing of a castle

This one is great because it works across so many subjects: It's a little STEM, a little art with some literacy thrown in. After reading Jack and the Beanstalk , you can make the story come to life by planting your own bean sprouts, then training them to climb up skewers to a drawing of a castle. While the greens won't shoot up over night like Jack's, kids will love keeping track of the stalk's progress.

Get the tutorial at Meaningful Mama »

DIY Bath Bombs

a set of six bath bombs are displayed in a bathroom the project is a good housekeeping pick for best activities for kids

Tweens and teens will love making their own homemade bath bombs (which is a great idea for a birthday party with a built-in favor). Once they've perfected the technique, they'll love experimenting with shapes and fragrances.

Get the tutorial at A Beautiful Mess »

Bubble Refill Station

a bubble station sits on a rock wall the project is a good housekeeping pick for best activities for kids

Those bubbles? They run out in a heartbeat. By creating (and, if the mood strikes, decorating) a DIY bubble refill station, kids will have a useful decorative item and a way to re-up their bubble solution supply without parental involvement.

Get the tutorial at Hello, Wonderful »

Avengers Bookmarks

craft sticks are transformed in the hulk, iron man and captain america and used as bookmarks the project is a good housekeeping pick for best activities for kids

Turn their love of superheroes into a love of reading with these clever craft-stick bookmarks. Just note that they work best with jumbo craft sticks . (Don't worry if you can't draw free-hand — the tutorial has patterns.)

Felt Flower Bouquet

a bouquet of felt flowers sits in a clear vase the project is a good housekeeping pick for best activities for kids

The best thing about these felt flowers is they don't require any sewing. Kids can use them to decorate their rooms, put in a pencil cup or use as a bookmark, but they also make good Mother's Day gifts!

Pool Noodle Pom-Pom Launcher Fight

a pool noodle and a balloon are transformed into a pom pom launcher the project is a good housekeeping pick for best activities for kids

What do you get when you combine a pool noodle slice and a latex balloon? You get something that sends pom-poms flying across the sky! The poms are so soft, you don't have to worry about damage as kids send them everywhere!

Spider Web Search

kids are stepping around a yarn spider web to find bug stickers  the project is a good housekeeping pick for best activities for kids

These kids were challenged with finding bug stickers hidden along the string web. Stepping in and around the web is great gross motor practice, and they were given a list of bugs to find, which also made it a matching activity.

Finger Puppets

a hand wears three diy felt animal finger puppets the project is a good housekeeping pick for best activities for kids

There's no sewing involved to make these fun finger puppets (but kids might need some help with the hot glue gun). Then they can make up their own stories and put on a puppet show.

Get the tutorial at Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom »

a toddler stands behind a painted, frosted bathtub door they decorated with diy paint the project is a good housekeeping pick for best activities for kids

With just two ingredients, you can whip up some DIY paint that doesn't stain bathtubs and rinses down the drain. Then your toddler artist will be so busy making a masterpiece that they won't notice their hair being scrubbed.

Get the tutorial at I Heart Arts 'n' Crafts »

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This blog is all about finding fun, everyday ways to teach our kids about empathy . So, if you’re looking for ideas to help your child become more understanding and compassionate, you’re in the right place.

What is Empathy?

Empathy is when we understand and share the feelings of another person. It has three main parts:

  • Cognitive Empathy: Knowing how another person feels and what they might be thinking.
  • Emotional Empathy: Feeling what someone else feels.
  • Compassionate Empathy: Not just understanding or feeling what another is feeling, but also wanting to help if needed.

Empathy vs. Sympathy

Empathy is putting yourself in someone’s shoes and really feeling with them.

Sympathy is feeling sorry for someone’s trouble but from a distance. You care, but you don’t necessarily feel what they’re feeling.

15 Empathy Activities for Kids

Emotion worksheets can be a powerful tool for kids. These worksheets can include a variety of exercises designed to help children identify, express, and manage their emotions and recognize and empathize with the emotions of others. 

Benefits: Utilizing emotion worksheets in empathy activities facilitates a deeper understanding of both one’s own emotions and those of others. This practice not only aids in emotional literacy but also in developing empathy.

Print and use these emotion worksheets to inculcate empathy in kids:

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Incorporate empathy activities for kids by selecting books with strong empathy themes. After reading, engage in discussions about the characters’ feelings and decisions. Ask questions like, “Why do you think this character felt this way?” or “What would you have done differently?” This approach encourages children to think about and understand the emotions of others.

Benefits: Enhances children’s emotional intelligence and nurtures an understanding of diverse perspectives, key for empathy development.

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If you are looking for engaging activities about empathy, engage kids in projects that help others, like community service. Planning and executing these projects together teaches children the value of helping and understanding the needs of others. Discuss the impact of their actions to reinforce the lesson of empathy.

Benefits: Encourages a sense of community and responsibility, showing children the positive impact of their empathetic actions on others.

Fun empathy activities can include emotion-matching games where children match facial expressions or scenarios with the correct emotions. Use pictures or stories to illustrate feelings, and discuss why certain expressions or actions reflect specific emotions.

Benefits: Improves emotional recognition and understanding, crucial for developing empathy by teaching kids to identify and relate to the emotions of others accurately.

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This activity involves children sharing stories from their own lives and discussing how they might feel in another person’s circumstances. It’s a practical approach to foster empathy by directly engaging with real-life experiences and emotions.

Benefits: Deepens emotional connections and understanding among participants, highlighting the importance of empathy in building relationships and community.

Empathy art and craft

Empathy activities for elementary students can include empathy crafts where they express feelings of empathy through drawing or crafting stories. Children can illustrate times they felt empathy or depict scenes that show understanding and kindness towards others. 

Benefits: Enhances creativity while deepening their understanding of empathy, allowing children to express complex emotions in a supportive and tangible way.

A gratitude journal

Gratitude journals are excellent empathy activities for kindergarten and older students. Encourage children to write daily entries about things they are grateful for, especially focusing on how others have contributed to their happiness.

Benefits: Promotes a positive mindset and helps children see the value of empathy in their daily lives, reinforcing the importance of being thankful for others.

Discussion in class

Empathy activities for students can be as simple as having discussions within the class about moments when empathy was observed or practiced. Encourage kids to share experiences from their day where they either felt empathy towards someone or received it. This can become a daily or weekly routine to highlight the importance of empathy in everyday life.

Benefits: Strengthens bonds and reinforces empathy as a valued principle, encouraging children to recognize and practice empathy regularly.

Compliment circles are effective classroom empathy activities where students sit in a circle and take turns giving genuine compliments to each other, focusing on internal qualities rather than external characteristics. 

Benefits: Builds self-esteem and fosters a positive classroom environment, teaching children to appreciate and express kindness towards others.

Kids dressed in costumes

Role-playing games are a dynamic form of teaching empathy activities. Create scenarios where children take turns portraying characters in various situations that call for empathy. This method helps kids understand different viewpoints and the importance of compassionate responses.

Benefits: Builds social skills by offering practice in real-life interactions, improving children’s ability to navigate social situations with empathy and care.

11. Empathy Mapping

Empathy map

Empathy mapping is a visual activity where children draw or map out what another person might see, hear, think, and feel. This can be based on a character from a story, a historical figure, or even someone they know. 

Benefits : Enhances children’s ability to understand and articulate the complex emotions and thoughts of others, promoting a deeper level of empathy.

12. Acts of Kindness Challenge

Kindness challenge list

Challenge children to perform random acts of kindness in the classroom or at home. This could range from helping a sibling with homework to writing a thank-you note to someone. Encourage them to reflect on how their actions made others feel and how it made them feel in return.

Benefits: Fosters a habit of kindness and thoughtfulness, showing children the positive impact their empathetic actions can have on themselves and others.

13. Creating Empathy Bracelets

Empathy beads

Children create bracelets for themselves or as gifts for others, choosing colors or charms that represent different emotions or empathetic qualities. As they craft, they discuss what each element represents about understanding and caring for others. 

Benefits : Encourages creativity and self-expression while reinforcing the importance of empathy through the symbolism of each bracelet, making the abstract concept of empathy more concrete and relatable.

14. Thank You Notes

A thankyou note

Encourage children to write thank you notes to people who have impacted them positively, such as friends, family members, or teachers. Discuss the importance of acknowledging others’ kindness and how this can make both the sender and receiver feel appreciated and understood.

Benefits: Promotes gratitude and recognition of others’ efforts, fostering an empathetic understanding of the value of appreciation and its impact on relationships.

15. Empathy Memory Box

A diy box

Children create a ‘memory box’ where they can keep items that remind them of times they felt empathy, received kindness, or helped others. This could include notes, drawings, or small objects. Periodically, the box can be revisited to reflect on these moments.

Benefits: Provides a physical reminder of empathetic actions and feelings, encouraging ongoing reflection and cultivation of empathy.

5 Importance of Teaching Empathy to Kids

  • Empathy helps kids understand their own emotions and those of others. This makes it easier for them to manage their feelings and reactions in different situations.
  • With empathy, children learn to make friends and get along. It teaches them to be kind and considerate, which are important for healthy relationships.
  • Empathy opens children’s eyes to the world around them. It teaches them to respect and value people’s differences, making them more accepting and tolerant.
  • Empathy is at the heart of knowing right from wrong. It guides kids to make good choices and act with kindness and fairness.
  • Empathy equips kids to see both sides of a problem. This helps them solve conflicts peacefully and understand others’ points of view.

Incorporating empathy activities for kids into their daily routines is more than just a way to fill time—it’s about building a foundation for understanding, kindness, and compassion that will last them a lifetime. Engaging in these simple yet impactful activities can help shape a more empathetic and caring generation. Let’s make empathy a priority, one activity at a time.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

What is the empathy game for kids.

The empathy game is a fun, interactive activity to help children understand and express empathy. It can involve various tasks like role-playing, emotion matching, or storytelling aimed at teaching kids to recognize and respond to the feelings of others.

How do you teach a child empathy?

Teaching a child empathy involves modeling empathetic behavior, discussing emotions openly, engaging them in activities that require understanding different perspectives, and praising empathetic actions when you see them.

What are 5 ways to show empathy?

  • Listening Actively: Pay attention and listen to understand, not just respond.
  • Acknowledging Others’ Feelings: Recognize and validate how someone else is feeling.
  • Offering Support: Ask how you can help or simply be there for someone.
  • Expressing Understanding: Share if you’ve felt similar emotions to show they’re not alone.
  • Taking Action: Do something kind or helpful for someone based on understanding their needs or feelings.

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Winter Break Bliss: Keep Kids Learning and Engaged 

As winter break approaches, parents often face the challenge of keeping their children entertained and engaged during the extended break from school. While kids need time to relax and recharge, keeping their brains active is beneficial and prevents the notorious “brain drain” that can occur during holidays. Luckily, there are plenty of ways to strike a balance between fun and learning during winter break. 

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Creative Ways to Incorporate Learning into Winter Break Activities

During winter break, there are countless opportunities to incorporate learning into various activities. One way to make learning fun is to plan educational outings.

Take your kids to museums, zoos, or science centers, where they can explore and learn about different subjects interactively. Additionally, consider organizing a winter break book club. Choose age-appropriate books and have regular discussions with your children to improve their reading comprehension and critical thinking skills. You can also encourage them to keep a journal during the break, where they can document their experiences and practice their writing skills. Finally, don’t forget to utilize online resources such as educational websites and apps that offer engaging learning activities. By mixing learning with fun, you can ensure a productive and enjoyable winter break for your kids.

Resources for Engaging Educational Activities

In addition to educational outings and book clubs, many resources are available to keep your kids engaged and learning during winter break. Online platforms such as Khan Academy, National Geographic Kids, and BrainPOP offer interactive lessons and activities on a wide range of subjects. These resources provide educational content and make the learning process fun and engaging for children of all ages.

Did you know many museums and educational institutions offer virtual tours and workshops that can be accessed from the comfort of your home?

These virtual experiences provide a unique opportunity for kids to explore new topics and engage with experts in various fields. Utilizing these resources ensures that your children continue to learn and grow during their winter break.

Make the Most of Winter Break by Keeping Kids Learning and Engaged

Making the most of winter break by keeping your kids learning and engaged is essential. The time is undoubtedly for a little rest and relaxation, but that doesn’t mean education should take a backseat. Building upon the resources mentioned in the previous section, there are even more ways to keep your children engaged and learning during the break.

  • Consider creating a schedule that includes daily reading time, hands-on science experiments, or even small coding projects.
  • Encourage your children to explore their interests and dive deeper into subjects they find fascinating.
  • Utilize educational apps and website s that offer interactive games and activities specifically designed to enhance learning.
  • Additionally, consider setting up a virtual book club or joining an online coding class to allow your children to engage with peers and learn collaboratively.

By incorporating these ideas, you can ensure that your children’s winter break is not only rejuvenating but also educational and productive. Let’s make this winter break a time for growth and exploration!

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Garden activities for kids: 26 fun-filled ways to keep children entertained outdoors

Posted: December 22, 2023 | Last updated: December 22, 2023

<p>                     If you're after garden activities for kids, look no further. Now that the weather's warmer, it's a great chance to get little ones away from their screens and out in the fresh air.                   </p>                                      <p>                     No matter your budget or the size of your plot, there are tons of ways to tempt them outdoors. Whether it's foraging for flowers, twigs and leaves to create a nature-inspired piece of art, designing an outdoor den for garden adventures, building a bug hotel to encourage wildlife, or clambering over a fabulous climbing frame, you can bet that our garden activities for kids will get them raring to go.                   </p>                                      <p>                     We've got something for everyone – from energetic activities for blowing off steam, to ideas for more peaceful play. So, for hours of fun for the kids – and a bit more quiet time for you – just keep scrolling.                   </p>

Turn up the fun factor in your plot with these garden activities for kids – from great games, awesome play equipment, nature ideas and more

If you're after garden activities for kids, look no further. Now that the weather's warmer, it's a great chance to get little ones away from their screens and out in the fresh air.

No matter your budget or the size of your plot, there are tons of ways to tempt them outdoors. Whether it's foraging for flowers, twigs and leaves to create a nature-inspired piece of art, designing an outdoor den for garden adventures, building a bug hotel to encourage wildlife, or clambering over a fabulous climbing frame, you can bet that our garden activities for kids will get them raring to go.

We've got something for everyone – from energetic activities for blowing off steam, to ideas for more peaceful play. So, for hours of fun for the kids – and a bit more quiet time for you – just keep scrolling.

<p>                     Creative garden activities for kids help little ones to express themselves. What's more, you don't need to worry so much about paint splatters when you're outdoors.                   </p>                                      <p>                     Of course, you could simply bring some paper, paint, pens, and crayons outside for a fun-filled, arty afternoon on the patio or lawn. If you're wary of protecting your surfaces, pop down some newspaper or an old sheet first.                    </p>                                      <p>                     But, if you fancy going the extra mile, why not invest in an easel? This painting screen is a brilliant place to create a masterpiece, and can be wiped clean to be used again and again. It also comes with handy storage holders for brushes and other arty bits and bobs. Soothing wood chimes and even a growing trough to fill with flowers are also included in the design, creating the perfect ambience to inspire a work of art.                   </p>

ENCOURAGE CREATIVITY WITH AN EASEL

Creative garden activities for kids help little ones to express themselves. What's more, you don't need to worry so much about paint splatters when you're outdoors.

Of course, you could simply bring some paper, paint, pens, and crayons outside for a fun-filled, arty afternoon on the patio or lawn. If you're wary of protecting your surfaces, pop down some newspaper or an old sheet first. 

But, if you fancy going the extra mile, why not invest in an easel? This painting screen is a brilliant place to create a masterpiece, and can be wiped clean to be used again and again. It also comes with handy storage holders for brushes and other arty bits and bobs. Soothing wood chimes and even a growing trough to fill with flowers are also included in the design, creating the perfect ambience to inspire a work of art.

<p>                     If your kids are the adventurous kind then you can't go wrong with adding one of the best climbing frames into your garden.                    </p>                                      <p>                     Opt for a design with a lookout tower to encourage hours of imaginative play. This design also comes with a climbing wall, slide, and even a ball pit beneath – your kids will love it.                   </p>                                      <p>                     Paul Schaffer, Managing Director of Plum Play suggests how you can add an extra element of fun to your play equipment: 'Once you have selected the perfect outdoor toy with your family, personalisation is key,' he says. 'Outdoor toys can be personalised with play accessories, interior design for juniors, or simply a touch of paint.'                    </p>                                      <p>                     'A lot of our products have a beautiful natural wood finish that fits neatly into the garden, however for those looking for a more striking look, get the paint out and make your playhouse, climbing frame or treehouse your own.'                   </p>

SPARK A SENSE OF ADVENTURE WITH A LOOKOUT TOWER

If your kids are the adventurous kind then you can't go wrong with adding one of the best climbing frames into your garden. 

Opt for a design with a lookout tower to encourage hours of imaginative play. This design also comes with a climbing wall, slide, and even a ball pit beneath – your kids will love it.

Paul Schaffer, Managing Director of Plum Play suggests how you can add an extra element of fun to your play equipment: 'Once you have selected the perfect outdoor toy with your family, personalisation is key,' he says. 'Outdoor toys can be personalised with play accessories, interior design for juniors, or simply a touch of paint.' 

'A lot of our products have a beautiful natural wood finish that fits neatly into the garden, however for those looking for a more striking look, get the paint out and make your playhouse, climbing frame or treehouse your own.'

<p>                     Learning to ride a bike is a fantastic skill for all ages, so why not give your little ones a head start with a mini version? These balance bikes look simply adorable with their retro aesthetic and are perfect for helping kids between 3-5 build up their confidence on two wheels. Plus, they are height-adjustable, so can be easily adapted as your child grows.                   </p>                                      <p>                     If you've got the space in your garden, they're a great way to keep kids busy. And then, when it's time to upgrade to a pedal bike and take on the world outside your plot, they are less likely to need stabilisers.                   </p>

TEACH THEM TO RIDE A BIKE

Learning to ride a bike is a fantastic skill for all ages, so why not give your little ones a head start with a mini version? These balance bikes look simply adorable with their retro aesthetic and are perfect for helping kids between 3-5 build up their confidence on two wheels. Plus, they are height-adjustable, so can be easily adapted as your child grows.

If you've got the space in your garden, they're a great way to keep kids busy. And then, when it's time to upgrade to a pedal bike and take on the world outside your plot, they are less likely to need stabilisers.

<p>                     Sandpits are a classic choice for garden activities for kids but have come a long way from a simple square box. Sure, the traditional style is still oodles of fun, but to get your kids really excited, how about opting for a themed version instead?                   </p>                                      <p>                     This pirate boat design is a surefire way to inspire hours of swashbuckling adventures. And, the canopy overhead will help to protect them against the midday sun. Plus, it's great if you're looking for extra garden storage ideas – the bench conceals two handy areas for tidying extra toys and accessories away.                   </p>

RAMP UP THE FUN FACTOR WITH A SANDPIT

Sandpits are a classic choice for garden activities for kids but have come a long way from a simple square box. Sure, the traditional style is still oodles of fun, but to get your kids really excited, how about opting for a themed version instead?

This pirate boat design is a surefire way to inspire hours of swashbuckling adventures. And, the canopy overhead will help to protect them against the midday sun. Plus, it's great if you're looking for extra garden storage ideas – the bench conceals two handy areas for tidying extra toys and accessories away.

<p>                     You may have already swooned over our garden planter ideas, but there are some gorgeous kid-friendly designs available too. These ones, for example, are perfect to get kids interested in growing. With a fun design based on the well-loved PLAYMOBIL characters, they'll add a pop of color to any bedroom windowsill or patio.                   </p>                                      <p>                     What's more, the clever irrigation system will help kids to learn about watering their plants – when the water reservoir is full, the figure's eyes turn blue!                   </p>                                      <p>                     If you're a fan of indoor garden ideas then these are a fabulously playful addition.                   </p>

GET KIDS INTO GROWING WITH FUN PLANTERS

You may have already swooned over our garden planter ideas, but there are some gorgeous kid-friendly designs available too. These ones, for example, are perfect to get kids interested in growing. With a fun design based on the well-loved PLAYMOBIL characters, they'll add a pop of color to any bedroom windowsill or patio.

What's more, the clever irrigation system will help kids to learn about watering their plants – when the water reservoir is full, the figure's eyes turn blue!

If you're a fan of indoor garden ideas then these are a fabulously playful addition.

<p>                     Encourage your kids to sail the ships and conquer land with a fun-filled pirate adventure. Ahoy, me hearties!                   </p>                                      <p>                     String up some flags between trees, provide a couple of eye patches and allow their imaginations to run wild as they embark on a treasure-finding quest. How about a sea shanty or two? Ready-made den kits can be found online and will provide even more pirate-themed fun.                   </p>

PLAY AT BEING PIRATES

Encourage your kids to sail the ships and conquer land with a fun-filled pirate adventure. Ahoy, me hearties!

String up some flags between trees, provide a couple of eye patches and allow their imaginations to run wild as they embark on a treasure-finding quest. How about a sea shanty or two? Ready-made den kits can be found online and will provide even more pirate-themed fun.

<p>                     There's no getting away from the fact that children are likely to get messy when it comes to garden activities for kids. After all, show a child a big muddy puddle and you can guarantee they'll jump straight in it – all while wearing inappropriate shoes, of course, because they've refused to put on their wellies. So why not embrace the messiness and try out some mud kitchen ideas?                    </p>                                      <p>                     If you don't want to go to the expense of buying a ready-made design, you can simply create one in the corner of your garden. Try using a couple of upcycled pallets, or maybe even an old cupboard that was destined for the tip.                    </p>                                      <p>                     Simply add a few old metal pots, pans and wooden spoons and they'll have hours of (messy) fun making mud pies.                   </p>

BUILD A MUD KITCHEN FOR MESSY PLAY

There's no getting away from the fact that children are likely to get messy when it comes to garden activities for kids. After all, show a child a big muddy puddle and you can guarantee they'll jump straight in it – all while wearing inappropriate shoes, of course, because they've refused to put on their wellies. So why not embrace the messiness and try out some mud kitchen ideas? 

If you don't want to go to the expense of buying a ready-made design, you can simply create one in the corner of your garden. Try using a couple of upcycled pallets, or maybe even an old cupboard that was destined for the tip. 

Simply add a few old metal pots, pans and wooden spoons and they'll have hours of (messy) fun making mud pies.

<p>                     Let the blue sky shine through whatever the weather with this clever garden activities for kids idea. This is a great project to do together, on a sunny weekend.                   </p>                                      <p>                     Paint your fence in one color then cut a piece of cardboard into a cloud shape to use as a template. Simply draw around it on the fence, wherever you would like the clouds to be, and paint the cloud shape with a paler color. Bingo – a great new space for the kids to play in.                   </p>                                      <p>                     If you'd like some more ideas on how to design a child friendly garden, take a look at our feature.                   </p>

CREATE A FENCE MURAL TOGETHER

Let the blue sky shine through whatever the weather with this clever garden activities for kids idea. This is a great project to do together, on a sunny weekend.

Paint your fence in one color then cut a piece of cardboard into a cloud shape to use as a template. Simply draw around it on the fence, wherever you would like the clouds to be, and paint the cloud shape with a paler color. Bingo – a great new space for the kids to play in.

If you'd like some more ideas on how to design a child friendly garden, take a look at our feature.

<p>                     It's always good to support the local wildlife when it comes to garden activities for kids. This charming idea from the National Garden Scheme only requires wild bird seed, peanut butter, apples, scissors and a knife.                    </p>                                      <p>                     Simply slice the apples, cover a section of each slice in peanut butter, and then dip in birdseed so it sticks. Once done, you can hang them in a tree or bush for the birds to enjoy, and why not make a note of which bird species enjoy it the most?                    </p>

MAKE BIRD SEED CAKES

It's always good to support the local wildlife when it comes to garden activities for kids. This charming idea from the National Garden Scheme only requires wild bird seed, peanut butter, apples, scissors and a knife. 

Simply slice the apples, cover a section of each slice in peanut butter, and then dip in birdseed so it sticks. Once done, you can hang them in a tree or bush for the birds to enjoy, and why not make a note of which bird species enjoy it the most? 

<p>                     This activity is good for all age groups from four years up. Little ones will learn numbers whilst seeing them change and older kids can learn about finding north and how we move around the sun. All you need is a sunny spot.                    </p>                                      <p>                     There are lots of ways to make a sundial, including drawing round your shadow from the same point at different times during the day. But, the easiest way is to buy a kit.                   </p>                                      <p>                     All that’s needed for this paper sundial above is something to weigh down the gnomon (the part of the sundial that casts the shadow – pebbles or coins will do). And, of course, some sunshine.                   </p>

CONSTRUCT A SUNDIAL

This activity is good for all age groups from four years up. Little ones will learn numbers whilst seeing them change and older kids can learn about finding north and how we move around the sun. All you need is a sunny spot. 

There are lots of ways to make a sundial, including drawing round your shadow from the same point at different times during the day. But, the easiest way is to buy a kit.

All that’s needed for this paper sundial above is something to weigh down the gnomon (the part of the sundial that casts the shadow – pebbles or coins will do). And, of course, some sunshine.

<p>                     This is a great option if you're after educational garden activities for kids. Award-winning company Learning Resources has a range of educational toys and games that will help kids learn through exploration with fun outdoor activities.                    </p>                                      <p>                     Budding young mathematicians will love this kit shown above, which will help 4-8 year-olds get their heads around measurement. As well as a vertical measure for freestanding objects, there are callipers to measure internal and external objects, a trundle wheel to measure distances (1 click = 1 metre), a spirit level, and a measuring stick.                    </p>                                      <p>                     Learning Resources also has free downloadable activity sheets and resources to help you make the most of the garden.                   </p>

MAKE MEASURING FUN

This is a great option if you're after educational garden activities for kids. Award-winning company Learning Resources has a range of educational toys and games that will help kids learn through exploration with fun outdoor activities. 

Budding young mathematicians will love this kit shown above, which will help 4-8 year-olds get their heads around measurement. As well as a vertical measure for freestanding objects, there are callipers to measure internal and external objects, a trundle wheel to measure distances (1 click = 1 metre), a spirit level, and a measuring stick. 

Learning Resources also has free downloadable activity sheets and resources to help you make the most of the garden.

<p>                     This delightful idea simply needs a dash of imagination, a container, some compost, a few pebbles, and some lovely pieces collected from your garden.                    </p>                                      <p>                     Gather a few seeds together and encourage your children to sow a few in their box for the flower fairies to water overnight.                    </p>

CREATE A FAIRY GARDEN

This delightful idea simply needs a dash of imagination, a container, some compost, a few pebbles, and some lovely pieces collected from your garden. 

Gather a few seeds together and encourage your children to sow a few in their box for the flower fairies to water overnight. 

<p>                     Encourage your children to get creative with a project that's guaranteed to put a smile on their faces. Add some magical light and pattern with a suncatcher hung from the branches of a tree or pergola. Also known as rainbow makers, when they catch the sunlight colorful patterns will dance and flicker around the garden.                    </p>                                      <p>                     The kit shown above has everything you need for an afternoon of contented crafting. It includes wooden shapes to make eight butterflies and three bees, pre-cut transparent paper, wooden hangers, pens and glue, and an informative sheet about butterflies and bees.                   </p>

DESIGN A BUTTERFLY SUNCATCHER

Encourage your children to get creative with a project that's guaranteed to put a smile on their faces. Add some magical light and pattern with a suncatcher hung from the branches of a tree or pergola. Also known as rainbow makers, when they catch the sunlight colorful patterns will dance and flicker around the garden. 

The kit shown above has everything you need for an afternoon of contented crafting. It includes wooden shapes to make eight butterflies and three bees, pre-cut transparent paper, wooden hangers, pens and glue, and an informative sheet about butterflies and bees.

<p>                     If you're looking for more garden activities for kids that all the family can enjoy, then nothing beats snuggling up together for a film night. Moving it outside to the garden will turn the experience into something to remember. Easy to set up, all you need is a white sheet thrown over a washing line and the best outdoor projector.                    </p>                                      <p>                     Set the scene with lots of magical garden lighting ideas. Multi-colored festoon lights add a special touch that children will love. Dot around some lanterns too for a fairytale vibe, then pile up the blankets and throws. And don't forget the popcorn!                   </p>

WATCH AN OUTDOOR MOVIE

If you're looking for more garden activities for kids that all the family can enjoy, then nothing beats snuggling up together for a film night. Moving it outside to the garden will turn the experience into something to remember. Easy to set up, all you need is a white sheet thrown over a washing line and the best outdoor projector. 

Set the scene with lots of magical garden lighting ideas. Multi-colored festoon lights add a special touch that children will love. Dot around some lanterns too for a fairytale vibe, then pile up the blankets and throws. And don't forget the popcorn!

<p>                     Bees have lost much of their natural habitat as wildflower meadows vanish. So, they need a helping hand to find a safe nesting place. Learning how to make a bug hotel is a lovely way to spend an afternoon.                    </p>                                      <p>                     Children will love the idea of doing something to save the bees and other insects, whilst crafting a hotel from scratch is an activity the whole family can enjoy.                    </p>                                      <p>                     There are lots to choose from online too, if you decide that crafting one yourself is a step too far. Once ready, secure your bee hotel at shoulder height to a fence or wall in a sheltered spot. Put it near bee-friendly plants too, such as lavender, and you'll get to enjoy the buzz next spring.                    </p>

MAKE A BEE HOTEL

Bees have lost much of their natural habitat as wildflower meadows vanish. So, they need a helping hand to find a safe nesting place. Learning how to make a bug hotel is a lovely way to spend an afternoon. 

Children will love the idea of doing something to save the bees and other insects, whilst crafting a hotel from scratch is an activity the whole family can enjoy. 

There are lots to choose from online too, if you decide that crafting one yourself is a step too far. Once ready, secure your bee hotel at shoulder height to a fence or wall in a sheltered spot. Put it near bee-friendly plants too, such as lavender, and you'll get to enjoy the buzz next spring. 

<p>                     One of the easiest ways to keep kids amused for hours is to set up an imaginative play scenario in the garden. Tea parties and picnics are always popular, especially if you invite the teddy bears too.                    </p>                                      <p>                     Throw down a picnic rug, string up pretty fairy lights or bunting, then add a few key accessories to get the party started. It's a lovely idea if you're looking for slightly more peaceful garden activities for kids.                   </p>

THROW A TEA PARTY

One of the easiest ways to keep kids amused for hours is to set up an imaginative play scenario in the garden. Tea parties and picnics are always popular, especially if you invite the teddy bears too. 

Throw down a picnic rug, string up pretty fairy lights or bunting, then add a few key accessories to get the party started. It's a lovely idea if you're looking for slightly more peaceful garden activities for kids.

<p>                     For adventurous garden activities for kids, camping can be just as fun on the lawn as it is on a campsite. Add duvets, throws, a few cushions, and an airbed, if you want to take things to the next level.                    </p>                                      <p>                     If you can't find the tent pegs, or find it a palaver putting it up for one night, a wooden teepee also makes a great hideaway (they can come with a fabric door to keep parents out). Plus, you can find a space for it that doesn’t leave a big patch of dead grass on the lawn.                   </p>

For adventurous garden activities for kids, camping can be just as fun on the lawn as it is on a campsite. Add duvets, throws, a few cushions, and an airbed, if you want to take things to the next level. 

If you can't find the tent pegs, or find it a palaver putting it up for one night, a wooden teepee also makes a great hideaway (they can come with a fabric door to keep parents out). Plus, you can find a space for it that doesn’t leave a big patch of dead grass on the lawn.

<p>                     Learn how to attract birds into your garden with a simple building project that kids will love. Bird feeders should be placed in a quiet and sheltered spot, but they can also be attached to a window with suction pads. Seeing them feed up close becomes a more personal experience for children.                    </p>                                      <p>                     You can find simple DIY bird feeder kits online, which then can be painted once made. Or, if you don't fancy building your own, head over to our guide to the best bird feeders to find the right design for your space.                    </p>

BUILD A BIRD FEEDER

Learn how to attract birds into your garden with a simple building project that kids will love. Bird feeders should be placed in a quiet and sheltered spot, but they can also be attached to a window with suction pads. Seeing them feed up close becomes a more personal experience for children. 

You can find simple DIY bird feeder kits online, which then can be painted once made. Or, if you don't fancy building your own, head over to our guide to the best bird feeders to find the right design for your space. 

<p>                     Encourage kids to get involved with the gardening by giving them their very own mini potting bench. They can fill up small pots with compost and seeds, or even try planting bulbs for spring.                    </p>                                      <p>                     Alternatively, they can simply use it for making delicious mud pies with leaves and some soil. Just don't hold us responsible for the state of their clothes afterwards!                    </p>                                      <p>                     If you don't want to splash out on a ready-made one, it's relatively simple to create a DIY version with a couple of old wooden pallets.                    </p>

TREAT THEM TO A GARDEN STATION

Encourage kids to get involved with the gardening by giving them their very own mini potting bench. They can fill up small pots with compost and seeds, or even try planting bulbs for spring. 

Alternatively, they can simply use it for making delicious mud pies with leaves and some soil. Just don't hold us responsible for the state of their clothes afterwards! 

If you don't want to splash out on a ready-made one, it's relatively simple to create a DIY version with a couple of old wooden pallets. 

<p>                     Encouraging kids to get involved with growing fruit and veg is a brilliant way to spark their interest in different types of food. In summer, herbs such as mint (add to homemade lemonade) and basil (for homemade pizza oven recipes) are super easy to grow. If children want to try flowers, a pack of forget-me-not seeds is a good starter.                    </p>                                      <p>                     They can be grown throughout summer and into September. In autumn, you can get kids planting spring bulbs, which helps them learn about the growing seasons. Set aside a small area of the garden they can call their own and kit it out with a kiddie potting bench, such as this planter bench, and the right tools for little hands (widely available, try Amazon).                    </p>

INCORPORATE GROWING INTO YOUR GARDEN ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS

Encouraging kids to get involved with growing fruit and veg is a brilliant way to spark their interest in different types of food. In summer, herbs such as mint (add to homemade lemonade) and basil (for homemade pizza oven recipes) are super easy to grow. If children want to try flowers, a pack of forget-me-not seeds is a good starter. 

They can be grown throughout summer and into September. In autumn, you can get kids planting spring bulbs, which helps them learn about the growing seasons. Set aside a small area of the garden they can call their own and kit it out with a kiddie potting bench, such as this planter bench, and the right tools for little hands (widely available, try Amazon). 

<p>                     Looking for high-energy garden activities for kids? This is a fun pastime that children of all ages will love. And, you don't need a slope for zorbing, as it works on a flat lawn too. A different take on the inflatable balls you climb inside, this rainbow roller promises hours of thrills and spills.                    </p>                                      <p>                     It works in water too, if you're planning any pool parties come summer. Made of environmentally-friendly, high quality and extra tough PVC, it's guaranteed to see a lot of action.                   </p>

TRY ZORBING

Looking for high-energy garden activities for kids? This is a fun pastime that children of all ages will love. And, you don't need a slope for zorbing, as it works on a flat lawn too. A different take on the inflatable balls you climb inside, this rainbow roller promises hours of thrills and spills. 

It works in water too, if you're planning any pool parties come summer. Made of environmentally-friendly, high quality and extra tough PVC, it's guaranteed to see a lot of action.

<p>                     Choose a dark corner of the garden to build a haven with lots of nooks and crannies for insects to hide in. Help your children look for twigs, leaves, moss and bark. If you have any broken terracotta pots, bricks, old roof tiles or logs, then add them to the mix to provide plenty of cool damp places for bugs to hide in. Check out local skips for old pallets too, as these make an ideal base for building up layers.                    </p>                                      <p>                     If you want something a little more swish and you're handy with a drill, use wood to create a set of hollow interconnecting shapes you can then fill. Build up layers of wood, bricks and logs, pushing moss and leaves into holes and spaces to create retreats.                    </p>                                      <p>                     Birds, hedgehogs and frogs will be attracted to your sanctuary too, so it's a great all-rounder for wildlife garden ideas.                   </p>

BUILD A BUG SANCTUARY

Choose a dark corner of the garden to build a haven with lots of nooks and crannies for insects to hide in. Help your children look for twigs, leaves, moss and bark. If you have any broken terracotta pots, bricks, old roof tiles or logs, then add them to the mix to provide plenty of cool damp places for bugs to hide in. Check out local skips for old pallets too, as these make an ideal base for building up layers. 

If you want something a little more swish and you're handy with a drill, use wood to create a set of hollow interconnecting shapes you can then fill. Build up layers of wood, bricks and logs, pushing moss and leaves into holes and spaces to create retreats. 

Birds, hedgehogs and frogs will be attracted to your sanctuary too, so it's a great all-rounder for wildlife garden ideas.

<p>                     Encourage children to find flowers in the garden that can be kept and used later for decorative art and craft projects such as cards, journals and framed pictures. Make sure they pick the flowers on a dry day after the morning dew has evaporated, as the blooms need to be dry. You can get good results from common garden flowers such as roses and daisies.                    </p>                                      <p>                     Trim off any stamens to avoid the petals getting stained and keep some leaves on the stem for a more natural look. The flowers should then be arranged between two sheets of non-stick baking paper. Alternatively, a neat trick is to slip flowers inside coffee filter papers. Always make sure the flowers and foliage don't overlap when arranging them.                    </p>                                      <p>                     Insert into a large book and pile more books on top to add weight. In two weeks your flowers should be ready.                   </p>

PRESS FLOWERS FOR CRAFT PROJECTS

Encourage children to find flowers in the garden that can be kept and used later for decorative art and craft projects such as cards, journals and framed pictures. Make sure they pick the flowers on a dry day after the morning dew has evaporated, as the blooms need to be dry. You can get good results from common garden flowers such as roses and daisies. 

Trim off any stamens to avoid the petals getting stained and keep some leaves on the stem for a more natural look. The flowers should then be arranged between two sheets of non-stick baking paper. Alternatively, a neat trick is to slip flowers inside coffee filter papers. Always make sure the flowers and foliage don't overlap when arranging them. 

Insert into a large book and pile more books on top to add weight. In two weeks your flowers should be ready.

<p>                     With all of us spending more time in our gardens than before, you might want to bring a little more adventure to your play equipment this season. And most children love a swing. From traditional sets, to double seaters like the one above – they're bound to provide tons of thrills for adventure-lovers.                   </p>

HAVE A SWINGING TIME

With all of us spending more time in our gardens than before, you might want to bring a little more adventure to your play equipment this season. And most children love a swing. From traditional sets, to double seaters like the one above – they're bound to provide tons of thrills for adventure-lovers.

<p>                     One for the winter months – make the most of the chilly weather by showing your kids how to make ice ornaments. These garden activities for kids are inspired by Mud & Bloom. It's so easy, yet children will love the results.                    </p>                                      <p>                     Start by finding plastic containers around the house – things like old plastic food boxes, small dishes, even silicone cupcake holders. Fill with water and then add a selection of colorful leaves, flowers, twigs, and other interesting bits and bobs from the garden. Lay a jute string across the middle (letting the ends hang off the sides of the container, ready to tie together later).                    </p>                                      <p>                     Then, leave the filled containers outside on a frosty night, allowing them to freeze solid. In the morning, run each container gently under warm water to release a beautiful ice ornament to hang on a nearby tree.                   </p>

GET CREATIVE WITH ICE ORNAMENTS

One for the winter months – make the most of the chilly weather by showing your kids how to make ice ornaments. These garden activities for kids are inspired by Mud & Bloom. It's so easy, yet children will love the results. 

Start by finding plastic containers around the house – things like old plastic food boxes, small dishes, even silicone cupcake holders. Fill with water and then add a selection of colorful leaves, flowers, twigs, and other interesting bits and bobs from the garden. Lay a jute string across the middle (letting the ends hang off the sides of the container, ready to tie together later). 

Then, leave the filled containers outside on a frosty night, allowing them to freeze solid. In the morning, run each container gently under warm water to release a beautiful ice ornament to hang on a nearby tree.

<p>                     They might be spiny, but hedgehogs are cute little beings. They're actually rather helpful in the garden, too, keeping slugs and other pests at bay.                    </p>                                      <p>                     ut, during the winter months, hedgehogs are on the lookout for safe places to rest. So, if you've got a wilder patch to your garden, help the kids make them a home using logs and leaves, or perhaps a small cardboard box with a doorway cut out.                    </p>                                      <p>                     Small dishes of fresh water and cat or dog food (but not the fish-based kind), can be tucked amongst it, to provide the hedgehogs with sustenance.                   </p>                                      <p>                     The activity itself (and the possibility of inhabitants) will be exciting enough, but the sight of a prickly critter wandering across the lawn at dusk will bring an extra dose of delight – to both you and your children! You could even set up an outdoor camera to see if you get any visitors.                   </p>                                      <p>                     Just remember to cover any nearby drains, and be careful when strimming, or lighting any bonfires – always check they are hedgehog-free first.                   </p>

MAKE A HOME FOR HEDGEHOGS

They might be spiny, but hedgehogs are cute little beings. They're actually rather helpful in the garden, too, keeping slugs and other pests at bay. 

ut, during the winter months, hedgehogs are on the lookout for safe places to rest. So, if you've got a wilder patch to your garden, help the kids make them a home using logs and leaves, or perhaps a small cardboard box with a doorway cut out. 

Small dishes of fresh water and cat or dog food (but not the fish-based kind), can be tucked amongst it, to provide the hedgehogs with sustenance.

The activity itself (and the possibility of inhabitants) will be exciting enough, but the sight of a prickly critter wandering across the lawn at dusk will bring an extra dose of delight – to both you and your children! You could even set up an outdoor camera to see if you get any visitors.

Just remember to cover any nearby drains, and be careful when strimming, or lighting any bonfires – always check they are hedgehog-free first.

<p>                     Five year olds are full of beans and love to play pretend. Makeshift forts or ready-built playhouses (take a look at Waltons for a good range) will keep their imaginations occupied for hours.                   </p>                                      <p>                     Arts and crafts are also good to try, especially in the garden where any mess is easy to clean up. Provide poster paints, Pritt sticks and colorful paper, and encourage them to create their own masterpieces inspired by (and using) the nature around them. For example, you could show them how to make rubbings of tree trunks, using wax crayons.                   </p>

WHAT ARE GOOD ACTIVITIES FOR 5 YEAR OLDS?

Five year olds are full of beans and love to play pretend. Makeshift forts or ready-built playhouses (take a look at Waltons for a good range) will keep their imaginations occupied for hours.

Arts and crafts are also good to try, especially in the garden where any mess is easy to clean up. Provide poster paints, Pritt sticks and colorful paper, and encourage them to create their own masterpieces inspired by (and using) the nature around them. For example, you could show them how to make rubbings of tree trunks, using wax crayons.

<p>                     If you're looking for your garden activities for kids to be educational as well as fun, how about showing children how to plant flowers or vegetables? As we mentioned, it's a great way to get them interested in different kinds of food, plus is a lovely activity to help them learn how things grow. And, (extra bonus!) it might well encourage them to eat their greens, as a lettuce leaf or radish can suddenly seem quite exciting if they've been involved in its growth.                   </p>                                      <p>                     Watering the garden can also be engaging and give kids a sense of responsibility – especially if they have their very own watering can to do it with. For older children, you can even show them how to weed the beds (take a look at our weed control tips and tricks first). They'll enjoy hunting for ones to pull up and it'll save you a job.                   </p>

WHAT ARE SOME GOOD GARDENING ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS?

If you're looking for your garden activities for kids to be educational as well as fun, how about showing children how to plant flowers or vegetables? As we mentioned, it's a great way to get them interested in different kinds of food, plus is a lovely activity to help them learn how things grow. And, (extra bonus!) it might well encourage them to eat their greens, as a lettuce leaf or radish can suddenly seem quite exciting if they've been involved in its growth.

Watering the garden can also be engaging and give kids a sense of responsibility – especially if they have their very own watering can to do it with. For older children, you can even show them how to weed the beds (take a look at our weed control tips and tricks first). They'll enjoy hunting for ones to pull up and it'll save you a job.

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Want to learn more about Leap Year traditions? Add some fun learning opportunities to your Leap Day celebrations with these free printable Leap Year printables for kids . These Leap Year activity pages feature a variety of activities and information about traditions around the world that are perfect for kids in elementary and middle school. Just grab the free printables and get ready to celebrate February 29th!

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Free Leap Year Printables for Kids

This free printable Leap Year Learning Packet contains information about Leap Year and Leap Day traditions, why it is necessary, and more. The 8-page booklet is very visually appealing for kids, full of fun graphics and activities to help them learn more about Leap Day while keeping them engaged.

You and your kids or students will love these no-prep Leap Day pages to learn more about traditions around the world, as well as to practice some math skills as well as other activities.

This printable packet is perfect for use before February 29th to prepare for Leap Day. You can also save all of the pages to read through and complete on Leap Day. However, there is a countdown on one part of a page to countdown from February 1st until Leap Day. That is an optional portion of the page. Don’t worry if you don’t use that throughout the month!

Looking for more activities to do with kids on Leap Day? You won’t want to miss this post with 29 Activities to Do with Kids on Leap Day that Require Little or No Planning !

Age and Grade Levels for the Free Leap Year Printables Packet

The Leap Day printables are good for children in mid- to upper elementary and middle school, although they may also work for children both younger and older than that. Since this is a totally free packet, this is a great opportunity to grab the packet and pick and choose to use whatever is appropriate for your children or students.

Children younger than that age range may also enjoy and benefit from the Leap Year Printables Packet. However, they may need some assistance with some of the math-centered sections of the packet. This could be a great opportunity to talk about some of the math as a group rather than having children work on that individually.

How to Grab and Print The Leap Day Printables Set

To find the printable packet, scroll toward the bottom of this post. Just under the terms of use section, you’ll find a graphic and a text link to grab the printable. The text link will say >>>> Grab The Free Leap Year Printables Set <<<<.

The pdf file for the Leap Day Printables Set will open in a new window. Once you open it, you can either print right from there or save the freebie to your computer or device to print later. (I recommend saving and then printing after opening it on your computer or device.)

If you have any printing issues, I have some tips here that can help with a variety of issues that sometimes pop up because of different web browsers or updates.

I recommend printing this packet on regular white printer paper , as there are several pages with colored graphics on them. To save on printing costs, however, the pages will all still look great if you print the packet on white paper and in black and white instead of color.

If you plan to make a whole day out of your Leap Year learning, you could also consider printing on white cardstock and putting in a spiral binding or comb binding . This way, children can save this for later and look at it again in four years, especially because of the Leap Year Time Capsule page.

What’s Included in the Leap year Printables Packet for Kids?

Pages and activities included in the free camping journal printable packet: 

  • Packet cover page
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  • Definition of leap and why it’s called “Leap Year”
  • Explanation for Why We Have a Leap Year
  • Leap Year Word Search
  • Leap Day Countdown from February 1st – February 29th
  • Early Calendars and the Problem with Early Calendars
  • The Introduction of Leap Years
  • Julius Ceasar and the Julian Calendar
  • The Gregorian Calendar
  • An interactive Leap Year Time Line with recent and future Leap Years
  • Leap Year Facts – this page includes 11 boxes with various facts about Leap Year and Leap Year Traditions
  • A section with a math flow chart for determining the divisibility of the year to determine whether the year will be a Leap Year or not
  • A quiz section to use those facts in order to determine if particular listed years are/were Leap Years or not
  • Leap Year in Different Cultures – this page includes nine fact sections with information about traditions, beliefs, or events in various countries around the world

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  • Leap Year Creative Writing Prompts Page – This page includes two different Leap Day-themed writing prompts and space for writing. You may opt to include a blank page for a larger writing space.
  • Leap Year Time Capsule Page – This page contains multiple areas to write with prompts, such as writing about some specific things about yourself now, some of your favorite things now, predictions for the future, and goals for the future.

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