Summer Activities for Kids

Boredom busting summer activities for kids! Art and craft projects, science experiments, math games, outdoor activities... Lots of fun ideas!

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This diving for sight words game is the perfect activity for a literacy center! You can differentiate for every learner in the classroom. Perfect for kindergarten and first grade students. Practicing sight words has never been so fun! #sightwordgames #literacycenters

This long vowel activity gives kids plenty of practice reading and writing sentences with long vowels including -ay, -ee, -igh and -oa. This fun summer activity is perfect for kindergarten, first and second graders to practice these important chunks during the summertime to keep their phonics and reading skills ready for their next school year! #phonics #reading #literacycenters #summerlearning Long Vowels Activities, Digraphs Activities, Sentence Activities, Pumpkin Activities, Kindergarten Literacy

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This long vowel activity gives kids plenty of practice reading and writing sentences with long vowels including -ay, -ee, -igh and -oa. This fun summer activity is perfect for kindergarten, first and second graders to practice these important chunks during the summertime to keep their phonics and reading skills ready for their next school year! #phonics #reading #literacycenters #summerlearning

These ice cream counting puzzles are the perfect summer activity to keep kids counting over the summer to prevent the summer slide! This cards work on counting, place value and subitizing all in one! #counting #placevalue #subitizing #summerlearning Kindergarten Math Games, Preschool Units, Math Activities, Preschool Cooking, Maths, Ice Cream Games, Ice Cream Theme, Counting Puzzles, Shape Puzzles

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These ice cream counting puzzles are the perfect summer activity to keep kids counting over the summer to prevent the summer slide! This cards work on counting, place value and subitizing all in one! #counting #placevalue #subitizing #summerlearning

This ice cream roll and scoop addition and subtraction game is a great math center or at home summer activity to keep kids practicing there addition and subtraction fluency! Kids will love using ice cream math manipulatives to build addition and subtraction number sentences and equations to find the sum or difference. Teachers and parents will love the easy set up! #addition #subtraction #summermathactivity Summer Math Activities, 2d Shapes Activities, Motion Activities, Engineering Activities, Learning Shapes, Kindergarten Activities, Stem Skills, Science Skills, Subtraction Games

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This ice cream roll and scoop addition and subtraction game is a great math center or at home summer activity to keep kids practicing there addition and subtraction fluency! Kids will love using ice cream math manipulatives to build addition and subtraction number sentences and equations to find the sum or difference. Teachers and parents will love the easy set up! #addition #subtraction #summermathactivity

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These backyard engineering projects for kids are the PERFECT activities for learning during the summer! Race LEGOs down DIY ziplines, build rockets that really soar, launch marshmallows in the air and try your hand at classic egg drop science experiments. There is an experiment and activity for everyone! #STEMlearning #summerSTEM

This ice cream place value game is perfect for kindergarten and first graders who are mastering place value. This activity lets kids visually see and understand numbers, creating a strong number sense! Perfect for math centers or a small instructional group activity. #placevalue #numbersense #mathcenters Science Experiments Kids, Science For Kids, Science Activities, Fall Math Centers, Place Value Games, Ice Cream Place, Learning Place

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This ice cream place value game is perfect for kindergarten and first graders who are mastering place value. This activity lets kids visually see and understand numbers, creating a strong number sense! Perfect for math centers or a small instructional group activity. #placevalue #numbersense #mathcenters

These fun hotdog addition cards are an engaging way to keep kids motivated at the end of school year or over the summer to prevent the summer slide! Included in this FREE pack are addition cards with matching sum cards and a fun word search answer sheet! Who knew addition could be so fun! #mathcenters #summermath #additionmathgames Fun Learning Games, Fun Math, Free Math Centers, Kindergarten Centers, Math Fact Games, Math Facts, Math Review, Math Stations

These fun hotdog addition cards are an engaging way to keep kids motivated at the end of school year or over the summer to prevent the summer slide! Included in this FREE pack are addition cards with matching sum cards and a fun word search answer sheet! Who knew addition could be so fun! #mathcenters #summermath #additionmathgames

These summer counting cards are the perfect activity fo pre k and kindergarten kids to practicing counting over the summer! This activity will practice counting, number formation and matching quantities. #counting #summerlearning #numbersense 1st Grade Activities, Addition Activities, Toddler Activities, Skip Counting Puzzles, Teen Numbers

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These summer counting cards are the perfect activity fo pre k and kindergarten kids to practicing counting over the summer! This activity will practice counting, number formation and matching quantities. #counting #summerlearning #numbersense

These camping writing prompts are perfect for engaging and motivating kids to write over the summer or even for a fun end of the school year activity. This free pack comes with a variety of fun sentence stems that kids are sure to love! Great for a writing center or even homeschool activity. #writingprompts #summerwriting #writingcenter Kindergarten Writing Activities, Close Reading Activities, Homeschool Activities, Camping Activities, Camping Crafts, Book Activities, Camping Theme, Camping Preschool

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These camping writing prompts are perfect for engaging and motivating kids to write over the summer or even for a fun end of the school year activity. This free pack comes with a variety of fun sentence stems that kids are sure to love! Great for a writing center or even homeschool activity. #writingprompts #summerwriting #writingcenter

These secret summer sentences give kids plenty of practice reading and writing words with long vowels including -ay, -ee, -igh and -oa. Kids will love this fun and engaging long vowel activity, they won't even realize they are practicing reading fluency as well! #longvowels #literacycenters #summeractivities

These 25 American-themed activities for kids include engaging math, science, literacy and crafts. Kids will love these 4th of July activities! Perfect for toddlers all the way through upper elementary! #4thofjulyactivities Number Games For Kids, Numbers For Kids, School Activities, Science Literacy, Teaching Math, Preschool, Fine Motor Activities For Kids

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These 25 American-themed activities for kids include engaging math, science, literacy and crafts. Kids will love these 4th of July activities! Perfect for toddlers all the way through upper elementary! #4thofjulyactivities

This flip flop measuring activity is perfect for kindergarten and first grade math centers! Kids will love using beach ball manipulatives as a non standard unit of measurement to measure different sized flip flops! #measurement #kindergarten #firstgrade Nonstandard Measurement, Measurement Kindergarten, Measurement Activities, Kindergarten Math, Centers First Grade, First Grade Math, Grade 2, Teaching Elementary

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This flip flop measuring activity is perfect for kindergarten and first grade math centers! Kids will love using beach ball manipulatives as a non standard unit of measurement to measure different sized flip flops! #measurement #kindergarten #firstgrade

These printable write and wipe addition cards are a perfect addition to any kindergarten or first grade ocean unit. Easy to reuse again and again for an engaging math center or small instructional group. Kids will love how visual this addition game is, really building on a strong number sense for kids. Ocean Activities, 1st Grade Math, Teaching Ideas

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These printable write and wipe addition cards are a perfect addition to any kindergarten or first grade ocean unit. Easy to reuse again and again for an engaging math center or small instructional group. Kids will love how visual this addition game is, really building on a strong number sense for kids.

Magic milk fireworks are a surprisingly simple Fourth of July science activity that kids will beg to repeat over and over again.With just a few common ingredients, they’ll turn ordinary milk into an explosion of red, white and blue fireworks. It’s perfect for Memorial Day, Fourth of July or really anytime you need an exciting experiment! #patrioticscience #milkscience #scienceexperimentsforkids Stem Learning, Learning Science, Effective Teaching Strategies, Blue Fireworks, Sight Word Flashcards, Visual Memory

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Magic milk fireworks are a surprisingly simple Fourth of July science activity that kids will beg to repeat over and over again.With just a few common ingredients, they’ll turn ordinary milk into an explosion of red, white and blue fireworks. It’s perfect for Memorial Day, Fourth of July or really anytime you need an exciting experiment! #patrioticscience #milkscience #scienceexperimentsforkids

One of the best ways to get kids ready for kindergarten is to read stories out loud together. Check out this list of 50 books to read with your child before they head off to kindergarten! Feel confident that your child is ready by using this free and helpful parent resource! #kindergartenreadiness #readalouds #parentresources Reading Skills, Reading Writing, Preschool Activities, Reading Comprehension Kindergarten, Reading Comprehension Strategies

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One of the best ways to get kids ready for kindergarten is to read stories out loud together. Check out this list of 50 books to read with your child before they head off to kindergarten! Feel confident that your child is ready by using this free and helpful parent resource! #kindergartenreadiness #readalouds #parentresources

This fun and engaging boat experiments shows how a heavy material like steel (or clay) could be made to float. While this experiment only takes a half hour to complete, my kiddos were so fascinated that they spent hours making and testing various boats. Perfect for kids of all ages, and can be used in the classroom or at home! #scienceforkids Cool Science Experiments, Science Lessons, Teaching Science, Teaching Kids, Kids Learning, Kindergarten Stem

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This fun and engaging boat experiments shows how a heavy material like steel (or clay) could be made to float. While this experiment only takes a half hour to complete, my kiddos were so fascinated that they spent hours making and testing various boats. Perfect for kids of all ages, and can be used in the classroom or at home! #scienceforkids

This free Fourth of July scavenger hunt is the PERFECT summer activity for your little ones. Kids will love searching for the holiday themed objects and events. Parents will love the engaging and weekend long activity! Everyone will stay busy with huge smiles on their faces! Also included are free vocabulary cards! #fourthofjuly #4thofjuly #summerlearning Plants Life Cycle Activities, Life Cycles Activities, Family Activities, Playdough To Plato, Learn Facts

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This free Fourth of July scavenger hunt is the PERFECT summer activity for your little ones. Kids will love searching for the holiday themed objects and events. Parents will love the engaging and weekend long activity! Everyone will stay busy with huge smiles on their faces! Also included are free vocabulary cards! #fourthofjuly #4thofjuly #summerlearning

This colorful, hands-on digraph sort is a great way to add some fun to your reading practice this summer. Match the summer inspired words to the matching digraph bucket! Kids are sure to love this engaging activity and it makes the perfect literacy center or homeschool activity. #summerreading #digraphs Kindergarten Special Education, Elementary Literacy, Literacy Stations, Literacy Night, Summer Activities, Phonics Blends, Phonics Rules

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This colorful, hands-on digraph sort is a great way to add some fun to your reading practice this summer. Match the summer inspired words to the matching digraph bucket! Kids are sure to love this engaging activity and it makes the perfect literacy center or homeschool activity. #summerreading #digraphs

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Hot summer days are ideal for this fun kids’ science activity: making a solar oven pizza! Little scientists will love to build this outdoor pizza oven and learn about solar power first hand! #solarpower #scienceforkids

This low-prep, super simple kids’ science experiment will show you just how important sunscreen actually is! Kids wills see how Sunscreen's active ingredients are so effective at blocking the harmful UV rays emitted by the sun. #sunscreenscience #scienceexperimentsforkids Earth Science Experiments, Science Experiments For Preschoolers, Science Crafts, Easy Science

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This low-prep, super simple kids’ science experiment will show you just how important sunscreen actually is! Kids wills see how Sunscreen's active ingredients are so effective at blocking the harmful UV rays emitted by the sun. #sunscreenscience #scienceexperimentsforkids

This seashell vowel team sort is an engaging way for students to practice their long vowel sounds this summer! Easily differentiated to have words for students who are still learning this skill or without that words for more of a challenge! Perfect for kindergarten and first grade! #literacycenters #longvowels #wordsort First Grade Phonics, Teaching First Grade, Teaching Prep, Learning, Vowel Teams Activities, Literacy Games, Phonics Activities

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This seashell vowel team sort is an engaging way for students to practice their long vowel sounds this summer! Easily differentiated to have words for students who are still learning this skill or without that words for more of a challenge! Perfect for kindergarten and first grade! #literacycenters #longvowels #wordsort

These addition and subtraction clip cards are the perfect activity to practice addition and subtraction fluency with kids. Great for math centers or a small group activity. #addition #subtraction #mathgames #clipcards Teaching Addition, Math Addition, Addition And Subtraction, Subtraction Centers, Subtraction Activities, Subtraction Strategies, Kindergarten Math Free

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These addition and subtraction clip cards are the perfect activity to practice addition and subtraction fluency with kids. Great for math centers or a small group activity. #addition #subtraction #mathgames #clipcards

Inauguration, Fourth of July, Labor Day or Memorial Day... This American Themed activity engages kids in meaningful writing that expands their vocabulary. #writing #USA #american #patriotic #firstgrade #kindergarten #secondgrade #literacy

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These ice cream word problems are perfect for getting first and second graders excited about math story problems! They are colored coded to differentiate between addition and subtraction. Perfect for math centers or small instructional math groups! #addition #subtraction #wordproblems #storyproblems

These number 1 to 10 pond counting mats are the perfect addition to every early learning classroom. Pre K and Kindergarten students will love building their number sense with these FREE and fun printables. Download them today for a quick and easy activity! #mathcenters #numbersense #counting Animal Activities, Alphabet Activities, Playdough Numbers, Projects To Try

These number 1 to 10 pond counting mats are the perfect addition to every early learning classroom. Pre K and Kindergarten students will love building their number sense with these FREE and fun printables. Download them today for a quick and easy activity! #mathcenters #numbersense #counting