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100 Fun Summer Activities
1.Visit our
website. I will be adding new things all summer.
2. Put the names of all of the states in alphabetical order.
3. Make up a poem and send it to Mrs. Schmidt by e-mail.
4. Make something in the kitchen involving the use of
measuring cups.
5. Go outside for a nature hike. Look for different plants
and animals. Make a list of the things you see.
6. Write a letter to a friend or relative.
7. Find an object in your house or outside that begins with
each letter of the alphabet.
8. Write 5 sentences underline the verbs.
9. Look in the newspaper for 10 words you do not know. Look
them up in the dictionary.
10. Make a timeline of your life. Try to include all of the
important events that you can remember.
11. Go to the library. Check out lots of books.
12. Send a book review to Mrs. Schmidt.
13. Use the letters in your first and last name to write as
many words as you can.
14. Find a picture in a magazine. Write a story about the
picture. 15. Write the products for the times
tables of 8. Circle the even products.
16. Look outside your window. Use crayons, markers or colored
pencils to make a picture of the view from your window.
17. Find a picture of our state flag. Draw and color it.
18. Count by fives starting with 1000 and ending at 1200.
19. Make signs for your room. Examples: Do Not Disturb,
Katie's Room, The Coolest Kid Sleeps Here, etc...
20. Draw a picture of
your favorite animal. Look up 4 interesting facts about your animal.
21. Write all the
multiplication facts that will have 60 for an answer.
22. Go on a nature hike. Collect things and put them in a
picture.
23. Pretend you are an ant. Write a short story about what it
would be like to be one.
24. Imagine you are going on a shopping spree. Cut out 5
items you would like to buy. Add them up.
25. Cut out words from the newspaper that have short vowel
sounds. Sort them into categories and then put them in ABC order.
26. Use the letters in the words SUMMER VACATION to write as
many words as you can.
27. Have mom or dad make up 4 long division problems. Solve
and check them.
28. Draw a picture of your family. Label it.
29.List all of the prime numbers between 1 and 30.
30. Write a riddle. Draw a picture of the answer.
31. Write the products of the 7 times table. Circle the odd
numbers.
32. Ask Mom or Dad for a
handful of change. Look at the dates of the pennies. Write the
dates in order starting at the earliest date.
33.Cut out an article in the
newspaper. Circle all of the nouns.
34. Look through the change your Mom or Dad has at home. Can
you find coins that were minted the year you were born?
35. Cut out pictures from a magazine. Paste them on paper.
Write the name of each object under each picture.
36. Plant some seeds outdoors or help take care of indoor
plants.
37. Imagine you have a penguin as a pet. Write a story about
it.
38. Check out a book on origami. Try to make some of the
animals in the book.
39. Make puppets and put on a puppet show. Paper bags or old
socks work great for puppets.
40. Play a board game with a friend.
41. Make a list of everything that you can find that is blue.
42. Play a game of multiplication war with a friend.
Each player turns over two cards. The one with the highest
product wins all of the cards.
43. Imagine you are going on a vacation to an exotic island.
Write a story about your adventure. Send it to me and I will post it on
our website.
44. Cut out pictures of things you like from magazines -- and
then make a collage about yourself.
45. Write any ten numbers between 1 to 1000. Cut them out and
mix them up. Arrange them again from smallest to largest. You could
also sort them according to whether they are even or odd numbers.
46. Cut out the box from an old cereal box or the picture
from an old calendar. Cut it into puzzle pieces and then put it back
together.
47. Make a greeting card for a friend.
48. Have Mom or Dad make up 3 multiplication problems. Solve
them!
49. Put different amounts of water in glasses. Try to play a
song by lightly tapping the glasses. You will have to experiment to see
which ones will give you high and low sounds.
50. What would you do if you lived during the time of
dinosaurs? Write a story about it.
51.Cut out numbers from the
newspaper. Sort them into odd and even and paste them onto a sheet of
construction paper.
52. Create a lunch menu.
53. Write a letter to your favorite author. See if you can
find their address and mail it to him or her.
54. Look at a map. Find Colorado, Wyoming, Navada and Utah.
55. Make a set of flash cards to practice your multiplication
facts.
56. Look in your skinny math book. Find a page that is
undone. Try to complete it.
57. Write 5 sentences about clouds. Underline the adjectives.
58. Make a card for someone you haven't seen in awhile. Try
to find their address and mail it to them.
59. Cut out magazine pictures of mammals. Make a book. Write
a describing sentence about each picture.
60. Read a joke book.
Share your favorites with your family.
61. Go outside and find 3 different kinds of trees. How are
they alike and different?
62. Write numbers from 501-600. Circle the even numbers.
63. Go outside. Learn which direction is North, South, East
and West. Walk 10 steps North and then 5 steps West. Where are you?
64. Find objects around your
home that begin with the sound of TH. Draw a picture of each of them or
write a list of their names. (thread, thermos etc.)
65. Find a poem, copy it using your best penmanship.
Illustrate it.
66. Write incredible equations for the number 55.
67. Think of your favorite animal. Write down 5 things you
would like to find out about that animal. Use Yahooligans or Ask Jeeves
for Kids to search for the answers to your questions.
68. Write three sentences. Make them end with 1) !, 2) . and
3) ?. Read them to someone.
69. Make up some word problems and read them to someone. Make
sure you know the answers to the problems, too.
70. Make a list of all of the states and their capitals.
71. Play a game on FunBrain. com
72. How many states can you spell correctly?
73. Look through family pictures. Choose your favorite and
write a story about it.
74. Begin a diary. Each night write down 3 good things that
happened each day.
75. Write Roman Numerals for the numbers 1 through 20.
76. Make a list of everything you see that is the color red.
77. Create an ad for your favorite movie.
78. Make a list of as many compound words that you can think
of.
79. Learn how to play dominos.
80. Write all the number facts that you can think of that
will have 70 for an answer.
81. Write 10 describing words about your family car.
82. Draw your self-portrait.
83. Write about the funniest thing that has ever happened to
you.
84. Write a poem about summer fun.
85. Cut out food pictures from magazines. Make 4 category
cards -- Dairy Products, Meat, Fruit and Vegetable and Bread and
Cereal. Arrange the pictures under the correct category.
86. Find out what the temperature is today in Hawaii, Alaska,
California and NJ . Arrange the temperatures from smallest to largest.
87. Write all the number facts that you can think of that
will have 46 for an answer.
88. Play Follow the
Directions game. Have someone tell you three directions and see if you
can do them correctly and in the right order.
Example: Clap your hands 5 times. Go look out the window.
Write your name on a piece of paper.
89. Count out loud from 600 to 700.
90. Learn how to play a new game.
91. Try to bounce a ball 100 times without missing.
92. List 3 of your favorite summer flowers. Draw a color a
picture with all 3 flowers in it.
93. Find objects around your home that begin with CH. Draw a
picture of them or make a list of them and then use each word in a
sentence.
94. Find a page in your grammar book that is not completed.
See if you can complete it.
95. Go on a nature walk. Find 5 -10 objects. Write describing
sentences. Have someone read your sentences and then see if they can
pick out what you are describing.
96. Keep track of the different license plates you see. Can
you find one from each state?
97. Get a piece of paper and fold it into 8 equal squares.
Draw a picture in each square.
98. Ask Mom or Dad to give you some change. See if you can
count it.
99. Write to Mrs. Hughes and tell her what activities you did
off of this summer ideas list. She will be happy to hear from you.
100.
See a movie and write a review of it.
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