Student Resources

 *You can use pencils, crayons, markers, colored pencils, chalk, or shaving cream.  Also... small pencils, chalk, and crayons help improve your pencil grip, so save those broken ones! 

• Trace  Hi-lighted First and Last name

• Trace Hi-lighted Numbers 1-10 

• Trace over dotted letters of your first and last name

• Write your First and Last name

• Write numbers 1-10

• Rainbow Writing activities

• Copy the uppercase alphabet  

• Copy the lowercase alphabet

• Write the uppercase alphabet from memory

• Write the lowercase alphabet from memory

• Copy "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."  (print)

• Copy "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."   (cursive)

• Practice your First and Last name in Cursive 

(*See Handwriting Position, ABC/abc Chart, Cursive Alphabet,  Tall letters/Small letters/Tail letters*)

• Practice snaps, buttons, velcro, zippers, buckles, shoe tying  

(*See single loop and double loop shoe tying pictures*)

• Practice cutting skills: Cut straight, curved, and zig-zag lines;  Cut out a circle, square, triangle, or oval shape 

(*See scissor hold*)      

• Play-doh activities: Squeezing, rolling, pinching; make a pizza; use with rollers or cut-outs; make letters, numbers, or shapes; hide then search for small treasures in the play-doh

• Tracing, drawing, coloring, or shading activities with pencils, crayons, markers, or colored pencils  

            (*You can use small pencils and crayons for improving your pencil grip; so save those broken ones! )

• Sidewalk chalk activities: Write letters, numbers, draw shapes; Play tic-tac-toe; Draw yourself, then add your family members; make a hopscotch board 

• Lacing activities:  Lace beads, pasta, or cereal; Make lacing cards with paper plates, hole punch and yarn 

• Paper clips: (large or small) Connect them by color; make a pattern; connect them in groups of 10, then use them to make letters, numbers, shapes

• Clothes pins: Finger strengthening exercises; Pick up cotton balls and placing them in a small bowl or baggie; Pick up one cotton ball at a time and form letters, numbers, or shapes; Pinch and place clothes pins around edges of a plastic cup or a paper plate

• Plastic tweezers: (small or jumbo size) Use them to pick up cotton balls, beads, cereal, small toys, or while playing games such as Connect-4

• Lots of puzzles: table puzzles, floor puzzles, family puzzles, 3D puzzles

• Games: Perfection, KerPlunk, Lite-Brite, Pick-up Stix, Barrel of Monkeys, Connect 4, Operation, Don't Spill the Beans, Ants in the Pants, Candy Land, Chutes and Ladders, Trouble, Dominoes, Jenga, Battleship, Scrabble, etc.

• Play Cards: Go Fish, Matching, Battle (war), Concentration (memory), Rummy, etc.

• Practice your keyboarding skills; typing games & activities 

• Jumping Jacks

• Jump rope

• Hula hoop

• Hopscotch

• Play Twister

• Play Charades

• Army crawl activities 

• Play Simon Says

• Balloon Volleyball

• Kickball

• Basketball

• Trampoline

• Playground equipment: slides and swings

• Hide-n-Seek

• Make and do an obstacle course

• Shaving Cream Activities

• Play-doh

• Rice or Popcorn kernels 

• Water Beads 

• Kinetic Sand 

• Sandbox play

• Pop Tubes

• Pop It fidgets

• Bubble Wrap popping

• Hippity Hop ball

• Swimming; water games

• Playground equipment: See-saw, Swings, Slide, etc.

• Heavy Work activities (lifting, pulling, pushing)

• Wheelbarrow walking or  Army crawl activities

• Yoga/Relaxation/Meditation

• GoNoodle

• Koo Koo Kanga Roo 

• Blowing Bubbles

• Flashlight activities

• Musical Instruments

• Weekly desk clean out

• Weekly backpack clean out

• Weekly locker clean out

• Clean/organize bedroom at home

• Use post-it notes

• Use color coded folders

• Write a To-Do list

• Keep a daily or weekly school schedule in a clear sleeve in front of binder/organizer

• Use a pencil pouch or box with supplies: pencils, pens, colored pencils, markers, crayons, hi-lighters, etc.

• Use an agenda for homework assignments, projects, tests/quizzes, etc.

• Use manners: Say "Please and "Thank you"

• Wash and dry your hands

• Clean up your toys or supplies

• Throw away garbage after snack or lunch

• Dress or undress yourself, including fasteners

• Tying your shoes independently

• Make a sandwich independently

• Learn basic money skills

• Call for help in an emergency

• Write your first and last name in cursive  (signature)

• Play Outdoor Games

• Watch for Birds and Butterflies

• Plant a Garden

• Build a Bird Feeder 

• Fly a Kite

• Play Frisbee

• Read Outside

• Ride a Bike

• Outdoor yoga

• Nature walks with family

• Watch a Sunrise or Sunset

• Create a Backyard Obstacle Course

• Swimming; pool swim races; water games

• Collect shells at the beach & paint them

• Sand play: build sandcastles & dig for treasures

• Make homemade lemonade

• Make homemade ice cream or popsicles 

• Make S'mores

• Make a Fruit Salad

• Ride bikes

• Play Frisbee

• Sprinkler fun

• Water balloon games

• Beach ball volleyball

• Summer Olympics

• Paint/decorate rocks

• Play Outdoor games 

• Go hiking with your family

• Rake leaves in the yard

• Go apple picking 

• Make apple pie or apple crisp

• Go pumpkin picking

• Walk through a corn maze

• Enjoy a hayride

• Carve a pumpkin

• Make pumpkin pie

• Roast pumpkin seeds

• Have a "Turkey Trot" with your family or friends

• Bake a pumpkin pie

• Bake an apple pie or apple crisp

• Make a Thanksgiving card for a family member, neighbor or friend, thanking them for something special

• Make a turkey decoration from paper plates, construction paper, markers and crayons

• Bake holiday cookies

• Make an ornament

• Decorate for the holidays 

• Make a snowflake using plain white paper (fold 3-4 times, then cut), unfold

• Watch a holiday movie with your family

• Make homemade cookies and hot chocolate

• Make popcorn & watch a family movie

• Have a board game night with family/friends

• Make a card for someone special

• Make a picture collage with old photos or magazine pictures 

• Go ice skating, sleigh riding, or snow tubing

• Go on a winter hike with your family

• Go for a walk during a snow flurry

• Build a snowman; make a snowman family

• Catch snowflakes 

• Make snow angels

• Shovel snow