Just for Fun
Take a break from class. Hang out with friends. Make something awesome. Find these ideas and more on our recess page!
Watch for information from your teacher about how to access this fun page!
More fun ideas below!
Check out this page for lots of fun, totally optional ideas to keep your family entertained and active. Scroll down to browse, or click on the topics list to jump to a section below.
If you want to share something fun that you found or tried, you can submit it with the form at the bottom of this page, or email it to Julie McLaren at jumclaren@isd535.org. We might feature it on our page here!
Outdoor Adventures
This Week in the Wild
Check out these videos from Quarry Hill!
Family Scavenger Hunts
Alphabet Adventure: Find something for each letter of the alphabet! e.g. A - Apple tree; B - Bee; C - Cardinal ...
Alphabet Adventure 2: Find the letters in the alphabet in order on road signs, license plates, etc.
Nifty Numbers: Find collections for each number 1-10! e.g. 1 - house for our family; 2 - dogs next door; 3 - birds in that tree; etc.
Rainbow Run! Find something for each color of the rainbow.
Make a fort!
3-5 Scavenger Hunt Ideas (Coming soon)
Get Moving!
Mrs. McLaren's kids and their art projects
From Quarry Hill Nature Center
Mrs. Bletsch makes Moon Sand
Creative Projects - Low Tech
Get your creative juices flowing with these artsy ideas you can do with things you might find around the house.
Mrs. Quick's Art Extensions - Check out these ideas at the bottom of Mrs. Quick's Art Hub page
From Quarry Hill Nature Center: Make a Nature Mandala (2 min. video)
Mirror Drawing: Sit face to face with someone in your home. Make sure each person has paper and sometime to draw with. One person draws, and the person facing them tried to copy their drawing, like a mirror!
Make critters with yarn and popsicle sticks
Design your own!
Make critters with beads and string
Here's a Google Search to get you started
Write a skit, song, or dance routine and perform it for your family!
Miss your sports teams (and have a printer?)
Try this MN Vikings activity book.
Or these activities from the MN Twins.
Be a KAAL "Weather Lab Assistant" - Click on the link to find experiment ideas. You can even send pictures of your experiments to KAAL from this site if you want a chance to be shown on TV.
Mrs. O's class in the Collab Lab
Creative Projects - With Tech
Make a movie!
Green Screen Movie Tutorial (iPads + iMovie app) -Any solid color will work for a "Green" screen project
Toontastic - make your own cartoons with templates on this app
Drawing challenges - Quick, Draw! with Google
Try Pixel Painting (like Paint by Number) with Google Sheets. Click on this link to download a template by Alice Keeler.
Learn how to code! www.code.org
Games and Brainteasers
Games for Young Minds (plus great tips and questions for parents to ask. Keep those math brains growing!)
1-10 Magic Trick - Can you figure it out? Use numbers the number 1-10 from a card deck. Can you figure out the order needed to pull off this trick?
Check out what Quarry Hill Nature Center is up to these days!
Websites and Apps
www.pbskids.org Videos and games to help you keep learning!
https://toytheater.com/category/math-games/ Oodles of math games!
www.code.org Learn how to code with games, puzzle, or music videos.
http://solveme.edc.org/ Math puzzles and brainteasers