Weekly Challenges

Your challenge: GET OUTSIDE AND DESIGN IN NATURE

1. Think about something that you can create in nature. Art? A home for a small animal? A fort?

2. Make a design or plan. This could be a picture or some words showing what you plan to build. When you think you are finished: show someone your plan! Do they have any ideas that will make it even better?

3. Pick a spot and get started! Your back yard? The beach? The rocks in your driveway? Some sticks you found on a forest walk?

4. Keep working! When you are sure that it is the best it can be, take a picture or video!

5. Email your picture or video to Ms. Rashleigh. You will put a smile on her face and yours.

Your challenge: BUILD A TOWER IN YOUR HOUSE

1. Think about something that you have in your house that might be good to build a tower out of.

2. Make a plan. How will you make your tower strong?

3. Collect your tower materials and get started! You might have to build your tower a few times to get it right. Keep thinking about ways to make it even better. Maybe ask for help!

4. Keep working! When you are sure that it is the best it can be, take a picture or video!

5. Email your picture or video to Ms. Rashleigh. You will make her so impressed.

Your challenge: CREATE A NEW GAME

1. Think about some games that you know. What makes them fun? What rules do they have? What do you need to play them?

2. Think of a game that you could create. What will you need to play it? What rules are there? What will make it fun?

3. Start collecting your materials. Do you need paper for cards or a game board? Can you borrow some pieces from another game? Do you have some colours to make it fun?

4. Write down your game's rules. It's only fair if everyone knows how to play!

5. Start creating your game. When you think it's ready, try playing it with someone! Listen to their ideas, and keep making it better.

6. Keep working! When you are sure that it is the best it can be, take a picture or video!

7. Email your picture or video to Ms. Rashleigh. You will inspire her.

***This challenge might take more than a week. That's okay! Keep working on it and send a picture or video of it to Ms. Rashleigh when it is finished.

Your challenge: TRY SOMETHING NEW and document it.

1. Think about something that you have always wanted to try, or maybe ask your parents to help you think of something. A new kind of art? A musical instrument that you have in your house? A new recipe? A new sport? A trick of some kind?

2. Make a plan. How will you try this new thing? What will you need? Is there a video you can watch or something you can read to help you?

3. Get started! While you try the new thing, write and draw about how it is going for you. Is it hard at first? What do you like about it? Is it how you thought it would be? Should Ms. Rashleigh try it?

4. Keep working! When you are sure that you have done this new thing the best way that you can, take a picture or video!

5. Email your picture or video to Ms. Rashleigh. You will give her some great ideas.

Your challenge: BUILD SOMETHING OUT OF LEGO/ANOTHER BUILDING MATERIAL.

1. Think about something that you would like to build. Something from a book? Something you saw in a video? Something you made up yourself? Something from real life?

2. Make a plan. How will you build this thing? What will you need? Is there a video you can watch or something you can read to help you? Draw a picture of your plan!

3. Get started! Do your first build. You might have to try more than once before you get it right!

4. Keep working! When you are sure that you have built your creation in the best way that you can, take a picture or video!

5. Email your picture or video to Ms. Rashleigh. You will inspire her to make her own creation, probably out of giant hay bales.

Your challenge: MAKE A SCAVENGER HUNT IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD.

1. Think about places in your neighbourhood that you could send someone for a scavenger hunt, or even things that you could have them find in your yard or house.

2. Make a plan. You might take a walk with a pencil and some paper and write down some ideas of places or things that you could put on your scavenger hunt.

3. Get started! Write out some instructions and a list of places or things to find on your scavenger hunt. Maybe even make a map!

4. Keep working! When you think your scavenger hunt is finished give it to a family member and have them do it with you. Can they find everything?

5. Email a picture of you doing your scavenger hunt to Ms. Rashleigh!

Your challenge: MAKE SLIME!

1. Think about what makes the best slime. Is it watery? or thick? Is it purple? or green? Does it have glitter? or no glitter?

2. Find a recipe. There are lots of different slime recipes to try. Maybe you even have one already!

3. Get started! Get all of your ingredients together. Then give slime a first try. Make some notes if you change the recipe, so that you can troubleshoot if it doesn't work out!

Troubleshooting is when we try changing things just a little bit the next time we do something, so that it will work better.

4. If your slime works the first time: well done! Now you can enjoy it. If it doesn't: try again. You'll get there!

5. Email a picture of you and your slime to Ms. Rashleigh. You might just get a picture of Ms. Rashleigh and her slime back!

Your challenge: CREATE A NEW FOOD!

1. Think about a food that you like to eat. Or maybe a few foods that you like that you could put together to make a new food!

• A new kind of trail mix.

• A new flavour of cookie or ice cream.

• A delicious new dinner or dessert.

• A new drink for the Summer.

2. Make a plan. What will you need? What will your new food look like? How will you make it?

3. Get started! Get all of the things that you will need for your new food. Carry out your plan by making the new food the way you thought you would!

4. If your food is delicious the first time: wow! Most chefs aren't as lucky as you. If it isn't delicious: what will you change next time? Do you need a whole new recipe? Don't be afraid to try again!

5. Email a picture of your new food to Ms. Rashleigh. If it's really good, you could even send the recipe so Ms. Rashleigh can try it herself!