Activities – Activities for Kids

Shadow Show: Puppet Show and Illusions

Great activity idea: Put on a Shadow Puppet Show! You can use many different things for your puppet characters!

Shadow Puppet Show

All you need is a bed sheet or large piece of thin paper. Shine a light from behind it, where you will be casting the shadows. Your audience will sit on the opposite side of it and see the shadows that you cast on the sheet.

Shadows can be created from many things:

Paper cutouts
Foam shapes
Silverware
Other Unusual items from around the house
Your hands!

Try a Shadow Puppet play with your created characters!

Shadow Puppet Show with Sheets! — Shadow Puppet show — with a creative Bed Sheet!

Shadow Illusions

Kijeon and Zach show you some really cool shadow illusions. In the description of the video, you can download the 3d models if you wanted to print these out and try them!

Activities

Science and Technology: Stay-at-Home Things to Do

The following is a list of great Science and Technology resources

Access Mars: VR Curiosity Rover

Explore Mars on NASA’s Curiosity Rover!

Mystery Science

Hands-on videos that are captivating and spark discussions!

Mystery Doug

Every Video answers real student science questions!

Everyday Earth

An Interactive, Online STEM Program

80+ Free Science Activities

Science activities from Elemental Science Blog

5 Days of Engineering Challenges

Try out these easy-to-do engineering challenges!

Ask Dr. Universe

Kids get their questions answered by Dr. Universe at Washington State University

Smithsonian Ocean

Engage kids in the wonders of our oceans.

Steve Spangler Experiment Library

Experiments that you can do at Home!

NASA Kids’ Club

Play games and learn about Space

Tyto Experiments

Currently free for parents and teachers for a limited time

The Happy Scientist

Learn some science with Robert Krampf

Activities, Middle School / Elementary, Preschool & Kindergarten

Stay-At-Home Things to Do (List #1)

This for when you’re looking for fun, educational, creative or worthwhile things to do when you’re staying around the house!

40 Old-Fashioned Skills that Kids Need to Know Today

This is an excellent list, created by Frugal Fun 4 Boys & Girls. The article also has tips for practical knowledge and social skills.

The list of skills includes things like:

How to make a phone call
How to check tire pressure
How to fix something instead of replace it

10-page Stay-At-Home Care Package

This printable PDF package has been created by Alexandra Eidens of Big Life Journal

This pack of ideas will get your children moving and learning while staying indoors!

Free STEAM Activities from Ozobot

This list of online resources is provided for every letter in STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Arts and Math)

Thanks to Ozobot for such cool ideas!

Google Earth has a Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego game

You have to follow clues, research what the clues mean and figure out where to go next.

The game is filled with facts about each city you “visit.”

To get your assignment, look for the special edition Pegman icon in Google Earth for Chrome, Android and iOS. Good luck, super sleuths! “

Activities, Middle School / Elementary, Preschool & Kindergarten

Paper Airplane Range: Have Fun with Paper Airplanes

Paper Airplane Range!

This is a game of skill where you challenge your friends and family to score the most points by flying your paper airplane through a target.

You can use large poster board paper and draw circles or other shapes and determine the points that your contestants will score when they fly their paper airplanes through the holes.

You can download a template to get you started: Paper Airplane Range.pdf

As you make Paper airplanes, try out various designs of folded airplanes and see which type you prefer! Some may fly straighter, for longer, or loop around. Then you’ll know what type of airplane you’d like to use when playing this Paper Airplane Range game.

Activities, Middle School / Elementary

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