If you are looking for something fun and educational to do during Springtime, try a few of the following activities…
Celebrate The Season of Spring: Learn about the Spring equinox and find some fun activities to do.
Bubble Solution – Experiment to find out what ingredients make the biggest and best bubbles.
Bird Eggs – Links to science projects with eggs, make egg salad with a twist, and learn about the anatomy of bird eggs.
Bird Watching Activities – Bring the birds to you by making a bird feeder and bird food and learning how to identify them by shape, sound and color.
Spring/Easter Egg Craft – Make a hinged egg with a surprise inside. Full instructions and printable pattern available for this activity. This creative project is a great storytelling activity for any age.
An Eggcellent Game – Use a recycled egg carton and some plastic eggs to play this fun game.
Nature Backpack – Before your next outing, pack up a few items that will help make exploring nature a little more fun and informative.
Chocolate – Learn about the history of chocolate, make an old fashioned chocolate egg cream, chocolate covered pretzels, chocolate bath soap, and chocolate lip balm.
Strawberry Craze – This mini strawberry research project is filled with questions to explore, experiments such as extracting DNA from a strawberry, a recipe for a strawberry breakfast sundae, plus links and videos.
Hula Hoop – Activities that can be done with a hula hoop, a link to the history of hoops, and videos about how to hula hoop and some of the amazing things people can do with them.
Geodes – Learn how to make geodes from alum, sugar, salt, or Borax, and learn how they are formed in nature.
Outdoor Charades – Make being outside a little more fun with a game of outdoor charades.
Bottle Toss – Make a bottle toss game from recycled items.
Bottle Cap Stamps – Make stamps from recycled caps and lids. Suggestions for use and instructions for the game, Code-Breaker included.
Tic-Tac-Toe Game – Make a tic-tac-toe game from recycled items and learn about the history of the game.
Crafts from Recycled Items – Turn egg shells into art, plastic milk jugs into a luminaries, grocery bags into a decorative bags and a shirt into a shoulder bag.
Outside links…
Still Learning Something New puts out a monthly calendar with monthly food themes, birthdays, events, holidays and much more. Check out the April, May, and June calendars for more info.
AHHH! Spring learning! My favorite! Thanks for making the lesson planning easy!
I'm always happy to hear it when I can make someone's life easier! Thank you for visiting, Betty Jo, and thank you for the comment.