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Math and Logic Activities

• Play a board or card game that includes math such as Quacks, Mille Borne, Parks, Monopoly, Sleeping Queens, Dutch Blitz, Set, etc. • Head to Math Playground and play some video games for the grade you just completed as well as the one you are going into • Play a version of War but with fractions, decimals, addition, etc. • Make a cootie catcher with math problems for the counting rules • Build fractions or practice multiplication using building bricks • Play some domino math games • Play dice cup stacking games • Practice your math facts with flashcards- say them out loud • Do a math worksheet • Do a puzzle • Build a big hopscotch board and play it • Cook something then divide it equally among the family • Walk the Land of the Nephites • Do an Escape Room (try out the online ones from the library) • Make at least 4 Spirolaterals- you will need graph paper. • Do some geoboard pattern cards • Build a Lego mosaic • Draw geometric math art with circles using a compass • Make a Rhombicuboctahedron or a Dodecahedron • Have a graphing race • Do some money activities • Find a Way to Make 10 (15, 20, etc) using a deck of cards- only flip four up at a time- need someone to play with • Design a menu and your own money- let’s use it at lunch • Invent your own board game • Play checkers or chess • Make a map using graph paper. Figure out the area of all the buildings • Play 20 questions • Build a target outside with different values and play • Make and play Crokinole • Try Table Rugby • Play Spoof • Play Pitching Pennies- the winner gets to keep all the coins

English Activities

• Play a game like Scrabble, Scattergories, Boggle, Bananagrams, Werewords Password, etc. to work on your spelling and vocabulary • Play story cubes or another story telling game • Pick a list on Spelling City and do some games • Make a book- or start writing one (at least 5 pages) • Read your summer reading books for 25 minutes. Once you are done with your summer reading AND written a summary of the book, you may read another book of your choice. • Make a crossword or word search with your spelling words then have someone else solve it (It will count as part of their activity too). • Practice your phonograms • Do some speech activities • Find signs or sentences that prove “Why Grammar Matters.” • Practice Latin or another language • Be a spy and make a secret code • Play Hangman • Make a Family Newspaper • Make your own story cards • Play I Spy • Pick a long word then see how many words you can make out of that word by scrambling the letters or using fewer letters. • Make your own comic book • Play literary Jenga • Put on a play or puppet show • Make a movie • Do a character sketch • Write in your journal • Make a poster advertising your favorite book • Write a book review like a critic • Make a list of books you would recommend to a friend • Which is better- the book or the movie? Do your research and make your argument • Present an argument for the best place to campout during a zombie apocalypse • Debate: Should you wake up early in the summer? OR Why you should have a bedtime? OR The best way to make good use of your summer is… etc. • Play a boardgame • Find five words that you can use instead of a word you normally use. For example: Instead of saying “said” you could say, “declare, exclaimed, shouted, etc.” Try not to use your original word all day.

English Activities

• Look up 3 new words in the dictionary. Learn their meaning and use the word at least once today in a normal way. • Look up any words you don’t know while reading a book today.

Science and History Activities

• Do a science experiment! • Watch a historical show or documentary like Liberty Kids • Go stargazing • Build something to represent history • Research a moment in history and share about it with us at dinner • Read some family history • Look up your family history tree and other fun facts about your family • Assemble a scrapbook about you! • Write in your journal • Make a Power Point about something that interests you in history or science • Spin the globe, place your finger on it, and study about whatever place your finger stops on. • Make a family recipe or a foreign food • Play with dominos • Build with blocks • Play with Legos • Build a Lego machine or Rube Goldberg machine • Stack cups with a partner using a rubber band tool together • Build a rocket • Using paper, sticks, and clay design a building that can withstand a hurricane • Do a balloon rocket race • Build a water wheel • Build a mega track for your cars • Make an elevator • Build a marble run maze • Design a bridge. Can it hold up your toys? • Build a hovercraft • Make constellations out of mini marshmallows and toothpicks. Design them after real ones then make up your own. • Make some slime • Tornado in a bottle • Make a Pringle ring • Make your own catapult • Build a cup tower and stand on top it without crushing it • Make a wave machine

Science and History Activities

• Do some gardening • Make a parachute toy • Play with different styles of paper airplanes. Which one flies the furthest? Which one is the most fun to watch? • Make your own pinball machine • Build a kite then fly it • Make a projector for your device • Play Periodic Table Battleship • Do some Medieval Chemistry • Make a pioneer journal • Play pioneer games • Build a Lincoln Log village • Look up what happened on this day in history and learn more about it • Make a Kahoot about an event in history • Learn more about an animal • Draw a map of a part of the world you haven’t been to yet • Read a historical book • Build a covered wagon and map out a trail for it to use • Make a puppet of an animal you want to learn more about • Make diorama for an event in history • Make a timeline for a specific country • Research someone you admire • Go on a virtual fieldtrip of a historic site or museum • Make a map using Rice Krispies treats • Play a timeline game • Learn a new magic trick • Go bird watching • Make a treasure map • Be a nature detective • Tie dye something

Art, Music, and Typing Activities

• Learn how to write your name in a language that uses different characters • Practice an instrument (bells, piano, flute, etc.) • Make an instrument • Learn a new song to sing • Compose a new song • Dance to some music for 20 minutes • Find some new classical music that you like. Look up who composed it and read a little about them.

Art, Music, and Typing Activities

• Do so me Indexing! • Paint something! • Sketch something • Illustrate your book • Use Typing Pal • Type a letter to a friend or grandparent • Design your own instruction book for how to build a Lego creation • Do some origami • Listen to songs from three different genres. What do you like about each genre? What don’t you like? Which is your favorite so far? • Type up your own Recipe Book • Make a PowerPoint of art or music from a specific time period. Share it with your family after dinner. • Make a music video • Take photos of your past art and turn it into a scrapbook online. See how you’ve progressed. • Karaoke! • Draw a simple picture, trace it with bottled glue. Once it’s dry, paint over everything. • Design a stamp then make a pattern with it. • Fingerprint Art! • Melted crayon art- remember to cover all the surfaces! • Paint splatter art project • Decorate cookies, a cake, or a gingerbread house • Practice lettering • Do some wax rubbings • Design your own city • Play with clay • Watch a musical of Mom’s choosing • Play Freeze Dance • Study your notes • Play Musical Chairs • Have a Lip Sync Contest • Battle of the Air Guitars • Turn on the music and do the limbo! • Make a Kahoot for the family to play after dinner • Discover songs from another region of the world • Play games at KidzType.com • Try out TypingClub.com • Learn some new dance moves • Make and eat a fruit monster • Play Name that Tune

Art, Music, and Typing Activities

• Turn the dining room chairs into animals • Be a fashion designer • Make a flipbook

Outdoor Activities

• Go for a walk, run, bike ride, etc. • Swing in the backyard • Climb a tree • Do yardwork • Play a fun game in the backyard • Practice basketball • Play catch • Play tennis • Play volleyball • Go swimming • Play frisbee • Practice skateboarding or roller skating • Make chalk art • Blow bubbles- try using unique homemade wands or make some bubble art • Have a water fight • Play Capture the Flag • Play tag • Make your own obstacle course • Have a lemonade stand • Build something with sticks • Build a clubhouse • Build a mini golf course • Make some rock art • Build and hang a bird feeder • Play Frisbee Golf or Ultimate Frisbee • Create your own sporting event • Play water balloon volleyball • Play Duck, Duck, Goose or Red light, Green Light • Build a spider web then figure out how to get through it without touching the string • Jump rope! • Hula hoop • Learn some Yo-Yo tricks • Learn how to juggle • Make a sling shot and do some target practice

Outdoor Activities

• Go on a scavenger hunt • Geocaching • Do some water balloon pinatas • Play topping tug of war (stand on crates and see who falls off first) • Try a tightrope • Play pool noodle croquet • Walk on tin can stilts • Play Angry Birds Life Size • Twister outside • Frisbee Tic Tac Toe • Do some hula hoop lassoing

Goal Activities

• Make a goal and write down the steps that will help you achieve it • Work on your goal • Help someone else with their goal • Ask for help with your goal • See how you have improved since you started working on your goal • Make a vision board

Service Opportunities

Do some service to earn more rewards! • Observe a need and fill it • Make someone a snack • Help someone with their laundry • Help someone with their chore • Ask someone to play with you • Make up a new game the whole family can play • Cheer someone up • Weed • Help out a neighbor • Pick up trash • Set things up for an ice cream truck run • Leave a thank you note for the mail carrier • Bring treats to the fire or police station • Draw pictures for the lunch people • Give a beverage to the sanitation workers

Service Opportunities

• Write thank you notes to the Bishopric’s families or another church leader • Make a meal for the missionaries • Teach someone a skill • Make cards and a game for the missionaries • Send prepaid pizza to someone in need • Make lunch for everyone • Deliver treats to the neighbors • Make sugar cookie decorating kits to give away • Pick up trash around the block • Call a relative and say “Hi” • Feed the birds • Pull a neighbor’s trash cans back up • Write a note to your family member with all the things you like about them • Share a scripture with someone • Read a book to someone • Call a friend and listen • Make a gift for someone • Find a name to take to the temple • Write the missionaries who are out in our ward • Earn money then donate it to a charity • Make quiet books for others • Decorate the sidewalk with pictures to make people smile or fun games • Give someone flowers • Put something sweet on someone’s pillow • Do the dishes • Decorate the bathroom mirror with uplifting messages (washable marker) • Send an “I love you” text • Give someone a foot rub • Write to your grandparents • Clean the inside of the van • Wash the car • Clean the fridge • Iron clothes for someone • Make a fresh loaf of bread to share

Your Chores and Responsibilities

• Your weekly chore • Shower/bathe • Get dressed • Eat three meals a day

Your Chores and Responsibilities

• Clean room and bathroom • Laundry • Treat everyone with kindness and respect

Rewards

• Pink plus two categories done= ½ hour electronic time • Pink plus four categories= 1-hour total of electronic time • Service= extra ½ hour • Pink plus two categories done= You can chat with your friends • Pink plus four categories done= We can go out and do something or you can go to a friend’s house

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