Weekly Activity Challenge!

There are many fun ways to learn new things and sharpen skills!  Going to a museum , playing an online game or a trip to the library are all activities that will expand your knowledge while having fun! 

Try one new activity each week. You and your parents will fill in the attached Activity Log, indicating which activity you chose and signing your initials. 

 

Week #1 Required Activity: Online Safety Contract

Safety is our #1 priority when you are using the internet. 

Please read these Kids Rules for Online Safety and

sign the attached Family Contract for Online Safety with your parents.

 

Weeks #2 - 9: Your Choice!

Select any of the following activities listed below:

Activities to do with your family & friends

Go to a museum, historic site, or zoo

Attend a program at the public library

Write an original story or poem

Watch a theater performance

 

Online Activities for All Ages

BookHive

Read stories by other kids ("Bee an Author") or watch a professional storyteller perform funny folktales "Zinger Tales"

Zinger Tales from the BookHive

Folktales performed by storytellers (requires RealPlayer)

Brainpop.com

password:

Funbrain.com

Try the following fun games at Funbrain.com:

Grammar Gorillas

Spellaroo

Math baseball

The Bronx Zoo

Washington Zoo Cams

See what the animals are doing in real time!

 

Entering grades 1-2

Storyplace.com

Interactive stories allow you to choose characters, names, etc.

FunBrain Weekly Read-Along

An online story to read to your child: "Tess's Tree"

Bookhive.com

Write your own story about Zinger the bee!

Fairytales

 

Entering grades 3-5

Practice typing at public library (name of program)

National Geographic for Kids

Education World: Geography A to Z

FunBrain: MadLibs

FunBrain Comics & Web Books

Diary of a Wimpy Kid website

FactMonster Scavenger Hunts