Make double prints and laminate each photograph. Make a Memory Game out of the pictures of the kids. The children would play the game of Memory just like the regular game.
Cut the other set of photographs and make a personal puzzle for each child. Take it further; how about starting a program Green Band? Practice, practice, practice………. Too noisy—practice outside!!! Declare a day in your program that this is Say Something Nice Day. The city of Metropolis, Ill. The Superman character has been a part of pop culture for more than 60 years.
Talk with the children in your program about Superman and other super heros. This can be any time of the year! Help youth in your program appreciate diversity.
Celebrate with an eclectic dinner featuring cuisine from different countries or geographical regions. A very large program in Montclair, N. By participating in a Flat Stanley project , children can enhance their literacy skills, make new friends and learn more about the world. Children can take their new paper friend to their home, to the homes of friends and relatives and to local points of interest. Children can then write about the travels and experiences of their Flat Stanley in a journal.
Flat Stanley should be accompanied by a letter introducing the project. You can also now connect digitally with a Flat Stanley App. This required the children to come together to problem solve, debate, and compromise on different aspects of the plan.
Then the construction phase started. Children learned quickly that they needed to measure and calculate in order for their home to be accurate. Through this one project alone, children learned logical sequence, valuable communication skills, math, and teamwork.
This was no challenge to Christine. She brought the outside in with an overnight camping area in the Drama Center. Their imagination led to surrounding the camp with rocks and caves and a fishing hole. We are an after-school program in a museum, so we probably differ from many programs, but we do offer a number of special programming activities, including having the kids share and display their own collections in the museum Pokemon cards, rocks, dolls, t-shirts, etc….
Then campers bed down in the exhibit gallery and when they awake, we provide breakfast and a scavenger hunt through the museum before they go home at a. We are a natural history museum that also features the social history of NY State. The kids have to conduct some research to gain background knowledge before writing scripts, creating story boards, assembling costumes, rehearsing and practicing camera work, etc. Why Should You?
From Tasha Palmer, California. The students could answer as many as they wanted to. None of the questions were theme based—but random. I used some of the questions from the website, but I also incorporated character education and various languages, math skills, etc.
Tasha for a worksheet on telling time. During homework time if a child had no homework or finished their homework, they would have time to work on the questions. It was so much fun! The kids really got into it and so did their parents. My students learned so much and really enhanced some of the skills. Their teachers were excited and willingly stayed after school to help research some of it.
See website: www2. Over the. In addition, the lesson plans address National Education standards. For more information click here. SWAT stands for students who assist teachers. SWAT members help students, staff, and parents before and after school and during special events. If it is hot enough outside, bring some tinfoil and an egg out. Crack the egg on the tinfoil and let it cook. This is solar energy at work. For language, students can write haikus about the sun.
A haiku is a poem that uses a syllable pattern. Often times, the poems focus on nature. Here is an example:. Sandcastles are fun to build but for some, they are works of art. Read The Sandcastle by M. Robertson to students. They will need to include materials and step by step directions.
Students can compare and contrast different types of bodies of water. Students will pick two types of bodies of water. Then, they will make a Venn diagram and write down the similarities and differences. Next, they will write a compare and contrast essay. For science, go through the three states of water: gas, liquid and solid.
The state of the water depends on how fast the molecules are moving. Go over examples of each state. Steam is a form of gas. Liquid is a puddle and an ice cube is a solid. Heat has the ability to change the water into different states.
To show the effect of heat on a solid, bring in two ice cubes. Put one ice cube into cold water and one into hot water. Let students see how fast each one melts. Where did they go, who did they see, what did they do? What new rumors could be verified. Any new boyfriends, girlfriends etc? The mind is meant to be occupied, not idle.
School themes today reflect the increasing sophistication of students. Children learn things in the third grade that used to be taught in Junior High. Having endless hours with nothing to do is a formula for trouble. Summer themes reflect the variety of school programs and projects now conducted during summer months. Themes can reflect the diverse nature of summer school activities now offered.
Seldom do children have to sit in a classroom wishing they were outside playing. Now summer school may be a geological field trip, a summer league sports activity, a musical stage production or even a science fair.
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