5 Easy Spring Activities for Learning at Home
Oooh, springtime! It’s here! Can you feel it where you are?! That warm spring air, the fresh blooms all over, all the rainbows, creepy crawlies, and fluffy spring trees…the new beginnings of spring are so full of hope!
This year, I know the routines of a lot of parents and teachers are super different from other years and we’re all trying to figure out a new normal. For parents at home with your kiddos, having simple, easy, engaging activities to use is the most important thing. Activities don’t have to be elaborate or cutesy, just effective. So, here are 5 ideas for easy activities to do at home to keep learning all season long.
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For younger kids like toddlers, preschoolers, or kindergarteners, using ideas and resources like sensory bins is a great way to encourage playing and learning at the same time. These sensory bins for little learners are not only super engaging and fun, but are also simple to set up and use again and again. You can simply change out the filler material that your kids are playing with for a whole new experience as they practice literacy and math skills!
Some fun filler ideas are water beads, plain or colored rice, dry pinto or black beans, colorful pom-poms, or even shredded paper or mini erasers. Anything your kiddos like messing with with their hands is the perfect filled
Click HERE to grab a free spring sensory bin!
Keep your kids learning at home with some calendar-like worksheets full of fun review assignments! These editable sheets are a great way to keep kids using their brains and learning without even realizing it. This kind of activity can be really motivating because it combines the element of choice (“pick any activity you want for today!”) with reviewing critical skills in a risk-free way. These activities are usually quick and will take kids just a few minutes each day to complete.
Click HERE to grab my EDITABLE spring activities calendars! You can use the pre-filled version with activities for early elementary learners or add in your own text to change the activities to be on level with what your students and kids need to practice. :) Super simple to type in your own text and they make learning SO much more fun.
Reading is one of the simplest and best ways to keep your kids learning, in my opinion. Encouraging that love of reading in any way possible is a win for all teachers and parents all around. So, grab this fun FREE reading challenge, order a few new books from Amazon or pick some of your favorites off the shelf, and snuggle up to read! This can be done with kids of ANY…little ones LOVE the idea of reading somewhere new or in a silly way they haven’t before. And, honestly, big kids love it too…even though they may pretend it’s silly for a minute. Haha! After a little, they’ll be enjoying it too.
Click HERE for a simple, free reading resource that you can use at home with your learners to keep them reading, learning, and growing. Encouraging reading can be a simple gift you gives your kids with the right resources and a tiny bit of planning!
4. Spring Worksheets and Review Packets
This one might seem obvious, but I’m honestly a lover of some great printable worksheet activities! I know worksheets aren’t every student’s favorite thing, but if you can find some printables that combine learning with some fun stuff (like coloring, cutting, gluing, etc.) worksheets can be really engaging activities. They’re super helpful when students have a long break from school and need to review important skills and keep them fresh in their minds.
Some of my favorite spring worksheets for young learners? THESE for kindergarten and THESE for first grade. Ooh, and check out this FREE SAMPLE of spring kindergarten worksheets and these spring freebies for kinder, 1st, and 2nd grade students.
Everyone loves CRAFTS, right?! I truly believe that if we can make all home learning fun for our learners, they’re MUCH more likely to do it and not fight it as much. So, another option is to use a few ideas for crafts that students can work on to practice skills.
These writing crafts are perfect for spring time and give students an art element to make their writing more personal. When they have a bit of fun coloring to add their own twist on it, the writing time becomes a LOT more fun. AND, the more writing practice kids get, the better writers they become! And, super simple print and work.
These spring math crafts from Jana at We Heart Teaching are all the great things…cute, educational, editable, simple, amazing. They get a HUGE thumbs up from me. All you would need to do is make sure they include the skills you want your kids to practice, print them out, and let them get to work! Low prep, high engagement, happy everyone!
You could have your kids choose a video from Art For Kids Hub to complete a directed drawing! The drawings from this family are super kid-friendly, simple, and great to paint or color afterward. You can extend the the learning by having kiddos write a story about their drawing afterward or find a book that has a similar character or setting as their drawing. :)
Parents, teachers, caregivers, grandparents, other adults caring for kids right now…y’all are doing such an amazing job doing ALL the things for your kids during this crazy time. I hope you know that you’re doing enough and that there’s something inspiring here to try at home with your sweet kiddos! Let me know if you have questions of if I can help with anything.
Cheering you on and sending sunshine your way!
