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These activities will not only let you catch your breath on a busy day, but help you and your students take a break from the grind by promoting creativity and learning in the classroom with fun activities that range from simple vocab searches to projects that build strange things from every day found objects. You can download and print one activity at a time or all at once. It’s up to you!TRANSCRIPT
Section IWord SearchesJoin your favorite characters on the hunt for words in what we like to call word searches.
Section IIColoring Book
Take a look through my silly sketches and let your students dive in and color in and outside of the lines!
Section IIIFound Objects
Build funny and weird things out of everyday found objects. I’ve put an example in here to get you started.
Section IVCrossword Puzzles
Challenging crossword puzzles based off of some of my favorite books and characters.
Section IWord Searches
Join your favorite pup, Max Spaniel on the hunt… a Word Hunt that is.
Directions: Find the following list of vocabulary words in the box of letters below.
Words can be listed vertically, horizontally, or diagonally.
Happy Hunting!
Max Spaniel
HERBIVORESXBKTR
YHLYPBZGNRDIGNA
HSRUASONNARYTUP
SCCQLCHISELAMHT
PNBQESENOBOLJFO
KEOJOVOJSCMOUER
PREINSNDLLNHRKN
FUHTTUEAIOIOAIS
NTICOAWOSNVSNCL
JNINLSVPGIOOSEA
DEMIOOAANYRSVOC
MVJTGNXRCBEOARF
YDXXICAHPXHURUK
MHLPTYGOLOEGHZX
ADVENTUREBONESCARNIVORECHISELCLAWSDIGDINOSAUREXCAVATIONEXTINCTFOSSILSGEOLOGYHERBIVOREHUNTMAXOMNIVOREPALEONTOLOGISTRAPTORREXSHOVELSKULLSPANIELTYRANNOSAURS
Join your favorite plant, Plantzilla on the hunt… a Word Hunt that is.
Directions: Find the following list of vocabulary words in the box of letters below.
Words can be listed vertically, horizontally, or diagonally.
Happy Hunting!
Plantzilla
BEEBIRDBOTANYBUMBLEDIRTFLOWERGARDENGERMINATEGREENHOSEHUMMINGLADYBUGLEAVESMORTIMERPLANTZILLAPOLLENPOTTEDROOTSSEEDSPROUTSTEMSUNLIGHTTHORNWATER
HBJENHBTRBSRYZX
DUUNTQWROORETAW
TEMMRAPIOTFMEFB
NWTMBONDTABIGDV
NXUTILHISNITMVY
SODNONETMYRRXBF
QKYZSPGFBRDOUCV
ALLIZTNALPEMVTL
TKVEFYNQELMGHOT
AWBGGLEURERGLUB
CENFSIDHTEIEOIV
EEUIEERSELARNFS
HOSEVXANNVPXLAF
LADYBUGUESNMELR
POLLENSSREWOLFZ
Join your favorite little girl, Molly Lou Melon on the hunt…a Word Hunt that is.
Directions: Find the following list of vocabulary words in the box of letters below.
Words can be listed vertically, horizontally, or diagonally.
Happy Hunting!
Molly Lou Melon
BULLYCOURAGEDURKINGRANDMALARGELOUMELONMOLLYPENNYRONALDSINGSMALLSMILETALLTEETHTINY
ATYSZELI
MS
HMILLUNHGM
MNDALI
WHMY
GERNKUTBSN
GGLRAEBDMN
EAUOERTLAE
FDKTNMGALP
EGARUOCNLI
TINYUOLOBL
MOLLYSBRJW
Section IIColoring Book
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Coloring Book
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Coloring Book
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Coloring Book
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Coloring Book
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Coloring Book
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Coloring Book
Section IIIFound Objects
Have your hand at creating the creature of your dreams.
A few years ago I was digging around in our household junk drawer and found a few items that I imagined would make perfect eyes for a creature. Soon I found a piece that resembled a body and some wire that I used to fashion this bug-like creature. After adding a few toy umbrellas for a playful effect, I created a creature that seems to have a life of its own.
It’s fun…you should try it!
Instructions: Find a use for that useless stuff in your house drawers and on the closet
floor, look everywhere! Take that stuff and build something you could only see in your
imagination. You never know what will inspire you.
Whimsy
Section IVCrossword Puzzels
Across
5. An Animal that eats meat.9. Tool used to dig11. The bone that is in the head, or you noggin.12. Support the body and make up the skeleton of animals.14. Max Spaniel hunts these massive reptiles.17. The study of rocks.18. Vegetarian.19. A scientist that studies dinosaurs.
Down
1. A person who draws pictures for a book.2. A person who writes stories.3. You must do this to find something in the ground.4. Used to chew anything from prey to bubble gum.5. A metal tool that is used to chip away at rocks.6. A Spaniel is a breed of ________.7. Sharp nails.8. A place where students can see real dinosaurs.10. To search for something that is hidden or mysterious.13. A anima that eats animals and plants, just like humans.15. The remains or traces of a plant or animal that lived in the past, preserved rocks. 16. A trip that is filled with excitement.
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