Backyard Fun!
Backyard Fun! Take a "stay-cation" and get outside to explore your own backyard!
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Today’s Activities

Listen

Listen to the story, Backyard Fairies, then write your own story about magical creatures that you find in your backyard.

Calculate

How much time did you spend in your backyard today? Practice telling time and more with this math worksheet.

Leveled learning extension 1: Reinforce your math skills with these pages which offer more basic math problems!

Worksheet 1

Worksheet 2  

Leveled learning extension 2: Tease your brain with this worksheet to target foundational math skills! 

Let's move!

Backyard P.E., Watch this video and have an adult help you create a milk carton scoop, then with a sock ball or tennis ball and some string you can work on your hand-eye coordination.

Create!

Look at these ideas and try to create your own fairy garden.

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