Summer Activities by Family Resource Center Team

Move Your Way Activity Planner

vaeisele — 2020-06-02 20:01:00 UTC

Use this tool to find activities you can do at home to stay active

How to make slime

vaeisele — 2020-06-12 20:46:48 UTC

Ingredients: baking soda, contact lens solution, school glue, food coloring

Make an adventure map of your home or neighborhood

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Daily Activity Suggestions

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Age Appropriate Chores

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Weekly Meal Plan

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Outdoor Activities for Busy Families

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Crafts to Support Literacy

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Wordless Picture Books

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The images in these books are beautiful and captivating for all ages. Use them as inspiration for story-telling, pretend-play, writing your own story, adding captions, creating your own art, etc.

Learn to Geocache with kids - easy and cheap way to get outside and learn geography

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Outdoor Scavenger Hunt

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24 Ways to Have Fun with Math at Home

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Tour Mars!

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Don't skip the intro - it's great

Ancient Egypt

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maps, 3D tours, stories, codes, etc.

Virtual Museum Collections

vaeisele — 2020-06-12 21:09:30 UTC

A long list of museum collections and guided tours that are available. Choose one and browse. Then come back for more!

Learn to Draw with Drew

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Steve Spangler Science

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Experiments to do at home

Make a Spa Day for the family!

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Family Edition of Cards Against Humanity, Free Download to print and cut

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Be warned, there are A LOT of poop jokes!

Play BINGO on a Neighborhood Walk

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Use hula hoops like lassos!

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Standing Pool Noodle Game

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Hopscotch with Letters

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Indoor Obstacle Course

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Pool Noodle Water Pouring

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Make bubbles with a left-over quick-fill water balloon attachment

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Garden Hose Math

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Write numbers (and symbols for older kids) and have them spray/wash away the answers to questions you give. Or, have them spray away number families or create their own mathematical expression.

Water Play for Toddlers

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Water balloon math

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sign into Facebook to watch this quick video on using water balloons for math practice

Summer Rules

FCPSFamilyResourceCenter — 2020-06-15 14:59:16 UTC

Summer Bucket List BINGO

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Summer Fun Schedule

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Summer Bucket List

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Simple Summer Meal Ideas

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Simple Steps To Get Ridiculously Organized For A Stress‐Free Summer

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Free Summer

Summer Activities for Kids with ADHD

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100 Things for Teens to do this Summer

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24 Things Middle and High School Students Can Do to Keep Busy This Summer

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Giant Collection of Book Lists for Kids

vaeisele — 2020-06-23 11:01:50 UTC

Yoga Learning Adventures - YouTube

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40 Hilarious Knock, Knock Jokes for Kids - Frugal Fun For Boys and Girls

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Get a pen pal!

vaeisele — 2020-06-27 12:33:05 UTC

Use your social media or work connections to find another child somewhere else in the world (or around the block) and set the kids up writing letters or emails.
This is especially great for older kids and teens who are looking for a little extra age-appropriate socialization.

****SAFETY***** Consider privacy and security when sharing personal information such as age and location. Only connect you child with another person who you know and trust. As a parent, it is your responsibility to decide what is safe and appropriate for your child.

Make a stop-motion video

vaeisele — 2020-06-27 12:39:29 UTC

Kids who know how to take basic photos and navigate apps can easily create their own cool stop-motion videos. This app is one of many free options. Kids 2nd grade & up can figure it out with just a little learning curve, and all ages (up to adult) enjoy the process. Kids can use whatever materials they are comfortable with to create the animation: legos, stuffed animals, pieces of pasta, rocks, drawings, etc. Once they understand how, creating a video will keep them occupied for quite a while: 1 minute video can easily take 30 minutes or more to film!

Draw an obstacle course

vaeisele — 2020-06-27 12:42:41 UTC

Use sidewalk chalk to draw obstacles for kids to navigate. A long line to tip-toe across, big circles to jump into, areas not to touch, alternating rectangles were you must hop/run/crawl/walk backwards, etc. Use your imagination and your child can be a ninja, monster truck, dancer, spy, etc. Use it for older kids like a gauntlet for agility training.

Make potions!

vaeisele — 2020-06-27 12:46:07 UTC

Using small, interesting containers and spoons, mix baking soda and vinegar a little at a time. Keep a towel close by for easy clean-up. Let kids experiment with proportions, swirling, stirring, adding water, pouring between containers, etc. Doing it on the floor or kitchen table has the added benefit of gently cleaning the surface with the harmless chemical reaction.

Family Resource Center collection of information and resources about all types of special education and disability-related needs.

vaeisele — 2020-06-27 13:12:35 UTC

30 Day Lego Challenge

vaeisele — 2020-06-27 13:15:10 UTC

Create something new each day.

Summer Daily Schedules

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Includes: at home, on vacation, at camp, blank, and Spanish

Citizen Science to learn about the birds in your area

vaeisele — 2020-06-30 14:38:32 UTC

Get-A-Life wall

vaeisele — 2020-06-30 14:46:24 UTC

Brainstorm any and all activities that might be fun or valuable. Put them on a wall when it’s accomplished, put the card in an envelope. Every once in a while review the finished cards. It feels good to have accomplished so much!

Join together to help the community

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Work with friends or neighbors to start a food drive, park clean-up, positivity messages, etc.

Firefly citizen scientist project

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Butterfly citizen scientist project

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Make a 4 square court

vaeisele — 2020-08-02 16:47:49 UTC

If your kids don’t already know how to play, this as good of a time as any to learn. Each of my squares is 5’x5’, but you can use whatever space you have. I drew it with side walk chalk.

Fairfax County Parks & Rec

vaeisele — 2020-09-22 12:50:13 UTC

Where to find Carousels, wagon rides, train rides, mini golf, boating, historic tours, ice skating

Outschool.com

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Acting for Young People

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AFYP is still working on summer camp programs and has not yet decided whether to conduct camp in person or virtually. Check their website for updates.

FCPS Tech Adventure Camp

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Screen-Time Rules

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Screen-Time Rules for Kids on Summer Break

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Room Refresh

FCPSFamilyResourceCenter — 2021-06-03 15:14:21 UTC

Move the furniture around, change the pictures on the wall, move decorative items from one room to another.
Free, Fun, and Creative:

decorate using a kitchen bowl to hold things in the bedroom or living room.
move a bathroom rug into the bedroom or kitchen.
Use a shower curtain for a picnic blanket, table cloth, or bed spread.
Use a fitted sheet to cover a chair. Drape a blanket over a couch.
stack boxes and cover with a sheet or table cloth to make a side table

Want to hide things? Move a couch or dresser away from the wall far enough to fit a box or a few bags.

Independent Play

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Summer Screentime

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Teens

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Calendar Suggestions

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Family-Time Activities

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Water Play

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Little Adventures

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Places to Go

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High Energy Activities

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Educational

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Organizational Tools

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CTE Summer Academy

FCPSFamilyResourceCenter — 2022-01-07 21:11:55 UTC

https://www.fcps.edu/academics/summer-learning-programs/camps-and-institutes-CTE-summer-academy?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=

Summer Learning

FCPSFamilyResourceCenter — 2022-01-07 21:26:12 UTC

https://www.fcps.edu/academics/summer-learning?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=

Readiness Check

FCPSFamilyResourceCenter — 2023-07-10 12:34:06 UTC

https://bealearninghero.org/readiness-check-2022/

National Summer learning Association

FCPSFamilyResourceCenter — 2023-07-10 13:18:46 UTC

https://www.summerlearning.org/

5 Ways To Engage Your Reluctant Reader This Summer

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Summer Reading Falls Church

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Summer Quest Alexandria Library

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Scholastic Summer Reading-Home Base

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Nationals All-Star Summer Reading Program

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Summer Reading with Reading is Fundamental

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Sonlight Summer Reading Kit-Free Printables

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Camp Book It!

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Reading Rockets Summer Reading

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Great Books to Read on the Beach, in a Treehouse, or Under the Covers

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Summer Learning Options Mathematics ES

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Summer Learning Options Mathematics SS

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Summer and Sensory Processing Issues

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Strategies for a Successful Summer Break

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13 Tips for Helping Anxious Kids Enjoy Summer Camp

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Summer Activities for Kids With Learning Disorders

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How to Keep Kids Reading This Summer

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Tips for Traveling With Challenging Children

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10 Writing Activities For Kids This Summer

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Summer Camps in the USA

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FREE & EASY Summer Activities to Do with Preschoolers

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Actividades de verano para niños en edad preescolar GRATUITAS y FÁCILES

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FCPS Summer Learning Resources

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Summer Resources

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Pizza Hut-Book It Program

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Chuck E. Cheese Reading Reward Calendar

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Barnes & Noble Summer Reading Program

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Culmore Club

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