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Printable Road Trip Scavenger Hunt

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By Sharla Kostelyk

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When you’re headed on a road trip with your family, finding ways to keep your kids entertained in the car is essential. And one of our favourite ways to pass the time as we’re driving is by playing games. Car games are fun and educational because they keep your kids thinking on their toes, allowing them to use their critical thinking skills while having fun.checkboxes and image icons. Text reads "Printable Road Trip Scavenger Hunt"

As you’re planning your next road trip and finding activities for the car ride, don’t forget to grab this free printable road trip scavenger hunt for your kids to play while you drive.

Road Trip Scavenger Hunt Ideas

With this road trip scavenger hunt, you can create a fun game to keep your kids entertained during a car ride. In addition to providing your little ones with a fun way to pass the time, they’ll be learning as they play!

Since it features both words and pictures, this cute printable is great for kids of any age. Young children can check the boxes next to the pictures when they see something along the road. And older kids can practice reading as they look for items on their scavenger hunt list.

The list includes a variety of different things your kids will see as you travel. Whether you’re on a long road trip or just taking a drive to the grocery store, your little ones will love looking for different things along the road as they’re riding in the car.

This printed scavenger hunt is also great for including in a road trip gift basket. My brother and his family gave us a special gift basket before we went on our 22 day road trip across part of Canada and the United States with 6 of our kids in two. After that adventure, I would say that we are definitely road trip veterans!

The scavenger hunt printable includes 16 different common roadside elements for your kids to search for, including:

  • Road sign
  • License plates from three places
  • Cow
  • Bumper sticker
  • Bus
  • Billboard with a phone number
  • Barn
  • Tunnel
  • Bridge
  • Construction
  • Train
  • Fast Food Sign
  • Gas Station
  • Rest stop
  • Roof rack
  • Park

On top of keeping your kids off their screens for a little while, the best part about this fun car ride activity is that you can easily turn the game into a learning experience. Using the road trip scavenger hunt printable, you can help your kids practice their:

  • Observation skills. As your kids play, they’ll each be forced to look more closely at the world around them to find exactly what they’re looking for on their list. That can give your kids a chance to be more observant and aware of the things around them as you’re driving along the road.
  • Teamwork. Instead of playing individually, why not ask your kids to play together to find each item on the list? When your kids work together to find the items on the hunt, they can practice working as a team to accomplish a goal.
  • Memory skills. To quickly finish the game, your kids will need to remember a list of things to look for. As they mark items off their list, they will use their memory to recall other items they need to look for as you’re driving.
  • Reading and matching. Young readers will get a chance to practice their reading skills as they read through the clues on the list. But even if your kids aren’t old enough to read, they can practice their matching skills by matching the pictures on the list to the things they see out in the real world.

How Do You Do a Driving Scavenger Hunt?

A scavenger hunt is a fun adventure wherever you are. But if you’re driving in a car, you may be wondering how a scavenger hunt would work. When on a traditional scavenger hunt, you typically look around in different areas to find the items on your list. But when you’re doing a driving scavenger hunt, you simply stay in your car and mark things off your list as you see them.

One great way to play this fun game with your kids while you’re on a road trip is to print out a list of things to find, then let your kids check each item off as you’re driving. The game can be a competition among everyone playing to see who fills out all their check boxes first. Or it could be a group effort, allowing all your kids to work together to find everything on the list.checkboxes and image icons for a road trip scavenger hunt

Road Trip Scavenger Hunt

Supplies Needed:

  • Printable scavenger hunt for each child (download here)
  • Laminator or page protector
  • Dry erase markers

Instructions:

  1. Print out one scavenger hunt sheet for each child that will be riding in the car.
  2. Laminate each page or put each piece of paper in a plastic page protector so it can be used more than once.
  3. Pass out dry erase markers to each child in the car.
  4. As you’re driving, let the kids search for items on the list. When someone finds something on their page, they can place an X or checkmark in the box next to it.
  5. The first person to mark off everything on their list wins.
  6. If no one is able to finish their list by the time you reach your destination, the person with the most checkmarks on their page is the winner.

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Road Trip Gift Basket

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Opposite Day Ideascolourful Bingo and scavenger hunt sheets

 

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Spring Bucket List for Families

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By Sharla Kostelyk

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I’ve always thought of Fall as my favourite time of year, but this year, I’m rethinking that. It’s felt like an especially long winter both literally and figuratively and it feels so good to see signs of Spring emerging. Maybe you feel the same way. 

This Spring Bucket List is a great way for you to celebrate this new season and what it represents by creating new memories with your family. 

Download and print off the list and put it up on your fridge or bulletin board for easy reference. I purposely chose activities that were low cost or free. small icons next to words that list ideas for things to do in SpringAs you complete items, cross them off the list. Do them in order, choose them at random, or do them in the order that works best for your family. 

This is not meant to be an exercise in perfection. Use this as a guide and let the fun grow from there. This is meant to foster family connection and allow you to enjoy time together. 

Spring Bucket List Ideas: 

    1. Smell the wildflowers.
    2. Do a backyard photo scavenger hunt.
    3. Make a Spring sensory bottle.
    4. Play hopscotch.
    5. Enjoy a squishy sky sensory bag.
    6. Paint the sidewalk with shaving cream paint.
    7. Feed the squirrels.
    8. Plant seeds.
    9. Explore a garden sensory pail.
    10. Go to the playground.
    11. Make edible shark slime.
    12. Make a butterfly sensory bag.
    13. Splash in puddles.
    14. Look for shapes in the clouds.
    15. Explore spring sensory soup.
    16. Bird watch.
    17. Look for frogs.
    18. Make paper flowers. 
    19. Climb a tree. 
    20. Blow homemade bubbles.
    21. Hunt for four leaf clovers.
    22. Chase butterflies.
    23. Act like a bug.
    24. Family spring cleaning day.
    25. Fly a kite.
    26. Walk barefoot in the grass.
    27. Read a story under a tree.
    28. Host a tea party.
    29. Make a cheerful music playlist.
    30. Visit the Farmer’s Market.

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You may also be interested in:

  • Spring My Feelings Mini Book
  • Winter Bucket List
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My Spring Feelings Mini Book for Kids

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Use this mini book as a tool to help kids talk about their feelings. When children are able to write about and talk about their emotions, they are better able to process and manage them. printed pages with some coloured. Text reads "Spring My Feelings Mini Book"The pages in this Spring themed mini book contain some common seasonal happenings. They are simple enough, but that’s actually the beauty of them. When kids are given the opportunity to talk about how they feel about everyday things, they begin to develop a comfort in speaking about and writing about their emotions in general, which can lead to them sharing about deeper things in the future.

This also allows us to get some insight into our kids or students. While some may delight in splashing in puddles, those with certain sensory issues may feel scared at even the thought of it. Flying a kite may bring along with it happy memories for some students, while for others, it brings sadness as it may be something they have never been able to experience.

My Spring Feelings Mini Book for Kids:

Supplies needed:

  • My Spring Feelings mini book printable pages. (download here)
  • scissors
  • pencil or pen
  • markers, crayons, or pencil crayons
  • stapler and staples

Instructions:

  1. Download the My Spring Feelings mini book.
  2. Print the pages.
  3. Cut apart the booklet pages.
  4. Let your student decide how he or she feels about each seasonal activity and draw a corresponding face on the child on that page. Your student can use the Emotions Word Bank for ideas (for words to use and for faces to draw).
  5. When your student has completed the book, stack the pages together with the cover on top and staple on the left side to create a little book.

collage of photos of printed pages for kids to fill out and colourIt can be helpful for you to sit down and debrief with the child you’re working with after they fill out their book. This will give you a better understanding of their feelings and allow you to ask further clarifying questions to provide you even more insight.

It is also good practise for them in talking about their emotions in a healthy way with those they trust.

Download your free printable Spring mini book and get this activity started with your child or students. 

Check out these other helpful printable tools for helping kids with their emotions:

Pirate Emotions Playdough Mats

Winter My Feelings Mini Bookcolouring pages depicting winter scenes on a wood floor

Draw & Write Emotions

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March Emotions Printables for Kids

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March is the time of year when winter starts to lift and spring is in the air. It may seem like that would be a welcome thing for everyone, but some kids may have mixed feelings about the change.

They may welcome spring or feel sad about losing their favourite season. They may have mixed feelings about spending more time outside. Or they may be excited about what is to come. a collage of printed pages with shamrocks

These March emotions printables can help children to both identify and talk about all those different feelings.

March Copywork Emotions Sentences:

Being able to identify and discuss emotions is an important skill to develop in childhood. Kids need to develop a solid understanding of emotions and learn how to effectively express their own.

These printing practise worksheets allow kids to practise their printing while also normalizing talking about emotions. They have a shamrock theme which is perfect for March.collage of printed pages for the month of March with shamrocks

Supplies needed:

  • March Emotions printables
  • pencil or pen OR
  • plastic sleeve AND dry erase marker

Download the printable pages. To make them reusable, laminate the pages or slip them into a plastic page protector. Students can use a dry erase marker to do the tracing and writing.a paper with sentences is in a plastic sleeve. Green dots scattered around.

If you want to just have them be single use, give the student a pencil, crayons, coloured pencils, or markers and the printed papers.

Instructions for the student:

  1. Read the sentence.
  2. Fill in the outline.
  3. Trace the dotted words.
  4. Write the sentence on the lines provided.
  5. Discuss the different emotions.

These worksheets can be the jumping off point for a discussion with the whole class or one-on-one talk about different emotions. They can be used by teachers, homeschoolers, parents, or therapists.

March Feelings Log:

Keeping a daily log of feelings helps kids to examine their emotions. It also allows them and their teacher or parents to recognize any patterns they see emerging when looking back through the log. This can provide important insight. 

By participating in this daily exercise, kids can normalize talking about their emotions. They may also lay the groundwork that helps get to the root of why they are feeling the way they are.

Doing this at the same time each day can develop a positive habit. 

It may be most helpful to do this in the morning to then be able to adjust activities or expectations based on how the student is feeling or it may be best to do after supper or before bed to reflect on and analyze the day.collage of papers with shamrocks with emotion faces

Teaching emotions is such a powerful lifelong tool to gift your kids with. 

I’ve created a Feelings Log for March that includes a writing prompt and drawing prompt about spending time in nature and going outside to play, and weekly tracking sheet of “Today I feel” along with sweet little shamrock faces to use to help them better express their emotions.

Supplies needed:

  • printed March Feelings Log pages (download here)
  • scissors
  • markers, pencil crayons, or crayons
  • pencil or pen

two printed papers partially coloured in with green crayons. Scissors nearby.Enter your email below to get your free March Emotions Printables bundle. You can use this with your child at home or print it off to use with your students in the classroom. 

Our other monthly emotions printables:

  • February Emotions Printables
  • April Emotions Printables
  • May Emotions Printables
  • June Emotions Printables
  • July Emotions Printables
  • August Emotions Printables
  • September Emotions Printables
  • October Emotions Printables
  • November Emotions Printables
  • December Emotions Printables
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Ladybug Life Cycle Sensory Bin and Activities

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This adorable ladybug life cycle sensory bin is a great addition to an insect study, ladybug study, or preschool classroom. You can set it up for your child at home or students in the classroom and invite them to explore. dyed green rice, magnifying glass, and toy ladybugs. Text reads "Ladybug Life Cycle Sensory Bin"Whenever you can add a sensory activity into learning, it increases the amount of information children can retain. Sensory bins are a simple way to do this and as kids discover through their senses, they can ask questions which will increase their learning.

Ladybug Life Cycle Sensory Bin:

Supplies needed:

    • plastic bin
    • rice dyed green >> read how to dye rice for sensory play
    • ladybug life cycle pack
    • rocks
    • sticks
    • plastic leaves
    • magnifying glass

toy leaves and ladybugs next to rocksInstructions:

  1. Dye the rice (read the full instructions here) and let it dry overnight.
  2. Pour the green rice into a plastic bin.
  3. Place the other items into the bin.
  4. Invite your child or students to play and discover.

collage of photos of a sensory bin of green rice and ladybug toysThis sensory bin contains small parts. Adult supervision should always be used when kids play.

Life Stages of a Ladybug:

  1. egg
  2. larva
  3. pupa
  4. adult ladybugtoys of the life stages of ladybugs sitting on dry green rice

Activities to Expand on Your Ladybug Study:

  • Observe ladybugs in nature.
  • Download and print off this ladybug life cycle printable.
  • Set out books about ladybugs and other insects.
  • Make and hang suncatcher decorations to go along with your theme.
  • Create a craft out of a paper plate.
  • Use these life cycle sequencing cards.
  • Print and colour these ladybug life cycle pages.

small hands hold a plastic ladybug and leavesKids will engage their visual, tactile, and proprioceptive sensory systems by playing in this sensory bin. You can also add something for the olfactory (smell) system by scenting the rice using essential oil.small hand holds a ladybug pupa in dyed green rice

Resources for Learning About Ladybugs:

Ladybug Life Cycle PackLadybug Life Cycle PackLadybug Life Cycle PackLadybug Life Cycle Reversible Hand PuppetLadybug Life Cycle Reversible Hand PuppetLadybug Life Cycle Reversible Hand PuppetLadybug Land with Live LarvaeLadybug Land with Live LarvaeLadybug Land with Live LarvaeThe Grouchy Ladybug by Eric CarleThe Grouchy Ladybug by Eric CarleThe Grouchy Ladybug by Eric CarleLife Story of a LadybugLife Story of a LadybugLife Story of a LadybugColor the Life Cycle of a Ladybug, Cricket, Butterfly, Honey Bee, and a FrogColor the Life Cycle of a Ladybug, Cricket, Butterfly, Honey Bee, and a FrogColor the Life Cycle of a Ladybug, Cricket, Butterfly, Honey Bee, and a FrogLadybugsLadybugsLadybugs

 

You might also want to check out our other life cycle sensory bins:

  • Frog Life Cycle Sensory Bin
  • Praying Mantis Life Cycle Sensory Bin
  • Chicken Life Cycle Sensory Bin
  • Life Cycle of a Bee Sensory Bin
  • Life Cycle of a Sea Turtle Sensory Bin
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February Emotions Printables for Kids

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February is a time for celebrating love. Not just romantic love, but friendship and family. Kids can however have mixed feelings about Valentine’s Day. They may feel jealous of those who receive more Valentine’s, indifferent, happy, or sad due to circumstances within their family or with friends.collage of printed pages of words and heart faces with emotions on them. Text reads "February Emotions printables"

These Valentine’s themed February emotions printables can help kids identify and talk about their feelings.

February Copywork Emotions Sentences:

I strongly believe that teaching emotions is more important than teaching academics. Children need to develop a firm understanding of emotions and learn how to effectively express their own. These February emotions printing practise worksheets allow kids to practise their printing while also normalizing talking about emotions.

These copywork pages allow students to explore emotion words and associate the images with the corresponding feeling. This expands their emotional vocabulary.printed pages with sentences and hearts

Supplies needed:

  • February Emotions printables
  • pencil or pen OR
  • plastic sleeve AND dry erase marker

Download the printable pages. If you want them to be reusable, laminate the pages or slip them into a plastic page protector. Students can then use a dry erase marker to complete the tracing and writing.

For one time use, give the student a pencil, crayons, coloured pencils, or markers and the printed papers.printed page with sentences and a heart in a plastic sleeve with a dry erase marker on top

Instructions for the student:

  1. Read the sentence.
  2. Fill in the outline.
  3. Trace the dotted words.
  4. Write the sentence on the lines provided.
  5. Discuss the different emotions.

These worksheets can be the jumping off point for a discussion with the whole class or one-on-one talk about different emotions. They can be used by teachers, homeschoolers, parents, or therapists.

February Feelings Log:

Keeping a daily log of feelings helps kids to look at their emotions. It can also allow them and their teacher or parents to recognize any patterns they see emerging when looking back through the log. This can provide a lot of insight. 

Doing this quick daily exercise is an easy way to help kids to talk about their emotions and get to the root of why they are feeling the way they are. Doing this at the same time each day can develop a positive habit. 

It may be most helpful to do this in the morning to then be able to adjust activities or expectations based on how the student is feeling or it may be best to do after supper or before bed to reflect on and analyze the day. printed pages with hearts that have faces with feeling expressions

Teaching emotions is such a powerful tool. It arms children with a skill they can use their whole life.

I’ve created a special Feelings Log for February. It includes a writing prompt and drawing prompt about Valentine’s Day, and weekly tracking sheet of “Today I feel” along with cute heart faces to use to help them better express their emotions.

Supplies needed:

  • printed Feelings Log pages (download here)
  • scissors
  • markers, pencil crayons, or crayons
  • pencil or pen

scissors, crayons, square pieces of paper with coloured hearts on themEnter your email below to download the free February Emotions Printables. You can use this with your child at home or print it off to use with your students in the classroom. 

Our other monthly emotions printables:

  • April Emotions Printables
  • May Emotions Printables
  • June Emotions Printables
  • July Emotions Printables
  • August Emotions Printables
  • September Emotions Printables
  • October Emotions Printables
  • November Emotions Printables
  • December Emotions Printables
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