Science & Discovery
    • Sink or Float?
    • test everyday objects in a bucket, sink, or even a kiddie pool. Make a chart of your results.
    • Rainbow in a Jar:
    • use sugar, water, and food coloring to explore liquid density. Try it on the picnic table for a colorful outdoor lab!
    • DIY Slime or Oobleck:
    • mix up some fun, gooey science. It’s messy—so why not make it in the backyard?
    • Bug Hotel:
    • use leaves, twigs, and bark to build small insect habitats in the garden or park.
Engineering & Critical Thinking
    • Map Your Home or Backyard:
    • draw a map of your house—or take it outside and map the garden or playground!
    • Race Track Builder:
    • use painter’s tape to make a giant race track across floors or patios. Bonus: have the track climb outdoor furniture!
    • Spice Alphabet Game:
    • organize kitchen spices—or outdoor nature finds like leaves and flowers—alphabetically.
Storytelling & Language
    • Family Interview:
    • ask thoughtful questions to a grandparent, sibling, or neighbor and record their stories.
    • Joke Hour:
    • learn three new jokes. Try them out at your next picnic or family dinner.
    • Big Words Challenge:
    • learn 10 new words. Write them on cards, illustrate them, and use them outside in a word treasure hunt!
Performance & Expression
    • Learn a Magic Trick:
    • practice in front of the mirror or on the porch. Then put on a magic show for your neighbors!
    • Silent Reflection:
    • spend 60 minutes in silence (on a blanket under a tree?) then write or draw how it felt.
    • Dance Break!
    • Try
      • Just Dance 3
    • on the patio or in the living room.
    • Secret Codes:
    • create and share secret messages with family and friends using a homemade cipher.
Culture
    • Language Exchange:
    • call someone who speaks another language and learn 5 phrases—or listen to a show in that language and guess what’s happening.
    • Morse Code Messages:
    • learn Morse and send coded messages to your siblings through floors—or knock them on a picnic table!
    • International Day:
    • have a “culture day” picnic with words, songs, or games from a different country.
Movement & Mindfulness Under the Sky
    • LEGO Daily Challenge:
    • take your bricks outside and follow
      • this challenge sheet
    • to build in the sun.
    • Brains On! Podcast:
    • listen to
      • Brains On!
    • while lying on a blanket and watching the clouds.
    • Shadow Yoga:
    • do yoga or stretching outdoors and try to match your shadow to the poses.

Feel free to share your photos, creations, or memories with us at this address schooloffice@marymount.fr we’d love to see them!

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