Short on cash but tall on imagination? Put your thinking to work and create some “fun for free” by using things found around your home and neighborhood. Have socks without partners? Turn them into simple toys to entertain friends and family. Love growing things? Discover how old vegetables can grow new ones in your own backyard. Enjoy games? Collect rock samples and grab a marking pen to create an easy, cost free game! And while you’re out on the rock hunt, grab a game board for Nature Walk Bingo. This issue provides age-appropriate ideas and easy-to-follow steps to inspire creativity, tickle imagination, and entertain others without spending a penny!
In this issue students will:
- read informational text about cost free kid-friendly fun activities
- sequence events in order using visual clues
- solve a baseball logic puzzler
- find similarities and differences in common objects
- follow simple written directions to plant a garden
- be inspired to discover what’s free at your local library
- turn a nature walk into a game
- explore the newspaper for free fun in your community
- interpret a familiar adage
- convert percents to decimals and fractions
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