The weather is warming up and you might be looking for ways to spend more time outside. Sprinklers, yard games, or just cloud gazing can be great ways to pass summer time, especially if you get to spend it with family. Here are five reading and learning activities that explore themes of family and spending time together.
1. Read A Great Day
Cubby wants to do a lot of things today. It’s a great day for it!
- Download A Great Day
Discuss the book: Who is Cubby spending time with today? What do the characters do first? Name something Cubby wants to do instead of napping.
2. Watch I’m Me!
Watch the video I’m Me! to see how two brothers teach us about being unique.
Discuss the video: What does unique mean? What are some things that make you unique?
You can extend the fun by naming ways other family members are unique. You could also create your own video to talk about yourself.
3. Write about an experience
Think of a time you were trying to sleep, but it was too noisy. Draw a picture of your experience. Write to explain about your picture. Think about these questions:
- Did you stay awake?
- Did you finally sleep?
- What did you do about the noise?
Share your picture. Discuss ways to be quiet when others are trying to sleep.
You can extend the activity by writing about one of the other experiences in A Great Day, such as taking a walk or dancing.
More to read!
For more reading about spending time with family, download Bobbie and the Baby.
4. Experiment with sound
- Find six objects that make sounds when you use them. Some should make loud sounds and some should make quiet sounds.
- Use each one to make a sound. Discuss if it’s a loud sound or a quiet sound.
- Put each object in a group: Loud or Quiet.
- Explain how you classified your objects.
You can extend the activity by sorting even more objects. You can take this one outside, too.
5. Make a Great Day Book
Think about what you would do on your own great day. Make a book about it!
- On separate sheets of paper, draw three things you would do on your great day.
- Put your three drawings in order.
- Attach the pages together with tape, staples, yarn, or other fasteners.
You can extend the activity by adding more pages or acting out the story.
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Find more language arts activities for kindergarten.
This blog, originally published in 2020, has been updated for 2025.
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