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Year four Activities

Mix some of these year four activities into your next lesson to break up the routine and allow kids to learn and interact with the material in new ways. Interactive maths games make multiplication practise a lot more fun, and young learners will enjoy growing their vocabulary and building reading fluency through a wide range of hands-on reading and writing crafts and projects.

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Five-Finger Relaxation

Five-Finger Relaxation

Tracing is a great technique for clearing your mind and relaxing. Help your students learn how to calm themselves down and clear their minds with by tracing their hands.

Year 3

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Be Present with Mindful Movement

Be Present with Mindful Movement

A great way to cultivate awareness, focus and attention in the present is through movement. Mindful movement can also decrease stress and anxiety and increase calm.

Year 3

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Create an Internal Weather Report

Create an Internal Weather Report

This activity creatively guides students in reflecting on and understanding what's happening inside of themselves at any given point.

Year 3

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Back-to-Back Breathing

Back-to-Back Breathing

Back-to-back breathing is a great way to practise self-calming while also creating connection and developing trust.

Year 3

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Make a Dr. Seuss Story Box!

Make a Dr. Seuss Story Box!

In the spirit of Seuss and all things creative and silly, celebrate reading and all that it has to offer with this fun and interactive story box.

Year 4

Reading & writing

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Birdhouse Craft

Birdhouse Craft

Put old, worn-out picture books to work by constructing a book birdhouse, perfect for welcoming spring.

Year 4

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Drawing Game

Kids get to play mad scientist in this wacky drawing game that's a great way to help kids to mellow out after the high-energy antics of recess.

Year 4

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Scary Trees

Bend, twist, squish and press a paper bag into a tree! Once it's finished, your child's Halloween tree will look like it came right out of a scary fairy tale.

Year 4

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Ring Bracelet

Construct some glittery ring bling with this ring bracelet craft.

Year 4

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Turkey Time

Time is an abstract concept that's difficult to grasp. But waiting for the turkey to come out of the oven on Thanksgiving is a concretely yummy experience.

Year 4

Maths

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Black Bat Treat Keeper

Black Bat Treat Keeper

This Halloween, have your child create a ghoulish bat treat keeper. While crafting he'll learn the basic components of sculpture.

Year 4

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Infused Honey

Put together this delicious infused honey with an herb or flavoring of your choice. Then put it in a pretty jar and give it as a gift!

Year 4

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Hot Water Bottle Doll

Hot Water Bottle Doll

Being sick stinks! Help make being achy a little easier by helping your child craft a comforting hot water bottle doll out of fabric, googly eyes, and ribbon.

Year 4

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Number Maker: A Card Game to practise Place Value

Number Maker: A Card Game to practise Place Value

Here's a super fun game to get in some place value practise with your child!

Year 4

Maths

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Sticky Note Project

Sticky Note Project

Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

Year 4

Reading & writing

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A Rapid Rounding Game

A Rapid Rounding Game

This kinesthetic game will help your child practise rounding and get the adrenaline rushing!

Year 4

Maths

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Pitch and Hit Data

Pitch and Hit Data

Okay, engaging in a graphing activity may sound ho-hum, but if you use fun data, it changes the picture entirely.

Year 4

Maths

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Write a Pet Sitter Guide

Write a Pet Sitter Guide

Give your third grader's reading and writing skills a stretch: have her create a Care Manual for your pet the next time your family goes away.

Year 4

Reading & writing

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Silhouette Portraits

Silhouette Portraits

Here's a fun family activity: have your preschooler make a cameo appearance by creating and drawing on their own silhouettes!

Year 4

Social studies

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Using a Compass

Using a Compass

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

Year 4

Science

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Create a Recipe to practise Writing

Create a Recipe to practise Writing

With this activity, your third grader will get experience with informational writing, and your Thanksgiving guests will leave with a keepsake to cherish!

Year 4

Reading & writing

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Build Vocabulary with Prefixes and Suffixes

Build Vocabulary with Prefixes and Suffixes

Here's a fun game that you can play at home to get your child thinking about prefixes and suffixes.

Year 4

Reading & writing

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Play the Bag Game: Learn Parts of Speech

Play the Bag Game: Learn Parts of Speech

Parts of speech can be a difficult and dreary concept for many kids, but you can quickly turn that feeling around with this fun game.

Year 4

Reading & writing

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Race for Spelling Patterns!

Race for Spelling Patterns!

In this high energy, interactive game, third graders are challenged to race, involving spelling patterns in words.

Year 4

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Make a Wish Box

Make a Wish Box

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building year four Language Arts skills.

Year 4

Reading & writing

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