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High School Holidays & Seasons Activities

Throughout the year there are many reasons to celebrate. From the changing of seasons to national and religious holidays, we have all kinds of ideas that will help your young learner get in a celebratory mood. While creating, gaming, and crafting kids will learn more about the holidays and the times of year that have cultural significance. Our holiday activities are also a great way to introduce your child to more obscure holidays as well as holidays that are widely celebrated around the world.

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The SAT Crossword Challenge

Struggling to memorize all those SAT words? How about challenging Mom or Dad to a crossword puzzle duel?

Solve Toothpick Puzzles!

Check out these fun toothpick puzzles that are easy to set up and will give your kid an opportunity to practice all-important spatial reasoning skills.

Join a Reading Community Online!

Social networking sites that promote reading, reviewing books, and sharing books with others are springing up all over, making reading fun again.

Pop Culture Game

This low-prep party game is a perfect for entertaining all-too-easily-bored teens, and an easy way to lighten the mood during a group study session.

If your Father's Day festivities include meeting up with extended family, why not put all the dads to the test with a chili cook-off?

Living Room Letterpress

..., stationary, and letters! Note: As this project has many steps, it might be easier to read all the directions first and visualize or draw a picture of the finished...

Write an Echo Verse

... a type of poetry that's been around since the time of Ancient Greece. In this unique style of poetry, one line is followed by one or two words that rhyme with all...

Themed Photo Shoot

... to go. Invite everyone over for a fancy dress get-together full of food, fun, and some good-natured goofing off and document it all with a group photo shoot. Not only...

... all. Be sure to read all of the given prompt before beginning to write. In addition to the prompt itself, there may be an introductory paragraph containing background...

Guidelines for Answering Multiple-Choice Questions

...) anxious over multiple-choice test questions, b) overwhelmed by the different options, c) confused by ambiguous wording, or d) all of the above? Multiple-choice test...

Graduation Keepsake Plate

... memento that requires little-to-no effort on your part. When it's completed, you'll be left with an item that you can use on a daily basis. All of your friends and...

Reading The Odyssey

... story of the journey back. The epic poem centers on Odysseus, King of Ithaca, husband to Penelope, and father to Telemachus. When the poem opens, all the famous...

Chinese Dumpling Recipe

... oil 1 Tbsp. soy sauce 1 tsp. canola oil 1 tsp. white vinegar 1 egg 1 package square wonton wrappers Vegetable oil for cooking What You Do: Combine all...

Signing the Declaration of Independence

... each participant. Establish a context for all the participants so that everyone understands the history and purpose of the activity. Though some people may confuse...

Nutritional Analysis

... What You Do: Have your child list her favorite meals on a sheet of lined paper. They don't all have to be complete meals; she can also jot down her favorite...

Recycled T-Shirt Skirt

... have one). Make a straight line with the chalk. Cut out all of the chalk lines and pin the sides together. The pins should allow for a 5/8" side seam. Have...

Revive French Surrealism: Play Exquisite Corpse!

... drawing just slightly into the next row, fold the paper over to hide her work, and pass it to the next player. Players take turns until all of the rows are filled...

Understanding Shakespeare

..., why do you, of all people, have to be a Montague? Deny thy father and refuse thy name Blow off your dad and take a new name Or, of thou wilt not, be but...

..., or she, can be the one to give out the presents or party favors to all the kids, choose music or the games to be played, or simply wear his crown with pride. Some...

Write Oulipo N+7

... thinking. Not all poetry rhymes, in fact some of it is made with math! Yes, math. N Plus 7 is an inventive exercise where you replace a noun with the seventh noun that...

Fun Ways to Study

... What You Do: Tell all the players to study some science related material. Next, have everyone stand up and form a circle, facing in, looking at each other...

Make a Teen Years Time Capsule

... back on your own high school years, it's hard to imagine the intellectual development and emotional ups and downs you went through all those years ago. And even for a...

Write a Letter to Your Future Self

... future goals and also spend some time reflecting on his life. This activity also provides an opportunity to talk about the future without all the urgency of SATs...

Homemade Body Scrub

... without ever leaving your kitchen! This activity offers a great chance to bond with your child in a low-key, approachable way. After all, who doesn't love getting...

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