Lego Challenge Cards for April

Description

Encourage creativity and critical thinking with our April Lego Challenge Cards. Lego Building is an educational activity for multiple ages. By using the lego task cards from Happy Hive Homeschooling, you have a different activity for every day of the month. The April Lego Challenge Cards pdf contains 30 unique task cards that coordinate with the April Holiday of the Day!

 

You can have your kids use the Challenge Cards daily, or you can simply choose the cards that interest them!

 

 

Lego Challenge Cards are also great for any days your kids can’t go outside because of the weather (Rain, Snow, Wind, Heat). They make excellent party games or Fun Friday activities.

 

 

HERE’S WHAT YOU GET:

 

• 4 Color pages with 8 cards on each page – A total of 30 Challenge ideas, one for each day of the month
• Printing instructions
• Teaching suggestions

 

 

Lego Challenge Cards can be used for:

 

Early Finishers

Boredom Busters

Fun Friday Activities

Centers / Free Choice Learning

 

Your children benefit from using these cards by learning to:

 

Follow Instructions

Think Creatively

Develop spatial thinking

Using engineering concepts such as balance, gravity, and weight distribution

Enhance fine motor skills

When working together with siblings or in your homeschool co-op children learn teamwork and communication skills by completing the Lego challenges.

 

Because these Lego Challenges coordinate with the Holiday of the Day it’s easy to teach thematically!

The April Holidays Included are:

 

1st – National One Cent Day

2nd – Peanut Butter and Jelly Day

3rd- Find A Rainbow Day

4th- National DIY Day

5th – Read a Roadmap Day

6th – National Walking Day

7th – Metric System Day

8th- Zoo Lovers Day

9th -National Unicorn Day

10th- National Encourage A Young Writer Day

11th- Submarine Day

12th- National Big Wind Day

13th – National Scrabble Day

14th -National Gardening Day

15th -Jackie Robinson Day

16th -National Bean Counter Day

17th – International Bat Appreciation Day

18th – Pinata Day

19th- Patriots’ Day

20th- Chinese Language Day

21st- National Kindergarten Day

22nd- Earth Day

23rd English & Spanish Language Day (2 sheets included, one for each language)

24th -National Pigs in a Blanket Day

25th -Anzac Day

26th -National Richter Scale Day

27th -Morse Code Day

28th- National Super Hero Day

29th -National Arbor Day

30th -Honesty Day

 

A NOTE ABOUT STANDARDS:

Happy Hive Homeschooling resources are designed by a credentialed teacher and packed with learning opportunities – after all, our major guiding principle is “everything is learning”. We reference major academic terms and overarching concepts addressed rather than specific standards. You know your children best and know what goals you want to accomplish, and how best to accomplish those within your happy hive. Our goal is to save you time by giving you resources you can use to give your children a quality education built on strong relationships, accurate academic resources, and enriching experiences. 

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To find out more about why our products don’t reference standards, you can read this post. 

 

We hope these Lego Challenge Cards are helpful in encouraging creativity and critical thinking in your Happy Hive! 

 

 

– Christy,  AKA Mrs. Crabtree, and the Happy Hive Homeschooling Team