Lego Challenge Cards for October

Description

Encourage creativity and critical thinking with our October 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 October Lego Challenge Cards pdf contains 31 unique task cards that coordinate with the October 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 31 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 October Holidays Included are:

1- INTERNATIONAL RACOON APPRECIATION DAY

2-PHILEAS FOGG’S WAGER DAY

3-LOOK AT THE LEAVES DAY

4-CINNAMON ROLL DAY

5-GLOBAL JAMES BOND DAY

6-MAD HATTER DAY

7-NATIONAL BATHTUB DAY

8-WORLD OCTOPUS DAY

9-FIRE PREVENTION DAY & World Post Day

10-POWERS OF 10 DAY

11-MYTHS AND LEGENDS DAY

12-NATIONAL FARMERS DAY

13-SILLY SAYINGS DAY

14-NATIONAL LOWERCASE DAY

15-NATIONAL GROUCH DAY

16-NATIONAL DICTIONARY DAY

17-MULLIGAN DAY

18-INTERNATIONAL NECKTIE DAY

19-NEW FRIENDS DAY

20-NATIONAL DAY ON WRITING

21-APPLE DAY

22-EAT A PRETZEL DAY

23-T.V. TALK SHOW HOST DAY -JOHNNY CARSON’S BIRTHDAY

24-UNITED NATIONS DAY

25-WORLD PASTA DAY

26-NATIONAL PUMPKIN DAY

27-NAVY DAY

28-STATUE OF LIBERTY DEDICATION DAY

29-NATIONAL INTERNET DAY

30-NATIONAL CANDY CORN DAY

31-ALL HALLOWS’ EVE (HALLOWEEN)

WORLD SPACE WEEK – FIRST WEEK IN OCTOBER

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. 

Happy Hive Homeschooling strives to provide you with quality products your kids will be buzzing about!

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