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LeapFrog Summer Camp Week 7: Natural Science

Summer Learning Activities for Kids: Friendship Week

Friends are some of the fondest memories of childhood, but making friends can be challenging. Children must learn to understand and manage their feelings and become more aware of the feelings of others around them. Young children can be egocentric (perceiving the world from their own point of view), making it difficult to appreciate others’ perspectives. Socializing with others can help children take on others’ perspectives and develop empathy.

With the start of school approaching for many children and International Friendship Day coming up, too, we hope this week of friendship activities will inspire great conversations, and maybe even some new friends!

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Party Planner

Encourage your camper to plan a picnic or party for friends and family. Writing invitations and a shopping list, planning a menu, estimating how much to buy and planning party games offer lots of learning opportunities.
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Friend Bingo

How much does your camper know about her friends? Ask her to fill in as many squares as she can. Can she fill a whole row? The whole card? This game is a great way to practice observation and memory skills, as well as get to know people better.
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emotions charades game

Emotion Charades

Charades is a classic party game that even young children can enjoy. This version of the game prompts children to act out emotional states and think about what events might prompt such feelings. Being good at reading and reacting to the emotions of others is key to being a good friend.

Take a picture of your game for entry into our weekly contest!
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Friendship Tree

A friendship tree is a great way to help your children document and remember the friends they have made.

Submit a photo of your Friendship Tree for our photo contest.
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Decide and Draw

Practice conflict resolution in this printable activity. This activity asks your camper to draw and describe some problem-solving scenarios and gives your camper valuable social experience.
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Getting to Know You

It's party time! Take a picture of your party and enter to win this week's prize!

Start the party off with an "icebreaker," an activity that helps everyone get to know each other better. It’s a fun way to practice interviewing and memory skills—and make new friends!
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Extra Credit

Before school starts, brush up on friendship themes with these extra activities:

  • Is your camper shy when meeting new friends? Try the S.A.S.H. trick: Smile, Ask, Share and Help.
  • Build empathy skills with the Feeling Faces game.
  • Get to know the LeapSchool kids, who each have their own passions and interests. Ask your camper: Which one is like you? Which one would you like to learn more about?
  • Explore the qualities of friends by contemplating questions about friendship.
  • Role-play to come up with solutions to challenging scenarios. This can help your camper learn how to stand up for what's right—even when others don't.
  • Print Furry Friend Feelings and encourage your camper to practice imagining how others feel in different situations.
  • Need another party game? Check out Story-Go-Round, which helps build language and speaking skills.
  • Captivate your camper and his guests with Secret Sounds, a party game that builds listening skills.
  • Sit down with your camper and write a letter to someone who lives far away—perhaps an old friend, cousin or grandparent. Include a special drawing with the letter to make it even more memorable!
  • Get creative with your camper! Making friendship bracelets offers wonderful learning opportunities: estimating how much thread to use and measuring it out, planning colors and patterns and more. Add buttons for a new twist!
  • Celebrate Friendship Day! Friendship Day was declared by the U.N. as July 30, but it's celebrated on the first Sunday in August in many Asian nations.

What Is LeapFrog Summer Camp?

If you think that learning should always be in season, you’re right! Studies have shown that when students return to school after a long summer vacation, they've lost about one month’s worth of learning.†

LeapFrog Summer Camp is designed to keep the learning going all summer long through exciting weekly themes and free, do-anywhere learning activities that explore geography, writing, science, art and more. Sign up to receive a Summer Camp email every other week.

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