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Please remember to wear good gym shoes and appropriate clothing on your PE day. Please No: boots, sandals, or flip-flops. You want to move comfortably in P.E. class to have the best experience.
Fun Outdoor Activities
- Riding bikes or scooters
- Jumping rope or spinning a hula hoop
- Walking or running (with or without dog)
- Playing backyard soccer, kickball, football, basketball or catch with family members
- Sweeping, mopping, and vacuuming are all forms of physical exercise
- Logan River Trail at the Golf Course
- Walking trail at First Dam
- Go to a local park
- Hiking: Trails that are open to hiking & Dogs allowed on the trail:
- Providence Canyon Biking/Hiking Trail
- Green Canyon
- Deer Fence from Providence to River Heights (Dry Canyon)
- Logan River Trail up Logan Canyon (near the Nature Center)
- The Wind Caves- Logan Canyon
- Cache Valley Hiking Trails
- Logan Canyon Hiking
- Cache County Trails
Linda Keller, P.E. Specialist
Phone: 435-792-7696
Email:
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200+ Unplugged Activities
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In no particular order, here's our current (but continually growing!) list of activities:
- ride bikes
- roller blade
- basketball
- play board games
- make a tent out of blankets
- squirt with hoses
- run through the sprinkler
- jump rope
- read books
- blow bubbles
- make homemade play dough
- play with play dough
- press flowers
- do crafts with pressed flowers
- write a letter to a relative, friend or pen pal
- clean bedroom
- vacuum living room
- clean bathroom
- make a craft
- draw
- color
- paint
- pull weeds
- watch a movie
- write stories
- use binoculars
- use magnifying glass
- use microscope
- bird watching
- write a play
- act out a play
- invent circus acts
- perform a circus
- play card games
- make art on the front walkway with sidewalk chalk
- play catch
- play baseball
- collect rocks
- collect leaves
- collect feathers
- play Frisbee
- make Frisbee's out of old plastic lids, decorate with markers
- dust the house
- brush the pet
- write letters
- read a magazine
- play dress-up
- play Cowboys
- pick vegetables
- play outside with the pet
- build a fort in your rooms
- build a fort in the backyard
- do a jigsaw puzzle
- play the Geo-safari
- play on the computer
- listen to a story or book on tape
- do extra schoolwork to get ahead
- do brain teasers (crosswords, word searches, hidden pictures, mazes, etc.)
- cook
- prepare lunch
- surprise a neighbor with a good deed
- play store
- prepare a "restaurant" lunch with menus
- hold a tea party
- have a Teddy bear picnic
- play with toy cars
- play dolls
- play house
- chase butterflies
- collect caterpillars and bugs
- plant a garden or a pot
- collect seeds
- hunt for four-leaf clovers
- learn magic tricks
- put on a magic show
- plant a container garden
- sprout seeds or beans
- make sock puppets
- put on a puppet show
- make Christmas presents
- make homemade wrapping paper
- make homemade gift cards
- make picture frames from twigs glued onto sturdy cardboard
- crochet or knit
- make doll clothes
- sew buttons in designs on old shirts
- run relay races
- make bookmarks
- take a quiet rest time
- take a shower or bath
- bathe a pet
- feed the birds or squirrels
- watch the clouds
- organize a dresser drawer
- clean under the bed
- empty dishwasher
- vacuum under the couch cushions and keep any change found
- write these ideas on pieces of paper and pick out one or two to do
- whittle
- whittle bars of soap
- practice musical instruments
- perform a family concert
- teach yourself to play musical instrument (recorder, harmonica, guitar)
- fold laundry
- sweep kitchen or bathroom floors
- sweep front walkway
- sweep or spray back patio
- sweep or spray driveway
- wash car
- vacuum car
- vacuum or dust window blinds
- clean bathroom mirrors
- clean sliding glass doors
- clean inside of car windows
- wash bicycles
- clean garage
- play in the sandbox
- build a sandcastle
- work with clay
- copy your favorite book illustration
- design your own game
- build with blocks or Legos
- create a design box (copper wire, string, odds-and-ends of things destined for the garbage, pom-poms, thread, yarn, etc.)
- plan a neighborhood or family Olympics
- have a marble tournament
- paint a picture with lemon juice on white paper and hang it in a sunny window and see what happens in a few days
- finger paint with pudding
- make dessert
- make dinner
- give your pet a party
- paint the sidewalk with water
- start a journal of summer fun
- start a nature diary
- have a read-a-thon with a friend or sibling
- have a neighborhood bike wash
- play flashlight tag
- play Kick the Can
- check out a science book and try some experiments
- make up a story
- arrange photo albums
- find bugs and start a collection
- do some stargazing
- decorate bikes or wagons and have a neighborhood parade
- catch butterflies and then let them go
- play hide-and-seek
- create a symphony with bottles and pans and rubber bands
- listen to the birds sing
- try to imitate birdcalls
- read a story to a younger child
- find shapes in the clouds
- string dry noodles or O-shaped cereals into a necklace
- glue noodles into a design on paper
- play hopscotch
- play jacks
- make up a song
- make a teepee out of blankets
- write in your journal
- find an ant colony and spill some food and watch what happens
- play charades
- make up a story by drawing pictures
- draw a cartoon strip
- make a map of your bedroom, house or neighborhood
- call a friend
- cut pictures from old magazines and write a story
- make a collage using pictures cut from old magazines
- do a secret service for a neighbor
- plan a treasure hunt
- make a treasure map
- make up a "Bored List" of things to do
- plan a special activity for your family
- search your house for items made in other countries and then learn about those countries from the encyclopedia or online
- plan an imaginary trip to the moon
- plan an imaginary trip around the world, where would you want to go
- write a science-fiction story
- find a new pen pal
- make up a play using old clothes as costumes
- make up a game for practicing math facts
- have a Spelling Bee
- make up a game for practicing spelling
- surprise an elderly neighbor or relative by weeding his/her garden
- finger paint with shaving cream
- collect sticks and mud and build a bird's nest
- write newspaper articles for a pretend newspaper
- put together a family newsletter
- write reviews of movies or plays or TV shows or concerts you see during the summer
- bake a cake
- bake a batch of cookies
- decorate a shoe box to hold your summer treasures
- make a hideout or clubhouse
- make paper airplanes
- have paper airplane races
- learn origami
- make an obstacle course in your backyard
- make friendship bracelets for your friends
- make a wind chime out of things headed for the garbage
- paint your face
- braid hair
- play tag
- make a sundial
- make food sculptures (from pretzels, gumdrops, string licorice, raisins, cream cheese, peanuts, peanut butter, etc.) and then eat it
- make a terrarium
- start a club
- take a nap outside on your lawn
- produce a talent show
- memorize a poem
- recite a memorized poem for your family