As the school year winds down, students and teachers alike feel the weight of testing season lift from their shoulders. After weeks of intense review and preparation, it’s time to breathe a sigh of relief and welcome the end of the school year with fun games and activities for grades PreK through 8th.
Teachers, round out the year with these entertaining, summer-themed mazes, puzzles, and pictographs:
How to use these brain breaks
It’s easy to integrate these brain breaks into your end-of-year routine. Use them during transition times, such as after completing a long activity or before beginning a new assignment.
Alternatively, you can incorporate them into a themed end-of-year celebration, complete with summer-themed decorations and foods. Remember to keep the atmosphere light and relaxed, allowing students to enjoy these activities without feeling the pressure of testing season.
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Add depth and creativity to writing using short figurative language puzzles! Education.com offers a trio of summer-themed figurative language mazes focusing on similes, hyperboles, and metaphors.
A refreshing change of pace from traditional worksheets, these funky mazes are a great way to engage students in grammar practice while embracing a spirit of fun:
Summer analogies worksheet
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Analogies are a great way to challenge students’ critical thinking skills and help them understand the relationships between words.
Created for seventh- and eighth-grade learners, this seasonal printable invites students to select a series of analogies based on summer vocabulary to help improve their grammar skills.
Pictographs: A creative way to visualize data
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What’s the buzz about pictographs? These visual worksheets are a fantastic way to introduce students to data analysis with a creative twist. By representing data using pictures and symbols, pictographs change data analysis from something that’s daunting to a fun, accessible activity.
To incorporate pictographs into your brain breaks, consider using our collection of summer-themed worksheets:
- Pick a Flower Pictograph
- Lemonade Stand Pictograph
- In the Band Pie Graph
- Hiking Buddies Pictograph
- Bike Pictograph Questions
- Pool Toys Venn Diagram
- The BBQ Tally
Math skip counting mazes
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These second-grade skip counting mazes are your ticket to generating endless excitement about math!
Skip counting lays a solid foundation for multiplication and division, making it an essential skill for students to master as they enter third grade next fall. Give them a head-start in a visual, entertaining way with this brand new set of 20 skip counting practice sheets:
Skip Counting Mazes (Set of 20)
With the end of the year fast-approaching, you can use these offline games and puzzles to ease students back into a more relaxed mindset after testing season!
For more PreK-8th grade worksheets, activities, and games, check out the full Education.com Learning Library of 37,000+ resources.