COLLECTION

23 Days of Fun, Healthy and Creative Activities for December

18 Items

Mizzen Education, Inc. ↗️

All Grades

45m

Mizzen Education, Inc. ↗️

All Grades

45m

Categories: Health and Wellness, Social and Emotional Awareness

Overview

With winter afoot, during a school year like no other, are you looking for fun, healthy and restorative activities you can share with children and youth?

23 Days of Fun, Healthy and Creative Activities for December offers just that.

From “Action Packed ABC” for younger children and “Dance, Dance, Dance” for middle school kids, to “Mindfulness” for teens, this weekday December calendar shares art, music, yoga, social emotional learning, and indoor and outdoor projects and games to help kids feel better.

Building Well-rounded Teams: Step in the Circle If...

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

30m

•

Grades 6 - 12

Building Well-rounded Teams: Step in the Circle If...

By After-School All-Stars

6 - 12

30m

Students recognize diverse skills and strengths, prompting the building of well-rounded and collaborative teams.

Discover Activity

Building Well-rounded Teams: Step in the Circle If...

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

30m•Grades 6 - 12

I Love My Neighbor!

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

•

Grades 6 - 8

I Love My Neighbor!

By After-School All-Stars

6 - 8

Students get warmed up and moving with this take on musical chairs!

Discover Activity

I Love My Neighbor!

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

5m•Grades 6 - 8

Would You Rather?

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

10m

•

Grades 6 - 12

Would You Rather?

By After-School All-Stars

6 - 12

10m

Warm up your brain and get to know your group with this question game that encourages you to trust your instincts and make decisions quickly.

Discover Activity

Would You Rather?

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

10m•Grades 6 - 12

Creativity & Play: This is Not...

STEM • Arts

15m

•

Grades K - 2

Creativity & Play: This is Not...

By VentureLab

K - 2

15m

Let your imagination run wild as you transform everyday objects into something different! In this playful warmup activity, students take turns generating ideas about what everyday objects could become. The objects can turn into something as wild as students like - they should have fun with it!

This activity is designed to set the right tone for the rest of your lessons by not limiting our ideas to what seems sensible or possible, and to show that play is a fun way to encourage creative thinking and problem solving.

Discover Activity

Creativity & Play: This is Not...

STEM • Arts

15m•Grades K - 2

Making a Kaleidoscope

STEM • Arts

•

Grades 3 - 8

Making a Kaleidoscope

By OregonASK

3 - 8

Students make a simple, colorful Kaleidoscope and experiment with manipulating light.

Discover Activity

Making a Kaleidoscope

STEM • Arts

1h•Grades 3 - 8

Play Stations

STEM • Arts

45m

•

Grades 6 - 12

Play Stations

By VentureLab

6 - 12

45m

Give students the opportunity to freely play and reconnect with their own innate creativity.

Discover Activity

Play Stations

STEM • Arts

45m•Grades 6 - 12

Rubber Band Helicopter

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

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Grades 6 - 8

Rubber Band Helicopter

By OregonASK

6 - 8

Students create rubber band helicopters and fly them!

Discover Activity

Rubber Band Helicopter

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h•Grades 6 - 8

Invent an Outdoor Game

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

•

Grades 6 - 8

Invent an Outdoor Game

By OregonASK

6 - 8

Students create their own outdoor game with a partner.

Discover Activity

Invent an Outdoor Game

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

1h•Grades 6 - 8

The Animal Spin

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

•

Grades 3 - 8

The Animal Spin

By Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

Students experience collective improvisation through everyday conversations and vocalizing like animals.

Discover Activity

The Animal Spin

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

2h•Grades 3 - 8

Jamming with Musicians

Arts • Literacy

•

Grades 3 - 8

Jamming with Musicians

By Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

This lesson provides a structure and framework for a visit with a local jazz musician.

Discover Activity

Jamming with Musicians

Arts • Literacy

1h•Grades 3 - 8

A Call to Service (Grades 3-5)

Social and Emotional Awareness • History and Society

45m

•

Grades 3 - 5

A Call to Service (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students research ideas for service projects, choose a service project, and present it to the group, explaining why it is worthy of their time. Students then vote to determine which service project they will potentially do.

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A Call to Service (Grades 3-5)

Social and Emotional Awareness • History and Society

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Call to Service(Grades 6-8)

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

•

Grades 6 - 8

Call to Service(Grades 6-8)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students research and present a service project that they think is worthy of their efforts in a future afterschool session. The group then votes on which project to take on in a future session.

Discover Activity

Call to Service(Grades 6-8)

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Call to Service (Grades 9-12)

Social and Emotional Awareness • History and Society

45m

•

Grades 9 - 12

Call to Service (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students research and create a slideshow presentation about a service project that they think is worthy of their efforts in a future afterschool session. The group then votes on which project to take on in a future session.

Discover Activity

Call to Service (Grades 9-12)

Social and Emotional Awareness • History and Society

45m•Grades 9 - 12

High Five!

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

•

Grades K - 8

High Five!

By After-School All-Stars

K - 8

Build connection and energy by getting students to affirm and acknowledge each other's contributions.

Discover Activity

High Five!

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

5m•Grades K - 8

Yoga for Worry and Anxiety (Grades 9-12)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness

45m

•

Grades 9 - 12

Yoga for Worry and Anxiety (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students learn yoga positions and breathing techniques to help alleviate worry and anxiety and build confidence.

Discover Activity

Yoga for Worry and Anxiety (Grades 9-12)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Action Packed ABC

Leadership and Teamwork • Literacy

45m

•

Grades K - 2

Action Packed ABC

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Children read Curious George Learns the Alphabet and come up with movements to go with each page. Then, they invent their own movements for the letters of thalphabet.

Discover Activity

Action Packed ABC

Leadership and Teamwork • Literacy

45m•Grades K - 2

Super ME! Part 1

Arts • Literacy

•

Grades K - 5

Super ME! Part 1

By OregonASK

K - 5

Students use their drawings from My Talents, Interest, and Strengths to start their Super ME pop-up book.

This activity is part 4 of a 5 part activity series: A Hero Among Heroes, The Hero Inside, My Talents, Interests, and Strengths, Super ME Part 1, and Super ME Part 2.

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Super ME! Part 1

Arts • Literacy

1h•Grades K - 5

Mindfulness (Grades 7-10)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness

45m

•

Grades 6 - 12

Mindfulness (Grades 7-10)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 12

45m

Students will learn that mindfulness means paying attention to the world outside you and to the world inside you as well. In this activity, you lead students in a meditation session. They discover that focusing on the breath is an easy and effective first step to mindfulness and that filling the lungs with air can be all-absorbing and help clear the mind.

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Mindfulness (Grades 7-10)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness

45m•Grades 6 - 12

COLLECTION

23 Days of Fun, Healthy and Creative Activities for December

18 Items

Mizzen Education, Inc. ↗️

All Grades

45m

Mizzen Education, Inc. ↗️

All Grades

45m

Categories: Health and Wellness, Social and Emotional Awareness

Overview

Building Well-rounded Teams: Step in the Circle If...

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

30m

•

Grades 6 - 12

Building Well-rounded Teams: Step in the Circle If...

By After-School All-Stars

6 - 12

30m

Students recognize diverse skills and strengths, prompting the building of well-rounded and collaborative teams.

Discover Activity

Building Well-rounded Teams: Step in the Circle If...

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

30m•Grades 6 - 12

I Love My Neighbor!

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

•

Grades 6 - 8

I Love My Neighbor!

By After-School All-Stars

6 - 8

Students get warmed up and moving with this take on musical chairs!

Discover Activity

I Love My Neighbor!

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

5m•Grades 6 - 8

Would You Rather?

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

10m

•

Grades 6 - 12

Would You Rather?

By After-School All-Stars

6 - 12

10m

Warm up your brain and get to know your group with this question game that encourages you to trust your instincts and make decisions quickly.

Discover Activity

Would You Rather?

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

10m•Grades 6 - 12

Creativity & Play: This is Not...

STEM • Arts

15m

•

Grades K - 2

Creativity & Play: This is Not...

By VentureLab

K - 2

15m

Discover Activity

Creativity & Play: This is Not...

STEM • Arts

15m•Grades K - 2

Making a Kaleidoscope

STEM • Arts

•

Grades 3 - 8

Making a Kaleidoscope

By OregonASK

3 - 8

Students make a simple, colorful Kaleidoscope and experiment with manipulating light.

Discover Activity

Making a Kaleidoscope

STEM • Arts

1h•Grades 3 - 8

Play Stations

STEM • Arts

45m

•

Grades 6 - 12

Play Stations

By VentureLab

6 - 12

45m

Give students the opportunity to freely play and reconnect with their own innate creativity.

Discover Activity

Play Stations

STEM • Arts

45m•Grades 6 - 12

Rubber Band Helicopter

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

•

Grades 6 - 8

Rubber Band Helicopter

By OregonASK

6 - 8

Students create rubber band helicopters and fly them!

Discover Activity

Rubber Band Helicopter

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h•Grades 6 - 8

Invent an Outdoor Game

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

•

Grades 6 - 8

Invent an Outdoor Game

By OregonASK

6 - 8

Students create their own outdoor game with a partner.

Discover Activity

Invent an Outdoor Game

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

1h•Grades 6 - 8

The Animal Spin

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

•

Grades 3 - 8

The Animal Spin

By Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

Students experience collective improvisation through everyday conversations and vocalizing like animals.

Discover Activity

The Animal Spin

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

2h•Grades 3 - 8

Jamming with Musicians

Arts • Literacy

•

Grades 3 - 8

Jamming with Musicians

By Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

This lesson provides a structure and framework for a visit with a local jazz musician.

Discover Activity

Jamming with Musicians

Arts • Literacy

1h•Grades 3 - 8

A Call to Service (Grades 3-5)

Social and Emotional Awareness • History and Society

45m

•

Grades 3 - 5

A Call to Service (Grades 3-5)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Discover Activity

A Call to Service (Grades 3-5)

Social and Emotional Awareness • History and Society

45m•Grades 3 - 5

Call to Service(Grades 6-8)

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

•

Grades 6 - 8

Call to Service(Grades 6-8)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students research and present a service project that they think is worthy of their efforts in a future afterschool session. The group then votes on which project to take on in a future session.

Discover Activity

Call to Service(Grades 6-8)

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Call to Service (Grades 9-12)

Social and Emotional Awareness • History and Society

45m

•

Grades 9 - 12

Call to Service (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Discover Activity

Call to Service (Grades 9-12)

Social and Emotional Awareness • History and Society

45m•Grades 9 - 12

High Five!

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

•

Grades K - 8

High Five!

By After-School All-Stars

K - 8

Build connection and energy by getting students to affirm and acknowledge each other's contributions.

Discover Activity

High Five!

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

5m•Grades K - 8

Yoga for Worry and Anxiety (Grades 9-12)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness

45m

•

Grades 9 - 12

Yoga for Worry and Anxiety (Grades 9-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students learn yoga positions and breathing techniques to help alleviate worry and anxiety and build confidence.

Discover Activity

Yoga for Worry and Anxiety (Grades 9-12)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Action Packed ABC

Leadership and Teamwork • Literacy

45m

•

Grades K - 2

Action Packed ABC

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Children read Curious George Learns the Alphabet and come up with movements to go with each page. Then, they invent their own movements for the letters of thalphabet.

Discover Activity

Action Packed ABC

Leadership and Teamwork • Literacy

45m•Grades K - 2

Super ME! Part 1

Arts • Literacy

•

Grades K - 5

Super ME! Part 1

By OregonASK

K - 5

Students use their drawings from My Talents, Interest, and Strengths to start their Super ME pop-up book.

This activity is part 4 of a 5 part activity series: A Hero Among Heroes, The Hero Inside, My Talents, Interests, and Strengths, Super ME Part 1, and Super ME Part 2.

Discover Activity

Super ME! Part 1

Arts • Literacy

1h•Grades K - 5

Mindfulness (Grades 7-10)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Health and Wellness

45m

•

Grades 6 - 12

Mindfulness (Grades 7-10)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 12