Fun Activities - I
Home Sweet Home: Learn your address and find it on a local map. When you go someplace with an adult, use a map to find out how to get there.
Fridge Finds: Look for stickers on the toys, electronic items, fruit, and vegetables at the home or in your refrigerator. Where were they grown? How many countries are represented in your Home or fridge?
Tubetrotting: Keep a globe, world atlas, or a world map where you watch television. When a place is mentioned on one of your favorite shows, look it up.
Flag It! On a map of the India & World, use a flag to mark the home town of your favorite sportsman. Move the flag each week to show where your sportsman is playing.
Go 3-D: Make a map of your or yours friend state using Play-Doh or modeling clay. Shape physical features, like mountains or lakes.
State Your ABCs: Name a state/Country. Now think of a state/Country whose name begins with the last letter in the name of the first state/Country. (Like this: Rajasthan … Nagaland … Denmark …) Carry on until someone gets stumped!
Map Your Hood: Make a map of your neighborhood. Include a map key, title, and scale, and design your own compass rose.
Weather Watch: Record your local weather (high and low temperatures, precipitation, storms, etc.) for a month. Compare your weather with cities around the world.
Como Está? When you're with your parents at the bank, grocery, video store, or other business, ask if there are employees who speak other languages. If so, ask politely if they would be willing to teach you how to say "Hello," "How are you?" and "Thank you."
Where’s It From? Find out where your drinking water comes from, which natural resource you use to heat your house, and which natural resources are probably used to generate your electricity.
X Marks the Spot: Use an Internet site to find and print out a map of your town. Make four Xs out of sticks and place them around your neighborhood, then mark their locations on the map. Have a friend, brother, or sister try and find the Xs.
Click-a-Switch Contest: Record the amount of your family's latest electricity bill. Be in charge of switching off all unused and unnecessary lights and appliances for a month. Compete with a friend to see who can reduce your bills by more!
Collect Maps: Collect different kinds of maps—a state highway map, a subway or bus route map, an amusement park map, a city map, a map of your school, a bike path map, a ski area map, a state park map. How many different kinds can you find?
Get Some Sun: Locate sunrise and sunset times for your town in a newspaper, on the local news, or on the Internet. Make a chart, and record these times for a month. Compare these times with the sunrise and sunset times for another country.
Find a Pen Pal: Choose a large city in another part of the world. Look online to find an International or Indian School there. Contact the school and request a pen pal who is approximately your age. Learn as much as you can about the place your pen pal lives.
Climb Your Family Tree: Look at old photos of family members. Talk to relatives about what life was like when they were children. Ask them about where they were born and where they grew up and went to school. After your conversations, write a biography of one of your relatives and present it to them as a special gift.
Spot the Source: Think about how you receive information and new ideas—from watching TV, listening to the radio, surfing the Internet, talking to your family and friends, and reading magazines or newspapers. Make a list, and think about how each one gives you different kinds of information. Think about if there are any differences and which ones are the most reliable.
Fridge Finds: Look for stickers on the toys, electronic items, fruit, and vegetables at the home or in your refrigerator. Where were they grown? How many countries are represented in your Home or fridge?
Tubetrotting: Keep a globe, world atlas, or a world map where you watch television. When a place is mentioned on one of your favorite shows, look it up.
Flag It! On a map of the India & World, use a flag to mark the home town of your favorite sportsman. Move the flag each week to show where your sportsman is playing.
Go 3-D: Make a map of your or yours friend state using Play-Doh or modeling clay. Shape physical features, like mountains or lakes.
State Your ABCs: Name a state/Country. Now think of a state/Country whose name begins with the last letter in the name of the first state/Country. (Like this: Rajasthan … Nagaland … Denmark …) Carry on until someone gets stumped!
Map Your Hood: Make a map of your neighborhood. Include a map key, title, and scale, and design your own compass rose.
Weather Watch: Record your local weather (high and low temperatures, precipitation, storms, etc.) for a month. Compare your weather with cities around the world.
Como Está? When you're with your parents at the bank, grocery, video store, or other business, ask if there are employees who speak other languages. If so, ask politely if they would be willing to teach you how to say "Hello," "How are you?" and "Thank you."
Where’s It From? Find out where your drinking water comes from, which natural resource you use to heat your house, and which natural resources are probably used to generate your electricity.
X Marks the Spot: Use an Internet site to find and print out a map of your town. Make four Xs out of sticks and place them around your neighborhood, then mark their locations on the map. Have a friend, brother, or sister try and find the Xs.
Click-a-Switch Contest: Record the amount of your family's latest electricity bill. Be in charge of switching off all unused and unnecessary lights and appliances for a month. Compete with a friend to see who can reduce your bills by more!
Collect Maps: Collect different kinds of maps—a state highway map, a subway or bus route map, an amusement park map, a city map, a map of your school, a bike path map, a ski area map, a state park map. How many different kinds can you find?
Get Some Sun: Locate sunrise and sunset times for your town in a newspaper, on the local news, or on the Internet. Make a chart, and record these times for a month. Compare these times with the sunrise and sunset times for another country.
Find a Pen Pal: Choose a large city in another part of the world. Look online to find an International or Indian School there. Contact the school and request a pen pal who is approximately your age. Learn as much as you can about the place your pen pal lives.
Climb Your Family Tree: Look at old photos of family members. Talk to relatives about what life was like when they were children. Ask them about where they were born and where they grew up and went to school. After your conversations, write a biography of one of your relatives and present it to them as a special gift.
Spot the Source: Think about how you receive information and new ideas—from watching TV, listening to the radio, surfing the Internet, talking to your family and friends, and reading magazines or newspapers. Make a list, and think about how each one gives you different kinds of information. Think about if there are any differences and which ones are the most reliable.
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