Description
Engage your students with these 41 printable scavenger hunts updated version for Winter, Spring, Summer, or Fall indoor or outdoor exploration. They are great for Earth Day, end-of-the-year, last day of school, Summer School fun, or back-to-school activities, making learning fun inside or outside the classroom! These in a book, indoor and outdoor scavenger hunts, encourage teamwork, critical thinking, and sensory exploration while keeping students active.
Created by a COTA, this 45 page PDF will be available electronically immediately following payment.
Laminate or place in plastic sleeves to add extra fun to a reading or literacy center. Students can hunt for the objects while reading any picture book.
Use them for Earth Day, back-to-school icebreakers, Spring activities, literacy centers or end-of-year celebrations to get kids moving and learning. These hunts support literacy, environmental awareness, social-emotional learning, teamwork work and problem-solving skills—perfect for elementary classrooms, small groups, or outdoor learning days.
When is a Good Time to Use This Resource?
- End-of-the-Year Activity: Wrap up the school year with a fun and educational scavenger hunt experience.
- Earth Day Celebrations: Explore nature and clean up the environment at the same time.
- Winter, Spring, Summer, or Fall exploration or Summer School fun: Get students outside and working together on reading and pre writing skills.
- Back-to-School Fun: Kick off the school year with engaging team-building activities and exploration.
- Literacy Centers: The Look in a Book Scavenger hunts are a great way for students to explore books. Any of the hunts can be used in this way
- Homework: Families can work together to find the objects. Walks around their neighborhood to find outdoor items, reading books together for the book scavenger hunts and hunts around the house to complete the indoor hunts. “Great family activity.”
- Occupational Therapy Activities: Use the hunts to enhance fine motor skills, such as practicing pre-writing diagonal lines.
- Indoor Recess or Literacy Centers: Keep students engaged during indoor recess or literacy centers with inclusive scavenger hunts.
- Outdoor Education: Integrate nature exploration into the curriculum with outdoor scavenger hunts.
- Speech Therapy: Utilize the activities for speech therapy sessions, fostering communication through teamwork.
What is Included in the Scavenger Hunts UPDATED PDF? The resource includes:
- Indoor Scavenger Hunts: Boost literacy, critical thinking, and teamwork with engaging indoor hunts. Suitable for rainy days or indoor recess.
- Outdoor Scavenger Hunts: Encourage exploration and environmental awareness with nature-themed outdoor hunts. Ideal for Earth Day or the first day of Spring.
- Different Styles: Three styles of searches are included—one resembling bingo and others with checkboxes for versatile use.
- Color and Black-and-White Options: Choose between color and black-and-white versions, offering a total of 20 different hunts.
Skills Students are Working On:
- Literacy and Critical Thinking: Enhance literacy skills through word recognition and critical thinking in the scavenger hunts.
- Teamwork and Spatial Awareness: Promote teamwork and spatial awareness as students collaborate to complete the hunts.
- Nature Discovery: Foster curiosity and environmental awareness through outdoor scavenger hunts, encouraging students to explore and observe nature throughout the seasons.
- Fine Motor Skills: Practice pre-writing diagonal lines during activities, contributing to fine motor skill development.
Amount of Prep Needed:
- No Prep Options: Use on a screen or Print and go. Consider placing color copies in plastic sleeves or laminating for repeated use.
- Interactive Version: Access an interactive digital version for a seamless digital classroom experience.
Download now and bring hands-on learning to your indoor and outdoor environments!
