Here you'll find an array of activities for elementary children that can be used in Children's Ministry, after-school programs, in the classroom and by homeschoolers.
The following PowerPoint presentation is written as a game. It references the following pdf pages. I folded them in half with the pictures showing and the answers on the back. The kids had 15 seconds to grab an appropriate sheet to help them answer the questions that are on the PowerPoint. When they gave an answer, I sent them to quickly put a x or o on the tic-tac-toe game. As soon as a team won a tic-tac-toe game session, they received cookies and we started another session immediately. The speed and cookies, made it fun for the kids.
I have made the following PowerPoints which are a compilation of information, videos, and activities I have found on the web and others I have come up with. I like to use them as a backdrop for teaching the class or honor. As the instructor, I find it helpful to keep me on track and make sure that I cover all the information. It also fills in the gaps of things I’m not well versed on. I try to include activities in the presentation which we can do to add some fun and spice of life. I hope you find them useful too.
PowerPoint Presentations:
Animal Tracking
We had a lot of fun with the Animal Tracking honor. We did this as a family activity with the Adventurers. Most of our Companions had siblings in Adventurers at the time. One of the first activities was to follow the tracks we placed throughout the church and find the stuffed animal near the end. The kids then matched the track with the animal on their log book page. Here is the pdf of the tracks and logbook page.
This honor is presented in a Power Point presentation also which includes the above activity, a game, the honor questions, and directions for other tracking activities. Download here:
We combined the IA Creation requirements with the honors of Scrapbooking and Phototgraphy. We took pictures that represented each of the days of creation and then put them in scrapbooks along with the texts of that day of Creation.
The Cultural Diversity Appreciation Honor is a fun honor. You can personalize it as you wish. Choose a country or two that are meaningful to your Pathfinders. The presentation gives you an outline of how you can present it. But get off the sofa and chairs and have fun trying new foods and playing games!
The presentation starts with general definitions of Temperance and the IA requirements. Then the instructor can you choose to continue the Temperance honor.
Trees & Shrubs Honor
The above presentation includes the answers to the questions of the Tree Honor and continues with pictures from our church’s yard which we collected leaves from. I used it as a identification guide for the kids.
