Study camping using this delightful week-long camping theme. Pick your favorite books, select a few educational activities, and enjoy a fascinating week learning with your kids!
Camping Theme
Books to Read
You have two options for using books in your camping theme:
- Read a different book each day of the week, Monday through Friday.
- Read your favorite book (s) every day of the week. Kids love repetition, so don’t worry about boring them!
Pick from these 5 excellent books to learn about camping with your kids:
Camping Language Arts Activities
Improve your children’s fine motor skills with these camping tracing strips!
- Camping Scavenger Hunt
- The Best Camping Books for Kids
- Printable Nature Story Cards that Help with Expressive Language
- Free Birds on a Branch ABC Games
Your older kids will love this flashlight hidden message hunt, especially with S’mores as the secret reward!
Camping Math Activities
Start by checking out these frog math worksheets!
- Spring Birds Addition File Folder Game
- B is for Bear Worksheets
- Firefly Make 10 Math Game
- Ladybug Addition Math Game
- Acorn Cut & Paste Math Worksheets
Don’t forget to checkout these hot chocolate multiplication and division worksheets for your older kids!
Camping Art or Craft Projects
Start your arts and crafts day by making a firefly bug craft with your kids!
- Camping Story Stone
- How to Make a Toy Teepee
- Camping Crafts and Activities
- Glowing Campfire Craft for Kids
- Twig Weaving Craft for Kids
And be sure to make your own camping lantern!
Camping Science Experiments
Take these nature walk worksheets to fill out while you’re camping!
- Why Do Leaves Change Color?
- Air Pressure Science Project
- Homemade Weather Vane and Compass Activity
- Habitat Adventure Science Game
And don’t forget to do this Fall Leaf Scavenger Hunt on your camping trip!
Camping Social Studies and Fun!
- How to Make Campfire Cookies
- 25 Best Family Camping Games
- 10 Games to Play Around the Campfire
- Outdoor Adventure Find and Color Activity
- 100 Would You Rather Questions for Kids
- Family Camping Games
- How to Build a Campfire with your Kids
- S’mores Cones Receipe
- 7 Best Camping Games
- Camping Class for Your Homeschool Co-op
- Fall Nature Scavenger Hunt
- Campfire S’more Split
And remember to take a camping trip with your kids. Even if it’s only in the backyard!
Weekly Themes
Whether you use these themed learning ideas for your lower elementary age students or as preschool weekly themes, we’ve got lots of fun themed eductational activities to make your lesson plan:
- Explore the fascinating world of insects in this bugs themes
- Head out to the great outdoors without leaving your homes with this fun camping themes
- Teach kids about community helpers with these fun math, literacy, and community helpers crafts and activities
- Ready for some prehistoric fun learning in this dinosaur themes
- Explore the season of autumn with these fun fall unit study
- Old McDonald had a farm EIEIO; kids will have fun learning about farm animals and tasks with this farm theme
- Kids will bloom with knowledge as they learn valuable skills and create projects in this flower theme
- Just because it’s summer doesn’t mean you can’t sneak in some learning with this fun, engaging 4th of july theme
- This September, you’ve got to try these fun apple themed activities for Johnny Appleseed Day Activities
- Dive in and learn about animals under the sea with this oceans theme
- For a week that’s out of this world, check out the ideas in this space theme
- Get ready for St Patty’s day in March with these creative St Patrick’s Day Theme
- Learn about the pilgrims in this creative Thanksgiving Unit Study
- Celebrate Earth day in April with this Tree Theme perfect for spring
- Roses are red, violets are blue, learning is fun, with Valentines Day themes
- Rain, snow, sleet, and hail – discover fascinating facts in this weather theme
- Bird watching is lots of fun with this bird theme
- It may be COLD outside, but inside it is warm and toasty as kids learn with this winter theme
- Discover some amazing animals in this fun zoo theme with hundreds of fun and clever activities
- Find all our weekly themes here or explore our preschool weekly themes for 50 more exciting weekly unit studies.