May the 4th be With You: Force-Filled Star Wars Activities for Young Learners

 

 

 

Do you have a Star Wars fan in your house? (S)he will be saying, 

‘Yoda Best!’

when you introduce these Star Wars themed activities on this Star Wars Day.

 

 

 

Oral Language and Discussion

There are many lessons to be learned from Star Wars. Why not have a chat with your child about some of these? What important messages can we glean?

 

Star Wars fan, Amy Ratcliffe, has put together 10 lessons in this article. Huff Post also shares 8 life lessons. How does your child’s list compare to these lists?

 

 

 

Star Wars Vocabulary

On the topic of language and discussion, how many words can your child think of that (s)he have learned from Star Wars? Carrots are Orange has put together Star Wars vocabulary cards and a list of suggestions for using them on her site. 

 

As well as the ideas listed, I recommend printing the cards, shuffling them and placing them in a pile on the table. Turn over a card and begin telling a Star Wars story featuring whatever is on the card. Have your child turn over the next card and provide the next sentence of the tale based on the image revealed. Continue until all the cards have been revealed.

 

You may wish to place the cards face up on the table as they are revealed such that they serve as visual prompts for what has happened to date in the tale. Another interesting task to try is to see if your child can retell the tale (again, the picture prompts can be helpful here).

 

Yesterday was World Laughter Day but why let the fun end there? As we know, Star Wars memes abound today. Can your child create one of their own? Anyone stuck can find inspiration in these 50 Star Wars puns. 

 

Why do doctors make the best Jedi?

Because a Jedi must have patience.

 

 

 

 

Star Wars Activity Packs (including writing, maths and pre-reading/pre-writing tasks)

Parents of younger children can find some brilliant Star Wars-themed work-packs on 3 Dinosaurs.

 

I love the writing prompts contained in Part 4 of the pack and these will work for children of various ages. Simply differentiate by expected outcome in terms of the complexity of the sentences you ask your child to produce. Three other useful tasks in this pack are the acrostic poems, the 100 square challenges and the 2 Star Wars maths problems on the final page.

 

There is also a ‘Tot pack’ containing many useful pre-reading and pre-writing activities. I bet young members of your household will feel very grown-up working on the “same” Star Wars work as older siblings!

 

 

 

Star Wars LEGO Challenges

For fans of LEGO and Star Wars, I have found some really great challenges. On Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls, you will find instructions for building C3Po and R2D2.

 

 

Another Star Wars LEGO challenge comes courtesy of Sunshine and Hurricanes.

 

Arts and Crafts

There are oodles of Star Wars arts and crafts to be found. Here are just a few:

• Learn to draw Baby Yoda at Art for Kids Hub. Alternatively, follow along as they teach you how to draw Darth Vader.

• Many Star Wars drawing lessons are available on Star Wars Kids on YouTube. 

• Younger children may enjoy some paper plate crafts. The Chirping Moms show how to make a paper plate Darth Vader.

• Another Darth Vader option is shared by Sassy Mamas and check out her paper plate Princess Leia.

• Meanwhile, Coffee Cups and Crayons demonstrates how to create a paper plate Yoda.

• Learn how to make Star Wars characters from toilet roll tubes on the Kids Activities blog.

• Using bits and pieces from around the house is also the theme of All for the Boys. Learn how to make recycled droids. 

• Finally, Fun A Day shows how to create a wax resist death star.

 

 

Before I go, I must draw your attention to Starwars.com where you will find lots more suggestions for activities to do today. There are lots of recipes for Star Wars themed meals and snacks; crafts, discussion prompts, quizzes, polls and much more!

 

 

 

Take care and stay safe all!