Summer activities
Summer topics carry two jobs: they get you through the end-of-year lessons where nobody wants to work, and they are the natural vocabulary for a camp or a holiday club.
Beach, camping and sea animals are also the most drawable packs we have — which makes draw it the game of the season.
🎈 Games in this collection
Seaside Bingo
A boardwalk bingo parlour at dusk: the wire cage tumbles its wooden balls, the drawn word rolls down to the rack, and you stamp your card till the sign lights up.
Garden of Pairs
Every card is a seed packet in a walled garden. Turn one and it blooms; find its twin and the pair stays in flower, with a butterfly to prove it.
Painter's Attic
A secret word arrives on a painter's palette and you draw it on a real easel canvas — brush sounds, paint-blob colours and a skylight for a timer.
Deck of Wonders
A magician's deck in a curtained study: brass filigree backs, a true 3D flip, and a horn that says the word out loud. Keep what you know; the rest returns.
Name 3
Tap the floating cube. It turns, a topic is engraved on the face it lands on, and you name three.
Letter Forge
The letters come out of the fire scrambled. Strike them onto the anvil in order, and the word quenches in a hiss of steam.
🗂️ Printable packs
Print & go
🌟 Send as homework
Five joyful minutes at home: the child listens, taps the right picture and collects stars.
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Brain breaks & movement · 4 min read❓ Questions teachers ask
What do I teach in the last week of term?
Something new and easy rather than a review. Beach or sea animals give tired children fresh words with no pressure, and the lessons end on a win instead of a test.
Can I use this for a summer camp?
Yes, and the printables matter more there than the screen. Bingo sheets, flashcards and word searches survive a picnic table; a laptop does not.
How do I keep summer students from forgetting everything?
Send one practice link a week. Five minutes of listening and picture-matching on a phone is enough to keep a topic alive, and children will do it because it gives stars.