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leap year; leap day activities Learn about Leap Year with these books, posters, and activities to help your kids understand in kindergarten, first, and second grade!
I celebrate a birthday in 2024: I turn….12! So, I made a fun pack to help your students celebrate the rarity (and awesomeness) of the leap year! You won’t have another chance for another 4 years, so take advantage of it! 🙂
Included:
**Lesson Suggestions to teach about the Earth’s orbit around the Sun
**Headbands, piggy bank, and “coins” for role-playing
**Full-screen color book to display on your whiteboard or print
**B&W student mini-versions to reread and color
**Foldable Mini-book about Leap Year
**Differentiated Reading Passages
**Writing Craft Several writing prompt choices, plus blank
**True / False Printable Worksheet with answer key
**Differentiated Leap Day posters (3 versions)
**2 ‘Hoppy’ Leap Day foldable cards
**2 Dab-the-Frog printables (find ways to make 4 or 29)
**Build-a-Froggy: Students cut and paste to dress the frog, then write about it (differentiated)
**Build-a-Frog-Life-Cycle: Students cut and paste to sequence the life cycle, then write about it (differentiated)
**Writing Prompt: If I could leap to a different time period…
**Persuasive Writing: Which day should Leap Year Babies celebrate on non-leap years? (I always get asked if I celebrate on February 29th or March 1st!)
**Anagram: Build words using the letters in ‘Leap Day’
Want to read more? Click here to read my blog post on teaching about Leap Year: Teaching About Leap Year
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