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May 21, 2013 | 31 Comments

Water Balloon Game { Learning After School}

outside learningMy son’s all time favorite activity we’ve ever done was our  Angry Birds Water Balloon Game.  Warm weather and a half day of school made yesterday the perfect day to get drenched in the front yard and do a little Learning After School.  We did this with math but it would be as simple to make letters , shapes or sight words as targets. Here is what we did .

  1. Gather your materials. You will need some water balloons, a sharpie, some number targets , page protectors, bean bags,  and hula hoops. You will also want a laundry type basket to carry the filled balloons. water balloon math
  2. Start by making the targets.water balloon math targets I chose the numbers 7, 9 ,10 ,and 15. All the equations will equal one of these numbers.  I used picmonkey.com to make simple images. Printed them out one per page and slid them into page protectors. water balloon math 2
  3. Fill your balloons . Carefully write equations that equal the numbers on the targets such as 3+4 or 15-5 .  For younger children you could simply write numbers on the balloons and have them match them with the targets.water balloon math 3
  4. Set up your targets. water balloon math activity for kidsI added bean bags inside the page protectors to weight them down. water balloon math 4
  5. Get ready. water balloon math activity for kids 2
  6. Go! Read the equations, find the answer on one of the targets and throw!water balloon math for kids 1
  7. They loved this. My son would read his sister’s equations and tell her where to throw it. I was seriously amazed at how accurate he was. I should have remembered that later when we filled up more to throw at each other. It was kids against Mom and the kids won. water balloon math activity for kids 3
  8. After the game – play more! We ended up using all the extra balloons and running through the sprinkler before retreating to the house. aftergame

Learning After School is our series of simple learning activities for families to do together after school. They are meant to be bite size and engaging . They aren’t meant to replace homework just add a little more learning without making your child feel like they doing any extra work.

Filed Under: Age: Elementary, Age: Kindergarten, Gross Motor Activities, Letters & Numbers, Math Activities, Outside activities, Water Balloons | 31 Comments

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31 Comments

  1. Renae says

    May 21, 2013 at 12:14 pm

    What a fun and fabulous idea! I am definitely going to use this as it’s getting warmer. Thanks so much for sharing!

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  2. Marianne Hopwood says

    May 21, 2013 at 12:31 pm

    who says maths is boring!

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  3. pat says

    May 27, 2013 at 5:56 am

    what a great idea!! i will definitely try this!

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  4. Charlene says

    May 27, 2013 at 7:00 am

    This is a great idea. I think I could use it for our beach day. It would be fun and educational at the same time. Thanks.

    Charlene/Diamond Mom

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  5. Joyce @Childhood Beckons says

    July 7, 2013 at 9:47 pm

    I’m pretty sure math has never been more fun!

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  6. uzma says

    August 7, 2013 at 6:27 pm

    thanks for the brilliant idea, i’m definitely going to try this with my kids 🙂

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  7. Fatima says

    May 3, 2014 at 1:13 am

    Really a fantastic idea. My kids love water play especially my son. I’ll save this idea for when it’s warmer. It’s winter here now.

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  8. Christina@TheresJustOneMommy says

    August 5, 2016 at 12:09 pm

    Perfect!
    I have been looking for some fun ways to work on math facts with the kids, and I know they are going to love this. Can’t wait to give it a try this weekend.

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  9. bazzle says

    April 6, 2021 at 2:25 pm

    Good idea keep it up i love it.

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