Cover page with beach scene including sand castle, umbrella, and sun. Text reads: Cowabunga: 5 Days of Themed Preschool Summer Camp Lessons

Design, Build & Play!

$9.75

Get set for a brick-filled blast! Tackle a memory game with a brick-tastic twist, bowl for glory in a brick bowling bonanza, and engineer marvels in a crazy building challenge! While the lesson plan incorporates many different Pennsylvania Learning Standards, including the STEELS Standards, it focuses on the key learning areas of “Approaches to Learning Through Play” and “Scientific Thinking and Technology.” Specifically, children will engage in learning activities that meet the PA Standard Areas of Learning through Experience and Technology and Engineering.

About our lesson plans:

  • Developed and tested by a team of experienced, certified educators

  • Immediate PDF download upon purchase with unlimited use

  • Activity pages, extension activities, and additional resources included at no cost

  • Developmentally appropriate

  • Printable format that is also digital friendly with links and QR codes embedded in the lesson plans

Camp Outline:

  • Arrival Activity – Brick Free Play
  • Circle Time
  • Paper Bag Man
  • Outside Play – Ball Drop Relay Race
  • Printing with Building Blocks
  • Center Play
  • Reflection
  • Arrival Activity – How Tall is My Tower?
  • Circle Time
  • Building Brick Pencil Holder
  • Outside Play – Animal Hops
  • Design a Block Skyscraper
  • Center Play
  • Reflection
  • Arrival Activity – Pattern Building
  • Circle Time
  • Tree Craft
  • Outside Play – Gross Motor Color Game
  • Building Brick Memory Game
  • Center Play
  • Reflection
  • Arrival Activity – Bricks and Weights
  • Circle Time
  • Building Brick Maze
  • Outside Play – Building Block Shadow Tower
  • Engineer an Inclined Plane
  • Center Play
  • Reflection
  • Arrival Activity – Counting and Building
  • Circle Time
  • Mini Planters
  • Outside Play – Through the Hoop
  • Little Engineers
  • Center Play
  • Reflection