Bummed you can’t travel outside your house due COVID-19 restrictions? Take a trip with your imagination!
Mind Trip
| Lesson Type(s) | Grade(s) | Description |
| Language Arts, Social Emotional | 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th | Create a story where you visit someplace outside of your house. |
| Activity Prep | Materials | GGC Heart Badges |
| None. |
Writing utensil, Blank paper, Story Template worksheet, Coloring tools, Internet access |
Arts, Health, General |
INTRODUCTION
- EXPLAIN: COVID-19 means that we cannot go out the way we were used to. Maybe your family had planned a trip for spring break that got cancelled. Or maybe you just miss going to different places in your neighborhood or your city.
- ASK: Are there some places that you miss visiting?
- EXPLAIN: It’s okay to feel frustrated or sad that you don’t get to go out. Today, we’re going to think about trips you can take without ever leaving your house.
EXPLORE
- EXPLAIN: Your imagination is a wonderful way to travel without leaving the house. You can also read books that transport you to outer space, fairy realms, and olden times.
- WATCH OR READ: Where the Wild Things Are https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALmNPxNehYE
- ASK:
- Where did Max visit?
- Was the trip in his head or for real?
- EXPLAIN: Now you are going to get a chance to write a story where you visit a place from real life or your imagination.
- INSTRUCT:
- Use the planning template to plan your story.
- Write out your story.
- Create some pictures.
- (OPTIONAL) If you’re going to a real place, read up on it using guidebooks or the internet.
- Create a cover, title page, and back cover.
- Bind your story together using a stapler or hole punch and string.
CONNECT
- DISCUSS: In what ways – other than writing – can you use your imagination to travel when you can’t leave your house?
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