Writing Spelling Words with Sidewalk Chalk

Writing Spelling Words with Sidewalk Chalk is an activity I used as a classroom teacher, and it has also worked great in our homeschool environment.

At the school where I taught, there was a large sidewalk area where I would take my class to do this activity.

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For our homeschool, my kids use our driveway or patio, and it’s a hit every time!

In the preschool years, kids can practice:

They can use sidewalk chalk to write:

They can practice:

alphabetizing a list of words
vocabulary terms
Latin/Greek roots
more advanced math problems – Yes, you can do long division with sidewalk chalk.
fractions: drawing fractional parts, simplifying fractions, etc.

This is such a great independent activity that gives kids the opportunity to step away from traditional pencil-and-paper practice activities.

Depending on what you want your student(s) to practice, you may want to place any paper, etc. that is going outside with them down in a sheet protector. We’ve had reusable pocket sleeves like these that we’ve used for years.
You can make an interactive game out of just about anything you’re wanting a child to practice in this way:
- “Draw the shape that has three sides.”
- “Who can write a word that rhymes with twig?”
- “Which one of you can be the first to write the difference between the numbers 12 and 8.”