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SUMMERTIME THEMED ACTIVITY SHEET

Word Association: Can you complete these summer phrases (you may have more than one answer)

1. Bucket and ----- 2. Beach --- 3. Sand ------ 4. Sun ------ 5. Suntan ------ 6. Summer -------- 7. Ice ----- 8. Sailing ----

Music – Can you match the “Summer” songs with the artists listed below.

In the Summertime

Summer Holiday

Summertime Blues

Summertime

Summer Nights

Summer in the City

Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer

Summer of ‘69

Here comes Summer

Hot Fun in the Summertime

All Summer Long

John Travolta & Olivia Newton John Eddie Cochran

Beach Boys Mungo Jerry

George Gershwin Sly and the Family Stone

Brian Adams Jerry Keller

Nat King Cole Cliff Richard

The Lovin’ Spoonful

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Ice cream flavours: Can you name the flavour of the ice cream beginning

with the following letters?

1. V --------

2. S ----------

3. C-------------

4. T---- F------

5. N ------------

6. B -------------

7. M -------------

8. R-------- R------

Summer Alphabet – Can you think of a word associated with summer for

each letter

A N

B O

C P

D Q

E R

F S

G T

H U

I V

J W

K X

L Y

M Z

(There are no right or wrong answers but we have some suggestions in

the answers section)

LET’S TALK

• What is your favourite ice cream flavour and what topping do

you like to have on the top?

• Can you name other things we like to eat in the summer sun? Here are a few suggestions to get you started: fish and chips, strawberries and cream, summer fruits,

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Wordsearch: Holiday Hotspots – can you find these holiday destinations

hidden in this grid?

Blackpool Benidorm

Cornwall Corfu

Devon Crete

Margate Greece

Norfolk Italy

Scarborough Mallorca

Wales Portugal

Spain

B

E N I D O R M P S

L

C S P A I N A N C

A

C T R Q T U L O A

C

O R N W A L L V R

K

R G E P L Y O E B

P

F K R T Y J R D O

O

U S E L A W C S R

O

P O R T U G A L O

L

Z N O R F O L K U

N

D B M E C E E R G

X

A M A R G A T E H

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Write a Poem - Here is a poem about summer but try writing one of your own.

Summer sun shining so brightly Under its haze we grow warm Mother’s don sun hats on their children’s heads Mustn’t let the sun burn our skin Everyone feels happy Relaxing in the warm summer sun Ice cream to eat will help cool us down Strawberries with cream are always a treat How long will the sun continue to shine? Early morning to late at night we hope Roses giving us a sweet perfume Everyone makes the most of our British Summer Time.

LET’S TALK

• Things we like to do in the Summer – think of the things you might like to do in the Summer- here are a few examples:

o Have a picnic o Swim in the sea o Build a sandcastle

• Talk about the places you used to go to on holiday when you were younger to your family or friends.

o What did you do there? o How did you get there? o What did you do when you were there?

• Where would you like to go on holiday this year if you could?

• Write a list of the things you would pack in the suitcase for your holidays. Here are a few examples: swimsuit, a good book

• Have a look at old holiday photographs and talk about them to family and friends.

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Things you might see in the Summer - What am I? -

1. I am often seen on a beach and you can have a ride on me? 2. I am pink and sticky but lovely to eat? 3. You can sit on me; I am stripey and you often fall asleep in me

when on the beach? 4. I am usually brightly coloured and fly from plant to plant, children

sometimes catch me in a net and keep me in a jam-jar? 5. I can sting if annoyed – I am yellow and black and go buzz? 6. You can wear me to shade your eyes? 7. I am usually strappy and can help to keep your feet cool? 8. I am blue in the summer sometimes with white fluffy clouds?

Word Scramble: unscramble the letters to reveal things to do with the summer

1. ceabh 2. lueb kys 3. olihdyas braaod 4. dnowbimle 5. anhgnig sabetks 6. nnyus ydas 7. esa sllehs 8. qubabere 9. rdagne yaprt 10. mmsure lfwores

WRITE US A POSTCARD

• Now that we have taken you through a summer holiday,

think of your favourite holiday destination and write about

it on a postcard and send it to us at Dementia Forward –

it would be great to see how many post cards we get from

different places around the country.

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SUN, SEA, SAND & SUMMER QUIZ (all the answers contain one of these words, although the spelling

may not always be the same!)

1. Popular daily newspaper. 2. The area of water off the coast of Yorkshire. 3. 1963 film starring Cliff Richard and a London Bus 4. What relations are Princes William and Harry to the Queen? 5. 2 slices of bread with filling between them. 6. Town, now a city, in the north east of England who won the FA cup in 1973. 7. 1969 film starring Robert Redford and Paul Newman. 8. Play by William Shakespeare with characters including Bottom and Puck and King and Queen Oberon and Titania. 9. An often-used description of Japan. 10. What you get if you lie or sit out in the heat for too long. 11. Where Jesus walked on water and recruited 4 of his disciples. 12. Your daughter’s husband. 13. Seaside resort in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland. 14. 1960 film starring Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum and Peter Ustinov. 15. Police Station in the Bill TV show. 16. The northernmost major city in United States and the largest city in state of Washington. 17. A popular girls name. 18. What did Icarus fly too close to? 19. Songs traditionally associated with sailors. 20. Morecombe and Wise’s theme song. 21. The seventh day of the week, day of rest. 22. One of the world’s first health resorts, it is so dense you don’t need to swim here as you’ll float. 23. If we have spell of poor weather, we hope to have one of these in September. 24. County in the west of England. 25. A fast-growing plant with a large yellow flower. 26. Elvis Presley’s first recording company. 27. A good item to put on your head in hot weather. 28. There’s more of this in the desert than anything else. 29. Eddie Cochrane had these in 1958. 30. Used to manually smooth a wooden surface or for removing rust.

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31. She sang Puppet on a string at the Eurovision song contest in bare feet. 32. Healthier than ordinary salt when sprinkled on your dinner or used in cooking. 33. An aquatic mammal often seen in the zoo expertly balancing a ball on it’s nose. 34. The Kinks were in paradise watching this in 1967. 35. Mungo Jerry sung about this time in 1970. 36. Helicopter used by the RAF in search and rescue. 37. Classic science fiction novel by Jules Verne. 38. A (controversial?) luxury casino resort in South Africa. 39. Fictional seaside resort where the BBC’s Dad's Army was set 40. The French would say “La Mer”. What would we say? 41. Tune written by George Gershwin for the opera Porgy and Bess and most famously sung in 1936 by Billie Holiday. 42. A duet for John Travolta and Olivia Newton John in Grease.

________________ SINGALONG TO SUMMER, SEA AND SUN THEMED SONGS Bring Me Sunshine Bring me Sunshine, in your smile, Bring me Laughter, all the while, In this world where we live, there should be more happiness, So much joy you can give, to each brand-new bright tomorrow. Make me happy, through the years, Never bring me, any tears, Let your arms be as warm as the sun from up above, Bring me fun, bring me sunshine, bring me love. Bring me Sunshine, in your eyes, Bring me rainbows, from the skies, Life's too short to be spent having anything but fun, We can be so content, if we gather little sunbeams. Be light-hearted, all day long, Keep me singing, happy songs, Let your arms be as warm as the sun from up above, Bring me fun, bring me sunshine, bring me love.

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Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside, I do like to be beside the sea. I do like to stroll upon the prom, prom, prom, Where the brass bands play Tiddly-om-pom-pom! So just let me be beside the seaside, And I'll be beside myself with glee, And there's lots of girls besides, Beside the seaside, beside the sea. Summertime Summertime, And the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' And the cotton is high Your daddy's rich And your mamma's good lookin' So, hush little baby Don't you cry One of these mornings You're going to rise up singing Then you'll spread your wings And you'll take to the sky But till that morning There's a’ nothing can harm you With daddy and mamma standing by You are my Sunshine You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are grey You'll never know dear how much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away. The other night dear as I was sleeping I dreamed I held you in my arms. When I awoke dear, I was mistaken And I hung my head and I cried.

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You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are grey You'll never know dear how much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away. You told me once dear That you really loved me And no one else could come between But now you’ve left me And you love another You have shattered all my dreams You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are grey You'll never know dear how much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away. A BIT OF CULTURE! Shakespeare Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate; Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date; Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st; Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st: So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

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COLOUR ME WITH SUMMER COLOURS!

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THE ANSWERS

Word Association

1. Spade 2. Hut 3. Castle 4. Shine or Hat 5. Lotion 6. Holidays or Nights 7. Cream or Lolly 8. Boat

Music

In the Summertime Mungo Jerry

Summer Holiday Cliff Richard

Summertime Blues Eddie Cochran

Summertime George Gershwin

Summer Nights John Travolta & Olivia Newton John

Summer in the City The Lovin’ Spoonful

Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer

Nat King Cole

Summer of ‘69 Brian Adams

Here comes Summer Jerry Keller

Hot Fun in the Summertime

Sly and the Family Stone

All Summer Long Beach Boys

Ice Cream Flavours

1. Vanilla

2. Strawberry

3. Chocolate

4. Tutti Frutti

5. Neapolitan

6. Banana

7. Mint

8. Raspberry Ripple

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Things you might see in the Summer

1. Donkey 2. Candyfloss 3. Deckchair 4. Butterfly 5. Bee 6. Sunglasses 7. Sandals 8. Sky

Summer Alphabet (suggestions)

A August N Ninety-Nine Ice Cream

B Beach O Outdoors

C Camping P Picnic

D Drinks Q Quacking Ducks

E Enjoyment R Relaxing

F Fan S Sunshine

G Garden Party T Tennis

H Holidays U Unforgettable Memories

I Ice Cream V Volleyball

J Jellyfish W Water

K Kayak X eXploring

L Lawnmower Y Yachting

M Muggy Z Zonked

Word Scramble:

1. Beach 2. Blue sky 3. Holidays abroad 4. Wimbledon 5. Hanging baskets 6. Sunny days 7. Sea shells 8. Barbeque 9. Garden party 10.Summer flowers

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QUIZ ANSWERS

1. The Sun 2. North Sea 3. Summer Holiday 4. Grandsons 5. Sandwich 6. Sunderland 7. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 8. A Midsummer Night’s Dream 9. The Land of the Rising Sun 10. Sunburn 11. Sea of Galilee 12. Son in law 13. Saltburn on Sea 14. The Sundowners 15. Sun Hill 16. Seattle 17. Sandra 18. The Sun 19. Sea Shanties 20. Bring me sunshine 21. Sunday 22. Dead Sea 23. Indian Summer 24. Somerset 25. Sunflower 26. Sun Records 27. Sun Hat 28. Sand 29. Summertime Blues 30. Sandpaper 31. Sandy Shaw 32. Sea Salt 33. Sea lion 34. Waterloo Sunset 35. In the Summertime 36. Sea King 37. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea 38. Sun City 39. Walmington-on-Sea 40. The Sea 41. Summertime 42. Summer Nights