Think, Craft, Repeat – An Amazing Minecraft-Themed Learning Week: Day 5

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DAY 5: THE END – ENDER DRAGON DAY!

Welcome to our “Think, Craft, Repeat – A Minecraft Week” – an at home week filled with days of relaxed learning and fun activities all themed to the ever popular game – Minecraft! After all, what better way to get them to keep learning than to pick a theme they already think is fun! For this week, rather than focusing on just the Minecraft game and how to play, we used their love of the game to dig deeper into the history of the game and learn more about very popular characters!

For this day, our last day of the week, we ended with “The End” – The End Dimension that is 🙂 And of course, in the End Dimension, there is the Ender Dragon! Read on to check out a fun filled day of learning, reading, crafts, and activities all on ender dragons!!

A TYPICAL DAY

All kids are different and you can definitely vary your day with whatever works for you 🙂 Our relaxed & learning fun day kicks off with an introduction to the day’s theme. Then, we move onto videos and themed activities (reading, writing – or story telling – time, crafts, food crafts/snacks, and games or experiments). Feel free to pick and choose whatever works for you 🙂

INTRO

If you or your little ones are into Minecraft, chances are you’ve heard of (and maybe even seen?) the End Dimension and the Ender Dragon!!!

If they haven’t or aren’t familiar with the ender dragon, these sites are great introductions with interesting facts, images, and related content! They’re perfect for providing a brief intro for your little ones (or to gather up some knowledge as well!)!

Ender Dragon by Minecraft Wiki

WHAT TO WATCH

We find that mixing in a short video themed to our day is a great way to add some learning fun! We try to pick informative videos OR mix in a cartoon favorite (where they don’t even realize they’re learning). Below are some of the videos we picked from for the day:

FOOD CRAFTS / SNACKS

Minecraft Week - Ender Dragon Day - Snack of the Day

What’s more fun than taking a break and having a simple snack??? Including the snack in your theme of the day! We find that our kiddos are more than happy to eat the snacks they create especially when they can arrange them into fun shapes and scenes!

While there aren’t any ‘ender dragon’ specific snacks, there are TONS of dragon themed goodies out there (Check out our Sizzling Dragon Party Food Section). For this day, we picked up some blackberries to match the dark color of the ender dragon 🙂

READING

Minecraft Week - Ender Dragon Day - Book of the Day

It’s no secret that reading is an important part of learning, which is why we pick out a handful of books that are fun and filled with some learning tidbits. For our older ones, we have them fill out some worksheets (or let them create some of their own comics) to describe what they read and/or learned! These are a few we picked from for the day:

Diary of a Legendary Ender Dragon (Legendary Ender Dragon Series) by Christopher Craft
It Sucks To Be The Ender Dragon Paperback by Wil Zombie

WRITING & WRITING PROMPTS

Just like reading, writing is a great way to keep kids learning by both encouraging their creativity and thought process as well as helping them practice their motor skills and penmanship.

If you’ve got a little one, have them trace words related to the theme: MINECRAFT, CRAFTING, BUILDING, CREATIVE, ENDER DRAGON, THE END

If you’ve got older children, have them write a sentence or two up to a page or two (depending on their age). Encourage them to be creative AND give reasons for why they made certain choices. This was our writing prompt of the day (and we offered up some examples as well) but definitely pick something your kiddo might be interested in writing about!

Imagine you were tasked with creating a new character to replace the Ender Dragon. What would you design? How would it be different from the Ender Dragon?
Write a short story about a baby ender dragon who flew away and accidentally left the End. What does the baby find?
Write a myth about the origin of the first Ender Dragon and how it came to be. Remember to use elements in myths like conflict, supernatural forces, transformations, explanations, and moral lessons.

CREATE & CRAFT

Minecraft Week - Ender Dragon Day - Craft of the Day

If you’ve got a crafty little one, a simple craft is a great way to keep them interested in the topic. While their creative juices are flowing, you can also chat about what they’ve learned so far or ask them what else they’re excited about learning! Below are some of the crafts we looked at:

STEM & STEAM ACTIVITIES

While crafting and writing get their creativity and imagination flowing, we also like to add in an activity that gets them thinking along the lines of science, technology, engineering, or math! These engaging activities or experiments are a great way to keep them learning!

And, in addition to Ender Dragon activities, there are TONS of dragon themed STEM related activities as well. Below are a few we used in our Dragon Day of our Mythical Creature Week and our Sizzling Dragon Party:

THANK YOU!!!

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Also, if you haven’t already, check out some of our other Minecraft Ideas days as well as our DIY At Home Camps!

Happy Learning!