Looking for some new prompts to get your students writing or improvising? Here are fifty spring- and summer-themed action prompts that you can use to get your students feeling refreshed and inspired! Try using them for games like Improv Community, Sit, Stand, Kneel, or Scenes from a Bag. You can find fifty more prompts (fall and winter themed) in the giveaway at the bottom of this page. Have fun!
Spring
- Gardening
- Splashing in puddles
- Searching for a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow
- Playing soccer
- Mowing the lawn
- Skateboarding
- Flying a kite
- Visiting a farmers market
- Playing baseball or softball
- Going to a baseball game
- Going for a bike ride
- Going golfing
- Jumping rope
- Playing hopscotch
- Walking the dog
- Playing Frisbee
- Painting a fence
- Playing hide and seek
- Enjoying a bouquet of fresh flowers
- Getting caught in the rain without an umbrella
- Going outside when it looks nice and then wishing you had a coat because it’s colder than you thought
- Feeding ducks
- Climbing a tree
- Picking up litter
- Watching baby animals being born
Summer
- Going to the beach
- Walking on hot sand
- Sunbathing
- Having a BBQ
- Swimming in the pool
- Jumping off the high dive
- Working as a lifeguard
- The last day of school before summer vacation
- Waterskiing
- Wakeboarding
- Having a picnic
- Going to the zoo
- Going down a waterslide
- Going to an amusement park
- Building a sandcastle
- Burying your friend in the sand
- Playing volleyball
- Going camping
- Going to a summer music festival
- Playing miniature golf
- Going on a boat ride
- Going fishing
- Having a water balloon fight
- Blowing bubbles
- Washing a car
Kerry Hishon is a director, actor, writer and stage combatant from London, Ontario, Canada. She blogs at www.kerryhishon.com.
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