Level up any lesson plan with quick, creative activities on iPad. Designed for students ages 8 years old and up, these simple activities include engaging lesson ideas and helpful templates. And they’re easy to share — so you can inspire your colleagues to join the fun and bring creativity to their own classrooms.
Find more creative activities perfect for early learners ages 4–8 years old and up.
Creative Activities for Early LearnersShare what you learned and help others discover Everyone Can Create.
Explore conditional formatting while creating a pixelated masterpiece with Numbers.
Get started: Open the template. Use the key to choose a color, then enter the corresponding number into the cell. Continue filling in the cells until you’ve created your artwork.
Send a digital note to a friend that tells about an interesting place, a moment in history, or an experience from the perspective of a literary character.
Get started: Using the template, tap Media 
to add photos, drawings, video, or audio. Or add text or writing to give it a personal touch.
Explore your surroundings and collect sounds for effects, musical compositions, soundscape poems, or storytelling.
Get started: Open Voice Memos. Listen for sounds around you. When ready, tap Record 
. When you’re finished, tap Done. To rename your sounds with words or emoji, tap the title and edit. This will make it easier to find them later.
Record a video in slow motion to reveal details not visible at normal speed. See movement from another perspective in science, sports, and more.
Get started: Open Camera and choose Slo‑Mo mode. Record an action that you want to study more closely. Tap Play to view details in slow motion that would normally be missed at normal speed.
Create a custom color palette from a photo for presentations, graphics, and more using the design tools in Keynote.
Get started: Open the template. Next, tap the plus sign 
and add a photo to the media placeholder. Tap a circle, square, or paint splatter, then tap Format 
. Choose Style, Fill, Color, and then swipe to the second menu. Drag the eye dropper 
over your image until you find the perfect color and select it. Repeat this process to build your palette.
Communicate visually with colorful graphics in Pages to tell a story, explain a concept, summarize a plot, or show cause and effect.
Get started: Choose a layout from the template. Next, tap Media 
and add your own images, stickers, or drawings, or tap Shapes 
to add shapes or text.
Write poetry with words inside shapes to express an idea or emotion using Pages.
Get started: Choose a layout from the template. Write poetry inside shapes to express an idea or emotion using Pages.
Create a space to present ideas, organize your thoughts, and demonstrate learning.
Get started: Research a topic or theme, then create a new Freeform board. Open Freeform and tap Compose 
to start a new board. Experiment with adding color, media, drawings, layouts, and more to bring learning to life.
Create an animated GIF showing a process in science, a timeline of events in a story, or a series of instructions using Keynote.
Get started: Open the template and add drawings, shapes, or photos to show the steps in a cycle or story. Add media to each slide. Then save and export it as an animated GIF.
Use Keynote to design your own graphics that can be easily shared and reused in any project or presentation — such as a mood board or report — or turned into stickers.
Get started: Open the template and tap Media . Then tap Drawing and choose one of the drawing tools to add a drawing. When you’re finished, tap Done. Tap your drawing again to select it, then tap Share and Save Image. Insert it into any document, or turn it into a sticker.
Use the Beat Sequencer in GarageBand to craft a beat. Create repeating drum patterns to use for math activities, poetry foundations, original rap bars, and more.
Get started: Open GarageBand and tap the plus sign 
to start a new Tracks project. Then tap the Browser button 
, swipe to Drums, and tap the Beat Sequencer. Modify an existing drum pattern by tapping the Patterns button 
or create your own. Tap Start/Stop 
to Play your beat.
Use Freeform to create your own architectural blueprint to explore angles, proportion, and symmetry in design.
Get started: Open Freeform and tap Compose to start a new board. Tap Media 
to add your inspiration photo. Then tap Shapes 
to add and customize shape colors and fills to recreate the photo.
Create beautiful lettering in Freeform to personalize a message and communicate meaning.
Get started: Practice your cursive writing or block letters. Open Freeform and tap Compose to start a new board. Tap the Drawing button 
and choose a writing tool. Then decorate your words with colors and other embellishments.
Create a custom logo for the classroom, a project, or your own personal brand.
Get started: Open Freeform and tap Compose to start a new board. Add shapes, text, and drawings to design your brand. Include a slogan or symbol that represents a subject, topic, or theme.
Make beautiful graphs or charts in Numbers to visually display data and effectively represent information to use in a report or presentation.
Get started: Open the template and create a survey question with responses to get to know your class better and build community. Tally the results and make a colorful bar graph or pie chart in Numbers.
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