School's out. Floreo's in. Are you or your learners hitting that midsummer slump?  (And let's face it, in this heat, it's easy to do.) If so, grab a cool iced tea, and take a few moments to consider some fun and novel ways to use VR with your Learners. 

Try a Floreo Treasure Hunt: How many animals can your Learners find in the Floreo lessons? For younger Learners, you might want to stick with the safari animals in Meet the Animals or Reunite The Animals, while older Learners might be more interested in finding the animals in our "Wild Facts" videos, such as Arcadia or Giants of The Sea. After you find the animals, and leave VR, can your Learners count them? Can they alphabetize them? 

How many different kinds of plants can your Learners find? Don't forget to check out the beautiful park in Teen Talk: Social Squares, or the flower section in Orienting to the Grocery Store . What about asking the Learner to find as many "Exit" signs as possible in Floreo. Hint: check out the movie theater in Time Management: Multitasking, the various  school environments in Chit-Chat with Alejandro, Find a Seat in the Classroom, or Invite a Peer to Sit: High Traffic, etc.. What about finding other types of signage in those environments, as well as in Pool Party Safety: The Basics and Security Savvy: TSA Search and Questions.   

Start an "I spy" game: A variation on the treasure hunt would be to play "I Spy" in Floreo. As your Learner is in VR, say: I spy with my little eye, something ___. Depending on your Learner's skill level, you might say, "I spy something that begins with the letter 'b',"or "I spy something that is round," or "I spy a vehicle." Use this as a group game, and have Learners give each other clues. 

Play the Word Chain Game: The Word Chain game can be played either by focusing on letters or focusing on sounds in words. (If the Learner is a good speller, focus on the letters. But if the Learner is an emerging speller, focus on the sounds.) Here's how it works: The Learner finds a word in the Floreo scene to start the game. The next word to be found needs to start with the last letter of the previous word. For example, perhaps the Learner is in Chit-Chat with Myra, notices Myra's pink dress and decides to start with the word "DRESS". In this case, the next word the Learner would need to find would be a word that starts with "S". Perhaps the Learner identifies "SUNLIGHT". The next word would need to begin with the letter "T", and so on. This can be a running game that gets played across lessons or across days. It can also be fun as a group game. 

Stay tuned for some more summer fun from Floreo. If you have found a game you can play in Floreo, drop us a line! We'd love to hear about it.