Rainbow Playdoh Use playdoh to spell your name, learn tricky words, write the alphabet, create monsters/aliens or make your favourite wild animal and all in rainbow colours. The possibilities are endless! Coloured Rice Art Dye different amounts of rice and combine with pasta, rice and lentils to create textured pictures. I use Splash food gelsContinue reading “Rainbow ideas for Half Term”
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Raindrops keeping falling on my head…
Here are a few activities for preschool children at home on those cold, rainy days. Some of these may also be useful for parents who are homeschooling and in need of ideas for younger siblings who are also at home. How about a nice cup of tea? When it’s cold outside why not make Mummy,Continue reading “Raindrops keeping falling on my head…”
Getting ready to write!
It’s really important that your child is feeling comfortable when they are writing. In order to achieve this, they need to know know how to hold their pencil correctly (Froggy fingers) and how to use their other hand (the ‘helping hand’) to steady their paper and place it at the correct angle. Only then willContinue reading “Getting ready to write!”
Home schooling Timetable ‘homemade’ style!
A great way to encourage your child to engage with their learning from the start is to plan a timetable that will work for the both of you and then to make it together. Once complete, it is also important to place it somewhere central so everyone can see it regularly (I blue tac itContinue reading “Home schooling Timetable ‘homemade’ style!”
Mummy’s hat, Teacher’s hat
A simple (and quite fun) idea to help you and your child distinguish between your role as a Mummy and your new role as Home Teacher is to use the ‘fun hat technique’. At the start of each day my child chooses a hat for me that I will wear when I am being hisContinue reading “Mummy’s hat, Teacher’s hat”
In the Summer time when the weather is fine…
Heat wave next week! Here’s a few simple outdoor activities you can do with your children in the sunshine. Enjoy! Bug Hotel We had a go at building a bug hotel to give insects and other minibeasts a safe space to shelter and hide from predators. Using toilet rolls we divided the hotel into sectionsContinue reading “In the Summer time when the weather is fine…”
Spring Themed Activities
Even in ‘lockdown’ I hope you are managing to get out in the sunshine to enjoy awakening of Spring. Here are some simple ideas that can be resourced from your Spring garden or on your local walks to keep the children engaged and interested in the environment around them. Spring-Colour Match Simple idea created usingContinue reading “Spring Themed Activities”
Quick Fix: Teddy Bears Picnic and overnight camping.
Being in a lock down means the house and garden is where it’s all happening. So why not have a change of scene and put up your tent and enjoy a Teddy Bears Picnic together? What’s great is this can double up as overnight camping in the garden. Teddies are great guests as they don’tContinue reading “Quick Fix: Teddy Bears Picnic and overnight camping.”
Simple Easter Activities
‘Hoppy’ Easter Everyone! Here are just a few simple ideas to kick start your Easter holidays with that my children really enjoyed. They are simple to achieve and use little resources. Have fun! Play doh Easter Eggs Eggs like you’ve never seen before. You can just use play doh but we did have fun usingContinue reading “Simple Easter Activities”
Quick Fix: Mud Kitchen Makeovers
Finally sorting out your garage with all this spare time at home? Why not see if you can make a Mud Kitchen or upgrade your existing one with old junk for free. Only a hammer, nails, tape and your imagination required.