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Inspirational activities for you and your children!
Take advantage of this lockdown period to explore the world. Start off with the following “Amazing Places You Can Visit Without Leaving Home!” and follow up with our selection of fun, creative activities.
Here are a few virtual tours that may be fun to look at with your young people.
See if they can find 10 interesting facts from each place or create a quiz for another member of the family to try.
The Louvre
https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne
Monterey Bay Aquarium
https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams
Street Art Tours
https://streetart.withgoogle.com/en/online-exhibitions
Have a go at some of the following activities and keep yourselves and your children occupied over the coming weeks. We would love to see photos of the things the children create!
Reading a story. Reading together. | Construction- Lego, Knex, bricks | Sand pit | Water play-plastic trays, containers, washing up bowls | Finger painting Handprints |
Make dens using sheets and blankets | Watch films together | Pasta shape painting and collage | ‘Paint’ in the garden with water | Measure things with a rule or tape. |
Play board games | Puzzles | Play shops | Play cafes | Make a house with a cardboard box |
Make obstacle course | Trampoline | Make puppets out of socks | Scrapbooks | Make collages out of old magazines |
Look at photos of animals, places etc | Look after pet and do a project about it | Simple cooking, sandwich making. | Baking – measuring, recipes, decorating. | Make your own play dough-salt dough |
Make musical instruments with containers and rice etc | Make a show | Dance to music | Do a workout | Play card games |
Make up a quiz and send it to friends by email | Treasure hunt- e.g. in the house and garden find 10 items to go in a matchbox. | Word games - I spy, 20 questions, alphabet memory games | I-pad games/ tablet games | Make your own board game |
Do origami and send photos to friends | Colouring in | Birdwatch in the garden and learn to identify birds | Take photos of nature | Write a diary |
Make a recipe book | Do a chore in the house | Child led project about an interest | Audible books/ story tapes | Learn to draw Make cartoons |
Research a country | Make a quiz for the family online. | Older children deliver a lesson to younger children- could do online. | Learn a new language e.g. Duolingo website | Practice a musical instrument-use YouTube to learn. |
Find a virtual tour of a museum or zoo | Google virtual tours | Webcams of volcanoes etc | Have fun doing hairstyles | Create outfits and do a fashion show |
Have a very Happy Easter!