Activities to do at home!

Hi Everyone,

Twinkl 

During the Coronavirus outbreak Twinkl are offering a month of free unlimited membership. You do not need to enter any card details, it will just cancel out after the month finishes.

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Activity Village 

Our Little Bit to Help

We’ve pulled together some of our favourite activities into the bundles you see below – and for the next few weeks at least we are making them free for everyone to download.

We hope these packs of printable activities will help keep kids busy and engaged. 

We don’t need your email address and there’s no catch or subscription necessary. Just click on the links below and download away!  Just take them and enjoy, tell your friends and family, and share.

https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/school-closures

Sensory Activities 

Sensory awareness goes hand in hand with creativity.  Sensory play arouses children’s imaginations, creativity and curiosity through exploration of texture, temperature and fun!

GLOOP

Gloop is an interesting mixture with a unique texture and is great for sensory play.  It is also great for learning about the concepts of what a solid and liquid is.

You will need:

2 cups of cornflour

1 cup of water

Food Colouring (optional)

A large container or bowl

Place the cornflour into a large container and place a few drops of colouring into the centre.  Have the water ready for your child to pour into the container.  Mix the water into the cornflour and colouring.  It will take some time to mix together but encourage your child to play with the gloop before it is mixed.

EDIBLE PLAY DOUGH  (particularly effective if dyed green)

1/3 cup softened butter
1/3 cup golden syrup
1-2 tsp peppermint extract
1/2 tsp salt
1 lb powdered sugar/icing sugar

Mix together the butter, corn syrup, peppermint, salt and any colouring. They need to be well combined.
Add the powdered sugar and mix it in. Tip mixture out onto a surface dusted with more powdered sugar, and knead into a smooth dough.
Store in plastic wrap in the fridge if not using immediately.

Computer programming

If any of you would like to learn or improve your skills in computer programming then here are some cool websites to check out…

https://blockly.games
This website will allow you to learn how to make things move. There are lots of different topics you can pick; birds, puzzle, maze and lots more

Educational games

Here is a link to a website that’s got some fab educational games

www.toytheater.com

If you are bored at home and not sure what to do then check out these links…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/