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Create a time capsule
- Write a letter to themselves – Including their age, friends, favourite tv show, song, book.Tell their future selves how they are feeling.
- Cut out an article from a newspaper that they think would be important for their future selves.
- Draw a picture of their family as it is now
- Take some pictures of today, print them out and include them in the box
- Put it all together in a scrapbook or a lunch box and bury it in your garden
Build fine motor skills
- Drawing
- Colouring
- Knitting
- Crochet
- Sewing
- Weaving
Help out with household chores
- making your own bed
- helping with the dishes
- helping prep dinner
- vacuuming
- unload the dishwasher and learn where everything goes away
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Build physical literacy
- Do yoga, play catch, play Frisbee, kick a soccer ball or shoot hoops
- Go outside, walk, run, bike, most outdoor activities keep you at least 10m away from other people
Spend time with your kids
- Talk to them and ask them about their hopes, dreams and fears.
- sing songs together – grab an instrument, or write a rap about all the things you can see around the room! See who can rhyme the most words!
- play i-spy with words and colours
Set out a challenge for your children
- build a tower, boat, bridge, hut out of random materials around the house
Play games
- board games, snakes and ladders, cards, bingo, connect four or charades
Make playdough
1 cup of salt
3 TBS cream of tartar
4 TBS oil
Food colouring
2 Cups of boiling water
Mix together then add 2 cups of flour
Playdough is great for imagination, strengthens fingers for writing. Make 2 colours that will mix to make a new colour. Roll out letters and numbers. Make balls and create 2 sets and add together. Who can make the longest snake?
Make different facial expressions. |
