Fun activities
Scavenger Hunt
Come up with a list of odd and fun items for your children to find. They can hunt around the house or your garden.
See Fun Activities sheet at the bottom of this page
Phonics cards - games such as snap or pairs
See phonics words at the bottom of this page
Bingo/Lotto
Get children to draw a 3 x 3 grid – choose numbers / animals / colours
Bug Hunt and create a bug box/ make a bug hotel
Egg boxes/cereal boxes – cut, build, sticky tape,
Build a junk model
Any recyclable boxes, bottles, lids, newspaper – let your imagination go wild!!
Build a house (based on Great fire of London Topic)
Any recyclable boxes, bottles, lids, newspaper
Chalk pavements
Design pictures / play hop scotch
Play a board game
Develop turn taking/ sharing/ team work
Make a musical instrument – play a song
Empty box / few pieces of pasta/ rice – Empty drinks/ water bottle, small stones/gravel
Write a letter to family/friend – post it
Bring a smile to someone’s face with an unexpected letter/picture
Draw a picture for elderly neighbours
Some of our elderly neighbours may not have any family to check on them or anyone to talk to – brighten their day by posting a picture.
Make postcard/pictures and post to local nursing home
Nursing homes are not allowing visitors – some elderly do not get any visitors – Send homemade postcards/pictures to a local nursing home
Make up a play/ act it out
Everyone loves a bit of drama J Act out a favourite fairy tale, film scene
Make a sock puppet (everyone has odd socks)
Buttons for eyes/ cut up an old t shirt/ tell a story using a sock puppet
Make paper planes - have a paper plane contest
How far can your plane fly!
Create a diary/daily account to share once we return to school
We are looking forward to hearing all your news
Build a den (old duvet cover)
Take out all of your blankets and pillows, grab a few stools and chairs, and design a giant blanket fort that takes over part of a room.
Building a blanket fort can be really fun, but so can crawling around inside of a well-constructed fort – or even a poorly constructed one.
Bake some biscuits/cupcakes/rice crispie cakes
See easy recipes ( I know sources some ingredients may be a challenge )
Build an ice castle
Fill up ice cube trays, disposable cups, build a house/castle/igloo
Place small toys/pebbles/flowers/ in water and freeze overnight – have they been Frozen by Elsa? Help dig them out/ sit in the sun, watch it melt, can the toy army save the items?
Paint pebbles
See Fun Activities sheet at the bottom of this page
Treasure Hunt
See Fun Activities sheet at the bottom of this page
Easy Cookies
225g butter, softened
110g caster sugar
275g plain flour
75g white or milk chocolate chips (optional)
Method
Heat the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Cream the butter in a large bowl with a wooden spoon or in a food mixer until it is soft. Add the sugar and keep beating until the mixture is light and fluffy. Sift in the flour and add the optional ingredients, if you’re using them. Bring the mixture together with your hands in a figure-of-eight motion until it forms a dough.
Roll the dough into walnut-sized balls and place them slightly apart from each other on a baking sheet (you don’t need to butter or line it). Flatten the balls a little with the palm of your hand and bake them in the oven for around 10-12 mins until they are golden brown and slightly firm on top. Leave the cookies on a cooling rack for around 15 mins before serving.
Easy cupcakes
125g caster sugar
125g butter, softened (or margarine)
125g self raising flour
2 large eggs
1tsp vanilla essence (optional)
Method
Cream the butter, sugar and vanilla extract together in a bowl.
Add the eggs and flour (sift the flour in).
Beat everything together until the mixture is smooth.
The cupcakes should only take 20 minutes to cook – resist the urge to open the oven door and check on them until the time is up, just peek through the oven door if you have a glass one!
Take the cakes out of the oven – you will know that they are ready if they have risen up and spring back into shape when you press gently down on them. They will also be a golden shade.
Fun activities - visual ideas sheet
Phonics Homework Set 1 & Additional sounds
Phonics Homework Set 2 & Additional sounds
Phonics Homework Set 3 & Additional sounds