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Build a cosy reading corner or blanket fort.

Choose a book and read inside with a torch or teddy.

Enjoy some quiet reading time or have a listen to some online stories: Storyline Online - Home

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Go for a walk in the park and collect different types of leaves. Count how many of each type you find and make a chart.

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🧼 1. Get Your Chalk!

Go outside and grab some chalk.

Find a safe space like a path, driveway or patio.

🔢 2. Draw Some Maths!

Try drawing:

A number line (0 to 20)

A hopscotch grid

Big numbers and shapes

🎮 3. Play Maths Games

Do fun things like:

Jump and Count!

Count forwards and backwards as you hop.

“Can you jump from 3 to 10?”

Add or Subtract

“Start at 4. Now jump 2 more. What number are you on?”

Find Odd and Even Numbers

“Hop on all the even numbers!”

“Can you find all the odd ones?”

💬 4. Maths Talk

Say things like:

“I’m on number 5. If I jump 3 more, where will I land?”

“Is 8 an odd or even number?”

“Let’s count back from 10!”

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It's going to be a hot summer, so let's cool down together...

🪣 1. Set Up Your Water Station

Get some cups, jugs, bowls, and a bucket.

Fill one tub with water.

Put everything outside, in the bath, or in the kitchen.

🕹️ 2. Play and Pour!

Pour water from one thing to another.

Try things like:

'What happens if I pour this cup into that jug?'

'Can I fill this bowl using just a small cup?'

🎯 3. Little Challenges

Try these fun tasks:

'How many small cups fill this jug?'

'Can I fill this halfway?'

'Which one holds the most water?'

🗣️ 4. Talk About It

Use fun maths words like:

This is full!

That cup is nearly empty.

Which one holds more?

How many cups to fill the bucket?

✍️ 5. Keep Track

If you want, you can write it down:

Jug = 4 cups

Bowl = 2 cups

Bucket = 10 cups

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Explore online maths games that help build your maths skills. Visit Coolmath4Kids and have some fun.

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Math and Games for Kids, Teachers and Parents. Math lessons and fun games for kindergarten to sixth grade, plus quizzes, brain teasers and more.

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You can also have fun exploring this site.

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Practice addition and subtraction with our popular math games. Discover fun and engaging learning games for children in grades 1 to 6.

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If you want a third option, give this site a go.

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Learn to Count with fun Counting Games for KS1 Children

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Free, interactive, learning to count games for 5 to 7 year olds involve numbers from 1 to 100.

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Read a simple story or fairy tale.

Act it out using voices, props, or toys.

Can you find an audience to perform to?

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Visit the local library.

Choose 5–10 books for summer reading.

Join a summer reading challenge if your library has one!

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After reading a story, draw what happened in order.

Include characters, setting, and events.

If you want, you can even make your story into an actual book. Go on, give it a go.

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For some online language fun, explore this site.

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At Starfall, children have fun while they learn. Educational games, movies, books, songs, and more for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade learners.

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For some non fiction reading, check out this site.

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Unite for Literacy provides free digital access to picture books, narrated in many languages. Literacy is at the core of a healthy community, so we unite with partners to enable all families to read with their young children.

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Collect various leaves and place them under a sheet of paper. Use crayons to rub over the paper and create beautiful leaf patterns.

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Gather small natural items like twigs, petals, grass, seeds.

Arrange them on the ground or glue them on cardboard to create a collage picture (like a tree, animal, or abstract art).

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Use items like berries, spinach, and turmeric to create natural paints. Make a painting using these homemade colors! How creative can you be?

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Find smooth stones outside.

Use washable paints or markers to decorate them with faces, patterns, or animals.

Use the painted rocks to make a story or hide them for others to find.

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Take a nature walk outdoors. As you walk, take notes and draw pictures of interesting plants and animals you. This can be your special nature diary. Have fun!

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Plant some seeds in a small pot and watch them grow over the summer. Try planting some sunflower seeds - how tall does your sunflower grow? Keep a growth diary with photos and notes.

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What you need:

A bowl or clear container with water

Some small things like a spoon, coin, leaf, cork, toy, or paperclip

What to do:

1. Look at your things.

2. Guess if each thing will sink (go down) or float (stay on top).

3. Put one thing in the water. Watch what happens!

4. Does it sink or float?

5. Write or draw what you guessed and what really happened.

6. Try all your things one by one.

What to think about:

Why do you think some things sink and some things float?
Are the things that float light or heavy?
What are they made of?

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Make: Use empty plastic bottles or jars, fill them with different materials like rice, beans, or pasta. Seal them tight.

Play: Shake to hear different sounds! Compare which sounds are loud, soft, high, or low.

Learn: How different materials make different sounds (vibrations).

Bonus: Decorate the shakers with stickers or paint.

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Bring the band alive at your home with these DIY Musical Instruments for Kids to Make and play! And they actually make music, too!
Did you know that babies can identify music before words? That's probably the origin of lullabies and why we tend to speak to them in a sing-song voice! Nature has an answer for everything!

Benefits of Children Learning a Musical Instrument

Playing music makes children smarter, nicer, and happier. Playing a musical instrument helps children benefit on almost every level: it enhances their cognitive skills while fostering creative thinking and their ability to focus. Loog guitars are specifically designed to be played again and again, providing a stimulating experience that allows kids to learn while having fun.

This love for music never really goes away, and if nurtured properly, you can raise kids to learn to appreciate good music. And how do you start that? By making some music of their own! Do we get an oboe? An accordion? Guitar Hero? Fill up a jar with rice and call it a day? Not a chance.

How to make a musical instrument at home?

Don't worry, we're not talking about expensive piano or cello lessons, unless that's what you want, of course. Today we're talking about homemade musical instruments! Here are 20 simple DIY Musical Instruments for kids to make and play and just liven up the atmosphere!

20 DIY Musical Instruments for Kids to Make and Play

One of the first musical instruments kids play with is a drum - even if it's just banging on an upturned bucket! This DIY hand drum from Julep is pretty and fun to carry around and just go titter tatter on either side!

This tambourine from Kids Craft Room not just sounds delightful, it looks great as well! The painting is a good exercise in concentration and patience and the bells give it that lovely sound.

If you've got an unused cardboard roll tube lying around, you have got to make this simple craft! Mum in the Madhouse makes it look so easy, beans inside the tube - but it's really the washi tape decoration that makes this one a winner!

Does jewelry count as a musical instrument? These fringe anklets from Giggles Galore sure do!! With pink felt, blingy sequins and little bells, this is every little girl's dream! Just tie them on and dance away!

We love using bits from nature to make crafts and this time we've used Gulmohar pods as a natural percussion instrument. It's a lot of fun to paint on and decorate and you get a soothing, gentle sound out of it - just like Nature!

Have you seen those Latin American shows or movies where people gleefully shake maracas and sway their bodies? There's something so fun about this instrument that you can't help but move along! Maybe that's why babies love rattles so much! Check out the instructions for this one from Oriental Trading.

7. How do you make a homemade flute out of household items? - DIY Straw Pan Flute

Ever fancied playing a pan flute? Well, you can make one yourself now!! Cultura Creas has a lovely pan flute DIY, complete with feathers and all! Translate the page for English instructions, and let the kids experiment with straws of different materials to see how the sounds turn out.

8. Homemade Colorful Kazoo - make musical instruments with recycled materials

Do you remember playing with Kazoos as a kid? Well, let's relive those memories with our own kids with a bunch of homemade kazoos - in multicolor! ID Kids has the tutorial to make these - all you need are toilet rolls and tissue paper and a bunch of usual craft supplies you likely already have.

When you're out for a walk on the beach next time, be sure to pick up some driftwood and shells. You'll thank me later, as you make this lovely musical instrument from Red Ted Art! Those shells bump against each other for a lovely sound reminding you of the harmony of the ocean.

10. Shoe Box Guitar - make a musical instrument guitar

This isn't one of those guitars that look great but do nothing else - this one actually works! Use rubber bands on the shoe box and go ahead strumming away to your own tune! Check out the full video tutorial at Real Simple.

11. Recycled Wood Xylophone- Make homemade instruments with different pitches

Don't throw away those strips and scraps of wood after a home project - you'll need them for this xylophone from Borrowed Blessings! It's amazing what some bring paint can do to trash. Use a sponge or felt-covered drumstick to keep the paint on for longer.

Sticks, toothpicks and rubber bands - very mundane household items that come together to create some beautiful melodies! Yes, music will happen when you make this harmonica craft from She Knows. Don't forget to paint it in pretty colors of your choice!

These bottle top castanets are so fun - you can carry them around in your pocket and go clickety clack whenever you please! And the fact that they look like crocodiles only makes it better! Check out Red Ted Art to find out how to make these little instruments.

Ready for some larger size drums? Then check out these cute ones form Mini Eco, designed to be perfect for toddlers! If you're making a set, try out different materials besides balloon so that you get different sounds from each.

You might think it's impossible to make a trumpet at home, but Tea Time Monkeys proves otherwise! The ever versatile cardboard tube roll comes to the fore again, and combines with craft paper to create a simple trumpet that's sure to delight the younger lot!

Yes, even bobby pins can create music, if you use them right! Thrifty Fun shows us how to use these pins on a wooden board to create your very own thumb piano. If you want to avoid the staple gun, you can use some really strong tape and stick the pins in place.

Punekar Sneha has a genius idea of converting coconut shells into mini tablas - a popular Indian drum. They look so cute, they'd be perfect for Diwali! Don't forget to take out the flesh first!

This adorable nature-themed tambourine-like instrument is the perfect addition to a May Day celebration or even just a day outside. Easy to make, you can find the tutorial from Buggy and Buddy

19. Mini Lid Banjos - Make musical instruments from recycled household items

Here's a super cute craft that's just begging to be made! The Craft Train recycles jar lids into little banjos with craft stick handles and loom bands for strings. Decorate with washi tape and embellishments and you're done!

Yes, your child's voice is also music, and a cool microphone will give her the confidence to let it out with vigor! I Heart Arts and Crafts has a tutorial for a super cute and extremely easy to make microphone that can be customized to your heart's liking.

Bonus -

21. Paper Cup Damru - Turn paper cups into Lord Shiva's Favorite Musical Instrument

A damaru is a small two-headed drum, used in Hinduism and Tibetan Buddhism. In Hinduism, the damru is known as the instrument of the deity Shiva. See how to make musical instruments with recycled materials

These DIY Musical Instruments for Kids aren't just fun to make and play, they're also a learning opportunity. Kids can learn about how ancient people made instruments with what they found in nature, and about how different cultures have different kinds of music. And yet, a good beat and a good rhythm will have anyone's foot tapping - that's the power of music to unite!!

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Bring the band alive at your home with these DIY Musical Instruments for Kids to Make and play! And they actually make music, too!

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What you need:

Paper (a plain sheet works best)

Tape (optional)

Markers or crayons to decorate (optional)

What to do:

1. Take your paper.

2. Fold it in half long ways and then open it back up.

3. Fold the top corners down to the middle line to make a point.

4. Fold the paper in half again.

5. Fold the wings down on each side to make your airplane shape.

6. If you want, use tape to keep your airplane together.

7. Decorate your airplane with colors or drawings.

Now it’s time to fly!

Go to a big open space.

Hold your airplane and throw it gently forward.

Watch how far it flies.

Try making a new airplane and change the wings or point to see if it flies better!

Questions to think about:

Which airplane flew the farthest?

What did you change to make it fly better?

Can you make an airplane that flies higher?

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What you need:

A sunny day

Paper

Pencil or chalk

Small toys or objects

What to do:

1. Put your toy outside in the sun.

2. Look at its shadow on the paper or ground.

3. Use your pencil or chalk to trace around the shadow.

4. Move the toy a little and trace the shadow again.

5. Watch how the shadows change!

Questions:

How do the shadows change during the day?

Which shadow is the longest?

Why do shadows happen?

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Let’s use our listening ears to hear all the sounds around us - even the ones we don’t usually notice!

Sound Detective

Close your eyes and listen carefully.

Try to identify 3 different sounds nearby (like a clock, birds, or a door closing).

Share what you heard and where the sound came from.

Inside vs Outside Listening

Sit quietly and listen to sounds inside the room for 1 minute.

Then, listen to sounds outside (if possible) for 1 minute.

Talk about how the sounds were different or similar.

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Every day this summer, try to do one kind thing for someone in your family. It could be helping with a chore, saying a nice thank you, sharing your toys or giving a big smile!

When you do something kind, you’re helping everyone feel happy and loved. Can you see how many kind things you can do this week? Are you ready to be a kindness superhero? Let's go!

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This summer, you can be a helpful helper at home and in your community! Helping hands make a big difference - and everyone loves a little teamwork.

Here are some ways you can be a helping hand:

At home: Help with small chores like tidying up toys, setting the table, watering plants or feeding pets.

In the garden: Plant seeds, pull out weeds or pick up litter.

With family: Cook a simple snack together or share ideas about saving energy (like turning off lights).

In your neighborhood: Help collect recycling, smile and say hello to neighbours or make a card for someone who might need cheering up.

When you work together with your family and friends, you’re not just helping - you’re making your home and community a kinder, happier place. Plus, helping others feels great inside! Are you ready to use your helping hands this summer and make a difference? Let’s do it!

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What you need:

Cushions, chairs, ropes, toys, boxes or any safe household items you can move around.

How to set it up:

Create a course with different challenges like:

Crawl under a chair or table

Jump over cushions or small objects

Balance on a taped line or a row of books

Weave through toys or cones

Run around a chair or a tree

How to play:

Start at the beginning and move through each part of the course as quickly and safely as you can.

Time yourself or race a family member.

Change the course or add new challenges to keep it exciting!

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What you need:

A balloon or a beachball

A space where you can play indoors or outside

A family member or friend to play with

How to play:

Blow up the balloon a little (not too full, so it moves slowly).

Use your hands to hit the balloon back and forth.

Try not to let the balloon touch the ground!

You can play with a 'net' made from a rope, string or even a row of chairs to make it more like volleyball.

Keep score if you want, or just have fun!