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Imagination Game: Look for special shapes in the clouds and tell stories of what you see . . .

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Imagination Game: Look for special shapes in the clouds and tell stories of what you see . . .

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Jennifer, music

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escape room - parents vs kids. Both groups prepare one in a room (bedroom/ living room/ kitchen) and let the other break out.

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Make up your own obstacle course, using objects from home or in the local area. Make it fun and challenging. It can be indoor or outdoor. Watch this video for more ideas

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Pen and pencil games.           You will need:                             •Plain sheet of paper•	Pencil•	EraserGames you can play:                       -	Join the dots:      Make a 6×6 square of dots on a page. Take turns to join dots with a line. You can join only two dots at a time. If your line completes a box, you put your initial inside it. The person with the highest number of boxes wins. You can  move to a bigger square as well.    -	Name, place, animal, thing:                           Divide the page into four parts: Name, Place, Animal, Thing. Set a timer for a few seconds and let the child recite the alphabet silently. When the timer stops, the child says what letter he stopped at, and the players have to write down the names of a person, animal, thing, and place starting with that letter.

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Pen and pencil games.           You will need:                             •Plain sheet of paper•	Pencil•	EraserGames you can play:                       -	Join the dots:      Make a 6×6 square of dots on a page. Take turns to join dots with a line. You can join only two dots at a time. If your line completes a box, you put your initial inside it. The person with the highest number of boxes wins. You can  move to a bigger square as well.    -	Name, place, animal, thing:                           Divide the page into four parts: Name, Place, Animal, Thing. Set a timer for a few seconds and let the child recite the alphabet silently. When the timer stops, the child says what letter he stopped at, and the players have to write down the names of a person, animal, thing, and place starting with that letter.

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Ask your parent to teach you a game they used to play as a child.

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Ask your parent to teach you a game they used to play as a child.

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Ollie KG Green

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Find a deck of cards and try arrange them in a 5 by 5 pattern where each row and column equals 31. The face cards are worth 11.

To practice, you can also try a 3 by 3 square where the rows and columns equal 16 or a 4 by 4 square where the rows and columns equal 28.

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The kids are allowed to look through the deck and choose whatever cards they want. I go over the rules using the slides above, but I offer no suggestion on strategy because I want to see what they do. The groups that put some forethought into it and use a strategy are inevitably more successful. Kids that go one card at a time will usually end up with one empty spot where no card will fit. This will then send them backwards to try to adjust.

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The kids are allowed to look through the deck and choose whatever cards they want. I go over the rules using the slides above, but I offer no suggestion on strategy because I want to see what they do. The groups that put some forethought into it and use a strategy are inevitably more successful.

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Create a board game using materials around your house (or classroom). Make sure to include rules on how to play and how to win.

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Play hopscotch, practice counting and number operations, or create your own obstacle course with chalk. Watch this video for more ideas.

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Balloon volleyball: Tie a ribbon, yarn, or string firmly between two areas in a room and voilà—you have an indoor net. Use a balloon and let the volley begin.

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Balloon volleyball: Tie a ribbon, yarn, or string firmly between two areas in a room and voilà—you have an indoor net. Use a balloon and let the volley begin.

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Ayesha Grade 4W

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Become your own superhero by making their tools/objects/jetpacks/wings/suit and see how you can help/save people or take over the world!

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Become your own superhero by making their tools/objects/jetpacks/wings/suit and see how you can help/save people or take over the world!

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Annika KG White

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Make your own playdough. Then play "restaurant" and make all the foods that your restaurant will offer! What will your family order?

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Make your own playdough. Then play "restaurant" and make all the foods that your restaurant will offer! What will your family order?

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-Katie, Student Support Specialist

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This super-easy playdough recipe is the perfect way to spend a rainy afternoon inside. It's quick enough to hold a young child's attention and you only need a few storecupboard ingredients.

Little hands can play with the results straightaway, so there's immediate gratification for all involved!

For more hands-on crafts, see how to make slime, salt dough, oobleck and moon sand with affordable ingredients and easy steps.

Keep the little ones entertained at home with our summer activities for kids, sensory play ideas, fun yoga for kids and birthday ideas for kids at home.

See our new Kid's Kitchen series for essential cookery skills, plus easy recipes kids can make and kids summer baking projects.
Browse our family & kids hub for plenty of inspiration.
How to make playdough

Makes 1 coloured ball
Prep 10 minutes
You will need

8 tbsp plain flour

2 tbsp table salt

60ml warm water

food colouring

1 tbsp vegetable oil

Method
1. Mix the flour and salt in a large bowl. In a separate bowl mix together the water, a few drops of food colouring and the oil.

2. Pour the coloured water into the flour mix and bring together with a spoon.

3. Dust a work surface with a little flour and turn out the dough. Knead together for a few minutes to form a smooth, pliable dough. If you want a more intense colour you can work in a few extra drops of food colouring.

4. Store in a plastic sandwich bag (squeeze out the air) in the fridge to keep it fresh. You can make a batch of colours and give away as kids' party bag favours or hold a playdough party for your child's next birthday.
Watch our step-by-step video to see how simple this recipe is:
For inspiration, visit our friends at 5 Minute Fun and discover 5 easy models to make from playdough.

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This super-easy playdough recipe is the perfect way to spend a rainy afternoon inside. It's quick enough to hold a young child's attention and you only need a few storecupboard ingredients. Little hands can play with the results straightaway, so there's immediate gratification for all involved!

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Collect shoes of different sizes and kinds from around the house. Find cuddly toys to be customers. Make a sizing guide by drawing around an adult foot and a child's foot. Find something to measure with, bits of paper and pens to make prices and/ or money, an old box for a cash register and let imagination do the rest!
Jane Grade 4 Blue

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Create and play with cardboard boxes.

Charlotte, KG Purple

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Create a scavenger hunt around your house for your family to complete!

Megan, Grade 3

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Create a fort with pillows, blankets and anything else you can find in your house
Kelsey, Grade 1

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Go to the forest or park near by if you can and make things with sticks and leaves. Can you write your name? Can you make a stick person? Can you stack a few pebbles on top of each other? 

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Go to the forest or park near by if you can and make things with sticks and leaves. Can you write your name? Can you make a stick person? Can you stack a few pebbles on top of each other? 

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Ronika, Grade 1

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Go around your house and collect recycled materials that you could use to create a masterpiece.
Maria, Grade 1

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Go outside and see if you can make poses for the things that you see such as trees, buildings, animals...

Dana, KG

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What worlds can you make with lego?

Charlotte, KG Purple