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Speech and language home practice has always been important for making optimal progress.

This isn't news to SLP's. But events like the coronavirus pandemic, natural disasters and subsequent school closings have shone a light on the need for quality resources that can be accessed at home. Not only during emergencies but for everyday home practice, school breaks and summer too.

To help out, I've compiled an extensive list for you of free speech and language resources you can find online. Some are online games, many are printables. All are no-prep to make gathering what you need easier for you.

Free articulation resources online:

Tracy Boyd's Articulation Games: Have More Fun site has games for rhyme, syllables, CH, J, G, K, L, R, vocalic R, S, SH, TH, F, F, V, M, N

Articulation Word Lists by Home Speech Home

Printable picture cards by Testy Yet Trying

Boom Cards is offering free Ultimate memberships to teachers until June 2020 for schools affected by school closings. These are digital card decks for a variety of skills, you can find many free decks.

Articulation freebies from Speech Sprouts for you:

This resource can be easily adapted for any articulation target by writing articulation words on the blank "teeth"

More great articulation freebies on Teachers pay Teachers:

Free language resources online:

Tracy Boyd's Language and Word Games: Have Fun has games for analogies, antonyms, synonyms, homonyms, homographs, categories, What doesn't belong, same or different, irregular plurals, WH questions, idioms and more.

Tracy Boyd's Sequencing Fun Games include games for sequences like brushing your teeth or blowing up a balloon.

Word Search Generator from Puzzle Maker .com Send home an articulation list, synonym or antonym list, category list, etc, and have kids make their own word search.

Language Word Lists by Home Speech Home including categories, verbs, adjectives, synonyms, antonyms, multiple meanings and more.

Carl's Corner has printable resources and word lists for antonyms, synonyms, homophones, plurals, rhyme, vocabulary and more.

Looks Like Language has a great post with lots of links: 10 Fantastic Free Resources for Customizing Vocabulary Work

Language freebies from Speech Sprouts for you:

Quantity Concepts: Frogs and Flies by Speech Sprouts. Make a mini-book while learning the concepts more, less, altogether.

Five Little Monkeys No-Prep Speech Therap y by Speech Sprouts. Open-ended printable activities for any target. It also comes with a few Quicklists for articulation, questions, and past-tense -ed.

Hoot Owl Homonyms Freebie by Speech Sprouts

That's Fishy! Which does not belong? by Speech Sprouts Cards and sorting mats for a fishing game. Teaches category exclusion, color words, sorting by color.

More great language freebies on Teachers pay Teachers:

Setting the Table and Language by The Speech Meadow

Groceries and Language by The Speech Meadow

Play With Dolls by The Speech Meadow

Creating Language-Rich Experiences at Home by Ms Gardenia's Speech Room

Play-based Speech Therapy Homework by Primary Punch

Scavenger Hunt Vocabulary Activities by Fun in Speech

Summer Homework Calendars for Language by Schoolhouse Talk
Printable Picture Cards for Speech Therapy by Speech and Language at Home

Pronoun Puddle Jump Activity by Twin Speech Language and Literacy

Ants on a Log Speech Recipe by Creative Speech Lab

Weather Idioms Freebie by Activity Tailor

Fictional Short Stories for Language Comprehension by Talking with Rebbecca
Bubble Gum Facts and Opinions by All Y'All Need

Free social language resources online:

Social Language Scenarios by Home Speech Home

Emotions Vocabulary by Home Speech Home

Pirate Emotions and Feelings Card Game by Communication Blessings

Articulation, Language and Social Language Homework by Stacy Crouse

Social Skills Activities: Friendly or Not? by Looks Like Language

Social Skills Activities: TeenProblem Solving/ Social Inferences by Looks Like Language

Free fluency resources online:

Videos with practical tips for how to use speech tools from Stuttering Therapy Resources

Speech and Language Home Practice by Primary Punch includes parent suggestions for fluency, articulation and language home practice.

Fluency Skills Brochure by Primary Punch

Speech Therapy Stuttering Activities by The Gift of Gab

Free AAC Resources online

How you may use these resources

Resources by many SLP authors are listed here. Please be sure to respect the terms of use included in files by each author. If you have questions, reach out to the author of that product.

Most other authors also allow printing for all your students, again please check the TOU. for those resources.

For Speech Sprouts free resources:
I am amending my Terms of Use due to these extreme circumstances during the coronavirus pandemic for the Speech Sprouts resources in this list.

1. Each SLP or educator who will be distributing these resources to students should download the file on Teachers pay Teachers for themselves. Parents are also welcome to download a copy of the digital file on TpT.

2. You have my permission to print a copy of my activities for each of the students on your caseload.

3. You may upload my resources to a private Google Classroom that only your parents and students have access to. Uploading resources to other file sharing sites will continue to be prohibited.

I've also put together a PDF File with links to the resources listed here that you may download. You may share the PDF file with the list with your students and parents via Google classroom, email or a district website.

I hope this makes getting activities out to your students easier. Download the Freebie List HERE.

I hope this send-home resource list helps!

We're all used to summer breaks, but emergency school closing like the current coronavirus shutdowns or fire and flood emergencies can so be very stressful. Wishing everyone health and safety.

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50+ Terrific FREE Speech Therapy Activities You Can Send Home in a Hurry

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An old staple that will probably never go away, Candy Land teaches turn taking skills as well as color recognition. This game is used by multiple SLPs for the preschool crowd and early-intervention speech therapy. Available for $12.99 on Amazon.

Reinforcing the work completed in school-based or private-practice therapy at home can help your child's speech and articulation improve by leaps and bounds. Not only that, but many of these games are adaptable, with increasing difficulties as the child progresses.

While games can be a fun way to reinforce or to teach new words, sounds, ideas, and communication, sometimes the simplest things are the most effective: reading to your child, having your child read to you, as well as singing and repeating nursery rhymes make for great activities that can help a child in speech therapy.

Ask your child's SLP for particular things your child needs to work on between visits, then see how you can incorporate those practice drills into some of these games. Your child will have more fun doing speech training and you should see some good progress between visits. Before you know it, your child will be speaking clearly and will have learned a number of other important skills along the way.

Sources:
http://www.playingwithwords365.com/15-best-games-for-speech-language-social-skills-development/ https://crazyspeechworld.com/2013/12/board-games-for-speech-language.html https://txsource.com/2016/04/20/six-games-for-slps/ https://thedabblingspeechie.com/games-for-speech-therapy/ https://blog.asha.org/2013/05/23/best-new-games-for-speech-intervention/ https://blog.asha.org/2012/10/16/back-to-school-great-new-games-for-speech-therapy/ https://teachingtalking.com/best-board-games-for-speech-therapy/ https://www.speechbuddy.com/blog/games-and-activities/5-favorite-board-games-speech-therapy/

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The utterly amazing Long Creations has let me share this with you all directly, as she was struggling with all the visitors to Dropbox and beyond, and the site kept crashing! She has put together a set of amazing worksheets for the current Covid-19 situation; the Covid-19 time capsule.

Do check out the Covid 19 time capsule for adults on our site too. And remember, as a Social Enterprise, most of our revenue goes to charity, so do take a quick look at our small shop in case any other products take your fancy. Some are free, and some for just the price of a coffee, are fun for kids to do.

Click on the above image to download BUT - if you want to see what you are getting, let's give you a few more details. It IS FREE though, thanks to Long Creations, so don't worry about having to pay for any of this. We've also got another great resource for kids on coronavirus too - a completely free book for kids on coronovirus to help them understand it too.

This should keep the kids busy for a little bit of easter at least?!!? We'd love to see what they have done too - do share their work, or just a picture so we can see in our Facebook Group. We are trying to build a virtual fridge of kids colouring to brighten up our Facebook walls!

There are some simple amazing sheets in here for you all to work through. With some fabulous ideas, and concepts for the kids to think about and then reflect on at a later date.

There are 11 sheets within the workbook:

A moment of history - record some of the details occurring now,

About me page,

How I'm feeling,

Something about your community,

What are you doing to stay busy at home,

Record your handprints,

Special occasions while in Lockdown,

A letter to yourself,

Interview your parents, and finally

A letter FROM your parents.

This is a truly amazing worksheet and we cannot thank Long Creations enough for letting us share it with you all.

There are so many different ways that this will benefit your children:

Helping them to think and articulate how they are feeling at the moment,

Getting them to understand how important this is - that we really are living through history, and actually helping them to record the event,

Getting them to think more positively about their time indoors, and

Chatting to you about how you feel, as parents, as well as being about to write to each other about what it happening.

The worksheets also give children, and parents the chance to reflect on the wider community as well - and how they are being affected. In many cases, such as in #clapforcarers in the UK, there have been some wonderful and uplifting stories about how community had changed for the better.

Let's take a sneak peak at the worksheets shall we?

A Place in History

About me

How I'm feeling

My community

Safe at home

Our handprints

Special occasions

Letter to myself

Interview your parents

Letter from your parents

These are just wonderful resources, and we really hope you like them as much as we do, and they keep the kids busy for a few days, or even longer.

If you need other ideas, then do check out some of the other printables we have on the site. Ideal if you are kicking your heels at home of course!

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Science is the study of the world around us. Scientists learn about their subject by observing, describing, and experimenting. There are many subjects and branches of science. Some study outer space like astronomy. Other sciences study life (biology) or the earth (geology) or even matter and energy (physics). Below are some subjects that you may be interested in or studying in class. The world around us is fascinating and learning about it can be fun and interesting.

Much of the science we know today was discovered using theScientific Method. The Scientific Method is a method scientists use to get accurate results from their experiments.

Most pages below have a 10 questionscience quiz at the bottom to help review the material.

Go here forkids scientific experiments and projects on Electricity, Sound, Weather, the Solar System, and more. You can also go here to learn more about scientists and inventors.

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Kids learn about science including educational subjects biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, astronomy, environment, genetics, and more. Activities, questions, and experiments for students and teachers.

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Anytime can be the right time to explore STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). Explore our favorite experiments, engineering challenges and demonstrations with these fun hands-on STEM activities! Materials are easy to find, most activities take an hour or less, and the STEM learning is limitless.

Try the annual Engineering Challenge from Science Buddies! Open to all students worldwide, a new challenge and prizes are announced every January. Explore the current challenge as well as ones from past years! Read more

Did you know that the seaweed you've seen in the ocean or even eaten as a snack is inspiring innovators to imagine new materials? Large brown algae, like kelp, contains polymers-long chains of molecules-that are more environmentally friendly than the ones in most plastics. These natural polymers (alginates) could eventually be used to create sustainable everyday objects. Try your hand at using a bit of chemistry to turn biodegradable polymers from algae into your own custom... Read more

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Fun hands-on STEM activities (science, technology, engineering, and math) activities for kids of all ages.

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Enter the world of history for kids. Discover ancient people and places, and fascinating facts with our selection of games and activities.

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History for kids - Free history network for kids

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Learn about the ancient Egyptian civilization and what they did in their daily lives. Many things like metal work, paper making and amazing architecture all came from the Egyptians.

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History for kids Welcome to History for Kids the free online history network. We hope you enjoy and have fun exploring our history. The website is packed with articles, worksheets and even a quiz on each section.

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Ireland: Counties - Map Quiz Game - Seterra

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There are 32 counties on the island. The Republic of Ireland comprises 26 counties, while Northern Ireland accounts for the remaining 6 counties. In Northern Ireland, counties are no longer used for local government; districts are instead used.

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The funniest, yuckiest and most gruesome bits of history in one bestselling series.

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PE Games Physical Education Resources | The PE Shed | United Kingdom

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The GAA Go Games Skill Challenges aim to encourage children (aged 7-12 years) to improve their hurling/camogie and Gaelic football skills.

It is intended that children will be intrinsically motivated to challenge themselves to improve their skills, with a particular emphasis on bilateral coordination. Children gauge their own progress, such as setting distances and recording their own scores.

The challenges can be taken either indididually or with a partner almost anywhere (at home, the club, school etc.). The challenges provide a good opportunity for coaches, teachers and parents/guardians to collaborate efforts to improve the children's Gaelic games skills.

This initiative is one of the activities of the GAA's 5 Star Centre Initiative

Check out the following videos to see inter-county stars taking the challenges.

Mags D'Arcy - Hand Pass

James MCarthy - Toe Tap

TJ Reid - Overhead Catch

Declan Hannon - Jab Lift & Solo Run

Shane Dowling & Declan Hannon - Partner Wall Strike & Control Challenge

James McCarthy - Banana Kick Challenge

Cian Breheny & Paul Mannion - Partner Hook Kick & Catch Challenge

David McInerney - Continuous Striking Challenge

Cian Breheny - Hook Kick & Catch Challenge

Mags D'Arcy - Roll Lift Challenge

TJ Reid - Wall Strike & Control Challenge

Sinead Finnegan - Kick & Catch Challenge

Shane Dowling - Corner Flag Challenge

Paul Mannion - Solo Run Challenge

David McInerney - Crossbar Challenge

Sinead Finnegan - Fist Pass

James McCarthy - Wall Punt-kick & Catch

TJ Reid and Mags D'Arcy - Partner Strike and Catch

Kevin Foley - Doubling on the Ball - GAA Go Games Skill Challenges

Lee Chin - Sideline Cut

Kevin Foley - Solo & Strike

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When I was a kid, we played outside with the other kids in the neighborhood with most of our free time. We also made the most of recess at school. We kept ourselves quite occupied without any of today's modern technologies. Listed below are some no-tech games that you may have enjoyed as a kid. I sure did. Some can be done indoors. Some can be done by yourself or with just one friend. But most of them are best when done outside with a group of people. Also, most of these games can be changed or improved by making up your own rules. Use your imagination!

Hide and Seek

Everyone has played this one. Most parents have played with their kids, since hiding and finding is a common interest of small children. I've heard of all kinds of variations on this game. Sometimes you count to twenty, sometimes ten, sometimes one hundred. Sometimes there is a home base that you can run to and tag, becoming "safe," sometimes you just wait to be found. The general idea is that one person is "it," that person closes his or her eyes and counts to a certain number without looking and then he or she tries to find the others. Number of Players: Ideally at least three. Equipment: None.

Kick the Can

This game is a variation of tag and hide & seek. One person or a team of people are designated as "it" and a can is placed in the middle of the playing area. The other people run off and hide while the "it" covers his or her eyes and counts to a certain number. "It" then tries to find everyone. If a person is tagged by "it", they go into a holding pen for captured players. If one of the un-captured players manages to kick the can, the captured players are released. The game is over once all the non-"it" players are in the holding pen. Number of Players: Ideally at least three. Equipment: A metal can.

Capture the Flag

This game is most fun when played with a large group. Split the group into two teams, each team having a flag or other marker at the team's base. The object of the game is to run into the other team's territory, capture their flag and make it safely back to your own territory. You can tag "enemy" players in your territory, sending them to your jail. They can be sprung from jail by a member of their own team running into your territory, tagging them and running back, with one freed person allowed per jail break. It is sometimes played that all the people in jail could hold hands and make a chain back toward their own territory, making it easier for members of their team to tag them. We also played a similar game called Steal the Sticks. It had almost the same rules, but several sticks were used instead of one flag. Number of Players: A large group. Equipment: Two flags or other markers.

Parachute

Fun for kids of all ages, this game involves a large round parachute, preferably with handles, with people holding the parachute all around the edges. It helps if someone is in charge telling people what to do. Players can just ruffle the parachute up and down a little bit, they can go all the way up and all the way down, or all the way up and then run underneath, sitting on the edge of the parachute, which can create a bubble of air with everyone inside. Players can also place light objects such as wiffle balls or beanbags on top of the parachute, and make them jump by ruffling the parachute. Also, one person can sit in the middle of the parachute and everyone ruffles it near the ground. If there is a smooth floor and a light child, the child can sit in the middle on top of the parachute and everyone else can walk partway around still holding the parachute edge. Then everyone pulls backward, spinning the child. There are countless variations. Number of Players: Depends on the size of the parachute, but usually eight to ten. Equipment: A play parachute. These aren't as hard to find as you would think. Try here and here.

Traffic Cop

This game works best on a street with little to no traffic, or in a large paved area of some kind. You need bikes, wagons, pedestrians, scooters or whatever is available. One person directs traffic to make sure kids don't run into each other. It is more fun than it sounds, and helps kids learn about waiting to cross the street and about traffic safety. Number of Players: A small group. Equipment: Bikes, wagons, scooters, anything on wheels.

Four Square

This ball game is played on a square court further divided into four smaller squares, numbered one through four. One player stands in each of the squares, with the highest ranked player in number one, lowest in number four. You bounce the ball among the players, bouncing once in the other person's square before that person catches it. When I played this as a kid, we had countless additional rules to choose from. The person in square one got to choose the rules. Anyone who violates the rules will have to move down in the ranking, or be eliminated with another player rotating in to square four. Number of Players: Four, unless you take turns. Equipment: A four square court or sidewalk chalk, a playground ball.

Hopscotch

Use some sidewalk chalk and make a hopscotch grid. Number the squares from one to nine. Pick a rock that is good for tossing. Small ones can bounce too much, and larger ones are hard to throw. Start by tossing the rock onto Square 1. Hop over the rock and hop with a single foot or both feet (to follow the hopscotch pattern) all the way to the end. Turn around and come back, stopping on Square 2. Balancing on one foot, pick up the rock in Square 1 and hop over Square 1 to the start. Continue this pattern with Square 2. And so on. If you toss your rock and miss the correct square, your turn is over. This game can be played with any number of people, but only one person can go at a time. If it's raining or dark or too cold, you can get indoor hopscotch mats or foam pieces, or just find a pattern on the floor to follow, perhaps using a beanbag instead of a rock. Number of Players: One at a time. Equipment: Hopscotch grid, rock or beanbag.

Jump-Rope and Double Dutch

One of the biggest ways I spent my recess time as a young girl was jumping rope. I got quite good at it for my age, both in speed and in skill. It was fun to jump by myself, but it was even more fun to have a long rope and jump with a couple of friends. That's where jump-rope rhymes come in. They turn a simple exercise into a fun game, to compete against yourself and others. Then there's double dutch. I was always in awe of the older girls who could do double dutch. The first time I tried it, I got tripped up almost immediately. However, once you understand how to do it, it isn't as hard as it looks. Number of Players: One for single jumping, three with a longer rope or for double dutch. Equipment: One or two jump-ropes.

Chinese Jump-Rope

This game requires three people, or just one or two people with really good chairs. It is easily done inside, assuming a sturdy floor. This game resembles regular jump rope in that you jump. A lot. But you jump in a pattern. Two people (or chairs) put their feet inside the rope and stretch them out, standing far enough apart for the third person to jump between them. The third person, or jumper, faces one of the people holding the rope and jumps in a pattern of left, right, inside, outside and on the ropes. What pattern you use is up to you, but all the players should use the same one. The game is started with the rope around the ankles. Once the jumper does the jump correctly, the rope is moved up to the calves. Then to the knees, then the thighs. Usually it doesn't get any farther than that. Once you miss, it is someone else's turn. Number of Players: Preferably three, but it can be done with one or two. Equipment: A stretchy-type rope or 5 to 6 meters of rubber bands tied together in a circle.

Jacks

This game can be played on any flat surface, indoors or out. The player scatters the jacks on the playing surface, often by just tossing them out of one hand, as if rolling dice. The ball is then tossed up, is allowed to bounce once, and is caught before the second bounce. The player tries to scoop up jacks and catch the ball with one hand before the ball's second bounce. The number of jacks to be picked up goes in order. First you pick up one ("onesies"), then two ("twosies"), then three and so on. There are many variations to the rules of this game including things like "pigs in the pen" and "double bounces." Jacks is one game I wish I had played as a girl, but it was much more common when my mom was a child. Number of Players: Any, taking turns. Equipment: A set of jacks and a small rubber ball.

Marbles

The general rules specify that you draw a circle in the sand or on the sidewalk, and then take turns trying to knock each other's marbles out of the circle with your one large marble. As with the other games, there are countless variations. I haven't played this game at length, though, because I always seem to hurt myself flicking the large marble into the ring! You can also use a marble mat which contains different point zones. Number of Players: At least two. Equipment: Chalk, large and small marbles.

Red Light, Green Light

With enough room, this game can easily be played inside. One person is the traffic light at one end, and the other players are at the other end. When the traffic light faces the group, he or she says, "Red light!" and everyone must freeze. The traffic light then turns his or her back and says, "Green light!" while the group tries to get as close to the traffic light as possible. The traffic light turns around quickly, again saying, "Red light!", and if anyone is spotted moving, they have to go back to the starting place. The first person to tag the traffic light wins and gets to be the next traffic light. Number of Players: A small group. Equipment: None.

Mother, May I

This game is set up in the same way as Red Light Green Light. One person in the group asks the person in the front, "Mother, may I take steps forward?" The person at the front then says, "Yes, you may." or "No, you may not." You can vary your requests by including options such as taking baby steps, spinning steps, leaps or whatever strikes your fancy. Again, the first person to tag the person in the front wins and is the next person in the front. Number of Players: A small group. Equipment: None.

Simon Says

This game can be played anywhere, even in a car or other small space. One person is Simon and starts by saying, "Simon says, '[insert action here]'. " Everyone must then do the action. However, if Simon makes an action request without saying, "Simon says" to begin the request, anyone who does that action is out. The last person still playing in the end will be Simon for the next round. Number of Players: A small group. Equipment: None.

Tag

It seems that everyone knows how to play tag, but just in case it wasn't in your childhood game playing repertoire, here is how you play. A group of kids decides who will start out as being "it." That person chases the other people around, trying to tag one of them with their hand. The newly tagged person is now "it." There is often the rule of "no tag-backs" where you can't tag the person who just tagged you. The game ends when everyone is tired of playing. Number of Players: Any size group. Equipment: None.

Shadow Tag

In this fun version of Tag, you tag each other's shadow with your feet instead of tagging their body. Thus, it must be played on a sunny day. The closer to noon, the greater the difficulty. Number of Players: A small group. Equipment: None.

Freeze Tag

This is a variation of Tag where if the person who is "it" tags you, you have to freeze where you are. Another participant can tag you to unfreeze you. Number of Players: A small group. Equipment: None.

TV Tag

A variation of Freeze Tag where the person unfreezing the frozen player has to call out a TV show title. That show then can't be used again during that game. Number of Players: A small group. Equipment: None.

Marco Polo

This variation of tag is played in a swimming pool. Whoever is "it" closes their eyes and yells "Marco!" The other players then yell "Polo!" The "it" person has to tag one of the others, and then that person is "it." Be sure to play in a pool that is not too deep for any of the players. Number of Players: A small group. Equipment: A swimming pool.

Blind Man's Bluff

A favorite game in Tudor and Victorian England, this game is yet another variation on tag. The person who is "it" wears a blindfold and tries to tag the other players. Be sure to play this in an area safe from obstructions and other hazards. Number of Players: A small group. Equipment: A blindfold.

Red Rover

Divide everyone into two teams, each forming a long line, holding hands, facing the other team. The two teams should be around 20 or so feet apart. The teams take turn calling out, "Red Rover, Red Rover, let come over!" That child leaves their team's line, runs as fast as they can toward the other line and tries to break through the held hands. If they break through, they get to take someone back to their team. If they don't, they join the new team. When a team only has one person left, that person tries to break through the other team. If they do not, then their team loses. If they do, they gain a player and play continues. Number of Players: Any decent size group. Equipment: None.

Heads Up, Seven Up

Dating back to at least the 1950s, this game is one we played in elementary school. In my experience, it was usually done in the classroom with everyone at their desk. To start the game, seven players go to the front and the teacher says, "Heads down, thumbs up!" Everyone still at their desk puts their head down, extends an arm and stucks their thumb up. The seven kids that were at the front go around and each press one person's thumb down. Then they all go back to the front of the room and the teacher says, "Heads up, seven up!" The players at the desks raise their heads and the seven whose thumbs were pressed down stand up. Each in turn names the person they think pressed down their thumb. If they are correct, they change places with the presser. Then the game can start again. Number of Players: Minimum of 14. Equipment: Desks at which to sit.

Spud

This outdoor game is a lot of fun. Every player gets a number and crowds around the person who is "it" for that round. "It" then tosses the ball straight up and the other players run away. As the ball reaches the top of its toss, "it" calls out the number of one of the other players and then runs away also. The player whose number was called must run back and catch the ball (or chase after it if it is bouncing around). Once that person has the ball, they yell, "Spud!" Then everyone else must freeze. The person with the ball must try to hit one of the players with the ball. If they do, that new person gets a letter (first S, then P, then U, then D) and is now "it." If they miss, the person who threw the ball is "it" for the next round. Number of Players: A small group. Equipment: Playground ball.

Button, Button, Who's Got the Button?

Played inside or outside, the group sits or stands in a circle and holds their hands together in front of them. One person takes the button and goes around the circle, pretending to put the button in someone else's hands. They actually deposit the button in one person's hands, but then continue the rest of the way around the circle, pretending to put it in everyone else's hands. Then going around the circle, each player tries to guess who has the button now. Before each person's guess, the group asks together, "Button, button, who's got the button?" Then the player can state their guess. Once the player with the button is finally guessed, that person distributes the button during the next round. Because a button is used in this game, be sure that all the kids playing are old enough so as to not choke on the button. In another version of this game (and the one that I am more familiar with), one child stands in the middle of the circle, and the button gets passed around the backs of the rest of the group. Those without the button pretend to pass it. When the passing stops, the player in the middle has to guess as to who actually has the button. Number of Players: Any size group. Equipment: A button.

Cat's Cradle

This incredibly portable game can be played anywhere. If you are playing alone, you can make various string shapes on your own hands. With two people, you can play a bit of a game, transferring the shapes back and forth and creating new ones. Learn from someone if you can, but otherwise there are some good books on the subject. Make your own string, or buy a book on how to do it, which often comes with a string! Number of Players: One or two. Equipment: A string, approximately 36 inches long, tied in a circle (length varies, so find one that works for you!).

Hand-Clap Games

The first hand-clap game most people have played is Pat-a-Cake with their parents. Songs and patterns get much more complicated from there. Usually there are two people involved, doing a series of clap patterns on their own and each other's hands while singing or chanting a rhythmic song. There are many rhymes listed online, but if you can learn from someone else or see it in a video, that is best, so that you can get the notes of the song and the rhythm of the clapping. From "Miss Mary Mack" to "Miss Susie" to "Say, Say, My Playmate," there are countless hand clap games to learn. Number of Players: Usually two, but creativity can allow for a third or fourth person. Equipment: None.

Crack the Whip

Though often played on ice while wearing skates in the winter, this game is much safer, though possibly less fun, when played on grass. All the players hold hands in a line. The person at one end of the line skates or runs around, changing directions quickly. The tail of the "whip" of players tends to get moved around with a lot more force than players closer to the front. The longer the tail, the harder it is to hold on. If the players at the end fall off the end of the tail, they can attempt to get back on, perhaps in a position closer to the front. Number of Players: A small group. Equipment: None.

Musical Chairs

In a circle, arrange chairs facing outward to total one fewer than the number of players. An additional player needs to be in charge of the music. When the music starts, the players walk around the chairs. When the music stops, players sit down in the nearest chair as soon as they can. The one player who does not have a chair is out. One of the chairs is then removed, and the game continues in this manner. The player that sits in the final chair is the winner. This game is traditionally played inside, but it can also be played outside with outdoor furniture and a portable music player. Number of Players: A small group. Equipment: Music player or person making music, chairs.

Telephone

This game is one in which most people end up laughing quite a bit, so if you're in the mood for silliness, give it a go. Players sit in a circle. One person thinks up a sentence or phrase and whispers it to the next person. That person repeats it to the person on their other side. This continues around the circle. When it finally reaches the last person, that person says the sentence out loud. Hilarity ensues. The ending sentence is usually quite changed from the beginning sentence, since errors tend to compound as they go around the circle. Number of Players: A small group. Equipment: None.

Freeze Dance

Choose one person to be in charge of the music. When the music starts, everyone else dances, the crazier the better. When the music stops, the dancers must freeze in their position. Anyone caught moving after that is out. Play continues until there is one person left, the winner. Number of Players: Any number. Equipment: Music player or person making music. You can find more activities in The Dangerous Book for Boys and The Daring Book for Girls, as well as some jump rope and hand clap rhymes.

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In these uncertain times with self-isolation within families and social distancing from the wider community, I've put together a really practical and helpful stay at home survival guide for parents to use while their children are at home. I hope you find it helpful, spread it far and wide with others.

Stay clam, playful and optimistic. We can do this together!

For many people this is the first time we've had our children all at home together for such long periods of time, without holidays and travel involved. The weeks and months ahead may therefore feel really daunting, even overwhelming.

I can understand that feeling too, but I think it helps to be calm and remind ourselves we can TOTALLY DO THIS and we are perfectly suited to the task ahead. Yes, it will require a period of settling and adjustment to new routines and preparation will be your friend here.

Let me help you get started with this simple guide and don't forget, you will also find me sharing DAILY PLAY and LEARNING IDEAS over on my Imagination Tree Instagram feed (where I often chat to camera behind the scenes and show you how-tos and set up videos too.) Also, I am going to open up the doors to my private membership site for parents PlayLab EARLY so that new members can hop on board and have weekly advice, videos, training and materials from me directly. This will be a great stress reliever as I will do lots of the work for you! Hop on over here to sign up to register your interest now, ready for when the doors open in the next couple of weeks!
Ok, let's start our Stay at Home Survival Guide!
Firstly, take the pressure off yourself. You do not need to be perfect at organising timetables, fun activities and teaching material. It will absolutely be ok if some things slip for a while. YOU know your child the best and WILL be able to provide well for them during this period, including their educational development. Their teachers will give some guidance and there are plenty of ideas online for a lifetime of learning ideas. Kids are amazingly adaptable, including being able to catch up again with their learning. This is not forever!

If in doubt, keep it PLAYFUL, fun and as active as possible as this is the proven best way to learn and retain new information. This could look like running around the house to hunt for hidden phonemes/ sight words against a timer, instead of studying boring worksheets, for example. This will also help keep them moving as much as possible which is very important when going out is no longer an option.

STOCK UP

I DO suggest stocking up as early as possible on loads of basic sensory play materials and learning resources.

Everything in this list will be useful in making play dough, slime, cloud dough, salt dough, dyed rice/ pasta, scented sensory play materials, sensory writing trays and LOADS of creative art activities. This combination pretty much covers all bases! Find the recipes themselves in the archives here and in my Sensory Invitations to Play Cards.

These are inexpensive but really useful to have handy in the cupboards for the days when you want to pull your hair out with frustration! If in doubt, ditch everything and get messy!

This list of learning materials will obviously depend on the age and stage of your own children, but it covers a good range from approx preschooler to older Primary school. These are versatile resources that can be combined in a variety of ways to make all kinds of DIY learning through play games and activities. You'll find the ideas themselves in the archives here (scroll down) and over on my daily instagram updates. PlayLab members will get them delivered directly on the membership site too.

MAKE A PLAN

Planning ahead will also be your friend here. Make a loose schedule for the weekdays and then be sure to plan in sensory play time and open-ended too. This will help everyone feel calmer and aid relaxation as the pressure will be off you to think on your feet. Here is a suggested week-day plan for children of school age. It might look very different in your home and some days you may skip everything for a day climbing trees or having a Harry Potter movie watching marathon instead maybe!

I can't say exactly how long each session would be as that would depend on your breakfast and dinner times, but I'd imagine around 30 mins per activity in the morning, with 10-15 minute breaks. And then longer stretches during free play and creative/ science projects in the afternoons. Read aloud time works really well straight after lunch while they're still at the table, for about half an hour. This can also be an audiobook, of course!

Plan for long periods of open-ended play, quiet time and creativity. Kids are brilliant at play, so provide them the tools/ space/ time and let them get on with it! The sooner they get used to this, the better this part of the day will be.

GET OUTSIDE

The best thing we can do with them is get them out into nature (unless they are showing symptoms of course.)

Find wide open spaces in the countryside such as nature trails, empty beaches or the woods and let them run wild climbing trees, building dens and burning off as much energy as possible.

GET MOVING

Even if you can't get outside or go further than your own garden/ yard, its possibly to get creative with your movement games.

Have a mini Olympics, make obstacle courses inside and out, jump on the trampoline, have disco dance parties, make up silly walks, play computer dance games etc!

Watch some kiddie yoga online, do stretches or family HITT workouts.

UTILISE SCREEN TIME

Screen time is not the enemy, it's a useful tool!

I suggest planning it into your daily schedule for times when you need a quiet period for your own planning/ admin/ online shopping/ work etc. You need some space from each other to keep the routine (and peace) flowing well.

Also, watching movies can be turned into an educational activity by asking them to rate them afterwards and complete movie review sheets! Watch nature and science documentaries, create projects based on the topics learned. Shows like Horrible Histories are a great springboard for fun projects.

SENSORY PLAY

This is really important as it helps keeps kids calm and focused. It's a great stress and anxiety reliever too, which will be very beneficial with the daily news updates and worries.

Stock up on sensory ingredients and dedicate a time of day to this. You can also move sensory play to the bath or garden for better containment if you're worried about mess.

Use the checklist above and then find my Sensory Invitations to Play cards full of recipes to help! (These are currently 25% off to try and help make them as accessible as possible to everyone.)

READING & WRITING

Audiobooks will be fantastic during this time, as will read aloud time together. Try reading in a makeshift fort, in the dark with torches, while they're in the bath or outside.

Find new books and review them for other kids online.

Write a book diary, make bookmarks, make a library role play area at home, read TO each other, read poetry and use all these experiences to inspire some writing too.

School aged kids can be fantastically independent in their writing projects. You just need to offer some inspiration with open-ended prompts such as: write a story/ comic/ quiz book/ poem/ book review/ information-based project etc.

Keep it purposeful and fun, it does not need to look like "school". Writing real letters to family members and friends that you can't see in person will be both fun and meaningful.

Older kids could set up private YouTube channels and share ideas there with their friends online!

Make use of the myriad of great resources online. Let THEM be the teaching tool and guide you need.

CREATIVITY

Keep the art supplies freely available and they will surprise you with their creative ideas! Save recycling and encourage them to make towns/ junk models. homes for their toys/ pretend gadgets etc.

Painting, drawing, sewing, paper mache, salt-dough and clay modelling are all great on-going projects.

Watch YouTube for tutorials on learning new skills eg crochet, sewing, tie-dye, weaving etc.

Play music, put on shows, dress up, create costumes from newspaper, do face painting, do talent shows, learn stop motion animation- the list can be endless!

A cardboard box is endless fun for all ages- just be creative with what you add!

Creativity involves lego, photography, cooking, trying smoothie recipes, having bake-off contests, creating projects for other kids.

Create loads of art then finally put together an exhibition! Take photos and share with family members via WhatsApp or online.

So many possible ideas- ask your children what they love to do the most!

FREE PLAY

This is by far the best thing your children can do, especially when in balance with some learning time. Give them some dedicated space for play and schedule it into the day.

Make resources available and include plenty of loose parts for play as these are open-ended and can be used in a myriad of ways.

You could do learning all morning then creative projects, free play and screen time in the afternoons for example. This model would work well and be really easy to achieve.

You could theme the weeks so that there is a different focus eg talent show to work on one week of afternoons, science fair to prepare the following week etc.

Get the whole family involved in some of these big games and challenges- it will be a great stress reliever and lots of fun!

SCIENCE

Grow beans, make lava lamps, make fizzing potions, play with water beads, make slime etc.

Search Pinterest for so many ways to investigate using household materials!

Design and make your own science fair at home!

I have plenty of ideas in the Imagination Tree archives to keep you busy for a long time! Here's a quick list of links to the deeper archives:
PLAYFUL LITERACY IDEAS here. PLAYFUL MATHS IDEAS here. SENSORY PLAY RECIPES here. SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS here.
Finally, keep in contact with others through phone calls and FaceTime. Encourage each other and share great ideas and tips that you find online. Let's keep communicating and laughing through it all and we can get through this together, even when physically apart. I am hoping your elderly loved ones are kept safe.

If this Stay at Home Survival Guide has been useful for you, please consider passing it on to others as this helps me as well as them. Thank you! x

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Some of the animals we commonly regard as pets.

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A collection of animal how to draw tutorials that come to mind when you think about farms.

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Cartoon like crawlies with a cute look. Bugs are one of the things that are easy to draw no matter your skill level.

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Looking for printable social stories for kids? Here you'll find lots of free social stories examples and even some social story templates to help you write your own.

Social stories were a total game changer for us. They have helped my son get through things like attending a funeral for the first time and managing the sensory overload that comes along with filling up the bathtub.

However, searching for the perfect social story is time consuming.

And sometimes, you never find the right social story you need. Things like using clipart instead of real photos, missing steps, and not giving my son the right language and vocabulary are some of the issues we have run into when searching for social stories.

So I'm slowly trying to fill the gap by creating beautiful and comprehensive social stories that use real photos with pictures of diverse children so that every child feels represented.

Below you will find tons of printable social stories for kids, including free social story templates and lots of free printable social stories.

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What is a social story?

Social stories are a great way to teach autistic children a variety of skills and behaviors, as well as outline special events and social situations. Basically, a story that teaches about one specific topic, event, or social skill.

For a more detailed description, as well as tips for writing your own social stories, read more here.

But save yourself some time by using one of the printable social stories examples from below instead (some are free and some are paid).

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Created: Wednesday, 09 November 2011 08:58

Updated on Tuesday, 13 July 2021 12:29

This resource page contains many examples of picture-and-word work sheets intended for use in speech-language pathology intervention.

The sheets were made in Microsoft Word, using copyright-free pictures and stock photos, mainly from Microsoft Clip Art and Media, and converted into portable document files (pdfs) using Adobe Acrobat.

The vocabulary represents (non-rhotic) Australian English pronunciation, and although most of the words and minimal pairs will 'work' in other dialects of English you may need to discard some. For example, pairs like saw-shore, and spa-star are minimal pairs in Australian English and in other non-rhotic varieties of English, but not in rhotic dialects such as Canadian, Irish, Scottish and most US 'Englishes'.

SLPs/SLTs and students are invited to use these worksheets and other resources when working with children with speech sound disorders. You are free to save them to your computer and to customize them to suit individual clients and to fit your service delivery model. The restrictions that apply to their use are stated in the site's copyright notice.

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On this page you will find singleton consonant worksheets for all the obstruents and sonorants, cluster and vowel worksheets, and worksheets that emphasise facilitative contexts.

Obstruents, shown on the Place-Voice-Manner Chart below, are consonants made by obstructing the airstream (cf. Sonorant). The obstruents are the stops, fricatives and affricates.

/p/ Syllable Initial Word Initial
P pie pan pin pot peg pup pipe pop pip peep Pope pen purse peach paint park page pig pool pearl pine peas path porch pug palm pint

/p/ Syllable Final Word Final
tape cup tap shop ship cap dip hoop sheep strap heap zip lip clip top soup zap hope hop sip clap type beep! beep! flip wrap whip skip stop

Aspiration Trick for /p/

/p/ Aspiration Trick
This is for children with pre-vocalic or context sensitive voicing of voiceless stops (e.g., pole pronounced as bole). Practise 'p...hole', 'phhhole', etc., gradually reducing the aspiration and eventually turning 'p...hole' into 'pole'.

/b/ Syllable Initial Word Initial
bow boy bee buy bow boo bus bed bin bug book big bud bad back bun buck bell beg bag bowl bean bite bird bike ball beach bone

/b/ Syllable Final Word Final
cub robe cab bib knob web Bob tub rob lab rib rub lobe job nib pub grub crab shrub blob club crib

Chaining for /b/ SIWI
bob-bing-bing

/t/ Syllable Initial Word Initial
two tie tap top tape tub tin tool tick tail tug tag turf torch team ten top tea tissue target toaster tomato teapot table tulip teacher Tasmania teddy taxi turtle

/t/ Syllable Final Word Final
foot fort fit fight feet fat hat heart nut beet rat suit fete mat sheet eight seat shirt hut plate vet bat plait pot skate kite goat cot cat coat court gate

Aspiration Trick for /t/

/t/ Aspiration Trick
This is for children with pre-vocalic or context sensitive voicing of voiceless stops (e.g., time pronounced as dime). Practise 't...hail', 'thhhail', etc., gradually reducing the aspiration and eventually turning 't...hail' into 'tail'.

/d/ Syllable Initial Word Initial
door day dip doll dawn dish down D dome dove dive deaf dam dice date dot deck dark dock duck dog Doug dig desk dart disk dance dust deer dough dinner daisy dye dull dame deep

/d/ Syllable Final Word Final
bud bed maid bird road bead mad seed lead slide cloud red lead hard sad feed loud blood

/k/ Syllable Initial Word Initial
key car core cow K cap cup can cone cub comb cab cough coin cart quoit couch coach cage kiss card coal curl case catch keg cog cook cake cork Coke cat kite coat cot coffee camera cue collar cauliflower colours calendar calculator cockatoo conductor crocodile kangaroo computer carrot kookaburra carpenter caterpillar cottages collector caravan camel ketchup curtain cushion cockroach cougar compost karaoke

/k/ Syllable Final Word Final
bike book beak buck park back-pack wok walk week work wake wick hook hike neck knock ache oak look lick like leak leek lock shark shake rock rake sock sack cork cook Coke kick brick break black block stake stork wreck trick

Aspiration Trick for /k/

/k/ Aspiration Trick
This is for children with pre-vocalic or context sensitive voicing of voiceless stops (e.g., car pronounced as gar). Practise 'k...hat', 'khhhat', etc., gradually reducing the aspiration and eventually turning 'k...hat' into 'cat'.

Chaining for /k/

/k/ Chaining - king-words
Chaining begins with words or syllable contexts the child can produce. This one is for children who can produce /k/ word finally but not word initially. Start with 'make, 'work', etc. Build up to the child saying 'making', 'working' etc. Exaggerate the second syllable: 'making', 'working' etc. and then move to 'making-king', 'working-king' etc., and ultimately many repetitions of the word 'king' before moving on to /k/ SIWI in CVs and CVCs.

/k/ Chaining - key-Keith
key-Keith key-keen key-keel key-quiche key-keys key-keep

/k/ Chaining - key-words
monkey-key, etc.

/g/ Syllable Initial Word Initial
go guy game gum Gus guess gas goose gull girl gown give goat get gate gift guard gourd guest gust good gold grass globe green gorilla goanna golf galah guitar glove guide good-bye

/g/ Syllable Final Word Final
big hug bug pig egg mug bag beg tug jig wig fig rug log leg rag stag rig wag frog shag jog dog drag hog dig cog keg tag Doug

/f/ Syllable Initial Word Initial
Fiona feel feast feet feed Felix fever female fiesta Fiat field feely bag fat food four five fig fan farm fish fork fox phone fern face foot fairy fight feed funny

/f/ Syllable Final Word Final
knife cough leaf half loaf roof wife calf scarf chef safe surf chief wife wharf cliff giraffe Jeff Steph off cuff childproof carafe turf f golf wolf shelf elf photograph autograph

/f/ Six-Pix Series - 6 pictures on 1 page

/f/ SIWI Six-Pix a
fan feet fish phone five food

/f/ SIWI Six-Pix b
food face fête foot foal fox

/f/ SIWI Six-Pix c
folding fighting feeding filling fixing falling

/f/ SIWI Six-Pix d
fork fern farm fort form first

/f/ SIWI Six-Pix e
funny fast fierce fake full fantastic

/f/ SIWI Six-Pix f
fur four fair fire fear far

/f/ SIWI Six-Pix g
feeling sick feeling happy feeling hungry feeling cosy feeling sticky feeling strong

/f/ SIWI Six-Pix h
finding feeding folding fishing fighting finishing

Aspiration Trick for /f/

/f/ Aspiration Trick
This is for children who "stop" voiceless fricatives, and/or for children who replace voiceless fricatives with voiced ones. Practise 'f...heat', 'fhhheat', etc., gradually reducing the aspiration and eventually turning 'f...heat' into 'feet'.

Chaining for /f/

/f/ Chaining - Fi-words
'Fi' is short for 'Fiona' and is pronounced 'fee'. Chaining begins with words or syllable contexts the child can produce. This one is for children who can produce /f/ within a word (intervocalically) but not word initially. Start by familiarising the child with the words 'coffee', 'toffee', 'Daffy', 'Miffy' and 'huffy' (or similar words). Then practise saying them. Then say them with the second syllable slightly exaggerated (coff ee). Move on to 'coffee-Fi', 'toffee-Fi', etc. Then move on to 'coffee-Fi-Fi', 'toffee-Fi-Fi', etc. Gradually ease into 'Fi-feel, etc. Finally introduce more words with /fi/ SIWI followed by words starting with /f/ followed by other vowels.

/v/ Syllable Initial Word Initial
V vow van vet veil vine vest vase vat vole vice volcano violin Vegemite

/v/ Syllable Final Word Final
hive cave five dove sleeve sieve glove stove grave wave drive clove serve shave love move dive leave give carve wave drive weave live

voiceless th Syllable Initial Word Initial
thick thong think Thursday theatre thermometer thank you thumb thunder third thimble thaw thatch thermostat Thumper thief thirsty therapist thorax thousand thorn thanks thoroughbred thirty

voiceless th Syllable Final Word Final
wreath earth death oath path teeth

voiceless th Syllable Final Within Word
birthday bathtub faithful pathogens mothballs untruthful

voiceless th Syllable Initial Within Word
healthy panther nothing marathon Dorothy author

voiced TH Syllable Initial Within Word
weather mother breathing father feather brother

voiced TH Syllable Initial Word Initial
these those them they their though that this than the then there

/s/ Syllable Initial Word Initial
seat sun C sign sack seal soap seed salt six saw sock sums suit sink seven sauce sieve sea sand soup six sails safe

/s/ Syllable Final Word Final
bus purse mouse nurse gas horse case goose juice house yes rice kiss ice dice S sauce dress

/s/ Syllable Initial Within Word
messy parcel dinosaur casserole blossom pussy pencil taxi rhinoceros croissant lasso icing bassoon insect fossil bison glasses jig-saw basin unicycle bicycle tricycle vaccination synthesizer consultation juicer

/s/ Syllable Final Within Word
basket toaster ice-cream pasta listen cassette Australia restaurant saucepan crossword insect houseboat Christmas tree hospital baseball Easter bunny escalator investigator

/s/ Syllable Final in Verbs (/ps/, /ks/, /ts/)
sits skips cuts talks picks kicks looks eats squirts collects knits jumps toasts drinks floats skates jumps hops makes walks

Lateral /s/

Butterfly Procedure for lateral /s/, /z/, etc.

Aspiration Trick for /s/

/s/ Aspiration Trick
This is for children who "stop" voiceless fricatives, and/or for children who replace voiceless fricatives with voiced ones. Practise 's...hip', 'shhhip', etc., gradually reducing the aspiration and eventually turning 's...hip' into 'sip'.

High frequency /s/ words SIWI and SIWW

High frequency /s/ words SIWI and SIWW
cell cent city said same sat saw say scene seam season second seven six small son sort sound south summer audience case class close face force house less miss office peace place police press price race science six space us voice yes About working with high frequency words

Chaining for /s/

/s/ Chaining - sea-words
Chaining begins with words or syllable contexts the child can produce. This one is for children who can produce /s/ within a word (intervocalically) but not word initially. Start by familiarising the child with the words 'pussy', 'messy', etc. (or similar words). Then practise saying them. Then say the words with the second syllable slightly exaggerated (pu ssy, me ssy). Move on to pussy-sea, messy-sea, etc. until the child can easily say 'sea'. Then move on to sea-seal, seaseed, sea-seat, sea-seek, and sea-scene. Then change the vowel (sow, sigh, say, saw, etc.) and proceed to CVC words.

/z/ Syllable Initial Word Initial
zoo zebra zero zip zoom zinnia zither zed zee Zach Zoë zap zone

/z/ Syllable Final Word Final
eyes cheese nose boys hose peas prize rose jazz trees keys stars pies knees shoes cars please

/z/ Word Final in Verbs
blows feeds runs plays dives rides pulls waters builds holds climbs hides listens saves see-saws sings skis drums swings reads cries skate-boards ties hangs vacuums smells draws recycles cart wheels folds tickles slides finds feeds throws gives pretends sells dances guesses mixes sails fishes relaxes balances brushes sneezes dances

sh Syllable Initial Word Initial
sheep shirt sheet show shark shape shell shower shoe ship shawl shot

sh Syllable Final Word Final
fish brush leash bush cash dish mash quiche hash radish nail polish crayfish

Aspiration Trick for sh

sh Aspiration Trick
This is for children who "stop" fricatives, and/or for children who replace voiceless fricatives with voiced ones. Practise 'sh...heap', 'shhheap', etc., gradually reducing the aspiration and eventually turning 'sh...heap' into 'sheep'.

Facilitative Context for sh

/sj/ SIWI to facilitate 'sh' SIWI
s-u-shoe, s-ute-shoot, s-yell-shell, s-yawn-shorn, s-ewe-shoe, s-yak-shack, s-yacht-shot, s-yam-sham, s-yard-shard, s-yurt-shirt, s-yin-shin, s-yawl-shawl

zh Syllable Initial Within Word and Syllable Final Word Final
luge rouge beige treasure television fusion tape measure Persian carpet azure vision Asia explosion illusion erosion invasion Persian cat confusion decision

/h/ Syllable Initial Word Initial
hat horse hill heart heap hand hair hen hive hook hoe hoop hose horn house hog hiding hitting humming holding hurrying hopping hugging hanging

/h/ Syllable Initial Word Initial - polysyllables
hippopotamus holiday Halloween Himalayas hairdresser hydrogen handkerchief harmonica horrible headmaster headmistress headquarters hexagon helicopter hilarious hollyhock honeycomb hospital housekeeper horseradish horticulture hydrangea housewarming Humpty Dumpty

ch Syllable Initial Word Initial
chin chick choose chip chop chain cheese chair chalk chimp child chest chilli cherry chisel cello children chicken China chimney champion chocolate chopsticks chewing gum

ch Syllable Final Word Final
watch aitch coach beach fetch ouch hatch crutch hutch witch match couch peach torch church porch pouch arch

ch stimulus pictures
choo-choo, etc.

Facilitative contexts for 'ch'

ch facilitative contexts - words, no pictures
hat shop chop; neat ship chip; eight shoes choose / chews; wet shoe chew; fruit shop chop; shirt shop chop; wet sheep cheap / cheep; neat sheet cheat; last sheep cheap / cheep; etc.

ch facilitative contexts pictures
neat shirt neat shirt neat shirt; great show great show great show; bright shirt bright shirt bright shirt; quite sharp quite sharp quite sharp; count sheep count sheep count sheep; not shut not shut not shut; got you got you got you; ah-choo! ah-choo! ah-choo! ouch ouch! ouch

ch facilitative contexts 4
hurt shin chin chin chin chin chin; wet sheep cheep cheep cheep cheep cheep; eight shoes choose choose choose choose choose; neat ship chip chipchip chip chip; hat shop chop chop chop chop chop; wet shoes chews chews chews chews chews; fruit shop chop chop chop chop chop; not sure chore chore chore chore chore; eight shoes choose choose; got you chew chew; hurt shin chin chin; wet sheep cheep cheep; neat ship chip chip; hat shop chop chop; wet shoes chews chews; fruit shop chop chop; not sure chore chore

/tj/ SIWI to facilitate 'ch' SIWI
t-u-chew, t-yellow-cello, t-yin-chin, t-ewes-choose, t-yes-chess, t-York-chalk, t-yolk-choke, t-yuck-chuck, t-year-cheer

Aspiration Trick for ch

ch Aspiration Trick
This is for children who "stop" the voiceless affricate (e.g., "din" for "chin", and/or for children who replace the voiceless affricate with the voiced one (e.g., "jeep" for "cheep"). Practise 'ch...heap', 'chhheap', etc., gradually reducing the aspiration and eventually turning 'ch...heap' into 'cheep'.

Working from /tr/ to facilitate ch

ch contrasted with tr (and dg contrasted with dr)
trick chick trees cheese train chain trip chip try chai true chew tress chess trill chill trek cheque
dray J draw jaw drag Jag drive jive drain Jane drake Jake drill Jill drone Joan

dg Syllable Initial Word Initial
jump jewel jam jeep juice jeans jet junk gym jog jug jazz jig gaol (jail) Jag jukebox jelly juggle jetty jacket jaguar jelly beans jig-saw jumper juggler germs jalopy jolly jumbuck jeweller joey judo jade Jack Horner Jack & Jill Jack Sprat Jack be Nimble

dg Syllable Final Word Final
page hedge wedge cage sage badge lodge stage fudge George rage forge

Working from /dr/ to facilitate dg

dg contrasted with dr (and ch contrasted with tr)
trick chick trees cheese train chain trip chip try chai true chew tress chess trill chill trek cheque
dray J draw jaw drag Jag drive jive drain Jane drake Jake drill Jill drone Joan

Sonorants are consonants (nasals, liquids and glides) or vowels. They are produced without obstruction of the airstream (cf. Obstruent).

/m/ Syllable Initial Word Initial
mouse milk man mop match mug mat moon mouth mine mail meal monkey money

/m/ Syllable Final Word Final
home lamb jam comb game worm lime gym team gum palm arm dream pram sum drum storm room plum thumb cream crumb

/n/ Syllable Initial Word Initial
net nut night nap no knife nine knot nail name nose nurse

/n/ Syllable Final Word Final
sun fan rain line hen phone sign can train lion bin pin bean lawn clown swan brown queen chain town spoon bone

Chaining for /n/

/n/ Chaining - knee-words
Chaining begins with words or syllable contexts the child can produce. This one is for children who can produce /n/ within a word (intervocalically) but not word initially. Start by familiarising the child with the words 'honey', 'bunny', etc. (or similar words). Then practise saying them. Then say the words with the second syllable slightly exaggerated (hon ey, bun ny). Move on to honey-knee, bunny-knee, etc. until the child can easily say 'knee'. Then move on to knee-need, knee-niece, knee-kneel, knee-neat, and knee-knees. Then change the vowel (no, neigh, gnaw, etc.) and proceed to CVC words (nose, name, nought, etc).

ng Syllable Final Word Final
wing tongue bang ring ting ping-pong king gong fang rung string swing sting lung Bing thing

ng Syllable Final Word Final - 'ing-words'
pulling looking eating guessing feeding sitting playing mixing riding watering blowing feeding building holding dressing balancing listening saving see-sawing skipping cutting drumming singing talking running hiding finding hopping skate-boarding swinging dancing reading crying picking squirting tying brushing collecting vacuuming sneezing drinking hanging marching knitting skating jumping folding tickling fishing climbing relaxing sliding skiing diving kicking finishing smelling drawing floating recycling jumping throwing making giving pretending toasting picnicking dancing cart-wheeling selling sailing walking

/l/ Syllable Initial Word Initial
leaf lamb light lock lawn line lion lace lick let lake 'A llama on a lead.' lunch loaf lamp leeks 'Let me out of here!' label luggage lobster letter lightning lily lemon ladle lettuce lantern lighthouse lizard ladder letters lattice ladybird lavender lipstick locker laundry locust lounge lifeguard lollipop la-la-la la-la-la la-la-la

/l/ Syllable Initial Within Word
balloon pillow aloe ballet bollard follow collar sailor silly Billy pulley Collie willow colour | color silo dollar Wally | Waldo rally teller pilot tiler bowler olives pollen tulip alien swallow police yellow ruler roller Felix pylon gallery million relay chameleon salute Milo pillion waterlily elephant Holland Poland New Zealand Malaysia Philippines Ireland

"Llama Therapy" for /l/

/l/ facilitative contexts - 'llama therapy'
la-la llama llama la-la large large la-la laugh laugh la-la latte latte etc.

The trrrrrrreasure trick!

In development, /r/ often emerges first in /tr/ clusters. This can be used in therapy to elicit /r/ SIWI.

1. Practice and strengthen the accuracy of the client's production of /r/ in /tr/ SIWI words such as triangle, trumpet, etc..
tr-clusters SIWI (1)
triangle track train tree tractor trash treasure trumpet trick truck trolley tram trip trim treat tray traffic trophy travel tread trailer

2. tr-clusters SIWI (2)
trumpet track try train true trust trick tray trim tram tree treat treasure trouble travel trailer truffles Trojan horse

3. Then use near minimal pairs such as track-rack (see below) to facilitate production of /r/ SIWI.
track rack train rain trash rash tram ram trim rim trip rip tread red tray ray trap wrap true roo

4. Next, move on to other /r/ SIWI words (see below).

/r/ Syllable Initial Word Initial
roo row ray rye rat rain rock rake rope red rag rig race rack ramp ranch rink rice ring rhyme rash road roots roof rook rink remote robot raven rectangle robin rocket rainbow recipe recorder radish rocker rabbit radiator radio

/r/ Vocalic /r/ 1
first turn learn purse stir bird shirt earth nurse start park sharp farm chart heart guard dark star year weird near cheer beard sphere ear clear fire choir iron tired wore tyre lyre spire hire door bored store fork corn four sore pour north square care spare hair share tear air fair pear

/r/ Vocalic /r/ 2
dollar trailer color ruler shorter taller caterpillar solar bigger smaller stroller reader river runner writer reporter rider roller refrigerator repairer learner cracker explorer mirror warrior barber ladder speaker hairdresser

/r/ Vocalic /r/ 3
grasshopper spider lobster tiger panther hamster gopher deer juicer vacuum cleaner mixer blender food processor cooker toaster coffee maker refrigerator corn cracker pear yogurt butter hamburger watermelon garlic gingerbread person

Facilitative Context for /r/ SIWI

her-ice-rice
her > ice > rice, her > ink > rink, her > eel > reel, her > O's > rose

/w/ Syllable Initial Word Initial
wheel wok weed wick one wing well worm wall wire wool wand wood wave watch wolf wind world water waiter wagon wallet weasel walnut wigwam windmill watermelon window washing machine walrus

/w/ Syllable Initial Within Word
hardware carwash station wagon underwear fireworks highwire homework seaweed stopwatch firewood dishwasher sandwich

/j/ Syllable Initial Word Initial
yay! U Yowie ute yet yawn ewe yam yak yen yoga yes yogurt yard yo-yo yeti yacht Yoda

/j/ Within Word
Bunyip papaya emu onion kayak W costume lanyard million spaniel bilious pillion confused stallion bunion bayou billiards unusual

"Palindrome Words" - same first and last consonant in CVCs
pip pup pop peep pipe Pope bib Bob tot teat toot tote Dad dead kick cock cake cook Coke cork* gag gig Sis sauce shush church* judge George* Mum / Mom mime nun nine noon naan Nan none (*'Cork', 'church' and 'George' are CVCC words (not CVC) in rhotic dialects of English)

kr-clusters SIWI
crust crumpet cry crack crane crew crab crown cradle crock crash crocodile

kl-clusters SIWI
clip clean clamp click clap cloud clock climb claw club class cloak clue clown clam clear clothes clever clips cloth

l-clusters SIWI
fly flute flame flock flea flower bling blossom blade blue blood black play plate clown clock cloud clue glass glow glue glove slug slate slip slide (plus the /sn/ clusters: snake snow snail sneeze - there are more /s/ + nasal clusters here - see Sonority Sequencing Principle)

r-clusters SIWI
fry fruit frame free frock frog bring broom braid brick brush brown pray prize prince princess prick proud crown crock crowd crew crash crab grapes grow drink drop drawer drill

tr-clusters SIWI
trumpet track try train true trust trick tray trim tram tree treat treasure trouble travel trailer truffles Trojan horse

w-clusters SIWI (tw, kw, sw)
twins twenty twirl twinkle tweed twelve queen quiet quilt question choir quick swim sweet sweat swish sweep swat swan switch swing swamp swarm swallow

ft-clusters SFWF
gift lift loft raft left craft

ks-clusters SFWF
ducks locks books bricks sticks lynx ox axe box fox flex relax

kt-clusters SFWF
act duct fact insect architect direct

lt-clusters SFWF
belt bolt kilt salt quilt stilt adult vault result catapult difficult somersault

mp-clusters SFWF
amp imp camp hump lump pump jump stamp champ clamp chimp swamp lamp shrimp blimp bump ramp stump

nch-clusters SFWF
branch bench conch launch inch ranch lunch wrench punch finch stench winch munch clench pinch hunch flinch Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch! A bunch of flowers. A bunch of grapes. A bunch of bananas. A bunch of carrots. A bunch of asparagus. A bunch of radishes. A bunch of balloons. A bunch of keys.

nd-clusters SFWF
and end band wand hand pond land frond sand rind blonde blind ground hound diamond island husband ampersand

nk-clusters SFWF
ink junk pink bank link bunk rink punk monk sink wink plank mink drink honk dunk blank

nt-clusters SFWF
ant mint tent pint giant dent

sk-clusters SFWF
desk disk cask mask kiosk whisk obelisk asterisk

st-clusters SFWF
best dust cast bust fist chest feast guest first frost crust artist forest chemist nest mast mist post

ts-clusters SFWF
nuts roots pants shorts tights boats cats lights coats hats ants boots

/sm/ /sn/ /fl/ /fr/ 'thr' /sl/ /bl/ /br/ /dr/ /gr/ /sw/

/sp/ /st/ /sk/

SIWI, SFWF, SIWW, SFWW

In the branch of Clinical Linguistics called clinical phonology, the abbreviations SIWI, SFWF, SIWW and SFWW are used to describe where sounds occur in spoken words.

SIWI is "syllable initial word initial".
In the word "ball", /b/ is SIWI.

SFWF is "syllable final word final".
In the word "rub" /b/ is SFWF.

SIWW is "syllable initial within word".
In the word "about" /b/ is SIWW.

SFWW is "syllable final within word".
In the word "tablet" /b/ is SFWW.

The terms are used to denote how the words are pronounced by an individual, not the way you spell them, or the way they "should" be pronounced. So, for example, when you break a word like "innocent" into syllables with regard to how you might spell it you get inn-o-cent. But when most speakers of English SAY the word it becomes (roughly!) ih-nu-sent so that the /n/ is SIWW (not SFWW as it would be if you said in-uh-sent).

Many speech-language pathologists / speech and language therapists use these abbreviations when they look at "phonotactics" (the patterns of vowels and consonants, or syllable shapes a child can produce) in detail, as part of a phonological analysis. The information is useful in choosing therapy targets and devising word lists for production practice and auditory bombardment (focused auditory input) when appropriate.

There is more terminology in the site glossary.

There are vowel minimal pairs here near the top of the page

e as in bed
bed pen egg red net bell ten belt bread s beg hen jet yes vet shell letter fence celery kettle energy special

ee as in sea 1
sea knee key bee tee pea g d she he me ghee tea e brie tree flea three ski spree free

ee as in sea 2
sea key bee tee g knee tea she he

eer as in beer
beer spear gear deer ear tear weird spears shears beard

air as in chair
chair bear mare hair pair square spare air chairs flares bears squares stairs spares

bough cow
sow bow owl fowl pow cow towel cowl bough ow! ouch! house mouse crowd town gown down loud mouth proud cloud couch brown pouch flower tower crown clown shower shout count

ough as in dough
dough no bow o row sew show low go hoe toe grow slow flow snow blow

oa as in goat
goat throne boat foam road dome nose float toad loaf hose slope snow-dome (snow-globe)

oa as in go - go-goat CVs and CVCs
go goat bow boat dough dome hoe hose throw throne row road no nose toe toad

ir as in shirt
shirt purse bird work girl nurse pearl worm fern church

oy as in soy
soy toy boy koi poi joy buoy oy noise boys enjoy annoy oyster oink oil coin hoist join

schwa word finally 1: Non-rhotic varieties of English: word final schwa #1
grasshopper caterpillar woodpecker spider tiger panther koala gopher beaver otter alligator lobster llama boxer banana guava pizza hamburger cola tortilla pepper cucumber America Georgia Iowa California Minnesota Louisiana Alabama Arizona Montana Florida Indiana Alaska Oklahoma Virginia South Dakota Nebraska South Carolina West Virginia North Carolina Pennsylvania North Dakota North America South America Africa Australia Asia Canada soccer player pitcher basketballer catcher skier swimmer diver bowler server fencer archer weight lifter

schwa word finally 2: Non-rhotic varieties of English: word final schwa #2 (occupations)
painter dancer tailor builder singer doctor cleaner presenter bull fighter exterminator waiter construction worker teacher photographer sister dog trainer dressmaker interviewer driver shopper director barber welder window cleaner bricklayer roofer carpenter carpet layer concreter glazier

There are vowel minimal pairs here near the top of the page

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If you're looking for ideas for art and craft activities for kids then we've put together 50 great ideas that will help. You can also download these ideas in ourFree 50 Art & Craft Ideas for Kids Checklist.

50 Brilliant Ideas for Art & Crafts for Kids

#1. Finger Print Painting

Messy but lots of fun, use your thumbs and fingers and dip them into paint. You can use your thumb to make heads and fingers to make the rest of bodies for people or animals, or make creative patterns with your fingers and thumbs.

#2. Potato Stamping

A fun and quick craft project for kids. Cut potatoes in half (let Mum or Dad do this bit) and then cut out an indented shape on each half. For example a leaf or a star or flower shape. If you have a large enough potato and small enough cookie cutters they are easier to cut with than free hand.

Then dip your new stampers into paint and onto your paper to make fun prints.

#3. Paint Some Butterflies

One of the easiest and most fun art projects with any age child is to take a piece of paper, fold it in half, open it and put lots of different splashes of paint into the centre of your piece of paper. The more colours the better.

Fold the paper again and gently run your hands along the fold to flatten the paper. Then open out and see your beautiful butterfly.

Once the paint has dried, draw on antenna and eyes and a smile!

#4. Collages

Keep old magazines for making collages or collect some leaves and petals the next time you are outdoors to create a nature collage.

Draw your main design for your collage. It could be a tree or a house or a dinosaur. Let your imagination go wild but just make sure your thing is big enough for sticking things onto.

Then start to fill in your design with either cut out pieces from magazine pages or if you're using leaves and petals stick those on.

You could also add some cotton wool for clouds.

#5. Make Puppets

Cut the fingers off old rubber gloves and decorate them for finger puppet characters or use socks that have lost their partners and sew on buttons for eyes and wool for hair and have a great puppet show then! Why not make a mini theatre out of a box?

#6. Blow Painting

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Use thicker paper for this activity. Let your child dollop a blob of paint onto the page and give them a straw to blow the paint in different directions.

Supervise younger children well to ensure the straw does not touch the paint!

#7. Play Dough

2 cups plain flour

1 cup salt

1 cup water

2 tablespoons oil

2 teaspoon cream of tartar

Play dough is super easy to make, and it will keep for weeks if stored in a resealable plastic bag. You can make different colours using food colouring to add some interest!

Add all ingredients to a saucepan and heat gently until if forms a dough.

Once it has cooled slightly let each child knead it.

Split it into several smaller balls and add food colouring.

Using gloves, knead the food colouring into the ball until the dough changes colour.

Give your child a rolling pin and some cookie cutters to create great shapes.

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Ingredients:

Method:

#8. Make a Pinata

Making a pinata is fun, but you will need plenty of time and patience! Try our Easter Chick Pinata or make a Medusa Pinata for something completely different!

#9. Paper Plate Birds

Make some cute birds from paper plates. Aren't these ones adorable? You'll find the instructions on happyhooligans.ca. The great thing is each child can have fun with painting and decorating their own bird.

#10. Make Pompoms

Cardboard

Two glasses or small bowls of different sizes

Scissors

Selection of wool of different colours.

I used to love making pompoms when I was younger. Here's how to make pompoms.

1. Using a small bowl, draw 2 circles onto the card.

2. Using a smaller bowl or glass draw a 2nd circle in the middle of each of the larger circles.

3. Cut the centre circle out leaving a rim of approx 2 inches.

4. Place one cardboard circle on top of the other

5. Holding the wool in place with your finger, feed ti through the centre hole and over the rim.

6. Repeat until it holds easily then pass over to your toddler to do.

7. Keep going until there is very little space left in the center and the card is completely cover.

8. Using a sharp scissors cut along the outside edge following along the outside line of the circle.

9. Once you have fully cut through, move the 2 cardboard templates slightly apart and thread a some wool into the gap

10. Tie it tightly and double knot

11. Pull away the templates and you should have a pompom that your child can decorate and play with.

You'll need:

Method:

#11. Handprint Painting

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Cover the table with newspaper sheets and get out the poster paints or watercolours and lots of paper and have an art session with just your hands at the kitchen or dining table.

Dip hands into the paint and then onto the paper. Try making different patterns and using different colours.
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#12. Paper Snowflakes

All you need is basic printer paper and scissors and you can make pretty paper snowflakes that look great in windows, on presents, walls, your Christmas tree.

#13. Photo Flowers
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These Photo Flowers are very easy to make and are a great Mother's Day art & craft project for your child, especially for the smaller members of the household.

Paint the glue onto the card and let you child sprinkle sand over the page.

Once have finished, shake the picture off over a tray and the sand will have stuck on to create a pretty picture.

You could get them to draw a picture and just add glue to certain parts so it adds a new dimension to the image.

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#14. Sand Pictures

Use a piece of card, glue and sand (or you can use glitter too) to create a work of art.

#15. Make a Valentine's Heart

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Make something special for the sweet person in your life. This simple heart-shaped collage is very effective as a decoration for St. Valentine's Day, and suitable for toddlers and children of all ages to make.

Better still, it can be made entirely from recycled materials (except for the glue)!
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#16. Art Photo Project

Go round your neighbourhood and takes lots of different photos of things from interesting angles. Ipiccy.com is a free online photo editor that lets you adjust and crop and try different hues on your photos, you can also build photo collages on it.

#17. Easter Chick Pop Up Card
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Our Cheeky Chick project is available to download for free, all you will need is some white and coloured paper, colouring pencils or crayons and scissors.

Glitter and feathers are optional to decorate!

1. Use the lid as the front of your house. Stick white paper on and draw a design, including windows and a door

2. Cut around these to create openings. Only cut the door around 3 sides so it can open and close.

3. Wrapping paper or tissue paper can be stuck inside to create a blind or curtains. You could also paper a wall or two to make it pretty.

4. You can add a 2nd floor inside using a flat piece of strong cardboard taped half way down the box.

5. Stairs and furniture can be made from straws and cardboard.

6. Now add some furniture and leave some little nibbles for your fairy!

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#18. Shoebox Fairy House

An old shoe box makes and ideal house for fairies! Alternatively you could create a castle from a larger box, let your imagination go wild!

#19. Leaf Rubbings

Collect a variety of different shaped leaves and with paper and crayons you can have fun making leaf rubbings!

#20. Mosaic Easter Eggs

These simple Easter Egg Mosaics are good for children of all ages, they can make their own designs on the eggs, and it's a great activity to help preschoolers learn their colours. Except for the glue, these mosaics don't cost anything to make, and can be made entirely from recycled materials.

#21. Create a Snow Globe

Using a jam jar, glitter, some baby oil (to make the glitter fall more slowly), water and any little Christmas decoration figure e.g. a snowman. Glue figure to the inside of the lid, add glitter & baby oil and fill up to water (allow room for your figure). Screw lid on tightly and shake!

#22. Crayon Wax Painting

Use a candle or white crayon to draw on a white sheet of paper to create Wax Art. Then paint over their drawing and watch the paint run off the bits where you have coloured with wax and a picture will magically appear! For the best effect, use a darker coloured paint.

#23. Mosaic Sun Catchers

a roll of clear, glue backed book covering

some coloured tissue paper or sweet wrappers.

Making sun catchers is a nice thing to do with your child, then you can hang them in the window and enjoy the light shining through.

1. Cut 2 identical squares of book covering.

2. Remove the backing from the 1st one and let your child stick on the coloured tissue or sweet wrappers.

3. They can make a random pattern or you could have the plastic sitting on an image below which they can use as a rough outline.

4. Once they are happy with the picture, peel the backing off the 2nd square and use it to cover their picture.

5. Place in a window and watch the sun shine through.

You will need:

Method:

#24. Draw Me Paintings

You'll need a huge piece of paper as big as your child. Get them to lie down and draw around their outline. Then they can paint and decorate themselves! If you don't have long paper you can do draw around your hand outlines and paint and decorate your hands with rings and bracelets.
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#25. Make a Folded Bracelet

These paper folded bracelets from picklebums are fun to make and are also a good way to upcycle old artwork (if your child will let you!).

#26. Draw Your Town

On a big piece of paper ask your child to draw their town out starting with your house and drawing on roads, buildings, parks and monuments. You might need to go for a few walks to remind yourselves where everything is.
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#27. Make a Box Car

Take a big cardboard box and create an amazing car out of it. Paint the sides and take off the lid. You might like to make a steering wheel and little mirrors to attach to your car. When the paint is dry, draw on the doors and don't forget the handles! Then climb in and drive off!
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#28. Minions

These cute minions are also made from toilet paper rolls. Full instructions with a great printable sheet available on Craftsbyamanda.com.

#29. Tie Dyeing

If your child is tired of their boring white socks, why not have a tie dye day? You will need white clothing, bucket, water, various dyes, rubber bands, rubber gloves to protect your hands. How you fold and secure with rubber bands helps determine the pattern that results. Best to start with lightest colour, if using more than one, and follow dye instructions carefully. More tips here.

#30. Batik Painting

Use Glue Gel (NB regular white glue doesn't work for batik painting), a white t-shirt and acrylic paints. Draw your pattern on with the glue. Tip put a paper bag between the front and back of the t-shirt so the glue doesn't go through both layers).

Then once the glue is dry paint over the design (don't layer on too much paint or it will be hard to get off), soak the t-shirts in warm water overnight and the glue will begin to dissolve and reveal the white designs.

#31. Melted Crayon Eggs

Kids will love to watch as the crayons melt creating a cool marbled effect on the eggs. Almost like magic! Small grate crayons onto some paper. Hardboil your eggs then while the eggs are warm place them onto the paper and drop the crayon shavings over it, they will melt into swirls over the eggs.

#32. Tin Can Lanterns

Tin can lanterns are fun for older kids to make, and look great. Any pattern can be created - just draw what you want, and then use hammer and nails to create the pattern. Pop in a tealight candle and enjoy!

#33. Make Google Eyed Bookmarks

Try our Mykidstime project to make some Google Eyed Bookmarks!

You'll need some coloured card or construction paper, some scissors, a ruler, some glue and a pen and pencil.

You could use craft googly eyes instead of drawing them but we liked the idea that each child could make their bookmark eye design individual.

#34. Paper Pinwheels

Cut 4-inch squares from colourful patterned paper or card. Make a diagonal cut from each corner halfway to the center of the square. Roll every other corner to the center. Bend a pin near the top with pliers so you can attach your pinwheel with the pin to a stick e.g. a lolly pop stick.

#35. Sewing

Start with a simple sewing project like felt purses where you sew sides together then fold down top 1/3 and sew a button on as a fastener. Or try applique where you sew a smaller item onto a bigger item.
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#36. Painting Rocks

We like to collect smooth medium sized rocks when we are the beach and then turn them into interesting rock faces when we get home. You can paint the whole rock to start with. Then when that's dry have fun painting on the facial features, eyes, eyebrows, noses, lips, ears, maybe even some hair.

#37. Make a Pencil Topper

Create cute pencil toppers to make colouring and homework more fun. Here are instructions for Feather Pencil Toppers on the Bhg.com website or visit for Mocomi.com for lots of free printables for pencil toppers.

#38. Hama Beads

Hama Beads burst onto the scene a few years ago. If your kids have forgotten them, it's a good craft activity and there's no limit to creativity and inventing shapes and designs.

And once your child's finished designing with Hama Beads you can iron them so the design stays together.

#39. Origami

Origami is a good craft to do with your child, as you get to sit down and interact while transforming a simple piece of paper into something beautiful. The origami-instructions.com website has lots of different origami shapes to attempt.

#40. Paper Weaving

Paper weaving craft for kids is a fun way to take ordinary scraps and transform them into colorful art. You will need 2 pieces of paper in contrasting colors, scissors and cellotape. You'll find instructions for paper weaving on Kidsactivitiesblog.com.

#41. Make a Mask

The Scribble YouTube Channel has lots of fun videos on making different kinds of masks from cats to pandas to birds.

Go out and search in the garden or nearby park/woods for some different flowers.

You don't need many just a few flower heads.

Put them between the sheets of paper and halfway in the pile of the heavy books or in the flower press and tighten it.

After a few days the flowers will be neatly pressed and have dried out.

You can use these to make pretty pictures or cards.

#42. Press Flowers

If you have a flower press then you're all set. If not you just need some sheets of paper and some very heavy books.

#43. Pasta Bead Necklaces

Take a packet of pasta tubes and divide it into different bowls and add a few drops of food colouring to colour the "beads" then adding 1/2 tsp of rubbing alcohol to help the colour set.

Dry overnight on a tray on parchment or waxed paper. You could also paint the pasta different colours, just allow the painted pasta to dry thoroughly before stringing.

Cut the string for the correct length of necklace, and tie a knot in one end, then your child can string as many pasta beads on as will fit before you tie the necklace ends together.

#44. Knitting

Find your knitting needles and some wool and teach the kids to knit a scarf. Can be for themselves, or their favourite doll/teddy. Here are 6 Easy Knitting Projects for Kids and Beginnersto get you started.

#45. Clay Modelling

Modelling (and we don't mean the catwalk variety) is fun for kids of all ages. You can make different animals or characters. The best one to use is air drying clay as that will save you baking it to dry but you could also model with plasticine or salt dough (see next Craft). You could also make a stop motion movie with your clay models.

#46. Salt Dough Ornaments

Make up a batch of salt dough and let your toddler mold it into fun shapes.

Bake it in the oven until it goes hard and your toddler can decorate it once it has cooled down. These make ideal Christmas decorations too.

#47. Paper Chains

Another fun activity that can suit seasonal themes. Cut your paper into strips and glue (or staple) one end of the strip to the other end. Then link a new chain through before gluing its ends. See how long a chain you can make! And try different colours and patterns and decorations on your strips.

1. Fold paper in half and open it out.

2. Take a piece of string and submerge it 3/4 of it in paint leaving the end without paint to hold onto.

3. Lay the paint covered string on one side of the paper, fold the paper over it, you'll feel the string through the paper and start to pull the string out moving to the edges of the paper.

4. Add a different color to the string and put it back onto the paper and continue until you open the paper out for your marvellous string painting!

#48. String Painting

Kids can make unique works of art using paper, paint (use paper plates for different colours) and a piece of string.

#49. Doodling

One of the simplest drawing activities is doodling. You can also have fun doodling away creatively drawing wherever your pen takes itself and then colour in the spaces different colours to make a nice colorful doodle image.

Make a bundle for her head leaving it open at the top. Use 1/4 of a pipe cleaner to make a loose S-shape for each of her curls. Hook them onto the top of the head bundle. Use 1/4 of pipe cleaner to make a very small bundle to cover the top of her head.

Make a spiral for her upper body, and skirt for her lower body. Insert arms and legs through the spiral. The legs can hood on to the end of the upper body spiral (inside the top of the skirt).

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#50. Pipe Cleaner Creations

You will need Pipe cleaners, a Pencil or marker, Glue & Decorations (such as pom poms, wiggle eyes, sequins, feathers). Here's how to make a Pipe Cleaner Girl (6 pipe cleaners & sequins):

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Over to you now. Any more ideas for fun art and crafts for kids? Share them with us in the comments below.

Jill is one of the co-founders of Mykidstime and a mum of 2 girls

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Learn How to Draw Cute Harry Potter Characters Easy for Kids

Here are cute Kawaii / cartoon versions of the Harry Potter characters (Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, and Draco Malfoy) that are super easy to draw. Learn how to draw them in easy steps that you will be sure to understand.
Learn How to Draw Cute Cartoon Bird from an Arrow Shape for Kids
Learn How to Draw a cute cartoon birdy on a branch, using an arrow shape. Kids of all ages will love this cute drawing trick.
Learn How to Draw Cute Pokemon Characters Easy Tutorial for Kids
These are super easy to draw - much easier to draw than the "normal" versions of Pokemon characters...these are called chibi / kawaii Pokemon characters (don't worry, your kids will know what that means).
Learn How to Draw a Cute Cartoon Bird with a Pilot Helmet On
Learn how to draw an adorable cartoon bird with an aviation helmet on - from letter "q" shapes. This is super simple to learn how to draw and kids will love that it is using letters to draw it...great to accompany a handwriting lesson to make the lesson more fun.
Learn How to Draw Easy Cartoon Car from Lowercase Letter "e"
Learn how to draw this adorable cartoon car using the lowercase letter "e" shape - great for Kindergarteners, Preschoolers, First Graders, and Kids of any age.
How to Draw Cute Cartoon Characters from Semicolons
Learn how to draw these cute cartoon characters (a man, a baby fish, and a kawaii bunny) from the semicolon shape. Great for kids of all ages.
Learn How to Draw Cartoon Letter E Critters Simple Steps
Learn how to draw these cute cartoon characters from uppercase letter "E" shapes - a cartoon cat, dog, super hero, penguin, boy, and robot. This is a great step by step drawing lesson for kids to use along side an uppercase letters handwriting class - to spice it up and make it more fun.
How to Draw a Cute Little Kawaii Cartoon Kitty Cat on His Back Playing with Yarn
Learn how to draw this cute chibi kitty cat playing with yarn and showing his tummy.
Kids Learn How to Draw a Cartoon Chicken / Rooster from the Letter "k"
Children of all age will like to draw this cute cartoon chicken from the lowercase letter "k" shape - it is a drawing trick that is simple and fun to show off.
How to Draw Super Cute Kawaii Pokemon Characters Easy Tutorials for Kids
These are super-easy-to-draw Pokemon characters...inlcuding Pikachu, Charizard, Squirtle, Blastoise, Bulbasaur, Eevee, Jigglypuff, Mew, and Psyduck. These are Kawaii/chibi versions which means they are super cute and super simple to learn how to draw. Great for beginners.
Learn How to Draw a Sad Cartoon Baby Bunny
Learn how to draw this concerned baby bunny, in chibi / kawaii style.
How to Draw a Cartoon Flying Heart with Wings Using Lowercase Letter "r" Shapes
Okay, this one is super cute and super easy to draw. This would be great to accompany a lowercase letter handwriting class in Preschool, Kindergarten & First Grade. Although even teens would love this fun drawing trick.
How to Draw a Cute Cartoon Snowman from Above - Aerial Perspective - Easy
An easy step by step drawing lesson for kids to learn how to draw a snowman from above. Great lesson to teach kids perspective.
How to Draw a Cartoon Boy and His Fish in his Fish Bowl
Learn how to draw this cute cartoon fish and cartoon boy holding his fish in a fishbowl.
How to Draw Cute Cartoon Kitty Cat from Lowercase Letters
An adorable step by step cartooning lesson for kids to learn how to draw a cute little cartoon kitty cat using lowercase letters "b" and "d". Great for preschoolers, Kindergartners, and First Graders who are just learning how to draw lowercase letters well. Also great for other ages as well.
Learn How to Draw a Cute Cartoon Pic and Elephant Flying Up and Up With Their Balloons
This is a tutorial where I show you how to draw a cute chibi elephant and pig balloon, holding a ballon. Easy Squeezy.
How to Turn Your Handprint into a 3D Hand on Notebook Paper
A cool drawing trick to teach kids how curved lines make rounded things look 3-dimensional
Learn How to Draw Cute Letter "K" Cartoon Characters Simple Tutorial
Here is a fun Handwriting / Drawing Tutorial that Kids will find entertaining and fun. These are super easy to draw and there are many steps to make it as simple as possible.
Learn How to Draw Letter "X" Kissing Hugging Bears - Super Cute
Little girls and boys seem to really love this drawing tutorial...turn a letter "X" shape into cute cartoon bears. This is great to accompany a handwriting class for Preschoolers, Kindergartners, and First Graders, as well as older kids.
How to Draw a Hen and Her Baby Chick with the Word "Hen"
Here you can learn how to turn the word "Hen" into a hen and her child. This is a wordtoon tutorial.
Learn How to Draw a Cute Fall Scene from the Word "Fall" - Cute Word Drawing
Kids can learn how to draw a cute cartoon Fall scene starting out with the word "Fall" and then slowly turning it into a colorful Autumn scene. A fun Word Cartoon drawing trick to show off to their friends.
How to Draw a Cute Cartoon Girl from the Division Symbol - Easy
Spice up your math / division lesson by showing your kids how to draw a cute cartoon girl with pigtails from the division symbol. A simple steps drawing tutorial for kids of all ages.
Learn How to Draw a Cartoon Birthday Party from the Word "party" Word Toon
Here is a fun word cartoon drawing tutorial for kids. Draw a cute cartoon birthday party from the word "party". Fun for all ages.
How to Draw a Cartoon Baby Bear from the Word "Cub"
Here you can learn how to draw this cartoon bear word toon. Start off with the word "cub" and end up with a cute cartoon bear cub.
How to Draw Using Basic Geometric Shapes Lesson
Here is a basic drawing lesson to show you that everything is built up from basic geometric shapes, such as cones, cubes, cylinders, spheres, etc. Learn to see these shapes to draw better...great for beginners.
How to Turn 6 Lines into a 3 Dimensional Letter "S" Shape
A fun drawing trick to turn six lines into a 3-Dimensional Super Man Letter "S" Like Shape
How to Draw a Cute Yellow Rubber Ducky
This is an adorable yellow rubber ducky. It is super easy to draw if you follow these steps.
How to Draw a Cartoon Cat Peering Over a Wall from the word "meow"
A super cute and fun drawing lesson for kids. It is a word cartoon drawing trick that is easy to learn how to draw and great for beginners.
Learn How to Draw a Cartoon Face using the word "nose" Word Cartoon
Learn how to draw this cartoon face by using the word "nose" - an easy drawing / art lesson for kids of all ages...using basic shapes and the word "nose" - a word toons lesson.
Learn How to Draw Cartoon Cruise Liner or Ship from the Letter "Z" for Kids
A great drawing tutorial for kids to turn a letter "z" shape into a cute cartoon ship. Great for preschoolers, Kindergartners, and First Graders to accompany their lowercase letters handwriting lessons...to make it more fun.
How to Draw Question Mark Hippos - Easy Steps for Kids
A cute funny hippo from a sideways "?" shape - easy to learn how to draw - a fun drawing trick to show off to your friends.
Learn How to Draw Cute Cartoon Bear from Lowercase Letter 'g'
Easy drawing tutorial for kids learning how to write lowercase letters...spice up your handwriting lessons with a fun lowercase letter drawing tutorial great for preschoolers, Kindergartners, and First Graders...and kids of all ages.
How to Draw a Cute Zombie Cat for Halloween
Learn how to draw a cute kawaii / chibi zombie cat for Halloween.
Learn How to Draw a Cartoon Penguin from the Number "12" - Easy Art Lesson for Kids
This is a great beginners' drawing tutorial for kids of all ages, even preschoolers and toddlers will be able to follow along. Learn how to turn the number "12" into a cute cartoon penguin. Great easy cartooning tutorial.
How to Draw a Cute Cartoon Bird from a Cursive Uppercase Letter "D"
Here is a great easy drawing lesson for kids who are just learning how to draw write cursive letters. It is a fun drawing lesson for 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders who are learning about uppercase cursive letters - spice up their handwriting class with a fun art lesson.
A Free Drawing Prompts Activity Book to Boost Kids' Creativity
Here is a free drawing book that will boost your child's creativity. There is a drawing prompt on each page and your chidlren can then finish the drawing. This is a great way for kids to see shapes in a different light - it uses both sides of their brain to boost their creative thinking.
How to Draw a Cartoon Bee from the Word "bee" - Easy Word Cartoon Lesson
An Easy Word Toons Drawing Tutorial for Kids to Learn how to draw cartoon bees. A great drawing trick to show off to your friends - the simple steps drawing tutorial can be found here.
How to Draw Cartoon Koalas from the Number #15 Shape in Simple Steps
Great beginners cartooning tutorial for children of all ages. This simple art lesson will turn the number "15" into a cute cartoon Koala Bear hanging onto a tree.
How to Draw a Cute Cartoon Crown
This is an easy cartoon crown that children will love to learn how to draw. Kids love kings, queens, princesses, and kings so it would be great for them to learn how to draw a cute crown.
How to Draw Adorable Cartoon Puppy Dog from Lowercase Letters
Teach your kids how to draw a cute cartoon doggy from the lowercase letters "b" and "d" - super easy to draw and fun lowercase letters drawing trick.
Learn How to Draw a Cute Cartoon Pirate from Uppercase Letter E Shape
An easy step by step drawing tutorial to learn how to draw cartoon pirates from uppercase letters. Great for beginners, preschoolers, Kindergartners, and First Graders who are just learning how to write the uppercase letters. Great for accompanying a fun handwriting class.
How to Draw a Cartoon Scorpion in Easy Steps
A great beginners' drawing lesson to learn how to draw a cartoon scorpion with googly eyes.
Learn How to Draw a Cartoon Snail from Lowercase Letter "a" Shape for Kids
Learn how to draw this cute cartoon snail from a lowercase letter "a" shape with this simple drawing lesson, great to accompany a fun handwriting lesson.
How to Draw Cute Chibi Kids Hugging Tutorial in Easy Steps for Children
This drawing tutorial is so easy for kids to draw - and they won't believe how cool the finishing art work comes out. This simple chibi drawing lesson uses basic geometric shapes so it is easy to follow along with.
Learn How to Draw Cute Cartoon Cats from the Spanish Word for Cat (gato)
Learn how to draw cartoon cats in easy tutorial using the Spanish word "gato" to form the cute kitties. Follow the simple step by step drawing tutorial that follows.
How to Draw a Cartoon Roman Man or Biblical Times Man from the Letter 'y'
Learn how to draw a cartoon biblical man from the letter 'y' in this cute step by step drawing tutorial for kids of all ages. Great to accompany a handwriting lesson - to spice it up and make it more fun.
How to Draw a Cute Kawaii Tinkerbell
Learn how to draw a cute chibi Tinkerbell from Peter Pan in this super easy step by step drawing lesson for kids of all ages. Super easy to draw and super cute.
Learn How to Draw a Cute Cartoon Face from the Word "face" - Easy Word Cartoon
For beginners and kids who love to draw cartoons. Draw a cartoon face from the word in this cute words toons drawing lesson.
Learn How to Draw a Question Mark Cartoon Boy in Easy Steps
Here is a fun drawing tutorial to turn a question mark into a cute cartoon boy. Great for beginners and children who love drawing tricks.
Learn How to Draw Cute Cartoon Doggy from Question Mark Shape Easy
Here is an easy to draw puppy doggy - and you can make it from a "?" shape - how cool is that. Great for begginers and young children.
How to Draw a Cartoon Kid from the Word "Kid" Easy Word Toons
Beginners can learn how to draw a cartoon kid from the word using this fun word cartoons lesson.
Learn How to Draw This Adorable Chibi Panda Bear
This supercute panda is really simple to draw and perfect for kids and beginners.
Learn How to Draw Cartoon Guy Looking Over a Wall Easy
A great cartooning lesson for beginners and kids of all ages. Learn how to draw a cute cartoon guy peering over a wall. A great doodle tutorial.
Learn How to Draw Cartoon Wolf Word Cartoon Easy
Children will love this one and find it super simple to follow along with - it turns the word "wolf" into a cute cartoon wolf face - as well as using letters, numbers, and other basic shapes
Draw a Kawaii Kitten on a Soccer Ball
Learn how to draw this supercute cartoon / chibi kitten laying on top of a soccerball.
Draw a Cute Cartoon Cat Laying Down Sleeping
Here is a drawing lesson to show you how to draw a great little kitten sleeping
How to Play a Fun Drawing Game Based on the Fun Telephone Game
If you love the fun whispering game, "Telephone", then try out this fun drawing game based on it. Fun for young kids, older kids, and for groups of kids - great for party games as well.
How to Draw Letter "D" Cartoon Critters - Super Easy Drawing Lesson for Kids
These are easy squeezy to learn how to draw. These cute cartoon characters include a cute cartoon kitty cat, puppy dog, bunny rabbit, turtle, mouse, bird, ladybug, pig, hippo, and spotted cow. These are great for preschoolers and toddlers just learning how to draw. This art lesson is simple, I promise.
Learn How to Turn the Word "Giraffe" into a Cartoon Giraffe Simple for Kids
Find out how to turn the word "giraffe" into a cute cartoon giraffe - a cute word play drawing lesson for kids of all ages.
How to Draw a Cartoon Fish from the #13
Here is a fun math / numbers drawing lesson to turn a #13 into a cute cartoon fish.
Turn the Word "frog" Into a Cute Cartoon Frog Eating a Fly - Simple Art Lesson for Children
A fun word toons drawing lesson to turn the word "frog" into a cartoon frog eating a fly.
How to Draw Cute Cartoon Circle Animals - Great Beginners' Cartooning Lesson
Learn how to draw cute cartoon animals from circles - here are easy steps drawing tutorials for learning how to draw a cute cartoon puppy dog, a teddy bear, a kitty cat, and a penguin. Great for beginners, toddlers, preschoolers, Kindergartners, and older kids as well.
How to Play the "Roll-a-Dice" Drawing and Cartoon Game
A great way to learn how to draw cartoons for beginning cartoonists. Play this game with a friend and dice. Roll your dice to find out what you need to draw. Fun and and a great way to learn how to cartoon.
Learn How to Draw a Cute Letter "j" Cartoon Duck in Easy Steps
A great cartooning tutorial for beginners and for kids just learning how to write letters. It is fun to turn a letter into cartoons. This one is to learn how to draw a cartoon duck from the letter "j".
How to Draw a Cartoon Character Crying His Eyes Out Word Toon
In this drawing lesson, your kids can learn how to draw a cartoon person crying - with tears flowing out of his eyes, using the word "cry". Super easy, super fun, super awesome!
How to Draw a Cartoon Boy from a Question Mark and Lowercase letter "d"
Here is a super simple cartoon character boy to learn how to draw. Draw this cartoon boy from a "?" and "d" shape - find the easy steps here.
How to Draw an Impossible Triangle with Simple Instructions
This looks impossible to draw but it is quite simple to learn how to draw this impossible triangle.
Draw a Cute Cartoon Cowboy Character Using the Letter "M" Shape
Kids love cowboys, so they are bound to love to learn how to draw this cute cartoon cowboy. Great cartooning lesson for beginners.
How to Draw Cartoon Puppies from Word "puppy" Word Toons
Learn how to draw a cute cartoon baby puppy from the word "puppy" in this easy word cartoon lesson.
How to Draw Cartoon Character from Above from SemiColon Symbol
Easy art lesson for kids to follow along with. Start off with a semicolon and then finish off with an aerial drawing of a person from above.
A Free Drawing and Art Games Book
Here is a free book filled with fun drawing games and activities. Great for kids of all ages - some of the games are played alone and other games are played together with a friend or family member.
A Fun Silly Art / Drawing Game : Create Funny Cartoon Creatures and Monsters
Learn how to play this fun art / drawing game with your kids - great for family game night. Find out how to play it here.
Learn How to Draw a Summer Beach Scene from the word "hot" Word Toons
An easy lesson for kids to learn how to draw a beach scene from the word "hot" - an easy word cartoon lesson.
Learn How to Draw a Carton City from the Word "City" Easy Word Cartoon
A simple drawing tutorial using the word "city" and turning it into a cartoon city scene. Great for beginning drawers.
How to Draw Cartoon Kings from the Word "King" Word Cartoon
A word toons tutorial fun for kids of all ages. Turn the word "king" into a cartoon king.
Draw a Cute Cartoon Bunny Rabbit from a Cursive Letter 'A' Shape
A cute drawing lesson for kids to learn how to draw a cartoon bunny using a cursive letter 'A'. A great cartooning tutorial to accompany a cursive handwriting class for second, third, or fourth graders. Super fun way to spice up your handwriting class.
Learn How to Play Drawing Hangman Game - Fun for All Ages
This is a fun hangman game that uses drawing lessons instead of the actual "hangman" and "scaffold" - a great, fun way to make learning to draw fun for kids.
How to Draw a Shark from the word "Shark" Word Cartoon for Children
Learn how to draw a cute cartoon shark using the word "shark" - an easy word toons lesson and drawing trick that your kids will enjoy.
How to Draw Cartoon Ant Eaters from Lowercase Letter "n"
An easy steps drawing tutorial for kids of all ages to learn how to draw a cartoon ant eater from a lowercase letter "n" shape. Great fun art lesson to add to a handwriting class.
How to Draw a Cartoon Elephant Word Cartoon
Here is a fun word toons drawing lesson for kids to learn how to draw. Write the word "elephant" in the way that we show you and you will land up with a cartoon elephant. Pretty cool!
Learn How to Draw an Impossible Rectangle in Simple Steps
This rectangle looks crazy and not possible to draw, but you are wrong. It is quite easy to draw and your friend will think you are an amazing genius.
Draw a Letter 'P' Cartoon Bird in a Tree
Here is a cute drawing tutorial to turn a letter 'p' shape into a cartoon bird coming out of a tree. Great to accompany a boring handwriting class - add this art lesson to spice it up and make it fun for the kids.
How to Draw a Cartoon Pand Bear using the Word "Panda" - Easy
Here is an easy drawing lesson using the word "panda" to draw a cartoon panda. Fun drawing trick word toon.
How to Draw a Cartoon Rhino from the word "rhino" Word Cartoons
A great cartooning lesson for kids - easy step by step instructions that show you how to place the letters "rhino" to form a cartoon rhinoceros - simple steps follow here.
Learn How to Draw a Cute Cartoon Baby Ducky Swimming in a Pond
Here is an adorable cartoon ducky drawing lesson for beginners and kids who want to learn how to draw. It is fun to turn letters into cartoons..this tutorial is to turn the letter "s" into a cute cartoon ducky in a pond.
How to Draw a Cartoon Fox from the Word "Fox" - Easy Word Cartoons
A great beginners' cartooning tutorial using the word "fox" and turning it into a cute cartoon fox. A fun word toons art lesson.
Learn How to Draw a Cute Cartoon Bear from the word "bear" - Easy Word Cartoons Lesson
Here is a cute word toons drawing lesson for children who know how to write. Turn the word "bear" into a cute cartoon bear. Great for learning how to cartoon.
How to Draw a Cute Cartoon Beach Summer Scene from the word "beach" in Easy Steps
Learn how to draw a cute cartoon beach scene from the word "beach" in this easy step by step drawing tutorial for kids. This word cartoon is fun to show off to your friends.
How to Draw Cartoon Little Girl Holding Unicorn Balloon
This is a tutorial to draw a cute kawaii / chibi little girl holding a unicorn balloon.
How to Draw a Caretoon House from the Word "House" Word Toons
Here is an easy art lesson for kids to draw a cartoon house from the word "house" - find out how here in this word cartoons lesson.
How to Draw a Cute Chibi / Kawaii Winnie The Pooh
Learn how to draw a supercute cartoon Winnie The Pooh
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Learn How to Draw Cute Harry Potter Characters Easy for Kids Here are cute Kawaii / cartoon versions of the Harry Potter characters (Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, and Draco Malfoy) that are super easy to draw. Learn how to draw them in easy steps that you will be sure to understand.

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RTÉ and Macalla Teo, with support from Mary Immaculate College, have collaborated to introduce a cross-platform teaching initiative for primary school kids across the country. On RTÉ2, RTÉ Player, and rte.ie/learn, children will be able to watch, download and engage with curriculum-based content, project work, and fun activities that Rwill keep them entertained and learning.

From Monday 30 March, each morning from 11am to 12 noon on RTÉ Home School Hub on RTÉ2, each of our bilingual teachers will present three short class segments aimed at 1st and 2nd class, 3rd and 4th class and 5th and 6th class. Our TV programme will keep the kids watching and learning for the hour and then redirect them to fun content and project work that will be housed on rte.ie/learn and RTÉ Player.

A catch-up programme later in the day, RTÉ Home School Extra at 4.15pm, is a takeover format, where primary school kids from all over the country can reconnect by uploading and posting video messages and content that RTÉ will showcase. This programme will be an opportunity to gather all uploaded user-generated content in one space and showcase it to the entire country. No matter where you are from or what language you speak, we want every school kid to take part.

All content will be presented by primary school teachers, modeled, and curated around the existing primary school curriculum. Our bilingual teaching team will deliver engaging, exciting, and educational content and over the coming weeks RTÉ Home School Hub will be stockpiling content across TV, rte.ie/learn and RTÉ Player for all primary school kids and their parents to use.

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An hour a day of "school on TV" to support primary school children and their parents at home.

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The Regional Cultural Centre (RCC) in Letterkenny is running the 'Home is where the Art is' Challenge for the duration of the Covid19 Self-Isolation period.

The challenge is for national school-aged children, and younger, which will run Monday to Fridays, is to ensure kids stay creative while at home. Children will be given a theme and asked to draw or paint something that inspires them related to that theme, as loosely as they want.

Parents are then asked to take a picture of the artwork with their phone (with child's first name, age, school) and send it to the Regional Cultural Centre Letterkenny via Facebook and it will display it on its page the following evening.

People from all over Ireland, Europe and the States have commented saying they're going to have their children participate and the plan is then to run an exhibition of the art at the RCC once things are back to normal.

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The Regional Cultural Centre (RCC) in Letterkenny is running the 'Home is where the Art is' Challenge for the duration of the Covid19 Self-Isolation period. The challenge is for national school-aged children, and younger, which will run Monday to Fridays, is to ensure kids stay creative while at home.

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At Timestables.com you can easily practice all of your tables. The arithmetic problems are clear and simple so you can immediately get started on practicing your tables. Select one of the multiplication table you wish to practice from the list below and show what you can do on the speed test or printout great worksheets.

Which multiplication table do you want to learn?

Speed test and multiplication tables diploma.

Multiplication games

Choose the table you want to practice from the following. First you can practice the multiplication facts in sequence and once you have got the hang of that you can practice all the sums in random order for each table. If you have forgotten any answers, just go back to the 'all tables in sequence' page and practice them again thoroughly before trying again.

Once you have got the hang of a number of tables you can select the speed test and choose the tables you want to practice getting quicker at. If you make a mistake, you came see what the right answer is at the end of the test. This will help you learn all of your tables. The speed test is good practice for getting your tables diploma. On the tables diploma the questions are a bit quicker than on the speed test, but if you get all of them right you will get your tables diploma. There are two tables diplomas. The little diploma is made up of 30 questions. Your little diploma shows you can do the 1,2,3,4,5 and 10 times tables. For the big tables diploma you are given 40 questions which include all the tables from 1 to 12.

Learn the multiplication tables in an interactive way with the free math multiplication learning games for 2rd, 3th, 4th and 5th grade. The game element in the times tables games make it even more fun learn.

Practice your multiplication tables

Here you can find additional information about practicing multiplication tables at primary school. The 1 times table, 2 times table, 3 times table, 4 times table, 5 times table and 10 times table are the first times tables to be learned. The 6 times table, 7 times table, 8 times table, 9 times table, 11 times table, 12 times table and of course all the tables in random order are the next step.

Not every child finds it easy to learn all the tables, so it is a good idea to keep on practicing them regularly after you learned them. There are a few tricks which make it easier to learn the tables and continue to master them, such as putting the smallest number first, which makes it easier for many children to answer correctly. For example 4 x 9 is easier to work out than 9 x 4. Switching the multiplication sum around makes it easier to answer. What also often helps is to use the tables you know well for answering the sums in the more difficult tables. One example of this is 6 x 7, which is often said to be tricky. If you do 5 x 7 first and then add 1 x 7 it is suddenly easier to answer. You can do this the other way round too. For instance with 4 x 7 you can do 5 x 7 first then subtract 1 x 7.

Why do we put so much effort into learning tables? Well, the multiplication tables keep on coming up in the next primary school years and even when you're at secondary school. You don't see them as tables, but as part of bigger mathematical problems. And it isn't only at school, but in your everyday life it is useful to know your times tables well so you can quickly work things out, for instance when you are buying or selling vegetables on the market. If you have any questions, comments or ideas for Timestables.com, please use our contact form. We'd be glad to hear from you.

The 5-step plan

Learn the times tables with the 5-step plan. We developed an innovative five step plan to help pupils learn the times tables in an effective and efficient way. This method has been tested at several schools and is recommended by teachers.
The steps are:

Step 1a: View, read aloud and repeat. To get familiar with the table.

Step 1b: Fill in your times tables answers in sequence and check if you got them all right.

Step 2: Drag the correct answers to the questions.

Step 3: Fill in your answers for the mixed questions and check if you got them all right.

Step 4: Multiple choice questions will help you to improve by looking at the questions in a different way.

Step 5: Proof your knowledge and get the diploma.

When you finished the 5 steps you can play the memory game or exercise with the worksheet. Other way to train more are with the tempo test, the 1 minute test or to play the times tables games.

We advise to exercise daily for 15 minutes for maximum result.

Frequently Asked Questions

How can I learn my times tables fast?
Learn them in chunks. Start with the easy times tables like 10, 2, and 5. Use methods like skip counting, adding and exercising daily for 15 minutes for a maximum long-term result.

What is the hardest times table in the world?
The 7 times table is the hardest to learn because 7 is a prime number, and so the last digit does not repeat itself until 10 times 7. The hardest times table question is 6 times 8.

Which times table is the easiest?
The 10 times table is one of the easiest to learn. For a start, numbers in the 10 times table always end in a 0. And then the 5 and the 2 multiplication tables are also one of the easiest.

Practice your time tables online

Multiplication tables are important and there are not many places where you can learn them quickly and easily, so we have come up with Timestables.com! Practicing your tables online is really easy at Timestables.com. The multiplication games are clear and simple so you can get started right away. Click on one of the tables to get started right away. Fill in the answers in the lines and when you've finished, click on 'check'. You will see right away which answers are correct and which are incorrect. You can also practice different times tables in one exercise so you can test whether you know them all.

You can also practice the tables interactively with the free multiplication games. On the multiplication games page we now have an answer-dragging game and a table balloons game.

Multiplication tables form the basis for the calculations that you do in the following years, so it's important that you fully understand them.

Do you want to practice more math? Go to Mathdiploma.com - Here you can practice addition, subtraction, multiplying, dividing and a lot more!

We also have a fraction website! On Fractionsweb.com are lots of exercices about simplifying, adding, subtracting, dividing and multiplying fractions. There are fraction games, worksheets and 5-step plans!

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