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Maths is fun Resources. Puzzles, Games and worksheets.

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Math explained in easy language, plus puzzles, games, worksheets and an illustrated dictionary. For K-12 kids, teachers and parents.

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A wealth of top quality maths resources put together by Mary Immaculate College Limerick

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Equivalent Fractions Demonstration Tool (at ICT Games)

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Social story which may be useful to parents over the coming weeks

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Based on the 5 point scale - Download click the link below

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Acmhainní Iontacha le fáil anseo as Gaeilge. 

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Acmhainní Iontacha le fáil anseo as Gaeilge. 

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This activity provides a good model for learners starting to write letters and numbers. Clear animations show the correct starting points and proper strokes. Use the mouse, touch screen or interactive whiteboard to follow or "write over" the letter as it is formed. Letter Formation uses the Jotter Primary font, which appears throughout the Doorway Online activities. Alternative versions of the letters 'f' and 'k' are available.

Note: We do recommend you try the new updated version of Letter and Number Formation, however if you would like to continue using the original you will need to download the Doorway Activity Pack.

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This activity provides a good model for learners starting to write letters and numbers. Clear animations show the correct starting points and proper strokes. Use the mouse, touch screen or interactive whiteboard to follow or "write over" the letter as it is formed. Letter Formation uses the Jotter Primary font, which appears throughout the Doorway Online activities.

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Folens Online Register Using School Roll Number - 20181S

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We are making these resources available for parents so that they have access to the same resources your school has access to. We hope this will make your lives a little easier when setting work for children to do at home.

For parents to get access, they can simply register as a teacher from your school, using your school roll number.

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Complete this form, confirm your school, and get started! FolensOnline brings together all our products and allows you to store your resources in one place. Teach with FolensOnline from your classroom and plan your lessons from anywhere.

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Gafa le Mata, The Picnic agus acmhainní úsáideach eile le fáil anseo! :)

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The Irish created Great Isolation Activity Book can be downloaded and printed out for free online. The book contains pages of fun and creative activities for children as well as useful lessons in SPHE and wellbeing.

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Oxford Owl has an extensive free e-book library as well as reading activities for all ages and phonics lessons available on its website.

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Make handwriting practice worksheets in PRINT - D'NEALIAN or CURSIVE. Choose dot trace letters or hollow outline for your handwriting font. You can change letter size, letter color, line color and even color of direction arrows. You can then PRINT your handwriting worksheet for immediate practice. Click the link above to begin. Then choose your handwriting practice worksheet details.

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Make handwriting practice worksheets in PRINT - D'NEALIAN or CURSIVE. Choose dot trace letters or hollow outline for your handwriting font. You can change letter size, letter color, line color and even color of direction arrows. You can then PRINT your handwriting worksheet for immediate practice. Click the link above to begin.

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Access Collins’ reading resources and activities, no sign-up required, on the website’s school portal.

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Discover the world of musicals with Beat by Beat Press in an interactive way to help with drama and music teaching.

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New Plays for Kids & Children's Musicals

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New musicals for young actors. Refreshing new musical plays for kids age 7-14 to perform. Written by award-winning playwrights from New York City. Perfect for your elementary school, middle school or youth theatre program. Check out the shows below, then request a FREE ePerusal to instantly download the full script.

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Look no further than Red Ted Art for all of your art class needs for children.

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Red Ted Art - Make crafting with kids easy & fun

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Fun, easy and "do-able" crafts for kids and grown ups. Using every day materials, making DIY a great activity to do together. With successful and gorgeous projects and results. Keep them. Treasure them or create wonderful gifts for friends and family.

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Kids Activities Blog has kids crafts, kids activities and fun things to do with kids along with tips and tricks for parents.

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Cbeebies provides a host of quick and easy craft activities for kids on its website.

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Songs in Irish has over 600 Irish language songs in its online database with an English translation and Youtube link for each. Guitar chords are also provided for some songs.

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We have over 600 Irish language songs in our database submitted and maintained by users like you. Each song includes an English translation and a YouTube video to help you follow along. Guitar chords are provided where possible.

There's a wide selection of sean-nós songs, pop songs in Irish, Irish ballads and children's songs we learned at school! This is a really handy and fun way of learning Irish and getting to know these beautiful traditional Irish songs.

If you can't find the song you're looking for, do a search (top of page) or check the A-Z Index. You can also request a song and we will try to source it for you. If you spot any errors or have suggestions for the lyrics for a particular song, simply click the edit link on the top right corner and submit a request.

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Songs in Irish Gaelic and Irish Song Lyrics

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We have over 600 Irish language songs in our database submitted and maintained by users like you. Each song includes an English translation and a YouTube video to help you follow along. Guitar chords are provided where possible. There's a wide selection of sean-nós songs, pop songs in Irish, Irish ballads and children's songs we learned at school!

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Gaelige le Chéile was created with the aim of making learning Irish fun and its resources are a great way to make Irish a part of children’s daily lives during lockdown.

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Báile

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Chuireamar an suíomh seo le chéile chun Gaeilge a spreagadh agus chur chun cinn ní hamháin in ár scoil ach timpeall na tíre. Chuireamar é le chéile freisin do 'Eircom Junior Spider Award 2014' agus fuaireamart áit ar an gearrliosta. Chuireamar ar suiomh isteach sa Junior Spiders 2015 agus fuaireamar ait ara an gearrliosta aris! Creid é no ná creid é, bhuamar 'Suíomh is fearr' i na Giga Spiders! Bhí athás an domhain! Creidimid go láidir 'Beatha Teangaí a labhairt'. Ligimis a bheith brodúil as ár dteanga agus í a úsáid i mbealach spraoiuil, taitneachach agus mar chuid dár saol laethiúil. 'Tír gan Teanga, Tír gan Ainm' agus is fíor sin. Bain úsáid as ár n-achmhainní agus dean iarracht an Gaeilge a labhairt!﻿ ﻿

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﻿ ﻿Haigh! Is mise Aoife. Dia daoibh, Caoimhe is ainm domsa agus Alannah is mise dom. Táimid Gaeilge le Chéile! Táimid sa triú bhliain i Pobalscoil Naomh Mhicíl. Gach rud as gaeilge anseo! Chuireamar an suíomh seo le chéile chun Gaeilge a spreagadh agus chur chun cinn ní hamháin in ár scoil ach timpeall na tíre.

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Cúla4 - Irish language programmes on TG4 for younger viewers

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The one - stop - shop for all things Gaeilge and fun for younger viewers. Information about our great shows and cartoons, APPs, competitions, YouTube can be found here!

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Frugal Fun was created by an American mom who has been homeschooling her five children since long before Covid hit. Check out her Lego activities and STEM content for fun educational games.

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Challenge kids to use their LEGO bricks to build an awesome LEGO crossbow! This neat little contraption shoots a LEGO "arrow" with satisfying speed, and it's not difficult to build. Perfect for kids who like to tinker! The idea for this LEGO crossbow was sent to us by readers Ewan and Dan. Thanks so much, guys! It's a brilliant design....

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Frugal Fun For Boys and Girls - Engaging activities for kids of all ages.

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Challenge kids to use their LEGO bricks to build an awesome LEGO crossbow! This neat little contraption shoots a LEGO "arrow" with satisfying speed, and it's not difficult to build. Perfect for kids who like to tinker! The idea for this LEGO crossbow was sent to us by readers Ewan and Dan.

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NASA has created a website dedicated to teaching children about science, technology, and space with tons of content for every age.

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The purpose of NASA STEM is to engage students in NASA's mission. Our vision is to immerse students in NASA's work, enhance STEM literacy, and inspire the next generation to explore. NASA has a portfolio of programs and opportunities dedicated to attracting, engaging and educating students and to support educators and educational institutions across the nation.

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Free primary and secondary school teaching resources - BBC Teach

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Thousands of free curriculum-mapped videos for your classroom, arranged by subject and age-group; Live Lessons presented by top BBC talent; educational campaigns including Super Movers and Bring the Noise.

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You can find interactive games, videos, and fact sheets about everything from animals to the world's wonders and climate change on National Geographic’s dedicated kids' website.

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Topmarks Education: teaching resources, interactive resources, worksheets, homework, exam and revision help

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Searchable site of thousands of quality teaching resources, interactive resources, homework, exam and revision help. Useful for teachers, pupils and parents.

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RTÉ Learn contains tonnes of different activities for children as well as access to episodes of last year’s Home School Hub.

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Cad atá i gceist le Home School Hub?

Labhair Cian Mac Cárthaigh, Léiritheoir Home School Hub de chuid Macalla Teo le Fachtna Ó Drisceoil ar Tús Áite ar RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta faoina bhfuil beartaithe don scoil ar líne atá ag tosú inniu ag 11am ar RTÉ 2.

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Labhair Cian Mac Cárthaigh, Léiritheoir Home School Hub de chuid Macalla Teo le Fachtna Ó Drisceoil ar Tús Áite ar RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta faoina bhfuil beartaithe don scoil ar líne atá ag tosú inniu ag 11am ar RTÉ 2.

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Award winning educational materials like worksheets, games, lesson plans and activities designed to help kids succeed. Start for free now!

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Khan Academy is an international website that is highly recommended by many teachers and parents. Courses are broken up into multiple subjects and classes, helping you to create a personalised educational course for your child.

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Khan Academy | Free Online Courses, Lessons & Practice

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Learners, teachers, districts, and parents: Start here Students practice at their own pace, first filling in gaps in their understanding and then accelerating their learning. Created by experts, Khan Academy's library of trusted, standards-aligned practice and lessons covers math K-12 through early college, grammar, science, history, AP®, SAT®, and more.

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Seomra Ranga was created by a Dublin primary school teacher in 2007 and features a range of free activities and resources, such as flashcards, poetry books, and educational bingo games.

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Welcome to Seomra Ranga, the Hub for Primary School Resources. For the overseas visitors "Seomra Ranga" means "classroom" in the Irish language.
Seomra Ranga has been successfully providing tried and tested resources for primary school classrooms since 2007. Since that time, the site has gradually built up a strong following amongst educators as a repository of quality teacher-created resources. The resources on the site, which support all areas of the curriculum, are arranged in accordance with the curricular provisions of the Irish primary school....

Please have a browse through the new site and support our work in developing new resources by becoming a Member. Individual and School Memberships are available.

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Seomra Ranga | The Primary Education Hub

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Welcome to Seomra Ranga, the Hub for Primary School Resources. For the overseas visitors "Seomra Ranga" means "classroom" in the Irish language. Seomra Ranga has been successfully providing tried and tested resources for primary school classrooms since 2007. Since that time, the site has gradually built up a strong following amongst educators as a repository of quality teacher-created resources.

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List of strategies and self-care section for young people from the Anna Freud Centre resources

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Resources for anxiety and your mental health in a global climate of uncertainty.

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Minding your mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Minding your mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Information and advice about your mental health and wellbeing, including mental health issues, coping with difficult situations and helping someone else.

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Brief movement break videos. More available on The Learning Station Youtube Channel. 

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Brief movement break videos. More available on The Learning Station Youtube Channel. 

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Pre-made lessons for each strand of the P.E curriculum. 

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Pre-made lessons for each strand of the P.E curriculum. 

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The Physical Education primary school curriculum and the Physical Education teacher guidelines are the key resource for all teachers to support them in implementing a physical education programme in the primary school

A suggested list of equipment for physical education is outlined on pp 104 and 105 of the Physical Education teacher guidelines

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The Primary School Sports Initiative presents a set of support materials for five strand units of the physical education curriculum: Athletics, Dance, Games, Gymnastics and Outdoor and Adventure Activities. The materials have been designed to assist teachers to implement the primary physical education curriculum. Across four class levels: Infants, first and second class, third and fourth class and fifth and sixth class. A set of lesson plans for each class level for each of the five above mentioned strands is outlined. They aim to facilitate the attainment of the curriculum objectives and include development and progression from lesson to lesson and across the class levels

Please follow this link to access the materials.

These materials are an excellent framework for teachers to adopt in teaching the different strands of the physical education curriculum

1. Click on the 'Governing Bodies' tab of the website

2. Then click on 'NGB Sports Investment'

3. A full list of sports will appear and click on the particular sport you are interested in for further details

4. A list of websites to support you in the implementation of the physical education curriculum are available for you to download

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The Physical Education primary school curriculum and the Physical Education teacher guidelines are the key resource for all teachers to support them in implementing a physical education programme in the primary school A suggested list of equipment for physical education is outlined on pp 104 and 105 of the Physical Education teacher guidelines ​ The Primary School Sports Initiative presents a set of support materials for five strand units of the physical education curriculum: Athletics, Dance, Games, Gymnastics and Outdoor and Adventure Activities.

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Yoga, mindfulness and relaxation in a fun,child friendly way.

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YOGA | MINDFULNESS | RELAXATION FOR KIDS! Screentime that gives kids SUPERPOWERS! ⬇️ D O W N L O A D T H E C O S M I C K I D S A P P ⬇️ 🍏Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cosmic-kids/ 🛍️Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cosmickids 🖥️ Desktop (great for teachers!): https://app.cosmickids.com/ 📺 Roku: https://rb.gy/44r8d -------------------------------------------------------------------- Why watch on the App?

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10 minute exercise classes available in English and as Gaeilge.

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The official website of RTÉjr & RTÉ Kids Online - Streaming shows, Podcasts and much more fun!

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10 minute Shake-up exercises with your favourite Disney characters. 

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10 minute Shake-up exercises with your favourite Disney characters. 

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Get the kids moving with these fun games inspired by some of their favourite Disney characters.

These boredom-busting activities will help them reach the 60 active minutes they need every day!

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10 Minute Shake Up games - Healthier Families

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Get the kids moving with these fun games inspired by some of their favourite Disney characters. These boredom-busting activities will help them reach the 60 active minutes they need every day!

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Elementary Animal Walks & Gymnastic Stunts

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Joe Wicks teaches 30 minute P.E classes weekdays at 9am. All can be found on his youtube channel.

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A quick note about this group 😀 This Group has been created for parents to share their experiences with introducing solid foods to little ones. I'll also be sharing lots of advise and ideas in collaboration with Charlotte Stirling-Reed. Please be mindful to get expert advice where needed and the information offered here isn't a substitute for medical advice or treatment. Charlotte Stirling-Reed (SR Nutrition) is a Registered Nutritionist and will be sharing evidence-based advice here on weaning and child nutrition and we cannot be responsible for the advice given out by members - for more information please see NHS advice of visit Charlotte's website 👉🏻 www.srnutrition.co.uk

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A quick note about this group 😀 This Group has been created for parents to share their experiences with introducing solid foods to little ones. I'll also be sharing lots of advise and ideas in collaboration with Charlotte Stirling-Reed. Please be mindful to get expert advice where needed and the information offered here isn't a substitute for medical advice or treatment.

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Free P.E class every Tuesday and Thursday at 12 with TJ Reid using Facebook Live

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Childrens Activities and Family Fun | Limerick Sports Partnership

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Active homework ideas.

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Yoga as Gaeilge do pháistí.

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Activities to improve gross motor skills.

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Daily dance breaks on this channel.

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Colour the challenge when you have completed it!

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Video lessons for beginners.

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Learn gymnastics at home! From beginners up to competitive gymnasts and dancers. Children aged 2.5 years up to adults. A little bit of upside-down for everyone!

The lessons I have up at the moment are best suited for beginners aged 3-6 but there'll be more added during the year for older children, adults, and for different levels.

These online gymnastics lessons are free. Share this page with anyone who you think might enjoy.

Hello! Thanks for visiting this page. I hope you're having a good day and you and your family are remaining healthy and happy in these trying times. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, all my classic are currently cancelled/ postponed. In order to provide some lessons that my gymnasts can do for free while they're stuck at home, I've created some video lessons. I decided to also share them on the website for other people to view as well as it might be helpful for keeping children occupied at home - have fun and learn some new skills! They're divided into a few different sections depending on age and level and you can see what videos are coming soon. Scroll down and have a look. I've included some tips too! The only equipment you'll need will be a mat or a rug/ carpet. I hope you enjoy!

Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @FlairGymnasticsAndDance and subscribe to our Youtube Channel

These lessons are fun and creative. They're aimed at beginner level gymnasts. Best suited to age 3-6 but younger and older children will enjoy also. I recommend lesson 1 and the gymnastics adventure stories for 2 year and up and lessons 2-4 for 3 years and up. They'll need a safe space to exercise in and preferably using a mat or a rug/ carpet. Even though the videos are geared towards the children being able to do the lesson by themselves, please supervise for safety, especially the handstand lesson. Some of the videos even include some tips for parents/ guardians on how to spot their child do a skill.

Fun Gymnastics At Home for 3-6 Year Olds: Lesson 1 - warm-up, stretches and shapes

Fun Gymnastics At Home for 3 to 6 Year Olds: Lesson 2 - jumps, balances, drills, bunny hops, rolls and tumbles

This video includes a section at the end for parents/ guardians to learn how to spot their child for a tumble (to 'spot' just means to give hands-on assistance).
Top tips for your little gymnasts for this lesson.
For jumps: they should use their arm swing for extra height; fully stretch through their legs and feet (point them) to get higher off the floor; keep their head neutral (i.e. in the middle - some kids throw their head back or look down at their feet); plant their feet flat into the floor when they land with their weight spread equally from heel to toes to 'stick' their landing.

For balances: for safety, emphasise that they always put their foot down if they're falling over; keep head looking forward and spot something for balance (they tend to look at the floor); keep their weight spread equally through their standing foot (heel and toes into the mat); and pull up tall through their body like someone is pulling them up with a string.

For tumbles: the most important thing is that they tuck their head in and the top of their head should not touch the mat (really get their nose in their between their knees; as their bums go up, their heads keep tucking; don't let their elbows or knees go on the mat either; land in a tuck sit with feet flat on the floor really close to their bum and their head leaning forwards so they can stand up with ease.

For helping your child to tumble, use one hand to tuck their head right in so it doesn't go on the floor and use your other hand on the back of their upper legs to help them to lift their hips and rotate. Check out the last section of the video for visuals.

Enjoy! Tag me in/ send me your practice videos or photos - @FlairGymnasticsAndDance.com on Instagram and Facebook.

Fun Gymnastics At Home for 3 to 6 Year Olds: Lesson 3 - The Handstand

This video includes the step-by-step process for beginner gymnasts to get them close to a full handstand. It includes lots of great tips and encouragement. Ensure the gymnast has done a little warm-up first. There's a section in this video where they put their feet up on a couch or chair to practice taking weight on their arms. There's also a section where they put their feet on the wall. Just FYI so you're prepped! I also show parents/ guardians how to spot their child doing a 'bunny hop', a prep move for the handstands. Enjoy! Tag me in/ send me your practice videos or photos - @FlairGymnasticsAndDance.com on Instagram and Facebook.
Top tips for beginner handstands
There's a lot more technical points I could have added to the video but because this is aimed at young beginner gymnasts, I kept it simple. The main tips for them are:

Straight arms to hold themselves up - lock their elbows straight

Spread their fingers out and have their hands flat on the floor like a hand print to help balance on their hands

Hands are to be shoulder width apart

Practice taking their weight on their hands first by doing a front support as shown in the video, followed by bunny hops and put their feet on something high like the couch or up on the wall

Start with arms straight and above their head, hiding their ears (this means better chance of them having straight arms in the handstand and hiding their ears means their hands will be shoulder width apart

Take a big step into the handstand and kick the leg up above their hips

Practice kicking off each leg first so you can see if they're more natural at doing it off their right leg or left leg

Practice getting their foot back on the floor (instead of landing unsafely on knees) and bring the foot close to the hands to stand up more easily

Handstands should be 'stacked' so they should try have their shoulders above their hands (like in the front support) and their hips above their shoulders (like when we do bunny hops or legs up on the couch and bum above head) and then legs straight above (hands - shoulders - hips - legs all in a straight vertical line stacked one on top of the other)

Their first leg should kick up directly above their head and not over the top past their head and their second leg comes up to the top to meet the first leg

When up there, they can use their shoulders and pushing their fingers into the floor to help them balance but if they fall over the top, they can move their hand really quickly to take a step with their hand and safely return to feet

Practice at a wall to avoid falling over onto back

Keeping their body tight by engaging all their muscles will help them to balance

They're aiming to have a straight so encourage them to keep their tummy in - this will also keep their lower back safe from strain

Head position should be ears between arms but looking down at hands

Photo below on how to spot them in the handstand

Best of luck and have fun!

Spotting a bunny hop
There's loads of different ways to spot but this is how I do it, especially for beginners. Support your gymnast at the shoulder with hand closest to shoulder and at the shins with the other arm. Supporting under their shoulder means that you have their weight if they bend their arms, thus saving them from falling on their head. It also allows you to gently push their shoulder angle open. Having them at their shins means you can assist them in getting their feet off the floor while simultaneously keeping their knees tucked into their tummy (which encourages a better shape in their back).

Spotting a handstand
Again, there's plenty of ways to spot a handstand but here's one I recommend for beginners.

Stand on the side of the child that's the opposite to their lunge leg (i.e. be on the side of them with the leg that's the first to go in the air). Put closest hand under closest shoulder and other hand above their knee (see photos below!). Hand support under the shoulder means you can help take their weight and save them if they bend their arms so they won't land on their head. Supporting above their knee means you can assist with the kick and help lift their leg over their head. Important that you spot above the knee on the thigh and not below and you will lose control of them if they bend their leg. This way if they bend their leg, you still have them. Don't hold their actual knee as it's bad for the joint and you won't have full control. Having them at the shoulder means you can help them open their shoulder angle and having their leg means you can help them open their hip angle and keep their handstand 'stacked'. You can encourage them to control their own second leg and they have to bring that up to join their top leg that you're holding. Encourage them to straighten their legs join big toe to big toe. The foot of the leg you're not holding then is the first to return to the floor and you can assist them to return to starting position.

Fun Gymnastics At Home for 3 to 6 Year Olds: Lesson 4 - The Cartwheel

Before you start this video, please note the first 2 minutes give some tips to parents about what's included in the video. Children can do the whole lesson without any extra equipment/ props but to get the full benefit, you can print out the hand and foot shapes as explained below, you can create a line on the floor with duct tape, they can have a small teddy bear/ toy ready for one section and access to the couch for putting their feet up on. There's also an exercise where they do their bunny hop over a block but you can use household items such as a big book, a cushion, a foot rest or else they use their imaginations and pretend they're doing it over something! Please supervise them for safety and make sure they've a safe space to practice in.

Additional resource - download the .pdf document below of hand and foot shapes to print and cut out and stick to mat/ floor for helping your child with their cartwheel. This is explained in the cartwheel video. You keep them close at first and then move them further apart to encourage a longer, straighter cartwheel. You can also colour-code them (right foot red and left foot blue for example to they land each foot correctly).

You can also make a line for them to practice on using duct tape or draw hand and foot shapes with chalk/ markers.
Top tips for doing a cartwheel
The video lays out the prep skills for cartwheel from absolute scratch for beginners starting with simply taking some of their body weight in their arms, then transferring body weight via a bunny hop, onto sideways bunny hops, then adding in the legs, etc. The video includes all the tips for the gymnast but this is done in a simplified manner. In terms of tips for parents who want to help their child correctly cartwheel, here's a few:

Face forward going into it, not sideways.

Start with straight arms above head, hiding their ears - encourages straight arms in the cartwheel so they can better take their weight when upside-down and hiding/squeezing their ears means their hands will be shoulder width apart when they hit the mat.

Hips and shoulders square (i.e. beside each other facing forward and not twisted).

Take a big lunge/ step and reach hands out in front.

1/4 turn into it, go through a handstand shape with legs wide and straight and 1/4 turn out of it to land in a lunge, facing the opposite direction from which they started (front to back cartwheel as I like to call it).

Reaching for the floor can be scary so have them practice reaching for the wall or onto a height like the couch first and practice standing up from hands off the couch or wall too, encouraging them to take their arms up and lift chest up as their leg returns to the floor.

Practice the kick part (having done the handstand lesson first will help with this as there's loads of leg kicks in our handstand lesson).

Encourage this rhythm - 'hand, hand, foot, foot'

Head stays between their arms, looking through arms when upside-down to see the first foot land (this is a good technique to practice as it will make things easier for them when they progress and are going onto cartwheels on the beam)

Hand position can be side by side, both hands facing same direction or else form a "T" shape with first hand going down sideways and fingers of second hand pointing towards the first - explained in the video.

First foot to return to the floor should come close to the hands to aid standing up.

How to spot a beginner cartwheel
There's lots of ways to spot a cartwheel but my favourite way for spotting a beginner cartwheel for a young child is to help them at their hips. This allows you to take their weight. They can end up doing all sorts of funny things when trying a cartwheel for the first time, including taking their hands off the floor completely!! Haha! So spotting at their hips means you completely have them even if they're floating in the air.

Stand on the side where they'll have their back to you while upside down. This means you're less likely to get kicked!

Tell them to put their hands on the ground side by side with fingers facing you.

Get closest hip with closest hand so you're not twisted.

In this way of spotting, they have to look after their own legs though so they might be doing crazy things with the legs - watch out!

You can also spot them by the legs, taking one thigh with each hand and helping them to get their legs higher and to open the legs out wide. Spotting at the thigh means that if they bend their legs, you still have control. It's good to pause when hitting the halfway point of the handstand with legs out so you can get them to fix their shape - straighten their arms, straighten their legs, widen their legs, point their toes, etc. - and then finish off the cartwheel.

You can see in the photos below, how I have my hands at the gymnast's hips. As he moved his hands and nearly took them off the block, I still had control and he was safe. In this example, his was trying to jump his feet from one side of the block to the other without touching the block with his feet. We hadn't moved onto wide or straight legs yet. Can be done over the likes of a (sturdy and stable) foot rest or similar or even a cushion.

Fun Gymnastics At Home for 2.5 to 6 Year Olds: Gymnastics Adventure 1 - "Sea Swim Surprise"

Follow me, Coach Chloe, on a gymnastics adventure as we head out for a sea swim. Listen to the story as you do the actions with me. We come across some obstacles along the way and meet a few different creatures, all the while practicing our gymnastics skills. It's lots of fun!

Fun Gymnastics At Home for 2.5 to 6 Year Olds: Gymnastics Adventure 2 - "The Playground Surprise"

Follow me, Coach Chloe, on a gymnastics adventure as we go to the playground for a fun day out. We try out all the equipment at the playground and as we're taking a rest, we see a line of animals heading to the woods and follow them to reveal a surprise! Listen to the story as you do the actions with me.

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Dance songs for kids are the best remedy for stir crazy and energetic little ones. OK, let's be honest. They're perfect for all kids!

Action and dance songs are great when kids need to get their wiggles out, when the weather isn't cooperating, and when you just need a bit of fun! They're some of the best songs for kids.

As you know, young kids can have trouble staying focused for long periods of time. They are just not wired to sit still all day.

That's where dance songs come to the rescue! They add some spice and can also help as a behavior management technique.

We all know the value of recess during the school day. Think of these action and dance songs as a way to incorporate more recess all throughout the day!

Dance Songs for Kids

Here are our favorite dance songs for kids, and we think you'll love them too!

How to Stream Music in the Classroom or at Home

If you want to get songs without the ads from YouTube, there are a couple simple solutions. You can click the songs directly from this post, and it should take away most of the ads. Screen it first to make sure it works for your needs.

If you are using just audio, I have Amazon Music Unlimited which isn't free but well worth it for me because we use it each day between the classroom and home. If you would want to download more than 10 songs a month, it's worth its weight in gold! It's compatible with your phone, electronic devices, Alexa, and computer. What's great is that I can download the songs while I'm home on my phone using wifi with the Amazon Music app. Then the songs are always there on my phone, and I can play them in the classroom, the car, or anywhere else.

There is also a 2 million song music library with Amazon Prime. That's how I started, but then I eventually switched to Amazon Music Unlimited because it has nearly every song.

Get Yo Body Movin'

Get everyone up and grooving with this irresistible action and dance song! Most kids will already be familiar with the guys of Koo Koo Kanga Roo, so they'll be much quicker to engage and participate.

Freeze Dance

These next two action and dance songs are both variations on a freeze dance for kids. Try them both and see which resonates better with your children - or they might love both! You may want to preview the videos and set some expectations before trying so that things like skipping don't get too wild.

This first version is by the Kiboomers, and you can see all of their Freeze Dance songs on Amazon.

Move and Freeze

Our friends at the Learning Station have so many awesome dance songs for kids and even an entire Brain Breaks Action CD.

Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

If you're looking for the classic action song, look no further! This version is extra fun because it speeds up as the song goes on. Varying tempos in a song is a great way to keep the listener's attention! And it is a perfect dance song for circle time. See it on Amazon.

Hokey Pokey

Another timeless dance song for kids! Can't go wrong with this one. I particularly like how they include a harmony line along with the familiar melody - being able to pick out or copy a harmony line is a great early musical skill! This song also speeds up as it goes along, which adds a lively twist and helps keep the kids engaged. This song can also be found on the All-Time Children's Favorites album by The Learning Station.

Jump!

Patty Shukla calls this song "Musical PE," and it's a perfect description! Your kids will have a blast following the directions and moving along with her. It also includes a ton of musical goodness like key changes, varying tempos, and simple harmonies. Even though your kids may not recognize these things, they help keep the song fresh and entertaining. See it on Amazon.

Driving in My Car

This video showcases The Cat's Pajamas, but the amazing song was actually written by Ellen Allard and is featured on her CD Good Kid. My kids weren't with me when I first saw it and I bookmarked it immediately because I couldn't WAIT to show it to them!! I knew they'd love the role play of being a movie star, the fun actions, and the different speeds of the song. I promise your kids will be captivated the whole way through!

Shake Your Sillies Out

What a fun song for transitions! There's more than one song from The Learning Station on here, and it's no coincidence - they are great at brain breaks and movement, action, and dance songs for kids! See our post of The Best Movement and Action Songs for Children to find their classic Tony Chestnut or see their entire Brain Breaks Action CD.

I am a Robot

A fun dance song for kids where they get to pretend to be robots. This one is great for following directions and for critical thinking while dancing - the directions repeat and add on top of each other, so the kids will have to pay close attention! The is a must-have for a preschool circle time song! The ending is also very clever. See it on Amazon.

If you're looking for more dance and action songs, or songs to use at circle time or throughout the day, check out our full song library below!

Music and Movement Songs

Educational Songs

Start and End your Day with Music!

Circle Time Songs

Seasonal Songs

Also, have you seen our song posters? We made it easy for you with posters, cards, and song sticks that you can print from your own printer! Check them out in our store.

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When I was a kid, I was fascinated by a cartoon character named Simon who would use his imagination to climb into his Land of Chalk Drawings. Whatever he drew, be it a rocket ship, a zoo, a herd of dinosaurs, or a soccer game, Simon would find himself on great adventures in amongst his creations.

Fast forward to my own life as a parent and sidewalk chalk has become a spring and summer playtime staple for my children. Whether it's used to practice letters, write messages for family and friends, draw great masterpieces, or for many other creative games, chalk is a colourful and inexpensive toy.

Sidewalk chalk has come a long way from Simon's Land of Chalk Drawings. Chalk now comes in 48 colours, in glitter, and in neon. But what hasn't changed is the myriad of ways in which chalk can be used as the basis of many active games for your children. Find a safe spot in a driveway, a schoolyard, or on a sidewalk, and prepare to chalk up the fun your kids will have (sorry, I couldn't resist).

1. Hopscotch

This is an oldie (as in kids have been playing it for over 300 years) but a definite goodie. The rules [PDF] are simple and kids can either draw their own course with the chalk or have a parent help. Use your imagination and draw the boxes to be jumped in in various colours and shapes. Use the chalk as the marker or find stones, beanbags, buttons or small plastic toys. Once your children have conquered hopping the course, see if they can double hop on each box or use varying feet for hopping on the way up and the way back the course.
Skills developed: Hopping, throwing, balance, coordination
2. Avoid the Shark

With different colours of chalk, draw "beaches" various distances apart. Use blue chalk to draw water and shark fins between the beaches and have kids jump from beach to beach to avoid the "sharks" in the "water."
Skills developed: Hopping
3. Chalk Bullseye

Use various colours of chalk and draw concentric circles with a bullseye in the middle. Within each circle, write point values if kids want to brush up on their math skills or simply use markers to see who can throw an item closest to the bullseye. For markers, use chalk, stones or on hot summer days, wet sponges or water balloons.
Skills developed: Throwing
4. Four Square

Four Square is extremely popular in many schoolyards at recess. Draw your own Four Square court with chalk, mark a number from one to four in each square, and use a bouncy ball to play this fun game. Each player stands in each of the squares, and the player in square four starts by bouncing the ball in their square and then hitting it towards one of the other squares. The receiving player then hits the ball to any other player. The ball must bounce in the receiving player's square once and they must hit it to another player before it bounces a second time. If the player misses a square or the ball bounces a second time before they hit it, they are "out". If there are more than four players, the player who is out goes to the end of the line of waiting players. If there are only four players, the player who is out would move to the next lowest position, four being the highest square.
Skills developed: Striking
5. Chalk Maze

Have kids design their own web of squiggly lines, circles, and other lines with chalk to design a maze through which others can walk, run, cycle, or scooter. The bigger, more colourful, and more intricate the maze, the more fun kids will have working their way through.
Skills developed: Running
6. Alphabet Hop

Use chalk to make 26 squares or circles fairly close to one another and write the letters of the alphabet in each. For kids just learning their alphabet, call out letters to hop from one to another. For kids who are able to spell, call out words to spell and have them hop using one or two feet from one letter to another. During the summer months, this is a not-so-subtle way to work on spelling skills while having fun.
Skills developed: Hopping
7. Sidewalk Twister

Find me a person who doesn't like Twister and I will show you my best "what you talkin' about" face. Create your own chalk twister board with at least four colours and four shapes and have another child or parent call out instructions as to where children should place their right hands, right feet, left hands and left feet. Keep the traditional rules of Twister by having kids balance while moving each hand and foot to different coloured shapes without falling over, or make your own rules. Have kids roar like lions on blue squares or hop like bunnies on a green circle. Ask them to laugh like their moms on a yellow triangle or stand as tall as a tree on a red squiggle.
Skills developed: Depends on activities chosen
8. Corners

This game requires at least three players but can be played with many more. Draw a large square court with smaller squares drawn in each corner in different colours. Draw a circle in the middle of the court. One person is designated the "counter" and stands in the circle in the middle of the court. The counter closes their eyes and counts to ten. While their eyes are closed, the other players skip around the court and choose a corner to stand in (more than one person can stand in one of the corners). With their eyes still closed after counting to ten, the counter calls out one of the four corner colours. Whoever is standing in that colour is out. The game continues until all players are out.
Skills developed: skipping
Head to your nearest yard, driveway, or sidewalk and prepare for your kids to spend endless hours of active fun with one piece of "equipment." And if they start telling you Simon-like stories of climbing into magical places with dragons and fairies, it will have been an even more super-fantastic day.

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MOVEMENT BREAK CURRICULUM

In order for kids to learn, they need to move!

Movement breaks or "brain breaks" are classroom-based physical activity programs for kids to get them moving more. Movement not only allows children to get their 'wiggles' out, but energizes them and increases their ability to focus on the next learning activity. In order for kids to learn, they need to move!

These breaks can be used to energize a group after lunch or relax and calm a class before a test or at the end of the day. We also consider movement breaks a time when teachers can reinforce fundamental movement skills with kids that are no longer being taught in PE classes.

Our movement break video content providers are all amazing coaches or PE teachers who are enthusiastic about bringing more movement into the school day. The videos are designed so that, if a teacher has in-class video capability, the video can be played for students and they can follow along with the video. Or, the videos can be used as inspiration for teachers. Regardless, we will continue to grow our movement break library so its a one-stop shop for movement break curriculum.

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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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With everyone staying at home and e-learning happening everywhere, I thought it would be fun to make different scavenger hunts to share with you each day for the kiddos to do.

They are listed in the order that I am posting them on Facebook. So you can choose whichever one you'd like to do.

I've gotten sooo many requests to have them be printable as well, so I put them all together in this resource. It currently has over 122 scavenger hunts. As I continue to make more, I will be adding to this as well.

You can grab the printable scavenger hunts directly from Primary Playground here or from my TeachersPayTeachers store here.

St. Patrick's Day Scavenger Hunt

Backyard Scavenger Hunt

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5 Senses Scavenger Hunt

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Spring Scavenger Hunt

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Rainbow Scavenger Hunt

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Book Scavenger Hunt

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Math Scavenger Hunt

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Inventor Scavenger Hunt

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Indoor Scavenger Hunt

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Nature Scavenger Hunt

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Letters Scavenger Hunt

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Black and White Scavenger Hunt

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Shapes Scavenger Hunt

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Rhyming Scavenger Hunt

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Neighborhood Scavenger Hunt

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Numbers Scavenger Hunt

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Easter Scavenger Hunt

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Rainy Day Scavenger Hunt

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Outdoor Scavenger Hunt

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Desert Scavenger Hunt

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Sight Word Scavenger Hunt

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Park Scavenger Hunt

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Earth Day Scavenger Hunt

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Community Scavenger Hunt

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Snow Day Scavenger Hunt

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Living and Non-Living Scavenger Hunt

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Urban Scavenger Hunt

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Gratitude Scavenger Hunt

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Autumn Scavenger Hunt

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Q & U Scavenger Hunt

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Apartment Scavenger Hunt

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Night Time Scavenger Hunt

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2D Shape Scavenger Hunt

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Mother's Day Scavenger Hunt

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3D Shapes Scavenger Hunt

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Home Scavenger Hunt

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Colors Scavenger Hunt

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Garden Scavenger Hunt

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Sunshine Scavenger Hunt

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Transportation Scavenger Hunt

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Caribbean Scavenger Hunt

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Birthday Scavenger Hunt

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Bigger or Smaller Scavenger Hunt

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Digraphs Scavenger Hunt

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Blends Scavenger Hunt

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Patriotic Scavenger Hunt

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Father's Day Scavenger Hunt

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Zoo Scavenger Hunt

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Double OO Scavenger Hunt

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Controlled R Scavenger Hunt

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Camping Scavenger Hunt

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Taller or Shorter Scavenger Hunt

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Animal Scavenger Hunt

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Fairy Tale Scavenger Hunt

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Lighter or Heavier Scavenger Hunt

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Beach Day Scavenger Hunt

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Canada Day Scavenger Hunt

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Nursery Rhyme Scavenger Hunt

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Farm Scavenger Hunt

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Insect Scavenger Hunt

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Back To School Scavenger Hunt

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Virtual Back To School Scavenger Hunt

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All About Me Scavenger Hunt

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The Night Before The First Day Of School Scavenger Hunt

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Computer Scavenger Hunt

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iPad Scavenger Hunt

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Chromebook Scavenger Hunt

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Google Classroom Scavenger Hunt

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Apple Orchard Scavenger Hunt

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Pirate Scavenger Hunt

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Fall Scavenger Hunt

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Pumpkin Patch Scavenger Hunt

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School Supply Scavenger Hunt

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Fire Safety Scavenger Hunt

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Halloween Decoration Scavenger Hunt

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Halloween Scavenger Hunt

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Creepy Scavenger Hunt

Halloween Candy Scavenger Hunt

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Thankful Scavenger Hunt

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Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt

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Thanksgiving Day Parade Scavenger Hunt

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Christmas Lights Scavenger Hunt

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Christmas Scavenger Hunt

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Christmas Lights #2 Scavenger Hunt

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Christmas Eve Scavenger Hunt

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Chanukah Scavenger Hunt

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Winter Scavenger Hunt

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CVC Short A Scavenger Hunt

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CVC Short E Scavenger Hunt

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CVC Short I Scavenger Hunt

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CVC Short O Scavenger Hunt

CVC Short U Scavenger Hunt

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Valentine's Day Scavenger Hunt

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Weather Scavenger Hunt

Opposite Scavenger Hunt

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Grocery Store Scavenger Hunt

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Pet Store Scavenger Hunt

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Mardi Gras Scavenger Hunt

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Purim Scavenger Hunt

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Passover Scavenger Hunt

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Cinco de Mayo Scavenger Hunt

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OI and OY Scavenger Hunt

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Double EE Words Scavenger Hunt

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End Of The School Year Scavenger Hunt

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Long A Scavenger Hunt

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Long E Scavenger Hunt

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Long I Scavenger Hunt

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Do you have any other scavenger hunts that you'd like to see? Let me know and I'll see about adding it!

Long O Scavenger Hunt

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Long U Scavenger Hunt

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Summer Scavenger Hunt

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Wild West Scavenger Hunt

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Road Trip Scavenger Hunt

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New Year's Scavenger Hunt

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100th Day Scavenger Hunt

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2's Day Scavenger Hunt

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Food Pairs Scavenger Hunt

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Lunar New Year Scavenger Hunt

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Around The School Scavenger Hunt

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Kwanzaa Scavenger Hunt

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