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Home & Garden DIY Tutorials, Creative Design How-Tos, Travel Posts and More - A Piece of Rainbow

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Learn to live life to the fullest with detailed DIY tutorials for home and garden that take creative living to new design heights. Everyone can do it, no matter what your skill level or budget is!

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Free maths advice and activities.

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Maths activities for children | Family Maths Toolkit

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Use this website to make and record your own music.

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Help and advice about safety online.

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Children are accessing technology and the internet at a younger age than ever before. It's never too early to talk to your child about what they do online and who to tell if they come across anything online that makes them feel worried, scared or sad.

Jessie & Friends is a series of three animations that follow the adventures of Jessie, Tia and Mo as they begin to navigate the online world, watching videos, sharing pictures and playing games. There's also a storybook for each episode, to help you and your child keep the conversation going.

The key message throughout Jessie and Friends is that if a child is ever worried by anything online, they should tell a grown-up they trust, who will help them.

The animations and additional classroom activities give children great opportunities to learn about trust, being kind online, consent, and healthy and unhealthy behaviour on the internet.

Here's what three parents had to say after watching Jessie & Friends with their children:

What next?

You can watch the three Jessie & Friends animations and download the storybooks .

Help spread the word! If you are unsure if your child's school uses Thinkuknow resources, download this letter making them aware of the free Jessie & Friends activities they can deliver in the classroom.

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Ideas and activities linked to reading.

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- check out our favourites We have over 1,000 books with videos, lesson plans and activity sheets! here or search for your favourite book and see what's available on the book page.

Involve the grandparents - call/skype grandparents and ask them to provide the first line of a story. The kids then sit down and write for 30 minutes then phone them back to read out their story.

Get the kids to write a diary - these are extraordinary times and this will help not only to record these crazy days but writing things down can also help with anxiety.

Maps & Atlases - I printed off a world map and asked the kids to think of/research 10 books set in different countries and add them to the map. If you have an atlas at home you can also set them challenges to find where places are e.g. "Find the Galapagos Islands"..."in which country is St Petersburg in"..."write down 10 facts about Turkey" etc etc

Write a book review - I'd be remiss if I didn't encourage kids to write a book review! You can download our ' 10 tips on how to write a book review' which also includes a quick book review template to print off at home. It doesn't matter if they enjoy reading classics or David Walliams books, writing a review helps them to think about the book, hone their comprehension skills and improve their vocabulary.

Audiobooks - we have a list here of some of our favourite audiobooks but Borrowbox, which are ebooks and audiobooks loaned out by your local library should be your new best friend. Audible have also put a small selection for free and there are apps like Cloudaloud which have some free titles too.

Podcasts - Soundcloud (where you can listen to extracts, author readings, kids interviewing authors and more)

Videos - We're adding videos to our book pages (see this author video for The Train to Impossible Places and a gorgeous video review of Captain Whiskers from one of our Video Panel Reviewers)

Publisher Youtube Channels: See Walker Books, Usborne, Dorling Kindersley, Nosy Crow, HarperCollins Children's, Puffin Books, Egmont Publishing, Macmillan Children's Books, Hachette Children's Books, Ladybird Books (including Peppa Pig), Little Tiger Press, Lit Film Fest are releasing a daily video or writing tips.

Author Youtube Videos: Michael Rosen, Andy Stanton reads Mr Gum and the Biscuit Billionaire, Abi Elphinstone, Jeff Norton, Philip Ardagh,

Illustrator Youtube Videos: Steven Lenton, Nick Sharratt, Tom McLaughlin

Toppsta Youtube channel: We've recently launched our Toppsta Youtube channel and we'll be sharing video reviews from children and 'Look Inside' videos too.

Organisations with free resources to use at home:

But also check out BBC Teach, Authorfy (login required), World Book Day, CLPE (Centre for Literacy in Primary Education), British Library, Scholastic Resource Bank, The School Run, Booktrust, Literacy Shed, KeyStage2Literacy, Literacy Trust, Lovemybooks and Caryl Hart is doing an amazing job collecting together all the picture book resources over on her website.

Creative Writing/Drawing: Pobble (a picture a day to inspire drawing and writing. Ask your kids to find their favourite book and ask them to either draw the existing cover or a new version. Author Sinead O'Hart is running creative challenges on her website for kids to enter and win books.

Twitter: if you're on Twitter we are running a live Twitter chat every weekday at 10am where you can find out more about new books, authors and illustrators. You can also follow the hashtags #FreeBookResources #UnitedByBooks #lockdownkidlit

Facebook: Author Events Online

Instagram: Lydia Monks, Sandra Dieckmann,

Run a sponsored read - and get books into the hands of children who need them most. Take a look at Readathon and the brilliant work they do

Check if your favourite author has their own website - so many have brilliant resources you can download for free from their website: see Joshua Siegal, Joseph Coelho, Tom Palmer, Peter Bunzl, Robin Stevens, Andy Shepherd, Will Mabbitt, Kieran Larwood & more

Great illustrator websites with free resources: Nick Sharratt, Sarah McIntyre

Ditto for great publishers who have tons of resources over on their websites. Check out the advice and free resources for dyslexic readers on the Barrington Stoke website, Walker Picture Book Party, Nosy Crow Activities, Usborne Play & Learn (coming soon), Chicken House, Piccadilly Press, Lonely Planet Kids, Child's Play, Lion Hudson and more

ebooks - Register for Borrowbox so you can borrow ebooks from your local library and Project Gutenberg has has more than 60,000 ebooks available for free

Bedtime Stories - Check out Cbeebies Bedtime Stories

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Weekly schedule of online bookish events taking place this week | Toppsta

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We have resources for teachers and parents to encourage reading throughout the year! Whether it’s for fun or education, there’s something for every child

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Key Stage 1 - Things to do with kids | Kidadl

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Primary School Songs | Songs For Schools | Out of the Ark

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Persil has added some rainy day activities along with some games and experiments to do at home.

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On a rainy day, it's far too easy to pop in a DVD for the kids or get them started on a new computer game. But rainy days can be a fantastic time for your kids to use their imagination!

We're all for activities that are messy, fun, and hands-on for your kids, whatever the weather. And with Persil small & mighty around to tackle the toughest stains there's no need to worry about your little ones getting messy during their rainy day activities.

Here are four ideas for fun activities that will allow your kids to learn, play, and explore - the perfect combination for rainy day fun!

Rainy Day Activities:

Baking and Cooking

One thing you can't do outdoors is bake, and there's nothing more homey than staying indoors on a rainy day and baking up a fresh batch of cookies. Not only will easy baking recipes teach your kids how to follow instructions and learn the basics of a kitchen, they'll also have tonnes of fun getting their hands messy with ingredients and be filled with excitement as their hard work turns into a tasty treat!

For ideas, try our recipes for Simple & Easy Chocolate Cake or Pizza Faces - we guarantee your kids will enjoy snacking on the results!

Fun Science Experiments

Here's a great way for your kids to have fun indoors and learn a bit about science at the same time - and you can do these at home with everyday ingredients that are easy to clean up. For example, mixing baking soda and vinegar together will create a small explosion that's sure to excite your kids.

Follow our suggestions here for fun but safe experiments. You won't want to try the Cola Explosion inside, but the Bubble Bombs should only be done indoors in a bathtub and younger kids will love playing with our Lumpy Liquids & Squidgy Solids on a kitchen table.

Arts and Crafts

Rainy days are the perfect chance for your kids to exercise their imaginations and explore their artistic side. We have loads of ideas for fun, easy arts and crafts activities that will have your kids thinking and creating in new ways for hours.

Homemade greeting cards, masks, paper mache, masks, hand painting, scrapbooks - the possibilities are endless! So have a quick look and stock up on a few art supplies in advance of the next rainy day. And don't worry about the mess afterward - Persil small & mighty knows exactly how to get rid of paint, glitter, and glue stains!

Go for a Walk Outside

Who says rainy day activities for kids need to be indoors? You can't escape the rain in the UK, so put on your raincoats and wellies, open an umbrella, and explore the rainy outdoors! It's amazing how the outdoor world is transformed in the rain.

You'll have the streets and parks to yourselves, your kids will love splashing in the puddles, and after your refreshing walk, there's nothing cosier than drying off at home and having a hot drink or snack. Afterwards your kids can write about their walk in the rain, or draw or paint a picture of what they saw.

With our rainy day activities, your kids will learn to explore the world and see it in different ways - even when it's raining. All you need to think about is keeping your kids excited and engaged for some rainy day fun!

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On a rainy day, it's far too easy to pop in a DVD for the kids or get them started on a new computer game. But rainy days can be a fantastic time for your kids to use their imagination! We're all for activities that are messy, fun, and hands-on for your kids, whatever the weather.

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How can I keep my children busy at home?

This Coronavirus Time Capsule Resource Pack is a great way to keep children of all ages busy while at home. Children can work through a selection of worksheets which encourage reflection on their new way of life. The completed sheets can then be put into an indoor family time capsule. Make a note on the calendar to look back on this work to remind yourselves of what life was like for a while.

What is included within this pack?

The pack includes a quick parent overview, a 2020 COVID-19 Time Capsule Activity Booklet, a 'Letter to My Future Self' activity, a Coronavirus Diary and a sheet with information about how to create an outdoor time capsule.

How can children make a time capsule with this pack?

Put the completed activities in this pack in a tabled time capsule box and make a note on the calendar to look back at them at the end of the year.

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Sheffield Children's University

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Happy Friday! Today, we want to challenge you to build your own time capsule!

A time capsule is a container that holds present day items, such as photos, newspapers, letters and more. It's typically hidden away for your future self or someone of your choosing to open. A meaningful time capsule should be both personalised and fun! You could include things like a diary of what's been happening and how you feel at the moment, a letter to your future self, a profile of yourself and a note of your current favourite things to see if they change over time and/or a list of what you want to have achieved before you open the time capsule.

You can download the full challenge here: bit.ly/SCUChallenge9

To claim your credits, please complete and return a Sheffield CU Home Learning Challenge Reflection Diary which can be found here: https://bit.ly/SheffCUReflectionDiary

Once you have completed all the challenges, email your reflection diary along with evidence of your completed activity to cu@sheffield.gov.uk (photos/videos etc.) and we'll award CU credits. We can't wait to see your time capsule - please send us a picture along with your reflection diary and feel free to share photos/videos on Facebook and Twitter! #SCUChallenges

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#SCUChallenge 9 - Build your own time capsule!

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Find out about animals and habitats including watching some webcam recordings.

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Information about wildlife species and habitats in the United Kingdom (UK). Explore more than 1000 pages of wildlife information and facts.

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Free STEM resources through the IET Education website.

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Free teaching resources and classroom activities for students aged 5-11 years including lesson plans, handouts and film clips.

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Follow the links to find out about different creatures and events in history.

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Delve into stories about the Museum's collections, scientists and research. Uncover the history of life on Earth, from the smallest insects to the largest mammals.

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Follow the link to have a go at a doodle tutorial from 'Strings and things.'

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Cheestrings is our biggest dairy snacking brand and has become a household staple over the past 23 years, with 4 million Cheestrings bought by over 27,000 households every year.

Each cheestring contains as much calcium as a glass of milk (180ml) and is made from real cheese which is heated and stretched to make it stringy and playful. Cheestrings really are good food made fun, they are fortified with Vitamin D and are only 61 calories per String!

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Home - Strings & Things from the creators of Cheestrings!

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Each cheestring contains as much calcium as a glass of milk (180ml) and is made from real cheese which is heated and stretched to make it stringy and playful. Cheestrings really are good food made fun, they are fortified with Vitamin D and are only 61 calories per String!

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Follow to link to unlock some historical facts and creative activities, including free print outs.

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Activities for kids - Leeds Museums and Galleries

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Use the items around the house to make your own shop, you can link lots of learning to this activity including maths, literacy and creative development.

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Online lessons to help with phonics. Some of these sessions are aimed at reception but maybe helpful if your child needs extra support with phonics.

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Some help/games on how to do yoga with kids. Please be aware that some aspects of this website require payment but some aspects are free.

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Kids Need Yoga and Mindfulness in our World Today

Go Go Yoga for Kids gets children fit, flexible and focused with fun yoga poses and kids yoga classes. Bring mindfulness and self-confidence to your kids classes with our yoga lesson plans, books, teacher training and yoga pose cards.

A complete guide to yoga with kids

For anyone who enjoys kids and yoga and wants to make a positive difference in their lives, Go Go Yoga for Kids: A Complete Guide to Yoga With Kids is the book for you. It is a complete and creative guide for introducing kids to yoga through movement, mindfulness, fun, and kids yoga games. Learn how to teach kids yoga in your community!

Yoga Lessons for Children

If you are looking for ways to effectively teach yoga to children and increase their mindfulness, self-confidence, stress management, and self-control, Go Go Yoga for Kids: Yoga Lessons for Children provides all the tools and resources you will need. Parents, teachers, children's yoga instructors, counselors, and health care professionals will find this guide introduces teaching yoga to kids at a whole new level.

Yoga Games & Activities for Children

Go Go Yoga for Kids: Yoga Games & Activities for Children includes over 150 games, activities, crafts, and challenges for ages 3-14. Each game is guaranteed to get children excited about yoga and practicing
mindfulness.

This book is chalk full of great information to help yoga teachers, classroom teachers, youth leaders, counselors, parents, and any others learn how to implement yoga into the lives of children. Very creative and fun! I highly recommend this book to those wishing to learn how to make yoga fun for kids, and how to empower them to be active as well as mindful and meditative at the same time!

Teresa Anne Power

author of ABCs of Yoga for Kids and founder of the International Kids Yoga Day

2018-08-14T05:38:20-05:00

Teresa Anne Power

author of ABCs of Yoga for Kids and founder of the International Kids Yoga Day

This book is chalk full of great information to help yoga teachers, classroom teachers, youth leaders, counselors, parents, and any others learn how to implement yoga into the lives of children. Very creative and fun! I highly recommend this book to those wishing to learn how to make yoga fun for kids, and how to empower them to be active as well as mindful and meditative at the same time!

"As a kid's yoga and mindfulness teacher this book is an invaluable guide.
Totally accessible and filled with useful information, games, and activities!
I love using this book with my students.
Brings out the joy of yoga!"

SUSAN

award-winning author, certified yoga instructor and mindfulness teacher

2018-08-14T05:42:27-05:00

SUSAN

award-winning author, certified yoga instructor and mindfulness teacher

"As a kid's yoga and mindfulness teacher this book is an invaluable guide. Totally accessible and filled with useful information, games, and activities! I love using this book with my students. Brings out the joy of yoga!"

This is a great book for parents, teachers, babysitters, camp counselors and anyone else who wants to introduce yoga to children but doesn't know how. I loved that Sara Weis made this book accessible even to people who've never done yoga before.

Meryl Davids Landau

author of Enlightened Parenting

2018-08-15T08:12:17-05:00

Meryl Davids Landau

author of Enlightened Parenting

This is a great book for parents, teachers, babysitters, camp counselors and anyone else who wants to introduce yoga to children but doesn't know how. I loved that Sara Weis made this book accessible even to people who've never done yoga before.

Meet Sara

Hi I am Sara, I teach others how to successfully teach kids yoga through lesson plans, yoga games, breathing exercises, and mindfulness strategies to help give children the skills the will have for life.The name
Go Go Yoga for Kids was created because of the desire for kids to see yoga as full of movement and fun. A lot of times kids have this image in their mind of yogis sitting cross legged with hands in mudra, eyes shut, and humming. Yoga can definitely have moments that look like that, but yoga for children is also busy, active, and often noisy, while effectively introducing yoga and mindfulness to children.

Hi I am Sara, and welcome to Go Go Yoga for Kids; the place to get kids fit, flexible and focused while having fun with yoga. Kids, yoga, and teaching are my passions and I have inspired thousands of children for over 18 years as an elementary teacher and kids yoga...

First Steps in Teaching Yoga to Kids Articles: How can I get started teaching yoga to children? What are the best ways to teach yoga to different ages of kids? Help! I need some mindfulness games that I can try at home with my child. photo cutesy of Sara J. Weis Are...

Kids yoga is a non-competitive activity that allows them to have fun and exist outside of the daily stresses of life. It helps children learn about themselves by being present and mindful in their bodies. It's important to change the lessons based on how best to teach...

Hi I am Sara, and welcome to Go Go Yoga for Kids; the place to get kids fit, flexible and focused while having fun with yoga. Kids, yoga, and teaching are my passions and I have inspired thousands of children for over 18 years as an elementary teacher and kids yoga...

First Steps in Teaching Yoga to Kids Articles: How can I get started teaching yoga to children? What are the best ways to teach yoga to different ages of kids? Help! I need some mindfulness games that I can try at home with my child. photo cutesy of Sara J. Weis Are...

Kids yoga is a non-competitive activity that allows them to have fun and exist outside of the daily stresses of life. It helps children learn about themselves by being present and mindful in their bodies. It's important to change the lessons based on how best to teach...

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"My goal is to create what my generation didn't have when I was a kid - a fun way of discovering yoga and mindfulness! I want kids to be equipped to look after their mental and physical health so they grow into happy adults."

5 fun maps to guide young yogis through 20 of Jaime's favourite yoga adventures. Includes completion certificate!

5 example class plans for kids yoga teachers. Includes scripts and fun game & craft ideas to match the class theme.

Bite-sized interactive activities designed to nourish your little ones' mental health and can be used year-round.

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Here are some tips on how to get wildlife into your own garden.  This link also provides information on other aspects of nature.  Please remember to follow government guidelines during the coronavirus, some of these ideas may need to be saved for the future.

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Wildlife Gardening | Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust

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Lesson 2: The stickiness of raw materials

This lesson aims to show the students the whole process of creating a glue stick. Investigate with them different substances that are common in our day to day life and can be found in every household. Do an experiment by giving the kids four similar-looking powder substances and water and letting them find out by themselves which one becomes sticky and can be used as a raw material for making glue.

Age: 5-6 years
Skills: memory, self help, motor coordination

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During this difficult time, why not focus on the positive and collect all your happy memories and place them somewhere safe.  You could even make a 'dream/wish' list for the future.

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Explore nature and get closer to wildlife and the outside world.

We have loads of great ideas and resources to help kids and families connect with nature, from simple activities they can do at home or at school, to wild clubs, fun articles and family-friendly reserves and events.

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Nature Activities for Kids | Fun & Learning - The RSPB

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Welcome to our learning pages, packed full of fun, educational activities for young people to learn more about Guide Dogs and the work we do.

We are unable to offer our speaker service currently due to the government advice on the coronavirus ( COVID -19)

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During these strange times the RSPCA prevention and education team is aiming to provide teachers, parents and carers with engaging activities that will get young people thinking and debating animal issues.

Learning new things is always fun and it is good to take the focus off ourselves and explore topics that could really change things for the better for both animals and the planet.

There is a lot more to think about than you would imagine - dip into some of these suggested activities and resources, you'll be surprised what little changes we could make to improve the lives of animals.

Home activities for children living with pets

Parents, guardians, and foster carers can download these free and fun activities that teach children about the needs and feelings of animals, and promote positive relationships between children and pets:

If you are working from home with your children there are lots of interactive games, videos and quizzes on the Animals & Us site which children can do on their own covering the five welfare needs of animals, how people can help wildlife and more information about the work of the RSPCA - for any budding inspectors or vets in your household.

There are lots of resources on the website for teachers (or parents) to download including early years, primary and secondary lesson plans and quick activities for those wanting to continue their child's education whilst schools in the UK close.

The deadline for entering the Compassionate Class competition has been extended to 19th May. We encourage children now staying at home to enter! It's a fun and interactive series of resources and allows children to learn about animal welfare and to get creative! Find out more about Compassionate Class and download the resource packs.

If you are unable to enter the competition this year then we still have opportunities for you to showcase your work and win a certificate and prizes! All you need to do is post your work on your school's social media page, or your personal page if your child is working at home, and mention the RSPCA and hashtag #CompassionateClass

Twitter - @RSPCA_Official

Instagram - Official_RSPCA

Facebook - @RSPCA

Alternatively, you can send your work into compassionateclass@rspca.org.uk

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During these strange times the RSPCA prevention and education team is aiming to provide teachers, parents and carers with engaging activities that will get young people thinking and debating animal issues. Learning new things is always fun and it is good to take the focus off ourselves and explore topics that could really change things for the better for both animals and the planet.

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Find out all about how coins are made from the Royal Mint, suitable for older children but younger children may also like to watch!

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How coins are made

A short film on how £1 coins are made at the Royal Mint was produced as part of The Magic of Making series of children's programmes.

You can watch the film below.

To find out more about the methods used in making coins, both today and in the past, you might like to visit the Making money section. Details of the other films in The Magic of Making series - on subjects ranging from church bells to the Queen's roof at Buckingham Palace - may be found on their website: www.magicofmaking.com

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Key Stage 2 Activities - How Coins are Made | The Royal Mint Museum

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A short film on how £1 coins are made at the Royal Mint was produced as part of The Magic of Making series of children's programmes. You can watch the film below. To find out more about the methods used in making coins, both today and in the past, you might like to visit the Making money section.

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Help and advice on helping children with money and some free home learning sessions.

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Home learning - Budgeting basics

Our fun and engaging budgeting activities introduce basic budgeting to your child - there are two activities available for 5-8s, 8-12s and 12-16s. Once you've completed these, why not try our Saving activities?

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Creative Things to Do on Lockdown from Create Sheffield

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In response to the current challenges, we feel that it is more important than ever that we support young people and their families to access creative opportunities. Below are a range of links to creative resources and fun activities that we have gathered for you to support children and young people in Sheffield during this period of isolation and home-learning. Keep scrolling for more.

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In response to the current challenges, we feel that it is more important than ever that we support young people and their families to access creative opportunities. Below are a range of links to creative resources and fun activities that we have gathered for you to support children and young people in Sheffield during this period of isolation and home-learning.

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Welcome to wave 3 - 45 activities/resources to support remote learning at home. Select the activities that best suit your needs! They are divided into two: those that take less time and/or are less complex, and those that take more time and/or are more complex.

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Some healthy tips and advice on how to stay healthy indoors.

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The brilliant thing about dancing is you don't need any special kit or even much space. There are loads of ways you can shake it to a beat:

find a live performance or music video of your favourite song and try to copy the dance routine - if it doesn't have a routine, create your own!

have a competition to see who can come up with the best new dance moves - can you make up a signature move for yourself?

if you have the space and enough people, a game of musical chairs is always a winner

Or get moving with your favourite Disney characters with one of our dancing Shake Up games:

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Free indoor activities for kids - Healthier Families

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Loads of ideas and inspiration for fun stay-at-home activities when you and the kids are stuck indoors.

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Here is the link to 'Alphablocks' which can help children to develop or consolidate their phonics learning.

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Watch as the letters of the alphabet tell stories and make words using phonics. Play the learning game, watch clips and print colouring pages.

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"Topmarks" is a website that has several interactive maths games for Key Stage One children.

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Learning to count is fun with this range of free educational games for Key Stage 1 children. Start with the simple counting games and progress to numbers up to 100. There are also matching and sequencing numbers activities.

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

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How about treating the family to a healthy treat, you can link this activity to maths with patterns and shapes, to art by getting creative or to geography as you learn about different fruit from around the world. All whilst eating healthily.

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Links to all ages in a range of helpful subjects.

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You can use this link to find out facts about our world, designed especially for children.

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Are you looking for interesting geography facts? We have listed here some awesome information about the world's continents, countries and people.

Simply browse our geo facts section and enjoy learning about our wonderful world! What you will find here:

Geography Facts Quiz anyone?

Let's start with three geo facts quiz questions right here:

1. What is the name of the largest canyon in the world?

The Grand Canyon in Arizona/USA is the largest canyon in the world. Its steep sides have been cut out by the Colorado River for a length of more than 440km/270miles.

2. Which countries share the world's longest international border?

The longest international border is between Canada and the USA. The building on the photo above is the Capitol in Washington D.C., the capital city of the United States of America. The border is 8,890 km/5,525miles long and borders 8 Canadian provinces/territories and 13 states in the USA.

3. What is the name of our planet's largest hot desert?

The Sahara desert in Africa is the largest desert in the world. In fact, Sahara is only the largest HOT desert as the Arctic desert and the Antarctic desert are bigger, but are usually referred to as polar deserts.

Geography Facts
What you should know...

If you have not done so yet, then now it's the time. Start to go over to our 'What is Geography' section. There are some pretty awesome facts about geography for kids!

Then you surely want to know about the world's geographical superlatives! We have some great kids geo questions for you and our geo trivia quiz...

Geo Facts | Are you a Geo Quiz Champion?

We also have structured the geo superlatives in a kids geo quiz with 25 questions, so teachers can download and print our worksheets for their classes. Copyright stays with Kids World Travel Guide - just make sure to refer your kids to our website when using our information in your classes. Thanks! - Click here.

And of course there are still all other Geo Trivia Quiz Questions in printable game form on our website as was before. Here is part two of our kids trivia questions which includes the geo trivia questions and answer worksheets:

And if you want to challenge your students with some more general trivia questions, go to our quiz below.

Other Popular Pages

Useful Resources for Geography

CIA World Fact Book: WORLD FACTBOOK

National Geographic: World Atlas for Young Explorers. Washington: 2010.

Earth Condensed. The World Atlas by Millennium House. 2009
Images on this Geography page: shutterstock.com Return from Geography Facts to Kids-World-Travel-Guide Homepage

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Are you looking for interesting geography facts? We have listed here some awesome information about the world's continents, countries and people. Simply browse our geo facts section and enjoy learning about our wonderful world! What you will find here: Let's start with three geo facts quiz questions right here: 1.

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Try to decorate some rocks and then create your own treasure hunt.

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You can use a range of natural materials to make a picture, can your make some different animals with sticks, leaves and pinecones?

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If you need support and advice on how to keep your children safe online then here is a useful link to share with them.

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Join in with Mummy Penguin's song and follow the adventures of Smartie the Penguin as he learns how to be safe on the internet.

We provide two versions of the story each for EYFS, Year 1 and Year 2.

The first version of story covers the following themes:

1. Pop ups and in app purchasing

2. Inappropriate websites for older children

3. Cyberbullying

The second version of the story covers the following themes:

1. Upsetting images

2. Unreliable information

3. Talking to strangers online

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Even a small donation can support the development of our online safety resources and help our Education Team to connect with more children and young people.
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The National History Museum has some great ideas on how to do science experiments like making your own volcano.

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Try this at home | Natural History Museum

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Find activities and ideas to occupy yourself and family at home, in your garden or local outdoor space.

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This link provides parents/carers with help and support for maths, including some online maths lessons.

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Maths home learning | Home learning | White Rose Maths

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View all of our maths ‘home learning’ lessons and videos for early years through to Year 11. View our Maths resources from White Rose Maths.

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If you are wanting to gain access to more books, try the Oxford Owl reading website for online books.

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If you have a child at Primary School, this is a great place to find out about how they are learning to read and what you can do to help at home.

Get some fresh ideas for encouraging your child's reading at home, check out our online eBook library with access to over 130 free books and find out more about how reading is taught in school.

There's also a handy guide to understanding phonics and information on the reading schemes used in schools.

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Advice on helping your child with reading. Simple ideas, top tips, activities and games to use at home. Expert advice on phonics and helping struggling readers.

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If you have someone handy in the house, have a try at making your own indoor bike ride, add an online video to make it even more fun!  Remember safety first...please only do this is you are confident that your bike is secure and remember to always supervise your children.

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Activities for kids at home or self-isolating part two - Woodland Trust

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Take a look at the fun crafts and activities in part two of our series of nature activities for kids to do at home or when self-isolating, including matchbox scavenger hunts, blossom finger painting and more.

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Family contact in youth custody

In May 2022 I welcomed a Government commission to conduct an Independent Review of family life. In doing so, I set out to demonstrate the immense and protective power of family life on our children and society. I found that families - no matter their size, shape or composition - are fundamental to society and [...]

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Children's guide to coronavirus | Children's Commissioner for England

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In May 2022 I welcomed a Government commission to conduct an Independent Review of family life. In doing so, I set out to demonstrate the immense and protective power of family life on our children and society. I found that families - no matter their size, shape or composition - are fundamental to society and [...]

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Welcome to the Harry Potter At Home hub where you’ll find all the latest magical treats to keep you occupied - nifty magical craft videos (teach your friends how to draw a Niffler!), fun articles, quizzes, puzzles and plenty more for first-time readers, as well as those already familiar with the wizarding world. We’re casting a Banishing Charm on boredom!

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Introducing Harry Potter At Home

We know that everyone is trying to keep safe at home at the moment and so, with J.K. Rowling and our friends at Audible, Bloomsbury, OverDrive, Pottermore Publishing and Scholastic, we are delighted to introduce Harry Potter At Home to help children, parents, carers and teachers add a touch of Harry Potter magic to our new daily lives.

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Welcome to the Harry Potter At Home hub where you'll find all the latest magical treats to keep you occupied - including special contributions from Bloomsbury and Scholastic, nifty magical craft videos (teach your friends how to draw a Niffler!), fun articles, quizzes, puzzles and plenty more for first-time readers, as well as those already familiar with the wizarding world.

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Day 3

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All of our PSHE videos in one place.

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All of our PSHE Super Movers videos in one place, including twelve Super Mood Movers videos, created in partnership with Children in Need and the Premier League, to enhance the wellbeing of your class with irresistibly catchy songs and easy-to-follow dance routines.
These are free, fun, curriculum-linked videos featuring famous faces that will encourage your class to get active while they learn.

Each video supports either the KS1 or KS2 PSHE curriculum, covering themes such as coping with feelings, respecting ourselves and others, and friends and family.

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All of our PSHE Super Movers videos in one place.

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All of the KS1 English videos in one place.

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The Dumping Ground's Annabelle Davis and Miles Butler-Hughton bring apostrophes to life with a Key Stage 1 song and movement routine to get your class energised and learning. The song covers when to use an apostrophe in the possessive.

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From telling the time to division, these videos are a fun way of teaching your children and getting them active at the same time.

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Every Super Movers video for Key Stage One Maths.

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Cressida Cowell reads how to train your Dragon

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Cressida Cowell reads How to Train Your Dragon - YouTube

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Cressida reads How to Train Your Dragon: Prologue

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Every day there will be a new search challenge for your students or child to complete, using Google Search, Maps, Earth, Streetview

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....no seriously! Jokes often use words in inventive ways and play with how words sound and mean. Tell one, make on up, pass one on. Playing with language is funny and helps us learn too.
Start here for some child centred joke telling

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Tons of jokes for kids from Beano, the official home of AWESOME! Stock up on kids' jokes right here, right now...

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Investigate capillary action with this fun experiment

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Have older children or want to go a bit further?
This is a great site....Literacy shed uses film as starting points for writing and reading.

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EdShed is the home of The Literacy Shed, Literacy Shed Plus, Spelling Shed and MathShed.

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Hide some everyday objects in a bag. Take turns to put you hand in and describe one...can everyone else guess what it might be? This is a great game for using describing words also known as adjectives.

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These are free, though you will need to register with Oxford Owl. Then you have some online reading materials to read together.

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Learning to read with phonics? Click the '+' for advice.

Learning to read with phonics

If you live in England, your child will learn to read using phonics. Their school is very likely to use either the Letters and Sounds phonics framework or the Read Write Inc. programme. Check with your school if you're not sure which one they use.

Using Letters and Sounds?

If your child is using Letters and Sounds, you can find this list of eBooks by Letters and Sounds Phases useful. Bear in mind the following:

If you don't know your child's Phase, you can check with your school. As a guide, most Reception children will be on Phases 1-4 and most Year 1 children will be on Phases 4-5. Beyond Phase 5, your child will be able to decode most books.

In Letters and Sounds, there are 'sets' within the Phases - so your child might not know all the sounds in every book within their Phase.

Some series contain occasional 'tricky words' that your child can't decode using phonics. Use the inside front cover notes to teach your child these words before they start the book.

Find out more about Letters and Sounds >

Using Read Write Inc. Phonics?
If your child is being taught to read using the Read Write Inc. programme, you can find books suitable for them by clicking on the 'Levels' menu below and using the 'Read Write Inc.' filter to select the right level.

Find more support and resources for Read Write Inc. in our parents' guide to Read Write Inc. >

Looking for printed books for phonics practice at home?

Not reading to practise phonics?

Sharing books and independent reading

If your child is reading simply for enjoyment, comprehension, or practice, just browse the library or use any of the other filters. You can check which level is right for your child with this simple test from Read with Oxford.

Reading for pleasure

Are you a teacher? Find out about the Oxford Owl for School eBook library.

More available on Oxford Owl for School

Schools who are registered with Oxford Owl can provide pupils with access to an additional 30 Oxford Primary eBooks, plus a separate library of 50 Read Write Inc. titles all for free using a class login associated with their Oxford Owl for School.
How to set up a class login >

If you need more eBooks, Oxford Owl for School has introduced a new annual subscription of up to 550 titles. For more information, please visit the OUP website.

Are you looking for your class login?

Accessing your class eBook library from home

The class log in link has moved. If your teacher has given you login details to use your class library at home, please use the log in link at the very top of this page and select 'Students'.

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Songbirds

Levelled phonics books from the fabulous Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo.

Read Write Inc. Phonics

A step-by-step phonics programme to support reading. Learn at home with Read Write Inc. Phonics

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Free eBook library | Oxford Owl from Oxford University Press

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Browse our library of free children's eBooks to read with your child including Oxford Reading Tree adventures with Biff, Chip and Kipper.

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Make a special place to read, share a book or tell a story  in.  You could use string, pegs, old blankets, chairs, sheets, pillows.....anything! Here is one way to do it if you need some help getting started

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I was looking for free easy things to do around the house with my 3 year old son on a rainy day so indoor camping sounds like fun kids love tents. You will need three chairs one large blanket one medium blanket and some flashlights

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DIY Tent for Kids: I was looking for free easy things to do around the house with my 3 year old son on a rainy day so indoor camping sounds like fun kids love tents. You will need three chairs one large blanket one medium blanket and some flashlights

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DIY Tent for Kids: I was looking for free easy things to do around the house with my 3 year old son on a rainy day so indoor camping sounds like fun kids love tents. You will need three chairs one large blanket one medium blanket and some flashlights

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How to recycle a milk carton into a beautiful bird

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How to recycle a milk carton into a beautiful bird

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What you'll need:

A pair of scissors.

An empty 2-litre milk carton

Instructions:

Give your milk bottle a really good rinse and peel off any labels.

You can cut different tail shapes, wings and beaks, paint them, stick on eyes, put them on sticks, hang them from trees, make a mobile, fill them with fat balls to turn them into bird feeders... The possibilities are endless.

Plastic recycling facts

Did you know?

Plastic can take up to 500 years to decompose.

275,000 tonnes of plastic are used each year in the UK. That's about 15 million bottles per day.

Most families throw away about 40kg of plastic a year, which could be recycled.

With thanks to the talented Kirsti Davies, who has taught many a person to make these birds at Eden, and to Claudia Friend, for the inspiration.

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How to recycle a milk carton into a beautiful bird- Eden Project, Cornwall

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Rob Biddulph is a bestselling and multi award-winning children’s author and illustrator. His books include Peanut Jones and the Illustrated City, Blown Away, Odd Dog Out, Kevin, Dog Gone and Show and Tell. In March 2020 he started #DrawWithRob, a series of twice-weekly draw-along videos designed to help parents whose children were forced to stay home from school due to the coronavirus pandemic. It proved immensely popular, garnering millions of views and national/international media coverage. It has been used as a learning resource by thousands of families and schools across the globe. Find him on Twitter (@RobBiddulph), Instagram (@rbiddulph), Facebook (robbiddulphauthor) and TikTok (RobBiddulph). And at his website: RobBiddulph.com
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Media enquiries: Jess Dean, HarperCollins (jessica.dean@harpercollins.co.uk) Agent: Jodie Hodges, United Agents (JHodges@unitedagents.co.uk)

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How to draw

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Drawing tips from the illustrator of What the Ladybird Heard

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CU Home Learning Challenge

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CU Home Learning Challenge.Obstacle Course

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We know the coming days and weeks are going to be difficult for families across the UK, as the spread of Covid-19 causes schools to close. As the experts in developing skills and bringing adventure to young people, we want to do what we can to help.

While we normally love the great outdoors, we've pulled together some inspired indoor activity ideas (if we do say so ourselves). Keep your kids learning new skills and having fun (and avoid hearing 'I'm bored' every 30 seconds) all in #TheGreatIndoors.

We hope you found these activities helpful. They're free - of course! - but if you like what you've seen and want to chip in to help us keep the activities coming, you can make a donation here.

These activities were originally designed for groups meeting face-to-face, so you may have to think on your feet to make them work in the (very unique) situation we're in. Anyone can be the person leading the game or activity, so why not let young people take charge? Instead of chatting in a real-life group, you could use the internet (safely) or talk to someone at home - we've heard that hamsters make pretty great listeners.

More activities to do at home

There are over 100 more activities for you to do with your little ones over the coming weeks. Check them out here.
Find more activities

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Free songs and resources

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During the current climate, and with the challenges we are all facing in the coming weeks and months, we want to do everything we can to make our resources available to you for use at home. Music has an extraordinary power to bring us together, it can lift us when we feel low, energise us when we feel tired, and is something we all have in common.

So, to help with the rhythms and routines of your new daily life, we are releasing seven songs, one for each day, all with challenges and activities related to each song. Every week for the next few weeks we will continue to add songs and resources.

We encourage you to sign up to receive our eNewsletters or follow us on Facebook or Twitter to hear about new songs and activities as they are made available.

Please enable JavaScript to use this page fully.

For even more FREE activity sheets, craft ideas and fabulous resources, click here!

*Out of the Ark Music Ltd reserves the right to remove this free service at any time. Usage of material available from this @HOME website page is restricted for use within private homes only and is not to be embedded or distributed via any commercial or non-commercial platform without the express permission of Out of the Ark Music. Please take a look at our Terms & Conditions to see how you can use our @HOME songs in the coming weeks to ensure you do not infringe copyright rules.

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During the current climate, and with the challenges we are all facing in the coming weeks and months, we want to do everything we can to make our resources available to you for use at home.

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10 STEM activities you can do at home

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Sheffield CU- Write, Draw, Create,Design Challenge

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Sheffield CU- Write, Draw, Create,Design Challenge

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Sheffield CU Write. Draw. Create. Design Challenge

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Create your own jigsaw

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CU Home Learning Challenge.Make your own jigsaws

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This is a stressful time so take a minute every now and then to relax and be calm.

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Younger children will need help from parents.

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Duolingo is the world's most popular way to learn a language. It's 100% free, fun and science-based. Practice online on duolingo.com or on the apps!

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Quiz for English,Geography, Languages, Art, Maths and Science. Added bonus is that every correct answer results in the donation of ten grains of rice to the WFP

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My daughter and her friends are ALL about Star Wars at the moment, Princess Leia this, PadmÃ© Amidala that! So as most of my crafting inspiration comes from the littles I started tinkering with a few toilet rolls to see what Star Wars Crafts would emerge. Making R2-D2 from toilet roll was an obvious one so I decided to craft on and make Princess Leia and everyone's favoutite Chewbacca too.

The Star Wars characters are SO easy to make, just glue and paint really, keep reading to see how.

All you need to make your set of Star Wars movie characters are
- Toilet roll cores/ paper tubes
- Glue gun
- Pencil
- Acrylic paints and brushes
- Two beads

First slit the tops of the toilet rolls as shown

Fold over and glue into position. I use a glue gun for *instant* hold results.

Paint the toilet roll cores with a coat of white paint and when dry lightly sketch on the features of your movie characters.

Then just start painting

For Princess Leia's hair buns I simply glued beads onto each side of her head and painted them the same brown color as I had mixed up for her hair (my least favorite thing in the world is mixing up brown paint!!!!)

Keep painting around the pencil guidelines on each roll and very quickly the kids will end up with a full set of fun characters to act out any wild and wonderful Star Wars scenes across your living room floor!! enjoy

Keep going to include C-3PO, Jedi masters and even the ugly Jabba The Hutt!

Time to get your crafty pants on
Michelle
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Star Wars Crafts: Toilet Roll Movie Characters To Inspire Creative Play

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My daughter and her friends are ALL about Star Wars at the moment, Princess Leia this, PadmÃ© Amidala that! So as most of my crafting inspiration comes from the littles I started tinkering with a few toilet rolls to see what Star Wars Crafts would emerge.

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Masterpieces with Painter's Tape -- Easy Painting for Preschoolers

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YouTube coding video tutorial using Scratch

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Learn to code using Scratch in this Super scribbles edition, filmed live from our Digital Eagles lab in Salford on Wednesday, 18 March 2020.

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A learning story for school and home

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Explore More has been brought to life by self-employed professionals who have all recently lost their income due to the outbreak of Covid-19. We have been working round the clock to bring this resource to you and can't wait for you try it out with your children.

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Coding for children

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Scratch is a free programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations.