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Put simply, mindfulness is "to pay attention, on purpose, to the present moment" (Grossman, 2016).
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The positive benefits of teaching mindfulness to children have been proven across a number of studies. Incorporating mindfulness activities for kids into an everyday classroom context is becoming more and more common. A five or ten-minute daily mindfulness practice can help students reduce stress and anxiety, increase concentration and engagement, sleep better, improve social skills, and develop problem-solving and decision-making skills.

5-10 Minute Mindfulness Activities for Children

Here are 18 quick and effective mindfulness activities you can do with your class. These activities are also available as a printable teaching resource, Mindfulness Activity Task Cards.

If you have never practiced mindfulness activities before you may like to:

Breath Awareness Activities

These are the first stop on your students' journey to mindfulness. Their breath is the one thing that will always be with them.

Explicitly teaching mindful breathing is providing students with a skill that will be with them for life, in every situation they will ever encounter.

Is that not one of the most powerful lessons you can ever teach?

Students can stand or sit for this activity.

Ask students to put both hands on their belly.

Students should close their eyes, or look down to their hands.

Guide students in taking three slow deep breaths in and out to see if they can feel their hands being moved.

You may like to count "1, 2, 3" for each breath in and "1, 2, 3" for each breath out, pausing slightly at the end of each exhale.

Encourage students to think about how the breath feels, answering the following questions silently, in their mind.
- What is moving your hands? Is it the air filling your lungs?
- Can you feel the air moving in through your nose?
- Can you feel it moving out through your nose?
- Does the air feel a little colder on the way in and warmer on the way out?
- Can you hear your breath?
- What does it sound like?

If you'd prefer not to wing it, download and print our Mindful Breathing Guided Meditation Script.

#2 Pinwheel Breathing
(5 minutes)

Providing students with an object to focus on is a great way to encourage concentration during mindfulness activities for kids. Use pinwheels in conjunction with the mindful breathing exercise above, making the pinwheel spin with every exhale.

We have created a beautiful, pinwheel template that combines mindfulness coloring with this simple craft activity.

#3 Belly Buddies
(10 minutes)

Ask students to bring in a small stuffed toy, or provide a class set of small, light-weight objects such as small bean bags or wooden blocks.

Students lay on their backs and place the toy or object on top of their belly buttons.

Take students through the guided breathing activity above, asking them to watch the object as it moves up and down with their breath.

#4 Shark Fin
(2 minutes)

Coined by former Mindful Schools co-founder Laurie Gossman and Mr Musumeci's Grade 5 class of the book "Master of Mindfulness: How to Be Your Own Superhero in Times of Stress" fame, the Shark Fin is a fantastic tool that you can use during any quick moment in your day. It will help to calm your class, or individual students, when their minds and bodies may be fighting against them.

Place the side of your hand on your forehead, with your palm facing out to the side.

Close your eyes.

Slide your hand down your face, in front of your nose.

Say "shhh" as you slide your hand down your face

If you are sitting down, you do the 5 Ss while you move your hand: Sit up straight, sit still, sit silently, soft breathing, shut eyes.

If you are standing do the same but you are standing straight, still, silently, using soft breathing, and shut eyes while you move your hand down your face.

"Master of Mindfulness" (Grossman & Alvarez, 2016)
This activity is similar to the first mindful breathing activity, however it uses visualizing colors as a means to increase focus and awareness. You may like to download our printable Breathing Colors Guided Meditation Script.

Ask students to think of a relaxing color. It can be any color they like, as long as it is one that makes them think of relaxation.

Ask students to think of a color that represents stress, sadness, or anger. Whichever of those emotions is most relevant or suitable for your class group to explore.

Students imagine breathing in the relaxing color and visualize it filling their lungs.

Students then imagine breathing out the stress, sadness, or anger color.

Your spoken instructions may be along these lines:

1. Imagine you are surrounded by the relaxing color. No longer is the air clear, it is the relaxing color.

2. You can still make out shapes, but your world is now a different color.

3. Imagine that as you breathe in, you breathe in this color too.

4. See the color filling up your lungs.

5. Imagine as you breathe out, that your breath is the color of stress.

6. See the stress color mix into the relaxing color around you. Watch the stress color slowly disappear.

7. Breath in your relaxing color.

8. Breath out the stress color.

#6 Breathing Hands
(2 minutes)

Spread one hand out like a star.

Use the index finger on your other hand to trace the outline of your star hand.

Take a deep breath in as you move to the top of your thumb.

Breathe out as you move down between your thumb and first finger.

Take another breath in as you move to the top of your first finger.

Breathe out as you move down between your first and second finger.

Repeat until you have taken five slow, deep breaths.

#7 Back-to-Back Breathing
(10 minutes)

Students work in pairs for this partnered breathing activity.

Sitting tall, with their back resting against their partner's back, begin the mindful breathing from activity #1.

Encourage students to notice their partner's breath.
- Is it shallow or deep?
- Fast or slow?
- Can they feel their partner's back moving as they breathe?

After a little while, students may find that their breath falls into sync with their partner.

Or it may not! These are all talking points for bringing awareness to the breath, in the present moment.

You could incorporate your Mindfulness Pinwheels into this activity too.

(Jennifer Cohen Harper, Little Flower Yoga)
This is a fantastic mindfulness activity that students can "take home" with them. It can be particularly useful to do a body scan to help relax before sleep. Download our printable Body Scan Guided Meditation Script to use with your class.

Students lay on the floor, with their eyes closed if they are comfortable (or they may prefer tolook at the ceiling).

Encourage students to pay attention to their feet for 5 or 10 seconds.
Questions to ask during a body scan:
- How does this body part feel?
- Is it cold or warm?
- Does it feel tight or relaxed?
- Is all or part of that body part touching the floor?
- Or clothing?
- What does that feel like?

Move on to their toes, then ankles, then calves and knees. Continue body part by body part until you reach the head.

Question how each part of the body feels to bring students' awareness to their body in the moment.

If there is tightness or stress, imagine breathing the stress out of that part of the body with each exhale.

Practicing Active Mindfulness

Mindful breathing is arguably the most important skill you can teach your students when it comes to mindfulness. However, being able to incorporate into everyday activities the calm and focused state of mind that the breathing activities practice can be viewed as a more tangible end-goal.

The following 'active' practices help to hone the skill of mindful action. Some students who struggle with the 'still' mindfulness activities for kids may be more likely to feel successful during active practices.

#9 Mindful Eats
(5 minutes)

This is a great activity to bring attention to how mindlessly we sometimes eat! Whether sitting in front of the TV, chatting to friends at lunch, or scrolling through something on the internet or social media, we often "switch off" when eating because it is such a familiar action.

Mindful eating can combat over-eating, it helps bring our attention to the flavors and tastes of different foods and helps us to realize what effects different foods have on how our bodies feel.

Students need something small to eat for this activity. Often a square of chocolate is a fun "challenge", although you could provide a piece of fruit or any food item that you feel will work with your class. Be sure to take any allergies into consideration!

Begin this practice with three deep breaths, or the Shark Fin activity (#4 above).

Direct students to take small nibbles or bites of the food.

Bring awareness to the sensations of eating.
- What is the taste like? Is it sweet or savory?
- What does the food feel like on your tongue?
- Do you need to crunch it between your teeth, or can you slowly dissolve it in your mouth?
- Try taking a slightly smaller or slightly larger bite.
- How does this change the way eating this food feels?
- Notice which muscles in your mouth, neck, and body move as you swallow the food.
- Pause between each bite and notice any changing sensations in your mouth or body.

#10 Mindful Steps
(10 minutes)

This activity is best completed outdoors and if suitable, students may like to walk barefoot.

Give students a clear boundary for where they can walk during this activity.

Each student selects a small area where they can walk in a line for about 5 or 6 steps and back then back to where they started without getting into another person's way.

Begin this practice with three deep breaths, or the Shark Fin activity (#4 above).

Take 5 or 6 steps in one direction, turn slowly and then take 5 or 6 steps back to where you started.

While walking, students bring their awareness to their breath and their body.
- What does the ground feel like under your feet?
- Which part of your foot touches the ground first when you take a step?
- Does your body feel heavy or light today?
- Are you slouching when you walk?
- Or, is your back up quite straight?
- Try not to change the way you walk, but instead just notice how your body naturally moves.

#11 Mindful Sounds
(2 minutes)

For this mindfulness activity, you will need something that makes a bell sound. There are some great meditation apps that have recorded bell, meditation cymbal, and singing bowl sounds, however, if you can have one of these small instruments in real life, the sound is much better!

Begin this practice with three deep breaths, or the Shark Fin activity (#4 above).

Give the following instructions before ringing the bell:
- When I ring the bell concentrate on the sound that you hear.
- Pay attention to whether you hear it louder in one ear than you do in the other.
- Keep your eyes closed until the sound is completely gone.
- If you notice your thoughts wandering, just bring your attention back to the sound of the bell.
- After you open your eyes, remain silent until you hear my voice again.

Students close their eyes, while the teacher rings the bell.

The activity is finished when the sound has completely dissipated.

#12 Spidey Senses
(5 minutes)

Karen Young from Hey Sigmund has a beautiful collection of mindfulness activities for kids on her blog. Spidey Senses is a fun way to frame this traditional mindfulness exercise. Our five senses poster and graphic organizer can be useful resources for teaching the senses to younger students.

Ask students to switch their senses up to a superpower level, just like Spiderman.

In this moment,
- What can they hear?
- What can they see?
- What can they taste?
- What can they smell?
- What can they feel?

Guide students as they stay in this Spidey state for 2-3 minutes.

#13 Gratitude Practice
(5-10 minutes)

Students use a notebook or a folder and paper to make a Gratitude Journal.

Practice gratitude journaling at a regular time each day, perhaps first thing in the morning, after lunch, or just before the end of the day.

Take five minutes to think of something that you feel grateful for today. Here are some topics or ideas you can use to guide your students:
- Something that someone else did for you that day.
- A person in your life that you appreciate.
- An activity or hobby you are grateful to be able to do.
- A positive quality of someone that can sometimes be hard to get along with.
- A skill or ability you have.
- A part of your body you are grateful for and why.
- An item that you love.
- Something that made you laugh.
- What you have learned from something that was hard.

Another beautiful idea is for each student to put their day's thanks into their own Gratitude Jar, or to create a Gratitude Tree, where each day's thanks is written onto a 'leaf'. This could either be on a notice-board or be hanging on a string from the limb of a real plant or tree branch. (Mayuri Gonzales, Little Flower Yoga)

#14 Glitter Bottle
(5 minutes)

Use this familiar sensory bottle concept as a mean to explicitly teach how mindfulness can help to calm us when we are feeling stressed, anxious, sad, or angry.
Preparation

Fill a bottle or jar with water, leaving a 1-inch space at the top.

Add a generous amount of glitter glue to the bottle (or a combination of Elmer's glue and regular glitter).

Seal the bottle well!

You may like to make one large bottle to use as an example for whole-class instruction, or a set of bottles that can be used by individuals or for small group rotations.

Directions

Shake the bottle well to mix the glitter, water, and glue.

Share the following words with your students:

"Imagine that the glitter is likeyour thoughts when youre stressed, mad, or upset. See how they whirl around and make itreally hard to see clearly? Thats why its so easy to make silly decisions when youre upset because youre not thinking clearly. Dont worry this is normal and ithappens in all of us (yep, grown-ups too).

[ Now put the jar down in front of them.]

Now watch what happens when you're still for a couple of moments. Keep watching. See how the glitter starts to settle and the water clears? Yourmind works the same way. When you're calm for a little while, your thoughts start to settle and you start to see things much clearer."
(by Karen Young of Hey Sigmund)
#15 Mindful Safari
(10-30 minutes)

Another beautiful child-friendly reframing of a traditional mindfulness practice is to take your students on a Mindful Safari.

Instruct students to remain quiet, calm their thoughts, and move slowly while on safari.

Ask students to turn their sense of sight, touch, and sound onto high.

Search for beautiful natural objects to explore.
- What does it look like?
- What color is it?
- What does it smell like?
- Can I touch it?
- What does it feel like?

Search for mini-beasts and other creatures that move.

When they find a creature, encourage students to watch the creature in silence for as long as they would like to.
- What does it look like?
- How does it move?
- What colors can you see on its body?

#16Sense Countdown
(5 minutes)

A great one for older students is an extension of the Spidey Senses activity. It can be used to help calm a busy mind and bring our awareness to the present moment.

Think of:

5 things you can see

4 things you can touch

3 things you can hear

2 things you can smell

1 thing you can taste

#17 Heartbeat
(5 minutes)

Our heartbeat is an amazing representation of our emotions. Like our breath, it is always with us. So, we can use our heartbeat to connect with the present moment in times of difficulty or stress.

You might like to begin this practice with three deep breaths, or the Shark Fin activity (#4 above).

Students place their fingers or hands over the part of their body where they can best feel their pulse.
- on the side of their neck, under their jaw
- inside their wrist
- or, over their heart

Ask students to close their eyes and notice how quickly or slowly their heart is beating.

Encourage them to think about their current state of emotion and consider if this might be connected to how quickly or slowly their heart is beating.

Direct students to stand and jump up and down on the spot ten times.

Students return to sitting and feel their heartbeat again, noticing any changes.

Students may like to close their eyes and focus on their heartbeat until it slows back down.

#18 Add a Touchy Feely Focus
(5 - 10 minutes)

Saving the best for last, Shakti Burke gives these great tips for helping wiggly kids begin to master mindfulness. Burke suggests:

Restless minds are magnetized by the sensation of touch: we cant think and feel at the same time. The stroking and feeling itself (when using a prop to help children focus) becomes the meditation, in place of the breath awareness focus.

You might like to begin your class journey toward mindfulness with some of these more tactile activities.
Provide students with a prop to hold, touch, balance, or focus their eyes on during one of the above activities.

small soft toys

small bean bags or beanie pillows

stress balls

pieces of furry fabric

There you go! 18 amazing activities to help teach mindfulness in your classroom. Mindfulness truly is a skill that will benefit your students as individuals, long after they leave your classroom for the final time.

Check out our beautifully illustrated Mindfulness Activity Task Cards that you can use to support mindfulness practice with your students.

Whole Class Daily Mindfulness Activity Tracker

Track your class' progress to superhero status with these beautiful Mindfulness Activity Tracker Charts that can be used to note each day of whole-class practice.

The charts are available in three formats:

Each download comes with a page of illustrated markers that can be stuck onto the chart. The black and white downloads of these trackers are also fantastic for students to use for their personal mindfulness practice.

If you are new to mindfulness for children, take a look at our post "Why You Should Be Teaching Mindfulness to Improve Student Learning" for practical tips and tricks to begin your class mindfulness practice routine. You can also download our Mindfulness Information Sheet for Teachers with eight succinct and actionable tips.
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This resource has been developed by primary teachers to bring your child's Physical Education experience home. The PE Homework - Active Every Day activities are designed to complement the activities that your child is learning in school.

How to use this resource
This resource provides a selection of activities that your child can choose from, based on the strand that they are exploring in their Physical Education class. The activities in this resource are differentiated across three levels - Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3.

Level 1 is generally aligned to the infant classes,

Level 2 is generally aligned to 1st, 2nd or 3rd classes,

Level 3 is generally aligned to 4th, 5th or 6th classes.

Select the activities that best suit the needs and abilities of your child. Children can move up or down through the levels if they wish. If there is more than one child in the household, they can help each other with their PE homework! The activities outlined in this resource can be completed inside the home or outside in whatever space is available to the child. All activities can be completed individually by the child, or they can be adapted to include family members, neighbours or friends. Remember to warm-up before you start! Scroll down to find some fun warm-up and cool-down activities. Children can track their progress using the PE Homework charts below, or document their efforts in a PE journal.

This resource pack is also available in Irish.

PE Homework Activities

PE Homework Charts - Track your Progress

Click on the image to download each chart. You can print it out and display it in the home to track their progress, or you can keep a note of the activities that you have completed in your PE journal. Remember, if you have a favourite activity, you can complete it more than once!

Reflective Templates

This resource invites your child to share what they have learned at school with their family members at home. Encourage your child to show you what they have learned, and to talk about their PE experiences. Your child may have a PE journal, or copybook. Invite your child to use their PE journal to reflect on their learning by

writing about or drawing what they did in PE or what activity they completed for homework,

setting movement goals and learning targets,

keeping physical activity records or

creating new games using the skills they are developing in PE.

Download or print the following reflective templates to help your child to reflect on their progress with their PE homework. Each one is available at 3 levels, select the template that best suits your child's needs.

Warm Up and Cool Down activities

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Barnardos Supports for Parents

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Butler Gallery

While many parents are at home looking for creative projects to keep children occupied, Butler Gallery are releasing some creative activity inspiration every week as part of their Home Studio series, along with colouring pages based on works from their Collection.

Castlecomer Discovery Park Educational Activities

Castlecomer Discovery Park Education Officer has devised a number of worksheets and activities, such as Rock Balancing and the Mindful Nature Journal, which can be done at home. They will be adding new worksheets and activities periodically.

Cúla4

This website from TG4 is aimed at two groups; under-sixes (Cúla4 na nÓg) and older children (Cúla4). Aside from television programmes there are games and creativity sections. On Monday 20 th April, Cúla4 ar Scoil launched, with a broadcast every weekday morning from 10a.m. - 10.30a.m. from Scoil na bhForbacha in the Connemara Gaeltacht. It will feature contributions from teachers and facilitators from other communities and Gaeltacht regions, incorporating a range of dialects.

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Simon Lewis, Principal in Carlow Educate Together N.S., has created a Home Learning Google Doc full of fun things that can be done at home for learning.

iRevise

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Mary Immaculate College (MIC) Educational Resources

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Middletown Centre for Autism Webinar Series

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National Council for Special Education (NCSE)

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National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS)

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National Parents Council (Primary)

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Online Creative Writing Pack for Primary Schools

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Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST) Digital Storytelling Tips and Resources for Parents

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Tidying up the nursery has never been more fun. Teach your child about sorting and arranging with this fun, sorting application. This application helps develop conceptualization, visual perception and fine motor skills. With parental assistance it can also develop language skills.

"Sorting Game" is designed for children aged 2+.

"Sort it out 1" is designed for children aged 3+.

"Sort it out 2" is designed for children aged 4+.

HOW TO PLAY: Sort the items by dragging each item into one of the areas in the space above.

This game is one of a series of educational games for kids by MyFirstApp.com. We believe that learning, playing, exploring and experimenting is what children do best. Children are fascinated with the wonderful, exciting world around them. With the touch pads revolution a whole new world of games is evolving - opening new horizons for the very young. Thus, young children can now enjoy colorful, exciting new games, helping them acquire new cognitive and fine motor skills. MyFirstApp.com helps bringing this new and enriching world to the curious little fingers of young children.

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Great cleaning resource

My son is five and we all know that kids at that age love to make lots of messes. This app is super great for cleaning. My son like his toys to be sorted a certain and by him being able to learn how to sort was amazing. Now I don't have to sit every night for 20 minutes and sort his toys he does just how it shows him in the game. He put all his dinosaurs together and all his cars and so on. I would recommend every parent who is struggling with clean up to try it and then do it with their toys.

Intuitive my grandkids love this

I agree that a QUIET voice identifying each object would make this a bit better, BUT when you work this app with your preschooler, it's your job to identify the objects with him(her). This is a simple, easily understood organizing game, and my first grandchild begged me to buy the whole thing. My 5th grandchild just begged me to restore my purchase. And I have 5 more grandkids coming up who will love this, too.

Great for little ones

My son is 2 and even thought he is still little to categorize, this app is helping him a lot with his motor skills and vocabulary. At the beginning he wasn't able to tap and move the objects and now he can. Also he loves to name all the objects in each game and learn new words. I see him playing with this app for long time and learning new things every time.

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Compatibility

Requires iOS 10.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Languages

English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish

Copyright

© MyFirstApp.com

Family Sharing

With Family Sharing set up, up to six family members can use this app.

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If you're searching for fun science for kids, welcome to Science Sparks! We've got 100s of hands-on kid-friendly science experiments so you're sure to find something to try wherever your interests lie.

The most important thing to remember is that science should be fun! Do let us know on social media what you think of our cool science experiments for kids and if you can think of any more ideas we can add to our list.

Simple Science for Kids

Most of the science experiments on Science Sparks are simple anyway, but to make it even easier I've written a round up post of some of the easiest experiments for kids.

I've also got a list of science experiments every child should do at least once with a FREE printable checklist so kids can tick the experiments off as they go along.

Chemistry Experiments for Kids

Find out what happens when you drop a mento into a just opened bottle of coke ( you've got to be quick before the fizz fades )

Make a sandwich bag explode, blow up a balloon with lemon juice, try some amazing density experiments and tricks, make your own pH indicator and lots more cracking chemistry experiments for kids.

You might also like our collection of explosive science experiments.

Preschool Science Experiments

Science isn't just for older kids, there are lots of fun science experiments even preschool age children can do.

Children can create filter paper butterflies, find out how many feet tall they are, make shadow puppets, save a soft toy from getting wet and lots more great preschool science activities.

We've got a fun collection of science for Early Years too!

Gravity Experiments for Kids

Make a water powered bottle rocket, defy gravity with a magnet and more fun gravity experiments.

Electronics Experiments

We had a great time making this light up street using circuits or if you fancy experimenting with a motor, this Art Bot is fantastic fun too.

Baking Soda Experiments

Make witchy potions, fairy potions, a baking soda powered boat, volcano and other fun baking soda experiments.

Kitchen Science Experiments

Make cornflour gloop, crunchy honeycomb, discover why pineapple stops jelly setting, clean dirty water, make a lemon sink and more exciting kitchen science experiments.

Easter Science Experiments

Make an eggshell bridge, an unbreakable egg, save Humpty Dumpty from a terrible fall and more fun Easter Science Experiments.

Great Experiments for a School Science Club

Our earthquake science experiments are great fun for any time of year. Make a seismometer, test edible foundations and build a model of the Earth.

Set up an egg drop experiment, make a scribble bot and lots more easy experiments for a school science club.

Fairy Tale Science Experiments

Make a zip wire to help Jack escape down the Beanstalk, build a new house for the Three Little Pigs and more awesome fairy tale science activities!

If you need a quick and easy STEM challenge try one of our Fairy Tale STEM Challenges with free printable instructions and sheet to complete.

Everything you need for science at home

Ideas and suggestions for materials and resources for science at home so you're ready for almost every science experiment you want to try!

Forces and Motion Experiments

Learn about gravity, air resistance, air pressure and friction with this fun collection of experiments for learning about forces and motion.

Summer Science for Kids

Keep the kids busy all summer long with this fun collection of 50 summer science experiments.

Water Science for Kids

Make a density jar, play with oil and water and lots more fun water science experiments for kids.

Great Experiments for a Science Fair

If you're after ideas for great science fair projec t, we've got lots of those too!

The Best STEM Challenges and Science for Kids

We've got enough science challenges to keep you busy all year long! Make a giant catapult, an egg float and lots more!

If STEM is more your thing, we've got a great collection of easy STEM Challenges too!

Marble run in a cardboard box STEM Challenge

Seasonal Science Experiments

We've got experiment for every season, with more added each year.

Make a snow volcano, paint on ice and lots more fun winter science experiments and activities.

Have a browse through our Christmas science experiments and STEM challenges.

Write secret messages, blow up a giant heart and other experiments for Valentine's Day

Weather Science Experiments

Find out how to make a rainbow even when it's cloudy.

Rainbow made with a prism on a sunny day

Top 10 Science Experiments for Kids

This is a collection of the good old staple science experiments that everyone knows and loves. We've also got a printable checklist so you can tick them off as you work through,

What is Science Sparks?

Science Sparks contains 100s of free science experiments and activities for kids of all ages. Most of our experiments only require very simple materials and ingredients that you most likely already have around the house. What are you waiting for? Choose an activity, create a cool science project, try a STEM challenge and then show your friends and family what you've learned. We've also got a few science tricks that are sure to impress an audience!

Still not sure where to start? Try our list of everything you need for science at home and start with something simple. Try making a bubbly lava lampor a craft or lollystick stick catapultand go from there. Thinking of a science question and then working through to find an answer is another great approach. We've got some great science questions for kids to get you started.

For children who aren't especially interested in science, give one of our book themed science experiments a go. These are also great for younger children, as we find adding a bit of context to an activity really helps keep kids engaged.

Don't forget we've also got lots of holiday themed science activities as well as an extensive list of easy STEM challenges and exciting science project ideas.

BENEFITS OF SCIENCE FOR KIDS

Whatever the age of the child the benefits of science experiments and activities are huge. The best thing about science is that you probably already have everything you need for awesome science experiments in the kitchen or around the house.

Encourage curiosity. Children can use science experiments and activities to find answers to questions which will probably lead to more questions and hopefully help nurture a natural curiosity and understanding about the world around them.

Get outdoors - science is a great way to encourage children outside. Whether it's making rockets, building water walls or just trying some sinking and floating it's always good to be outside.

Planning skills - science projects help develop planning and problem solving skills as well as the resilience to keep trying if something doesn't work first time.

Team work - science experiments are a brilliant way to encourage children to work as part of a team and for parents to spend quality time with children too!

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Animations of some of the best-known traditional nursery rhymes, many sung by BBC Children's TV presenters, with music that your children will love! They're an ideal resource to support a range of Early Years objectives, whether used in a nursery, reception class, or at home.

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Super Simple Songs® is a collection of original kids songs and classic nursery rhymes made SIMPLE for young learners. Combining captivating animation and puppetry with delightful music that kids love to sing along with, Super Simple Songs makes learning simple and fun! Music is one of the most powerful teaching tools available for young learners.... Read more »

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Hey, art friends! Welcome to Art For Kids Hub! 🎨✏️ Here, you’ll discover all sorts of awesome art lessons, from drawing to painting, and even some super cool origami. Whether you’re a beginner or a budding artist, there’s something fun for everyone! I’m Rob, and along with my amazing wife, Teryn, and our four creative kids, Jack, Hadley, Austin, and Olivia, we make art together as a family and love sharing it with you. ❤️ Ready to jump in and start creating? Most of our art lessons are self-contained, so grab your favorite black marker, some paper, and your coloring supplies, and let’s get drawing! 🖍️📒 Join us on this colorful adventure, and let’s make art that brings smiles and joy. Happy creating! 🌟

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In just a moment we'll show you 5 simple steps to make professional - PRINT handwriting worksheets for your student(s). When you type - your content will immediately appear on the worksheet screen in dot-trace or hollow-letter format so you can see exactly how your worksheet will appear when printed. You can add a custom title - type a student's name - create short sentences or even long paragraphs. You can change letter size, letter color, line color and pick if you want to show only starting dots for more of a challenge. You can even add 'direction arrows' on letters to show proper pencil movement! If you want space to draw pictures above the text you can click buttons to remove rows too! We also have a hollow font option that is fun to use with colored pencils (and sharp crayons). This is our PRINT version but is also available in CURSIVE or D'NEALIAN Style. Click BEGIN at top right to start making your worksheet or BEGIN HERE

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Our #MindYourSelfie resources provide activities for young people to help them combat life's stressors and promote positive mental health in their lives.

Preparing for a mentally healthy life

Childhood and adolescence is an exciting period in life as young people discover and learn new things about themselves and the world they live in every day. It can also be a stressful time with many changes and different life experiences. Often, young people can experience high levels of stress, which may lead to feelings of anger and anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression.

Fortunately, there are many ways in which children and adolescents - with the help of their teachers, parents and guardians - can tackle these feelings of stress, anger, and so on to ensure that they live as mentally healthy a life as possible. Our #MindYourSelfie resources can make a great difference in this.

Teachers play a key role in the promotion of positive mental health for young people, and, through these resources, have the power to brighten up the classroom and their student's self-esteem through a range of different activities and exercises.

See more about our resources

Our free suite of resources includes:

A series of guided relaxation audio exercises that introduces the practice of mindfulness to children

Free eBooks designed to give practical tips and advice on mental health

Printable mindfulness colouring sheets that can help students feel more relaxed

Wellness Journals which provide young people with a template to record their feelings and thoughts

A Wellness Action Calendar which suggests daily, positive actions students can take

A Wellness Wall banner to create a space in classrooms or schools where everyone is welcome to read and contribute to a wellness wall

A Selfie 'Steem activity that invites students to share positive messages about one another

The Selfie Tips Origami Chatterbox game that encourages children to think positively about themselves

Our #FrameOfMind resource and teacher's companion guide which explores different mental health themes.

We regularly update our#MindYourSelfie resources, so watch out for new additions coming soon!

Mind Yourself, Mind Nature

Mind Yourself, Mind Nature

Mind YourSelf, Mind Nature is our nature workbook for secondary schools. Especially developed t ogether in partnership with BirdWatch Ireland, Leave No Traceand Biodiversity in Schools, the workbook explores the link between nature and mental health and offers lots of different nature-based activities for young people to try in school and at home.

The workbook looks at why and how the natural world is important for our health and wellbeing. It suggests ways we can connect with nature in daily life to support our wellbeing. It also looks, in turn, at ways we can look after the natural world, and some of the reasons why this is important.

Download the nature workbook here

Worry Lorry

Worry Lorry

At times, we can all feel anxious or worried. There are things that we can all do to help reduce that anxiety, like taking a few minutes for our Worry Lorry activity.

To get started, you'll need to download and print the activity sheet.Then, write down the things that make you worried or play on your mind on the lorry.

Think about the things that make you feel good and help your worries to disappear, and then share them with the second lorry driver below. Focus on these positive things as you colour in the rest of the sheet, and notice how your worries are driven away!

Download the Worry Lorry activity here

Wellbeing Action Calendar

Our mental health and wellbeing calendar suggests daily actions that children and young people can undertake to promote positive mental health and mindfulness. As it doesn't set dates or times, the calendar can be customised so that you have the flexibility to use it whenever suits you.

Download the calendar here

Mindfulness exercises

Our #MindYourSelfie series of guided relaxation audio exercises introduce mindfulness and meditation to young people. These exercises, which can be practiced in the classroom, engage students in body relaxation practices, which not only help to improve students' mindfulness, but also enhance their abilities to relieve tension built up in the body and mind

Mindfulness exercises

Mindful Colouring

Mindfulness can improve our wellbeing. Our mindful colouring activities help children and young people to feel more relaxed by bringing their attention to the present moment as they focus on how to choose and apply colour in our specially-created designs.

Primary Schools

Bookmarks Colouring Sheets

Secondary Schools

Bookmarks Colouring Sheets

#MindYourSelfie Wellness Journals

Our Wellness Journals provide young people with a template to record their feelings and thoughts as a once-off assignment or as a daily activity.

#MindYourSelfie classroom resources

#MindYourSelfie classroom resources

All of our #MindYourSelfie resources can be used in school, but some are designed with the classroom especially in mind. To start, our #MindYourSelfie mental health eBooks are designed to share practical tips on mental health that teachers can use as they work with their class. Every week, students spend more time in the classroom than anywhere else, meaning that their teachers are uniquely placed to promote positive mental health. These eBooks aim to provide useful advice on creating connections with students, raising awareness of mental health, and embedding positive attitudes towards it.

Read the eBooks here

Wellness Wall

Our Wellness Wall helps to promote positive, encouraging messages of wellness within the walls of your school. To get started, download the Wellness Wall banner below ( or send us an emailto request one). Then, check out our guides - also below - for details on how to use the banner in primary or secondary schools. You can use the banner to mark your chosen wall and create a space where everyone is welcome to read and contribute to it. Invite students and staff to write and share upbeat, helpful notes and messages of how they think wellness looks, sounds, and feels: the more creative, the better!

Selfie 'Steem

Our Selfie 'Steem activity encourages students to share positive messages about and with one another. Each student writes their name or places their photo in the centre of the Selfie 'Steem sheet, which is then passed around the class. Other students then write positive messages about their classmates - such as that they are kind, caring, or fun to be around - on the sheet.

Teachers can even take the exercise a step further by asking students to write five things they like about themselves on the sheet before passing it around. The exercise shows how, even though we can think of lots of compliments for other people, it can be very hard to compliment ourselves, thus teaching students the importance of learning to be kind to themselves.

The exercise shows how, even though we can think of lots of compliments for other people, it can be very hard to compliment ourselves, thus teaching students the importance of learning to be kind to themselves.
Get Selfie 'Steem here

Selfie Tips Origami Chatterbox

How can you teach children to think positively about themselves?

One simple way is to start discussing the topic of positive thinking through a fun, simple game, like our Selfie Tips Origami Chatterbox.

Start by inviting students to fold the Selfie Tips Origami Chatterbox.

To do this, they can follow the instructions in the downloadable folding craft sheet. Once students have folded their Chatterbox, the game can begin.

Step 1:Students play in teams of two. The first student asks the other to pick a number. They then work the Chatterbox back and forth as they count up to the number out loud.

Step 2:The first student asks the second student to pick one of the numbers on view inside the Chatterbox. Then, the first student works the Chatterbox back and forth again, counting up to the number chosen by their friend.

Step 3:The second student makes a final selection of one of the numbers on view inside the Chatterbox. The first student raises up the flap to reveal the positive message!

Step 4:Start all over again - either with the same friend or another student!

Get the Selfie Tips Origami Chatterbox here

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Shane is an experienced musician having performed in orchestras, choirs and bands on a range of instruments and is currently attempting to master the fiddle!

Shane hosts CPD courses across Ireland each a year and leads the development of the DabbledooMusic curriculum content.

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Has your child or student benefited from the Reading Bear program?
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As our way of saying "Thank You" for taking the time to send us a testimonial,

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Welcome to the Read Write Inc. page on Oxford Owl for Home.

Read Write Inc. is a popular phonics scheme. Like all phonics schemes, it teaches children the sounds in English, the letters that represent them, and how to form the letters when writing. Read Write Inc. Phonics includes reading books written using only the letters they have learnt at each level (and a small number of separately taught tricky words). The children will quickly feel confident and successful.

Here you can find lots of free resources to support your child's learning.

Free eBooks | Videos | Set 1 resources | Set 2 resources | Set 3 resources | Kits and flashcards to use at home

Read Write Inc. Phonics

We have lots of free Read Write Inc. Phonics resources to help your child, including eBooks, practice sheets and parent films. We suggest you start by watching this film for parents: What is Read Write Inc. Phonics?

Speed sounds and Read Write Inc. Stages

If your child is learning to read at school with Read Write Inc. Phonics, they will be at one of the following stages:

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It's a sad truth of modern life that kids are spending less time outside than ever before.
The average child spends just five hours a week playing outside, compared to a staggering 45.5 hours in front of a screen.
This is having a knock-on effect on children's learning and development. A survey by Sudocrem found that only one in three can name a single herb, and 50% struggle to name five fruits and vegetables that grow in Britain.

We've also been warned that a lack of outdoor play is compromising everything from 'physical literacy,' such as being able to throw and catch accurately, to their eyesight, which suffers as a result of insufficient exposure to daylight.
In an attempt to combat children's indoor, sedentary lifestyle, Forest School is on offer in an increasing number of primary schools, giving kids the opportunity to learn in the great outdoors.
'It has a huge range of benefits, including improved health and fitness, concentration, teamwork, emotional wellbeing and independence,' explains Rebecca Wyatt, Forest School leader at Bournemouth Collegiate School.

'Children also learn important skills like problem-solving, assessing risk and and communication.'

We asked Rebecca to suggest 11 Forest School activities that you can do with your own child, with next to no expense or equipment required.

1. Build a bug hotel

Encourage insects to your garden by building them their very own residence using planks of wood or old pallets or crates piled up with bricks between the layers.

Your child can fill the gaps between the layers with things to make their visitors at home, such as cardboard tubes, shredded paper, feathers and pebbles, and keep checking every day to see who has moved in.

2. The Duplication Game

To play this variation on the classic Kim's Game, go out and gather a small collection of items from the local environment, like feathers, pine cones, pebbles and leaves.

Your child's challenge is to search the area for the same objects, and then come back to see how many they've managed to collect.

This game will help them develop their memory and observation skills.

3. Create a cairn

Cairns are man-made towers of natural stones, usually built as a landmark or a memorial, and making them is a great activity for kids.

All they need to do is gather a range of flat rocks and pebbles in different sizes, and then stack them in order, with the largest at the bottom and the smallest at the top.
Can they make changes to the structure of their cairn, such as using a foundation of lots of smaller stones, and see if it still stands?
This improves gross and fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination and concentration as they experiment with finding the stones' balancing points to see how tall they can make their cairn.

4. Potato peeler whittling

Whittling sticks is a great outdoor activity that can be almost meditative, and providing a potato peeler rather than a knife makes it much safer.

Your child can use the peeler to whittle the bark off a stick, and then use felt tip pens to decorate it.

Stick a feather to the end, and it becomes a magic wand, or wrap it in strips of white paper and add googly eyes to make a miniature mummy: perfect for Egyptian projects.

Whittling helps hand-eye coordination, and decorating the whittled sticks promotes creativity and imagination.

5. Flower crowns

This is a lovely activity for creative kids, and gives them opportunities to role-play being fairies, woodland nymphs or royalty.
Go for a walk and collect flowers, leaves and grasses along the way, which your child can then weave into a nature-inspired crown. They could make a classic daisy chain garland or knot grasses to create a wreath.
As an add-on learning activity, buy a flower identification guidebook or borrow one from the library so your child can identify the blooms and blossom they've gathered.

6. Clay play

Clay is a great natural modelling material, and can be combined with things that your child finds outdoors to make fascinating creations.
Playing with the tactile material is good for fine motor control and developing the muscles needed for handwriting, and has the same satisfying sensation as making mud pies.
One fun idea is to get your child to make a hedgehog body out of clay, and then stick pine needles in to make its spines.

They can also combine clay with pebbles, pine cones, feathers and more to create their own realistic or abstract masterpieces.

7. Build a den

Building a den is a brilliant back-to-nature challenge that will awaken your child's inner caveman, and it's a great project to get stuck into with a friend or sibling.

Find some thick, long sticks and challenge your child to create their own shelter, either by leaning them up against a tree, or by lashing them together with string at the top for a tipi-style den.

You could take an old sheet out with you to give their den-building more scope.

This is a good test of problem-solving skills that involves your child working out how to balance the sticks and make them stay standing, as well as providing an opportunity to be physically active.

8. Woodland dragons

Your child may well have played with chalks on pavements, but giant chalks are also good for drawing on trees.

The textured bark is really satisfying to draw on, helping children develop fine motor skills, pencil grip and mark-making, as well as creativity.

Try looking for knots in trees that look like dragons' eyes, and using the chalks to draw on the surrounding area: the bumpy bark makes brilliant dragon skin.

9. Giant bubbles

This hands-on science activity is much more fun than blowing bubbles from a tiny pot.

Combine six cups of water, one cup of washing-up liquid, and half a tablespoon of glycerine (the magic ingredient, available from chemists).

Tie a piece of string of any length into a circle, dip it into the bubble mix and waft it around to make giant bubbles.

Your child can experiment with how much to mix the solution to make the best bubbles, and see which weather conditions are the best for bubble-blowing.

10. Construct a labyrinth

Using sticks, your child can create a maze of any size on the ground for parents, friends and siblings to find their way around by following the paths they've laid.

This activity ties in well if your child is learning about Ancient Greece at school.

11. Campfire cooking

Cooking on a campfire is a thrilling experience for children, as long as you follow basic safety rules: make sure they're closely supervised, don't light fires under overhanging branches or near tree roots, and always have water on hand.

Using a fire pit or basket will help to keep the fire contained.
Your child can whittle a stick to a point using their potato peeler, spear a marshmallow, toast it over the fire and then sandwich it between two chocolate biscuits to make smores.
Or stick a lolly stick into an apple, melt chocolate in a bowl over a pan of boiling water on the fire, then dip the apple in and cover it with sprinkles: a lovely autumn activity that'll help your child think about where their food comes from.

Forest school books and activity ideas

Flora and fauna guides, beautiful woodland jewellery making guides, 70 suggestions for things to do with a stick, bushcraft adventures and more - they're all detailed in these forest school activity books for parents and teachers.

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Shape Patterns is a sequencing game where you need to complete the pattern of different coloured 2D shapes. It is a multiple choice game with three levels of difficulty. It is excellent for shape recognition and for problem solving.

In the easier levels you need to continue the pattern, but in the more challenging level 3, you are presented with a sequence with the missing element in different positions. This level in particular, is an excellent problem solving activity.

As with all of our games, Shape Patterns works well on an interactive whiteboard.

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SUBJECTS

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