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activities 1.
Count how many windows On small pieces of card, write/draw pictures Nature collage – collect
are in the house and work of regular daily activities, sequence them to outside materials and use
out how many right angles create your own daily schedule to follow.
these to make your art.
there are.

Using the inside of the shower door as a

Design a new ‘canvas’ mix some food colouring with
Have a treasure hunt – for older school uniform. shaving cream and paint the glass door –
children, get them to design the easy to wash off when you’re in the shower.
treasure hunt, including the
development of a map,
Find some leaves in the garden
instructions and clues.
and do some leaf rubbings
using pencil or crayon.
Write the days of the Write out your
week / months of the year spelling word with
with chalk on the fence. chalk on the cement.
Write numbers 1 to 25 (or as an
example you could challenge your
Find items within the
See how many bugs/animals/birds older students by getting them to
kitchen that start with
you can find in the garden (in the write the factors of number) with
grass, ground or trees) – Create an a particular letter. chalk on the bricks.
encyclopaedia of wildlife in your yard.
Take photographs or draw pictures of
insects, animals and birds - see if you Design a new book cover
can label their body parts. Paint with water – find a huge wall, and write a review for
driveway, outdoor area and paint your favourite book.
letters, numbers, whatever you like
Use building blocks to
using water and a paint brush. Invent your own board game
make a structure like a
house, school, or bridge. using only drawing and
using household objects
Paper plane challenge – see
(eg. bottle tops).
how far they can fly, for the older
students – think about the
Learn to knit / different design styles and
Measure household objects with
sew / crochet. modifications.
a tape measure and order them
from smallest to largest.
Write your own
Think of a common problem recipe, and make it Measure the
Write a short story, or
in your house and design an if you can. temperature
invention to solve it. Draw write and illustrate
every day
and explain the invention or your own storybook. Start each day with 20 minutes and record it
if you can, build it. of physical exercise outside: on a graph.
dance, run, throw/kick balls,
hoola-hoop, skip, jump, play
Start a handball
tag, set up a balance beam.
See how tall everyone is in your tournament – play a round
family – measure them using each day (best out of 5).
lots of different measurements – Draw a sports field: netball /
a ruler, your hand, a tape basketball court outside with chalk Use different sized balls and
measure, see who the tallest is and use rocks to ‘set your field’ containers/buckets to create a
and who the shortest is. and make ‘moves’ with your ball-in-hole challenge – throw
brother, sister, mum, dad, carer. from behind a line.
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