Join Popcorn the Dolphin in an adventure to follow the map and find the treasure before the pirates. Get your kids stretching and moving with this pirate-themed yoga from Cosmic Kids Yoga! This video is 15 minutes long, so your child may not be interested in completing the whole thing in one go, and they might not be able to copy all the moves perfectly. It’s okay to try a couple of moves, and then revisit it another time to do a bit more.
Check out this brilliantly simple copycat game from Basteln Ideen und Anleitungen (Craft Ideas & Instructions). All you need are some different coloured pieces of paper, a bit of space on the floor, and some tape.
Lay out two identical ‘stations’ with the coloured paper. The two stations should be facing each other, and taped down, so they don’t move. The large white paper in the middle helps create a ‘home base’, but is not crucial for the game. Then you take one station and your child takes the other. Take turns touching a series of colours for the other to try to copy.
The video demonstrates this game with 7 different colours and some quite complex sequences, but you may choose to start with just four colours and much shorter sequences as your child gets the hang of it. You can play with your hands or, for a more active version, try playing standing up and jump onto each of the colour blocks. This is a game that can be played over and over and made more challenging for different age groups.
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Posted by Basteln Ideen und Anleitungen on Friday, 3 April 2020
These two silly videos from GoNoodle, called Banana Banana Meatball and Meow Moo Moo, are all about patterns, and they have some fun, silly dance moves that your kids can follow along with.
Help your child practice their phonics with this great Alphabet Water Balloon Toss game from Primary Playground. Use some chalk to draw some letters (you may want to choose the letters of your child’s name, or whichever ones they are currently learning to recognise) onto your driveway, patio or the pavement outside your house. Draw a circle around each letter (tip: make the circles large and spaced well apart to help your child aim). Then give your child water balloons or a sponge and water bucket, call out a letter sound, and have them toss the balloon/sponge to see if they can hit the right letter!
If the weather doesn’t suit getting a bit wet outside, you can also try an indoor version of this activity with the letters written on paper and soft toys to toss.
For help pronouncing the phonetic sound of each letter as your child will learn them in school, watch this video featuring Mr. Tumble from CBeebies.
This imaginative video with Daniella Ballerina and all her cartoon friends is a great way for your budding dancer to learn some basic ballet skills.
If you have a garden, give this Spring Scavenger Hunt from Primary Playground a try with your child.
Get your kids up, dancing and laughing along to this amazing video by children’s entertainer Dantastic Productions. Before starting the video, help your kids collect the thing they will need: a noise-maker (such as a shaker, musical instrument, or pot and spoon), two things to wave or shake (such as scarves, pom poms, or tea towels), and a hat (or something your child can put on their head). Then, join Dantastic and Cheeky Monkey on an interactive, magical, musical adventure!
Start your engines future pilots! Help your children fold (and decorate!) some paper aeroplanes. Paper aeroplanes have been a huge children’s favourite for the last few months at Pippins. Check out Fold ‘N Fly for some easy paper aeroplane design instructions and step-by-step videos.
Then, find a large sheet of paper, a sheet of newspaper, or tape several sheets of A4 paper together. Cut holes of various sizes in the paper, and label each hole with a points-value if you want to keep score. Hang the paper up in a doorway, just like in the below photo from Sewing Mama Raeanna.
Now let the games begin. Your children can take turns trying to throw their aeroplanes through the holes, and seeing who can wrack up more points.
Is tidy up time proving to be a challenge? GoNoodle has some great strategies to help. Play the upbeat Clean Up! song to get your kids up and dancing along to the movements.
Then, turn tidying into a challenge. Call out a colour or a shape and have your kids tidy only the objects that fit that description. Keep going until the whole room is clean!
Otherwise, try playing Freeze Clean. Just as with freeze dance – play some upbeat music while your children tidy. Every time you pause the music, your children must freeze in place.
Do your children love Disney’s Frozen movie? Try getting them stretching and moving with some Frozen-themed yoga from Cosmic Kids Yoga! This video is 30 minutes long, so your child may not be interested in completing the whole thing in one go, and they might not be able to copy all the moves perfectly. It’s okay to try a couple of moves, and then revisit it another time to do a bit more.
