Do you have a set of alphabet and numbers fridge magnets at home? Print this Letters & Numbers Sort Page from Primary Playground, post it on your fridge, and let your child practice recognising and sorting their letters from their numbers.
During the coronavirus pandemic, Pippins staff began assembling this Home Resources area to help support our families through lockdown. We wanted to ensure that all the children in our community continued to have access to fun, enriching activities and learning experiences, even while the government was asking most of us to stay at home. To date, we have posted over 150 resources in this area, which you can use at home with your children. These activities are meant to engage and inspire you and your children, not to make extra work for you. Therefore, please pick and choose only those activities that you feel are most suitable for your family.
Happy playtime!
Do you have a set of alphabet and numbers fridge magnets at home? Print this Letters & Numbers Sort Page from Primary Playground, post it on your fridge, and let your child practice recognising and sorting their letters from their numbers.
If you fancy some messy play, but have little ones who put everything in their mouths, try this amazing spin art activity from Babble Dabble Do, which uses yogurt and food colouring for paint. All you need is a large pot of yogurt, some food colouring, a bamboo skewer or pencil, some paper, a spot of hot glue or tape, and a large plastic tub (or bathtub, garden, driveway, etc. to keep the mess off your walls!).
Join Jackie from Musical Bumps as she leads the action-packed song ‘I am the Music Man.’
Then Jackie reads a lovely rhyming story about a boy who only wants to wear the colour red, called ‘Barnaby Bennett’ by Hannah Rainforth.
Song and story time! ♥️
Posted by Musical Bumps Cambridge on Monday, 23 March 2020
Sing along with Jackie to ‘Horsey Horsey’ and practice your percussion with rhythm sticks. If you haven’t got any rhythm sticks at home, wooden spoons, pencils or chopsticks will also do the trick!
Then Jackie reads the children’s classic ‘Shark in the Park’ by Nick Sharratt.
Song and story time. ♥️
Posted by Musical Bumps Cambridge on Tuesday, 24 March 2020
Almost 20 minutes of children’s songs and nursery rhymes from the Garden Suburb Community Library in London, performed by Christian’s (from Pippins) Great Auntie Gin!
This kid-friendly Tortilla Pizza from CBeebies is an easy lunch option that your children can (mostly) make themselves.
You will need:
oil
tortilla
tomato puree
sweetcorn & red pepper (or toppings of your choice)
mozzarella cheese
It’s a pet-themed Musical Bumps today! Get up and dance, clap along, or grab your shakers as Jackie sings ‘My Dog is a Good Dog.’ Then she reads all about a cat named Colin in ‘Colin and The Snoozebox’ by Leigh Hodgkinson.
Song and story time ♥️
Posted by Musical Bumps Cambridge on Tuesday, 31 March 2020;
Children of any age love a scavenger hunt! This one from Primary Playground is a great way for little ones to practice colours, can be done anywhere, and requires no prep work.
Grab some laundry pegs and whatever interesting scraps of material you have in the house and let your children experiment with making their own Homemade Paint Brushes. This activity comes from Babble Dabble Do.
Do you have a budding fairy at home who is desperate to stretch his/her wings? This post from Let’s Play Music recommends some great classical music tracks to inspire your children’s imaginations and get them moving. Just add a sprinkle of pixie dust!
