Get outside in the sunshine with this Outdoor Challenge game from Early Years Story Box. Just print the two pages, cut out the cards, and you are ready to play!
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!
Get outside in the sunshine with this Outdoor Challenge game from Early Years Story Box. Just print the two pages, cut out the cards, and you are ready to play!
Print out this I Spy game from Paper Trail Designs and let your kids hunt for all the different natural objects on the page. Can you spot all six ladybirds?
Help your children cope with the coronavirus lockdown by singing this Coronavirus Song together, from Early Years Story Box.
Here are two new scavenger hunts from Early Years Story Box!
Support your child’s learning in maths, language and more with the classic story ‘Three Billy Goats Gruff’ from TTS’s Home Learning Collection. Read the story out loud to your child, then try out the activities on the following page.
Here’s another great outdoor activity from Cath, our Forest School leader…
Crush some chalk on the patio with a stone or hammer (may need supervision). Add water and mix to form paint. Use different colours and try mixing them together. Experiment with other materials e.g. soil, charcoal.
Use a stick or paintbrush to create some artwork. It doesn’t have to be on paper; paint the patio, the shed door, stones, an old cardboard box, anything that needs brightening up.
Chalk paint washes off easily, so you won’t have a purple patio forever. But it does look lovely!
Print out this I Spy game from Paper Trail Designs and let your kids hunt for all the different musical instruments and symbols on the page. Your child may recognise some of the instruments from Musical Bumps sessions at Pippins. Can you spot all seven pianos?
Get your kids rolling, squishing and shaping their own burgers with this lovely summer recipe from ‘I Can Cook’ on CBeebies.
You will need:
2 handfuls (approx 25g) of cornflakes
225g beef mince
small bunch of basil leaves
1 large egg
a few handfuls (approx 75g) of plain flour
1 Tbsp vegetable oil
6 each of mini burger buns, lettuce leaves and tomato slices
tomato ketchup, to serve
Support your child’s learning in maths, vocabulary and more with the classic story ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ from TTS’s Home Learning Collection. Read the story out loud to your child, then try out the activities on the following page.
This is a favourite activity of Cath, our Forest School leader and something that the children always love doing at Pippins. All you need is an old pan, cup, dish or empty yoghurt pot, and a spoon or stick to stir it.
Send the children to collect interesting ingredients: leaves, grass, twigs, flowers (but tell them if there are any they can’t pick!), stones, soil, crushed chalk, paint, bubble mixture, etc. If you don’t have access to a garden, you can find some good ingredients in the house. Then mix it all up!
There are lots of variations: cook it on a pretend campfire or play kitchen. Add mud to thicken. Make it as stinky as possible – or as nice as possible. Dish it up in small plates and serve to family or toys. Have a teddy bear’s picnic or cafe. Is it a magic potion? If so, what does it do? Does it give you special powers?
