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School Kids Activities and Crafts

  • DIY instructions on creating chalkboard dice perfect for a reusable mathematics or literacy resource or for when the dice go missing from your favourite board games.
  • collage of tadpoles, frog spawn and frog
  • a child testing different rocks to see if they react with acid on a tray text overlay reads rock testing experiment for kids
  • Fun crafts and activities for toddlers and preschoolers based on the classic Eric Carle book The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Including simple learning activities, and sensory play.
  • Simple to make maths centre activity inspired by the Dr Seuss book Fox in Socks. Create your own socks to work on number bonds to 10 by hanging them on the washing line. Full step-by-step instructions and extra ideas and resources included.
  • Layers of the Earth Sugar Cookies
  • DIY teaching resource to help students with understanding maths fact families and the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction, and multiplication and division. Simple to make and useful for individual work and whole class teaching.
  • Recommended books to read and keep on rocks, fossils and Earth science for kids of all ages. With fiction and non-fiction recommendations but full of factual accounts plus hands-on activity books there are ideas to inspire and inform kids to want to learn more.
  • Three dimensions layers of the earth section model to make - ideal for earth science, work out the scale and produce a representation of the different layers of the earth.
  • Simple game to set up and work on addition of fractions with a common denominator ideal for some hands-on fraction practice for single and multiple players.
  • DIY Maths Game to build your own Snowman ideal for some winter times table practice. Play either as single players or against each other as you race to build the snowman first using multiplication and times table knowledge.
  • Inspired by the classic Christmas picture book The Snowman by Raymond Briggs bake these ever so simple Snowball Cookies made with just 3-ingredients.
  • The Snowman - DIY bowling game to work on number bonds
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas Family Movie Snacks
  • The Grinch Smoothies for Kids
  • Colourful and bright Mondrian Inspired Christmas Bauble decorations for the tree for Kids to Make for the festive season.
  • Easy no-cook recipe for traditional Peppermint Creams ideal for Kids to make and give to friends and family this Christmas.
  • Edible science experiment to make Slow Cooker Walnut and Cranberry Fudge as an example of Metamorphic Rocks
  • Easy 2 ingredient dessert bite-sized mince pies perfect for serving for your Christmas or Holiday Party. An easy twist on a traditional British pie.
  • Smooth and delicious Snowmen Choc'o Brownie Flavour Oreo bites, only 3 ingredients and made in a few minutes perfect for Christmas Treats for all the family
  • Hands-on mathematics to solve simple addition and subtraction problems with 2-Digits using partitioning and Post-it Notes.
  • Help children to develop knowledge of Ordinal Numbers using the book Room on the Broom and some playful maths skills using finger puppets and a DIY Broom.
  • Simple math centre activity using real acorns or download the acorn printable and work on size ordering and sorting with this favourite autumn activity.
  • Top Tips for Parents to Help Children with Friendships

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