6 Ideas to Try Right Now
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#1·15–20 min
Sticker Sorting Game
🛒Materials: Sticker sheets, paper divided into sections
- 1Draw sections on paper (colours, shapes, animals).
- 2Give your child a sticker sheet.
- 3Challenge: put each sticker in the right section.
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#2·10–15 min
Sensory Texture Hunt
🛒Materials: None
- 1Find something soft, something hard, something smooth, and something rough in the room.
- 2Have your child touch and describe each object.
- 3Repeat with different textures.
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#3·10–15 min
Interactive Storytelling
🛒Materials: None
- 1Start telling a story about a character.
- 2Pause at key moments and ask your child to make the decision.
- 3Continue the story based on their choices!
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#4·15 min
Mini Science Lab: Fizzing Colours
🛒Materials: Baking soda, vinegar, food colouring, ice cube tray
- 1Fill each ice cube section with baking soda.
- 2Add a drop of different food colouring to each.
- 3Use a pipette or spoon to add vinegar — watch each one fizz!
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#5·15 min
DIY Balance Beam
🛒Materials: Painter's tape or a long plank
- 1Lay tape in a straight line on the floor.
- 2Challenge your child to walk heel-to-toe along the line.
- 3Make it harder by adding curves or carrying a cup of water.
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#6·20 min
Build a Paper Chain World Record
🛒Materials: Strips of paper, tape or glue
- 1Cut paper into strips (about 2cm wide).
- 2Loop the first strip and tape closed.
- 3Thread next strip through and tape — keep going as long as possible.
