6 Ideas to Try Right Now
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#1·20–30 min
Water Pouring Station
🛒Materials: Towels, cups, jugs, water
- 1Lay towels on the kitchen floor.
- 2Set up cups of different sizes with a small jug of water.
- 3Let your child pour, transfer, and experiment freely.
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#2·20 min
Ice Cube Melting Race
🛒Materials: Ice cubes, tray, spoons, salt
- 1Place ice cubes on a deep tray.
- 2Give your child spoons and small cups of warm water or salt.
- 3Let them experiment with melting the ice independently.
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#3·20+ min
Sticker World
🛒Materials: Sticker sheets, paper
- 1Give your child a large sheet of paper and stickers.
- 2Challenge: 'Can you make a story with stickers?'
- 3No instructions — just let them create.
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#4·10–15 min
Shadow Puppets
🛒Materials: A lamp (or phone torch)
- 1Darken the room and point a lamp at the wall.
- 2Use your hands to make animal shadows.
- 3Tell a story with shadow characters.
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#5·10 min
Simon Says
🛒Materials: None
- 1One person is Simon.
- 2Simon gives instructions: 'Simon says jump!'
- 3Only follow if it starts with 'Simon says' — catch everyone out!
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#6·20 min
Nature Soup
🛒Materials: Bucket, water, leaves, sticks, mud, flowers
- 1Give your child a bucket with a little water.
- 2They collect leaves, sticks, flowers, and mud from outside.
- 3Mix it all together to make 'magic soup'.
