6 Ideas to Try Right Now
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#1·20+ 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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#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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#3·20–30 min
Design Your Dream Bedroom
🛒Materials: Paper, coloured pencils
- 1Draw a rectangle for the room outline.
- 2Add furniture: bed, wardrobe, window, desk.
- 3Decorate: what colour are the walls? Any pets? A slide?
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Ask 'What's in the secret room behind the wardrobe?' — watch their imagination go wild.
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#4·20 min
Backyard Bug Survey
🛒Materials: Paper, pencil, magnifying glass (optional)
- 1Draw a simple data table: Bug | Tally.
- 2Walk slowly around the garden for 10 minutes.
- 3Every bug spotted gets a tally mark — which is most common?
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Introduce the word 'survey' — they feel very grown-up doing science.
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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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#6·15 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!
