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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#3·10–20 min
Balloon Volleyball
🛒Materials: 1 balloon, string or tape for a 'net'
- 1Stretch string or tape across the room at waist height.
- 2Each player stays on their side.
- 3Hit the balloon over — if it touches the floor on your side, other team scores.
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#4·10 min
Sock Basketball
🛒Materials: Rolled-up socks, laundry basket
- 1Roll socks into balls.
- 2Place a laundry basket 2 metres away.
- 3Take turns shooting — 3 points from far, 1 point from close.
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#5·10–15 min
Living Room Yoga
🛒Materials: None — optional yoga mat or towel
- 1Pick 5 simple poses: tree, cat, cobra, butterfly, mountain.
- 2Name each pose after an animal and act it out.
- 3Hold each pose for 5 slow breaths.
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#6·20 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.
