Nursery/Reception

 

Maths

• SORTING COLOURS USING SWEETS – Use coloured sweets, like skittles or smarties and have your child group them.
• SHAPE WHEEL –  Create a wheel shape and draw coloured shapes, ask them to find specific ones on the wheel.
• COUNTING WITH STARS – Use glow stars or gold sticker stars to help practice counting.
• ORDER NUMBERED BALLOONS – Learn the order of numbers with this really fun game.
• POURING RICE WITH MEASURING JUGS – Use measuring jugs to pour rice into beakers. Simple concept to learn about measuring.
• BUILD & MEASURE BLOCKS – Using wooden blocks with measuring tape.
• TEACH SYMMETRY WITH LEGO – Use Lego pieces to learn about symmetry.
• LEARNING SHAPES WITH A SCAVENGER HUNT – Find items that match the shapes required.

• SMACK THE NUMBER COUNTING GAME – An interactive way of finding the number from a dice roll.
• RACE TO FILL THE CUP – Using dice to help count.
• COUNTING BEADS ON PIPE CLEANERS – Another way to help count with objects.
• SYMMETRICAL SQUISH PAINTING – Folding paper, painting and then showing symmetry in action.
• LISTEN TO & SING SONGS WITH NUMBERS – Use these songs to help learn counting.
• COUNTING BEANS INTO NUMBERED POTS – A hands-on maths activity for counting the right amounts needed.
• SORTING LID POST BOX – Sort the lids into the right numbered slots.
• LITTLE DUCKS SENSORY WATER PLAY – Use a song and sensory activity to help with numbers.
• NUMBERING PEBBLES FROM YOUR GARDEN – Great for simple counting, addition and subtraction.
• SORTING COLOURED PASTA – Counting with colourful pasta shells!
• COUNTING SPIDER LEGS WITH PIPE CLEANERS – Teach measurements and counting with spider legs!
• COUNT WILDLIFE IN THE GARDEN – Create interactive wildlife spotting in the garden to help with counting.

English

• WHAT SOUND DO YOU HEAR?  – Create sounds that your child describes. Improves vocabulary.
• CREATE A WORD JAR – Create a jar of simple words for your children to use every day.
• ROLL A RHYME – Help to understand the basics of rhyming.
• WRITE & REPEAT – Write words for your children to repeat in writing.
• MATCH THE LETTER – Match the letters up to help them learn what they look like.
• SPELL YOUR NAME – Help your child to spell their name. 
• WORD SCAVENGER HUNT – Do a scavenger hunt around the home using words.
• WORDS BEGINNING WITH… – Find the starting letters for the words written down.
• NAME THE ANIMAL – Match the word to the animal and write the word.
• WHAT’S THIS? – Flashcards to help learn new words.
• FISH ME A WORD – Create an interactive game to help spot words.
• SIMON SAYS SPELL – Like Simon Says but with spelling.
• I SPY – Helps to learn new words from the objects around them.
• SEARCH FOR THE WORD – Word searches are great to help children find words.
• SAY IT FAST, SAY IT SLOW, SAY IT HIGH, SAY IT LOW – Making learning words fun and doing it in a silly but memorable way.
• FLASHCARD PICTIONARY – Pictionary but using flashcards instead to recognize words.
• SING NURSERY RHYMES – Learning through song is one of the most effective ways to learn words.
• FRUIT WORD TRACING – Practice writing words with word tracing!
• FILL IN THE MISSING LETTER – Helps your child learn what a word is made up of in terms of the letters.
• MATCHING UPPERCASE WITH LOWERCASE – Teach your children to link uppercase with lowercase letters.

Science

• LAVA LAMP EXPERIMENT – Create your own lava lamp at home.
• OIL & WATER MAGIC – Show some magic using oil and water.
• DANCING RAISINS – Make the raisins dance with this clever experiment.
• SHAVING CREAM CLOUDS – Create rain clouds using shaving cream.
• INFLATE A BALLOON WITHOUT AIR – Show how to inflate a balloon without air.
• MAKE A PULLEY – Teach the basics of a pulley system.
• EXPLORE WHAT MELTS IN THE SUN – Experiment with what melts in the sun outside on a nice day.
• CREATE A LEGO VOLCANO – Create a volcano that erupts from lego.
• WILL IT FLOAT OR SINK? – Challenge your children’s knowledge of buoyancy. 
• COLOUR-CHANGING FLOWERS – Transform the colours of a flower into something new.
• MAGIC MILK WITH COLOURS – Use milk to create colour art.
• THE RUBBER EGG EXPERIMENT – Show how an egg can be made into rubber.
• PLANTING SEEDS – Plant seeds and teach your children how to help them grow.
• MAKE YOUR OWN SLIME – Create your own slime at home.
• CREATE A TORNADO BOTTLE – Create a tornado inside a bottle.
• WALKING WATER EXPERIMENT – Show how water can travel using this cool experiment.
• EDIBLE CRYSTAL CANDY – Make edible crystal candy with this experiment.
• WHAT DISSOLVES IN WATER? – Show your children what dissolves in water and what doesn’t.
• MAKE GERMS SCATTER – A great trick to show how washing your hands is important.
• ICE DINOSAUR EGGS – Create an interactive excavation by freezing toys in ice for the children to get out.

Creativity 

• MIXING WITH COLOURS – Show how primary colours make different ones when mixed.
• TAPE RESIST ART – Make great art work with this unique method.
• POTATO ART MAKING – Use potatoes or other vegetables to create art.
• TIE DYE A PIECE OF CLOTHING – Make simple clothing into something incredible with tie dye.
• MAKE A CARDBOARD HOUSE – Get creative with your cardboard!
• CREATE ART FROM NATURE – Use what is found outside to make art work.
• HAVE A DRESS-UP BOX – Create endless hours of fun with a dress-up box.
• MAKE SOCK PUPPETS – Put on a puppet show with your own sock puppets.
• HOMEMADE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS – Turn old household objects into instruments
• MAKE BINOCULARS USING TOILET ROLLS – Help inspire creativity with used toilet rolls as binoculars.
• USE PASTA TO PAINT AND MAKE JEWELRY – Paint pasta shells and make them into beautiful jewelry.
• PLAY FAMILIES WITH TOY BABIES – Pretend play is great for children to learn about families.
• LEARN & SING BASIC SONGS – Singing songs can help your children learn a lot!
• ANIMAL FINGER PAINTING – Get messy with paint to create finger paintings of animals. 
• HIDE & SEEK – Playing hide and seek can be a great way of having fun in the home.
• PICTURES & PATTERNS WITH FOAM & WATER – Use foam cut outs and water to make shapes on windows.
• MAKE EDIBLE PAINT – Edible paint is great for those children who’ll try and eat anything!
• SET TOYS IN JELLY FOR THEM TO FIND – Setting toys in jelly can make an edible activity that’s fun and interactive.
• CREATE YOUR OWN PLAY DOUGH – Play dough is a fun toy for all children, so why not create your own?
• MAKE TIE DYE BREAD – Use food coloring on bread to make tie dye bread.

Computer Coding 

• GO ON A TREASURE HUNT – Make it online for them or use the home to create secret codes they need to crack to try and find the treasure.
• MAKE A PUZZLE – Puzzles can be a great introduction to codes.
• SOLVE A MAZE – Use mazes to create platforms for coding.
• MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF BUILDING BLOCKS – Use building blocks to give your children the opportunity to learn skills of coding.
• CREATE INSTRUCTIONS TO BUILD WITH LEGO – Lego has a great selection of coding activities.
• CODE A TOY – Coding Toys are great for learning the basics.
• Follow The Actions – Making lunch or planning to go to the park. Act as a computer and your child can ‘code’ you to follow the actions.
• CODED SCAVENGER HUNTS – Use codes to make a scavenger hunt a little more complex.
• MINESWEEPER MAZE – Make a physical version of the classic game!
• THE VERY HUNGRY CODING CATERPILLAR – Make coding fun with this coding caterpillar.
• PLAY THE IF/THEN GAME – One person plays a programmer and the other plays the computer.
• FOLLOW THE SEQUENCE – A handy activity sheet to help with sequence programming. 
• CUP STACKING ALGORITHMS ACTIVITY – A great way of developing their coding abilities.
• NAME CODE BRACELETS CRAFT – Using binary codes to make your name into a bracelet.
• DAISY THE DINOSAUR APP – An app that can teach the basics of coding.
• ROBOT TURTLES BOARD GAME – A good board game to help with coding.
• PRINTABLE SCRATCH BLOCKS – An online coding system that’s fun and interactive.
• CODE & GO ROBOT MOUSE ACTIVITY SET – This is an activity set that’s great for coding.
• CUBETTO – A fun toy robot that can help understand the basics of coding.
• STORY SEQUENCE – Building scripts is similar to writing sentences, so this is a handy learning activity for coding.
• HANDS-ON CODING GAMES – A great selection of games to choose from and play for those in nursery.

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Year 1

Maths

• COUNT & COVER – Some great printables to help with counting.
• DICE GAME – Get your child rolling and counting.
• SALUTE – A great maths game using cards.
• Housey, Housey 
• MULTIPLICATION BINGO – A fun game in order to learn multiplications.
• MATHS PROBLEM SCAVENGER HUNT – Make a scavenger hunt but using maths!
• THE 24 GAME – A typical game used in the classroom and worth doing from home.
• MULTIPLICATION HOPSCOTCH – Get physical with maths by using hopscotch.
• SKUNK DICE MATHS GAME – Involving chance and choice and another game commonly played in a classroom environment.
• BATTLESHIPS – Use a classic game to help learn maths.
• CREATIVE COUNTING USING TOYS – Toys can be a great way to do creative counting.
• COLOUR BY NUMBER ADDITION – Colour by numbers are creative and make maths fun.
• WHAT TIME IS IT MR WOLF? – A typical playground game that can be adapted for the home.
• ORDER MONEY BY VALUE – Using money to order values is essential for when they come to manage their own money.
• CUT OUT CALCULATIONS – Do calculations using cut outs that your child has to solve. 
• PRACTICE COUNTING UP TO 20 – Help your child to learn the number beyond 10.
• LADYBIRD SPOTS – Learn about ladybirds and counting spots.
• TEDDY NUMBERS – Help to learn counting up to 15.
• THE STORY OF 1 – Introducing the number one through a creative story.
• LET’S COMPARE – An interactive game to compare sizes of objects.
• 1,2,3,4,5 ONCE I CAUGHT A FISH ALIVE – A classic song to help learn numbers.

English

• PLAY SIMON SAYS – A classic game to help improve vocab.
• CROSSWORD READING – Crosswords are always a great way of improving English skills. There’s lots of printables available online.
• CHARACTER CARDS – Interesting way of helping understand vocab.
• I AM LUCKY BECAUSE… – Improving their skills in describing and practicing their knowledge of words.
• DESCRIBE THE SCENE WORKSHEET – Free worksheets to help with adjectives and learning more of them.
• RETELL A FAIRY TALE – Helps to build storytelling technique as well as structuring sentences.
• PLAY BOGGLE – Buy the game or use these printables to help your children create words from an assortment of letters.
• STORY TELLING GAMES – Storytelling games come in a variety of formats so pick from any on the list.
• ACT OUT THE WRITTEN ACTION – This is an activity that can be adapted to the home. Helps in learning action verbs.
• CREATE A POSTER – Create a poster using online tools like Canva. Improves creativity of vocabulary skills.
• ACTIVITY PLAN FOR THE WEEK – Have your children create their activity plan for the week to improve writing skills.
• PLAY WITH TONGUE TWISTERS – A list of tongue twisters in order to challenge speech and diction.
• PLAY FULL CIRCLE – A great way to learn phonetics. 
• PLAY ‘KIM’S GAME’ – Helps improve memory and concentration. 
• PLAY YES/NO – Helps practice with these styles of questions. 
• READ A BOOK – Reading can help improve creativity as well as expanding a child’s vocabulary. 
• READ TO ME – Get your child to read to you, rather than you reading to them. 
• PHONICSPLAY – A great source of online games for learning English.
• PLAY DOH LEARNING ABC ALPHABET – Use play dough for learning the alphabet.
• DON’T PUT THAT IN YOUR MOUTH! – A fun singing game to help them learn words.

Science

• CANDLE UNDER GLASS EXPERIMENT – A quick experiment to show why fire needs oxygen.
• GLOWING WATER BEADS – A cool experiment to create glowing water beads.
• CREATING SUGAR GLASS – Creating science that’s interesting and edible!
• DIY HOMEMADE BUTTER – Show your children how to make their own butter.
• USE LEMON JUICE TO MAKE INVISIBLE INK – Create an invisible ink with a household food.
• MAKE HOMEMADE ICE CREAM IN A BAG – Make a sweet treat for your children while teaching science.
• GROW MOULD ON BREAD – A lesson in how mould grows on food.
• MAKE A NON-STICKY PUTTY – Create a non-sticky putty for endless hours of fun.
• GROW A BEAN IN A CLEAR CUP – Show your children what goes on underneath the soil!
• MAKE A SUNDIAL – Using science to help create a way of telling the time.
• MIX DIET COKE & MENTOS – A visual experiment that creates a lot of mess. Be warned.
• LEAVE PENNIES IN COKE OVERNIGHT – Show the effect of coke on metal.
• BUILD A ROCKET BALLOON CAR – Create a rocket balloon car to wow your children.
• CATCH THE RULER – Testing the reaction times of you and your kids.
• FIND YOUR BLIND SPOT – Show the limits that your eyes can have with blind spots.
• MAKE A PAPER AIRPLANE – Simple yet effective for younger kids.
• MAKE GUMMY BEARS GROW – Teaching the basics of chemistry to make gummy bears grow.
• SWIMMING SPAGHETTI – Make spaghetti that swims!
• MAGIC DRAWINGS WITH REFRACTION – Showing refractions of light through magic drawings.
• DESIGN A MAGNET MAZE – Get creative with magnets to create a magnet maze.

Creativity

• ANT CRAFTS – Creates ants and makes for a handy way of learning about them.
• PAPER CHAINS – Simple ways to create art with paper.
• ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR – Showing ways animals behave through games and activities.
• MUSIC WITH BOTTLES – Making music from plastic bottles.
• CAMOUFLAGE WITH NATURE – Learn about animal camouflage using art.
• DON’T HOLD THE PILLOW – A game to help your child be more attentive.
• WATER BALLOON ATTACK – Helping to keep children entertained and cool on a hot day.
• CHINESE WHISPERS – A fun game with even funnier answers. Helps with listening skills.
• SNAKE BITES – An intense physical game that’s good for health.
• EGG SPOON BALANCE – Helps with balance and competitiveness.
• CATCH THE BALL – A simple game to help improve various skills.
• HAVE AN INDOOR PICNIC OR TEA PARTY – An interactive activity that gets everyone imagining.
• PLAY SHOP OR RESTAURANT – Pretend play printables.
• MAKE A TREASURE HUNT – Great for keeping them occupied for a while.
• MAKE A SANDCASTLE – Perfect if you have a sandpit.
• SEARCH FOR FAIRIES IN THE GARDEN – Helps to encourage make believe.
• MAKE S’MORES – A great thing to bake with the kids.
• LET YOUR CHILD TAKE PICTURES – Helps to improve a creative skill.
• GET CRAFTY WITH CEREAL BOXES – Inspire some creativity using simple household products.
• MELT OLD CRAYONS INTO ARTWORK – Make use of old crayons for art.

Computer Coding 

• CODING GAME X MARKS THE SPOT – A game to help direction when it comes to coding.
• BAREFOOTCOMPUTING.ORG –  A range of games to help with different coding skills.
• COMPUTINGATSCHOOL.ORG.UK – Helps parents teach coding from a young age.
• BUSYTHINGS.CO.UK – Fun and educational games that can help with code.
• BOTLEY 2.0 – Easy to use robot that can be coded.
• ARTIE 3000 – A Wifi-Enabled drawing robot.
• SPRITEBOX CODING – An adventure game to help with coding.
• BLUE-BOT – Simple bluetooth robot to help code from a young age.
• TYNKER JUNIOR – A version of Tynker adapted for those who are younger.
• CODESPARK ACADEMY WITH THE FOOS – A great way to learn code for young kids.
• LEARN TO CODE OUTSIDE WITH CHALK! – Go back to basics with chalk and code!
• PLAY THAT TUNE APP – Coding that helps to create a tune.
• ROOT IS A ROBOT – Making coding easy and natural.
• BEEBOT – Specifically designed for young children in mind.
• HOTDOG CODING – Free printable game to play to learn code.
• DEBUG CODING GAME – Another free printable to code with.
• WILD SCIENCE CODING KIT – A very first kit for coding with kids in mind.
• HAROLD THE ROBOT – Let your kids code you.
• LIGHT BOT – Fun app to use on phones.
• KODABLE – Fun and cute game for understanding sequences.

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Year 2

Maths

• CONNECT 4 – Buy it physically or play it online to help with spotting sequences.
• THINK OF A NUMBER GAME – A game to help guess the number.
• TEN FRAME FLASHCARDS – Great for pattern recognition.
• ROLL & RECORD – Helps practice number writing.
• FISHING FOR TENS – Make learning maths fun with this game.
• MEASURING IN CM – Help to measure in this format.
• MEASURING IN M – Learning to measure in meters.
• MAKE TEN – Maths game to help with addition.
• ADDITION BINGO – Helping with addition by using a popular game of bingo.
• DOUBLE TROUBLE – Helping counting and adding 
• TOY SHOP MONEY GAME – Teaching value of money for young children.
• DICE WARS – A fun dice game to practice basic maths.
• COVER UP – Using tin and cubes to help addition and subtraction.
• RACE TO TEN – Using a pack of cards to help with maths.
• MATH BLASTER – Simple and fun app to play with maths.
• SLICE FRACTIONS: SCHOOL EDITION – Helping understand fractions with this game.
• SNAP! – Simple and classic game of matching numbers.
• FILL IT – cardboard box or egg box to help with measure and volume.
• FIND THREE QUARTERS – Learning fractions in a simple way.
• COUNT IN FRACTIONS – Help to count in fractions.

English

• ALPHABET DESCRIBING GAME – Go through Alphabet with describing words.
• HAVE FUN WITH RIDDLES – Brain teasers to help kids learn English.
• JUNIOR TRIVIAL PURSUIT – A version that’s good for children to learn from.
• MAKE THEIR OWN DIARIES – A way of helping improve personality in their writing.
• WRITE A LETTER – To help improve handwriting.
• USING BRACKETS – Understanding brackets in English.
• IMPROV THIS! – Improv games can help improve creativity and vocab.
• IMAGINARY TRAVELLER – Imaginative game for children to be more descriptive.
• ELEPHANTS NEVER FORGET! – A great memory game for children to improve memory.
• BLINDFOLD FOOD TASTING – Helps to discover new foods and to describe them better.
• RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN! – A storytelling game to help improve creativity. 
• LEARNING ABOUT QUESTION MARKS – An introduction to using question marks.
• BE A CONNECTIVES SPY – Learning the basics of conjunctions and connectives.
• SIMPLE WORD SEARCH – A simple word search to help find words.
• EASTER EGG MULTIPLICATION HUNT – Great for Easter time for multiplication.
• ON A DESERTED ISLAND – Worksheet for imagination.
• WHAT ARE COMPOUND WORDS? – Learning about compound words.
• SILENT LETTERS – Learning about silent letters.
• EXCLAMATION MARKS – Learn about exclamation marks and where to use them.
• CORRECT THE SPELLING – Correct the spelling mistakes.

Science

• BUILD A MODEL AIRPLANE – Build a wonderful structure in the form of an airplane.
• MAKE SCULPTURES OUT OF ALUMINUM FOIL – Exploring aluminium foil and it’s structure capabilities.
• ROCK MUSEUM – Encourage rock collecting to understand different types.
• SLOTTED BUILDING DISKS – Challenge your children’s creative mind with slotted building disks.
• DIY ROBOTIC ARTICULATED HAND – Make A DIY Robotic Hand!
• WATER PURIFIER DIY – Show how water is filtered down to become tap water.
• LEARN ABOUT CHROMATOGRAPHY – Creative and fun ways to learn about Chromatography.
• SHOW HOW LEMONS CREATE CURRENT – Show how lemons can create current.
• MAKE GLOWING WATER – Wow your children with glowing water.
• CREATE A HOMEMADE SOLAR ECLIPSE – Teach your kids about solar eclipse with this homemade version.
• MIRACLE BERRIES – Confuse their taste buds with these berries.
• MAKING COLORED ICE SCULPTURES – Great for when you have snowfall.
• MAKE BUBBLE SNAKES – A great way to have messy but clean fun with bubble snakes.
• MELTING FROZEN ELSA’S HANDS – A good science activity for those who love Disney’s Frozen.
• LEARN ABOUT STATIC ELECTRICITY WITH JUMPING FROGS – A basic guide to static electricity.
• EXPLODING LUNCH BAG – Lunch bags will never be the same again with this experiment.
• CREATE A GIANT WORM TOWER – Make a worm tower for your kids to explore.
• EXPANDING IVORY SOAP – Watch this type of soap expand in the microwave!
• HOMEMADE GIANT BUBBLES – Create the biggest bubbles ever seen with this recipe.
• TURN GRAPES INTO RAISINS – Showing the drying process with grapes.

Creativity

• PLAY THE RECORDER – A gread visual and audible guide for learning the recorder.
• PRESS FLOWER SCRAPBOOK – Press flowers and put them in a keepsake scrapbook.
• OBSERVE INSECTS – Let kids loose in the garden to catch and observe insects.
• MAP-MAKING – A great way for children to learn about their surroundings.
• MAKE A VEGGIE GARDEN – Plant vegetables with your children.
• MAGAZINE COLLAGE – Get your children creative with magazine collages. 
• WRITE A SONG – Help them be musically creative with songwriting.
• DRAW A SELF-PORTRAIT – Give them an opportunity to improve their art.
• PLAY “FOLLOW THE LEADER.” – Teaching them about leadership and teamwork.
• MAKE SHADOW PUPPETS – Basics of learning shadow puppetry.
• LEARN TO PLAY CHECKERS – A guide to understand checkers.
• MAKE A STATIONARY CADDY – A perfect creative task for going back to school.
• DIY JELLYFISH – Make a colorful creation in the form of jellyfish.
• CREATE A FAIRY JAR – Pretty creations for a child’s bedroom.
• MIRROR GAME – Fun game to learn cooperation skills.
• LEARN TO BRAID – Teach your child how to braid hair or materials.
• JOURNEY STICKS – Fun to have outdoors and great for storytelling too.
• EGG BOX GARDEN – Inspire them to create their own indoor garden.
• CREATE A MINI FOOSBALL TABLE – Fun for all those who love sports.
• FINGERPRINT ART – Create great art from fingerprints.

Computer Coding

• CODEABLE CRAFTS – App on phone or device to help code.
• CODESTERS – Helping to code in the classroom.
• FEED THE MOUSE – Helping to teach algorithms 
• IF/THEN GLOW IN THE DARK – A version of If/Then made even more fun!
• LEARN ABOUT COMPUTER BUGS – Teaches children about computer bugs and what they are.
• HOW TO PROGRAM A ROBOT – Basics of programming a robot.
• COLOURFUL KITS – Learning about data for coding.
• BAREFOOT GOES WILD – Activity to help with programming.
• CRAZY CHARACTER ALGORITHMS – Learn more through coding with this activity.
• PATTERNS – Learn about patterns through coding.
• PIZZA PICKLE – Helping with programming in a fun way.
• SAFETY SNAKES – Do sequencing and programming with this activity.
• WORLD MAP LOGIC – A guide to help with programming and code.
• SHARING SWEETS – Help with learning algorithms.
• SPELLING RULES – Another helpful guide to learning about algorithms.
• MBLOCK – A platform for teaching and learning code.
• BLOCKLY GAMES – A great selection of games to help with coding.
• ROBO WUNDERKIND – Small robots for children who want to learn about coding.
• POWER TRACKS – Teaches first steps to coding and building.
• MIND DESIGNER – A good toy worth getting to help with a range of skills, including coding.

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Year 3 

Maths

• MAKE ARRAYS – How to use arrays to multiply.
• PLAY WITH FOOD – Use food to help understand maths!
• MULTIPLICATION BINGO – Nothing better than a spot of bingo mixed with multiplication.
• TWO DICE SUMS – A fun game to help with maths.
• MISSING NUMBERS – Helping to solve missing numbers using pegs.
• SPINNING CUPS – A cool and interactive way of learning maths.
• SQUARES & TRIANGLES – Help work with shapes.
• MONEY BAGS –  A game to learn the value of money.
• HERE’S THE ANSWER, WHAT’S THE QUESTION? – A interesting way of working with maths.
• EQUIVALENT FRACTIONS – Understanding equivalent fractions.
• SHARING METHOD FOR DIVISION – A helpful activity to learn division.
• WEIGHT WORD PROBLEM – Learning about weight values and using them in maths.
• DOUBLING NUMBERS – Helping to double numbers with these questions.
• THE SWEET JAR – Ordering numbers with this worksheet.
• Odd or Even Numbers?
• BEAT THE CLOCK –  A race against the clock with maths.
• PATTERNS & SEQUENCES – Understanding patterns and sequences.
• 2D AND 3D SHAPES – Learning about 2D and 3D shapes.
• FAMILY MATHS TOOLKIT – Helpful maths toolkit worksheets.
• MAGIC MATHS – A fun way of learning maths through magic.
• ODD ONE OUT – Figure the odd one out.

English

• SPELLING WORD LIST – Helping with spelling and punctuation.
• HOMOPHONES – Learning about homophones in English.
• USING SPEECH MARKS – Understanding position of speech marks.
• POSSESSIVE APOSTROPHES – Getting to grips with possessive apostrophes. 
• CORNER BOOKMARKS – Encouraging reading with these cute bookmarks.
• THE KING & THE RING – Helpful game in learning English.
• DAYS OF THE WEEK – Helping learn the days of the week.
• WHAT IS A SYLLABLE? – Understanding what a syllable is.
• THE KING WITH DONKEY’S EARS – Helping to learn about communication of feelings.
• ME & MY SHADOW – A popular poem to learn about shadows.
• SEND A POSTCARD – Getting your children creative with postcards.
• FORTUNE TELLER – Use this creative activity to help learn English.
• ENGLISH PRACTICE BOOKS – Great books to help learn English.
• DYSLEXIA GOLD – Helps improve fluency, speed and comprehension.
• AT THE BEACH – Talking about holidays with this activity.
• BACK WRITING – Helping with English for restless kids.
• UNDERSTANDING THE CALENDAR – Getting to grips with the calendar.
• DRAMA WITH CHILDREN – Drama can be a great way to help with English.
• DRAWING DICTATIONS – Helping understand dictations with this activity.
• AT THE FUNFAIR – Use this activity for vocabulary. 

Science 

• WATER SAMPLING FOR MICROORGANISMS – Finding microorganisms in water.
• BAG & PENCIL MAGIC – See the magic of science with this trick.
• THE MAGIC JUMPING COIN – Another magic trick to show science in action.
• COLOURED ANTS – Show how ants can change colour.
• BUILD A WATER BALLOON CATAPULT – Great for showing the physics in a wet and fun way.
• MIRRORS & REFLECTIONS – A good experiment to show how mirrors and reflections work.
• BUILD A ROCKET STOVE – Build a stove to cook an entire meal!
• SKEE BALL GAME – Helps to understand gravity while having great fun.
• BLOWING UP BALLOONS – Use an alternative to blow up a balloon.
• TASTE TESTING WITHOUT SENSES – Test your senses with this experiment.
• GRAVITY-FREE WATER – Show how gravity can stop you from getting wet.
• BOUNCING BALLS – Learn about energy transfer with bouncing balls.
• FOOD CHAINS – Learn all about the food chains with this game.
• PLANT GROWTH – Learn how plants grow with this handy game.
• SKELETONS & BONES – Understand how bones work for the body.
• LIFE CYCLES OF A PLANT – Learn about the life cycles of a plant.
• FORCES IN ACTION – Understanding forces in action.
• MAGNETS & SPRINGS – Learning all about magnets and springs.
• HOW WE SEE – Understanding how we see through our eyes.
• FRICTION – Get to grips with the basics of friction.

Creativity 

• POM POM FLOWERS – Create beautiful flowers using pom poms.
• BIRD FEEDERS – Make your own bird feed!
• BOXES GAME – Draw boxes from dots. A game for two or more.
• DREAM CATCHER – Create your own dream catcher.
• NUMBER PLATE NAMES – When you’re collecting weekly supplies!
• CARDBOARD CASTLE – Build a cardboard castle.
• GUESS WHAT’S IN THE BOX – A fun game that can be played for hours.
• FIND THE TREASURE – An interactive game to help find treasure.
• RECYCLED SUNCATCHER – A great way to help catch sunlight.
• HOMEMADE BOWLING PINS – Make your own bowling alley with these homemade pins.
• NOUGHTS & CROSSES – A simple game to play indoors or outdoors with chalk.
• I-SPY – Another game to play while on the move.
• LEAP FROG – A classic playground game.
• LAST MAN STANDING – A fun game to play outside with family.
• TAKE A LISTENING WALK – A good way to keep them engaged while exercising.
• BUILD A TREE OF THANKS – To help them show appreciation for life.
• EGGHEADS – Create herby heads with egg shells.
• FALL LANTERNS – Create lanterns using nature.
• OUTDOOR KITCHEN – Help build an outdoor kitchen.
• CONCOCT POTIONS –  Mix old beauty products together for colours to make slime with.

Computer Coding

• MAKE A FLAPPY GAME – Make your own flappy game with coding.
• SWITCH & GLITCH – Fun game that’s used in classrooms for coding.
• GUMBALL CODING ADVENTURE – Help learn more about computer science and coding.
• CODE WITH ANA & ELSA – Helping code with two Frozen Disney characters.
• BITSBOX – A subscription box to help with computer science challenges.
• LITTLE PASSPORTS – A useful collection of activities for learning code.
• MY FIRST CODING BOOKS – Helping to code with this beginners book.
• CREATION CRATE – A handy crate for learning code.
• GROOVY LAB IN A BOX – Handy for coding.
• TANGIPLAY – Learning toys to help with coding.
• 3D PENS – A great way of creating art through coding.
• RUN MARCO – Good app for helping to code in a fun way.
• HOW TO CODE A SANDCASTLE – A handy book to help understand coding.
• WONDER WORKSHOP DASH ROBOT – A fun and interactive robot for coding.
• LEGO BOOST – Helping code with Lego.
• NANCY DREW – Coding game involving detective Nancy Drew.
• MIMO – Learning to code with this fun app.
• INTRO TO CODING – Helping with basic coding.
• RETELLING STORIES – Use coding to help retell stories.
• HIDE & SEEK SCRATCH SHEET – Handy worksheet for coding. 

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Year 4 

Maths

• PLACE VALUE CHARTS – Practice making place value numbers. 
• MACARONI PROPORTION STARTER – Work out the value of the Macaroni.
• FLASH MATHS NUMBER GRIDS – Fill the grids with numbers.
• CITY OF ZOMBIES – Fun maths-by-stealth board game.
• NUMBER RUMBLER – Maths on Toast card game.
• NUMBUGZ – A whole range of family fun maths games in one pack.
• SUM FUN – Educational numbers game.
• CONNECT THE DOTS – Puzzle game to help with strategy. 
• THE FORCE OF GRAVITY – learn about gravity.
• GAME OF 50 – practice your addition and subtraction.
• PRACTICING FRACTIONS – cooking game with word problems.
• THE FASCINATING MOBIUS STRIP – learn how to make a mobius strip.
• PLACE VALUE WORKSHEET – summer related maths worksheet.
• NEWSPAPER WEAVING – baskets & bowls to make out of old newspapers.
• MATCH THE TIMES – easy ways to learn to tell the time.
• GOBBLE GOBBLE GRAPHING – festive connect the dots activities.
• TRIOMINOS – classic family game.
• RACE TO INFINITY – times table maths game.
• OLD MAID CARD GAME – builds on  concentration and thinking skills.
• 100 MATHS ACTIVITIES BOOK – national curriculum maths practice book.

English

• READING EGGS – games & songs to help reading skills.
• PBS KIDS – great website full of educational games. 
• THE TITANIC STORY EBOOK – learn about the story of The Titanic.
• THE MIRACLE OF WATER – wonderful facts and information about water.
• STORM NAMES – learn about why we name storms.
• THE TWO FINGER POINT – learn new words & vocab.
• THE ONE ARMED PIRATE – words & sentences game.
• POINTS OF VIEW NEWSPAPER REPORT – Learn about how newspaper reports are structured.
• SPELLING FRAME – practise spelling rules.
• LOOK, COVER, WRITE, CHECK – great way to practise phonics, spelling patterns and common exception words.
• THE ADJECTIVE DETECTIVE – adjectives game as a detective.
• PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES – Practice your knowledge of prefixes and suffixes
• THE FAMOUS FIVE ADVENTURE GAME – create your own exciting Famous Five adventure
• KIDS’ VOCAB – practice vocabulary with a range of games
• NAME GAME – get to know names and facts about people quickly
• MEET MY FRIEND – a fun simple icebreaker 
• HOBBIES – name the hobbies worksheet
• FIND THE CLASSROOM OBJECTS – spot the hidden objects in the picture
• IN/ON/UNDER – draw animals in, on or under the objects
• HOW MUCH IS/ARE? – complete the sentences from the pictures

Science

• REBUILDING THE HUMAN BODY – Figure out how to rebuild the human body.
• MAKE YOUR OWN SPINEMA – create hand made animations 
• RUBBER BAND CANNONS – build & fire rubber band cannons 
• SINGING WINE GLASSES – make music from wine glasses
• MAKE BALLOON CAR RACERS – build and race balloon powered cars
• BALANCING SCULPTURES – make amazing balancing structures & explore stability
• CANDLE CHEMISTRY – learn about the chemistry of candles
• MEMORY MAKERS – investigate how your memory works
• HOLLOW MASK ILLUSION – create the famous hollow mask illusion
• SMALL OR FAR AWAY? – experiment with perception and size
• BAFFLING BODY ILLUSIONS – eight baffling body illusions
• DISGUSTING DINING – make delicious and disgusting objects
• EGGSHELL GEODE CRYSTALS – demonstrates how geodes are formed
• BLOBS IN A BOTTLE – create interesting blobs in bottles
• THE MAGIC KETCHUP EXPERIMENT – make a pack of ketchup float and sink
• 24 SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS BUZZFEED – Try one of these out!
• DRY ICE BUBBLES – Make dry ice bubbles with this handy guide.
• INVISIBLE CANDY – melt & disappear candy
• EGG IN A BOTTLE – get an egg into and out of a bottle
• MAKE AN EDIBLE WATER BOTTLE – create an amazing water bottle that you can eat!

Creativity

• DIY TISSUE BOX MONSTERS – Create your own tissue box monster.
• PAPER BEAD NECKLACES – Make necklaces using paper.
• FELT ELASTIC BOOKMARKS – Create bookmarks with felt and elastic.
• MINI LID BANJOS – Create small instruments with household products.
• THUMBPRINT FAMILY TREE – Make a thumbprint family tree to learn about heritage.
• DIY RACE TRACK – Make your own race track in the home.
• FAIRY BELLS –  Create musical bells for fairies.
• POOL NOODLE OBSTACLE COURSE – Create an obstacle course using pool noodles.
• WINTER TERRARIUMS – Transform terrariums into winter wonderlands.
• SILHOUETTE LANTERNS – Create beautiful silhouettes with these lanterns.
• MAKE A MINI MINION – Make a mini minion with this activity.
• GLUE BATIK T-SHIRT – Use this type of wax to transform a shirt.
• MAKE A VEHICLE – Make a vehicle using household objects.
• STAR WARS TIN CAN LANTERNS – Create cool Star Wars lanterns using tins.
• LEARN A MAGIC TRICK – Inspire future magicians with a magic trick.
• WORD ASSOCIATION – Great game to play to experiment with words but good for imagination too.
• RAISED SALT PAINTING – Use salt to help with painting.
• WATERCOLOUR RESIST – Make watercolour resist art.
• SHAVING CREAM MARBLING –  Make some unique marbling art with household products.
• MAKE FAKE SNOW –  Create fake snow with this technique.

Computer Coding

• BLOCKLY FOR DASH & DOT ROBOTS –  A great robot app to do hands-on coding.
• CORK THE VOLCANO – PUZZLETS – Fun elementary coding in the form of puzzles.
• EVO BY OZOBOT – An app-connected coded robot.
• COZMO – A cute robot for coding skills.
• SAM LABS – Fun kits to help with coding.
• TICKLE – A fun programming app.
• CONSTRUCT 2 – Helps children create their own games 
• ROLY – Learn coding with Roly.
• CODE YOUR NAME – Code your own name!
• WHAT IS CODING? – Understanding coding with this powerpoint. 
• CODING CONCEPTS – Creating and understanding algorithms.
• EMOJI CODES – Crack the codes using emojis. 
• CODING COMMAND CARDS – Use these command cards to help coding.
• TREASURE MAP CODING – Coding using treasure map activities.
• PROGRAMMING TOYS – Helps to understand coding through toy programming.
• PICTIONARY – A sphero activity to use with the app.
• GOLDIEBLOX – Adventures in coding.
• LITTLE RED CODING CLUB – An app to help with coding.
• SHAUN THE SHEEP CODING ACADEMY – A great way of coding with a familiar character.
• ALGORITHMS – Understanding algorithms in technology.

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Year 5 

Maths 

• ROUNDING MONEY – A handy worksheet to help round up money.
• MULTIPLICATION TABLES – An extensive activity for learning multiplication tables.
• SPEED COUNTING – Helping to speed up counting skills.
• CHANCE – Online activity to help learn about chance.
• MULTIPLICATION CLOCK – Learn multiplication through a clock.
• READING A CARROLL DIAGRAM – Understanding the Carroll diagram.
• READING LENGTH & SOLVING PROBLEMS – Understanding measurements and problems in length.
• NEGATIVE NUMBERS – Learning negative numbers in Maths.
• FINDING FACTORS OF NUMBERS – Learning about factors.
• NUMBER & PLACE VALUE WORKSHEETS – Understanding number and place value worksheets.
• MATHS PUZZLES – Free Maths puzzles to work through.
• ROUNDING & ESTIMATING – Learning how to round numbers and estimate.
• PROBLEM SOLVING – Learning how to problem solve.
• ROMAN NUMERALS – Learning about roman numerals and how to write in them.
• CONCEPT OF RATE – Help with learning about line graphs.
• LONG MULTIPLICATION – Teaching long multiplications.
• COUNTING TO A BILLION – Helping to learn counting to a billion.
• UNDERSTANDING PERCENTAGES – A helpful activity sheet to help with percentages.
• MATHS MINI GOLF – A fun game of golf to help with maths. 
• DOUBLE NEGATIVES – Helping understand double negatives in Algebra.

English 

• HOME LEARNING REVISION PACK – Handy pack for English.
• LOCATING AREAS IN THE UK – Helpful to learn places and how to spell them.
• VERB TENSES – Learning about tenses in verbs.
• SIMILES & METAPHORS – Helpful tips to learning similes and metaphors.
• USE SIMILES – Using similes for describing. 
• WHO AM I? – A fun game to play that involves a bit of drama. 
• WRITING TASKS – Helpful tasks to improve writing.
• WRITE A NEWS REPORT – Guidance on writing in journalism.
• USING ALLITERATION – Understanding and using Alliteration.
• SUMMER ACTIVITY BOOK –  A handy activity book for the summer.
• HARRY POTTER WORD SEARCH – A themed word search using HP.
• RECOGNISING SOUNDS – Helping children to learn the start of words using sounds.
• WHAT’S THE OBJECT? – To use describing words more in conversation.
• TIC TAC TOE – A simple game that can help with English.
• JUST A MINUTE – A good listening game to help with vocabulary. 
• TEAM X –  A handy listening activity for English skills.
• THINK OF A SENTENCE – Helping to make sentences.
• CELEBRITY HEADS – Helping to learn about celebrities and spellings.
• STEP WORDS – A good game to help with spelling.
• Heads & Tails – A great activity for helping with vocab.

Science

• KEEPING YOURSELF HEALTHY – Learning about how exercise affects heart rate.
• UNDERSTANDING YOUR TEETH – Find out why teeth are so important with this game.
• SUN, LIGHT & SHADOWS – Get to know about the science behind sun, light and shadows.
• CHANGING SOUNDS – Experiment with different musical instruments to understand sound.
• CHANGING STATES – Looking at how you can change the state of water.
• SOLIDS, LIQUIDS & GASES – Understanding the basics of these three forms.
• SPACE QUIZ – Test your space knowledge with this quiz.
• IMPROVE ENGINEERING – Create a straw and rubber band bridge.
• TEST CHEMICAL REACTIONS – Use these fizzing experiments to test chemical reactions.
• SKITTLES RAINBOW EXPERIMENT – Use tasty treats to show a rainbow.
• CD BALLOON HOVERCRAFT – Make a CD hover with this experiment.
• MAKE IT RAIN – Use this experiment to make rain. 
• BENDING THE LIGHT – An experiment to show how you bend light. 
• PLASTIC MILK – Use science to create this unique milk.
• WALKING ON EGGS – Show the strength of eggs with this experiment.
• HOMEMADE SNOW GLOBES – Make a homemade snow globe!
• WORM SLIME – Make worm slime with this science experiment.
• BOTTLE FOUNTAIN – A great experiment for understanding air pressure.
• DROPS ON A COIN – Learn more about surface tension with this challenge.
• UNDERWATER TELEPHONE – Hearing sounds underneath water can be fun!

Creativity

• DANCE PARTY – Have a dance party in your home.
• AIR MATTRESS TRAMPOLINE – Turn an old air mattress into a trampoline.
• THE FLOOR IS LAVA – A fun and imaginative game to play indoors.
• MAKE YOUR OWN CLAY – Another material you can make at home for arts and crafts.
• SPONGE PAINT – Cut up old sponges to make art.
• CRAFT STICK ANIMALS – Use craft sticks to make animal art.
• MAKE PHOTO FRAMES – Use lollipop sticks to make photo frames.
• MAKE FLOWER PENS – Transform ordinary pens into flower pens!
• CREATE AN AQUARIUM – Make an aquarium using paper and string.
• MAKE CHALK AT HOME – Great for when art supplies are running low.
• MELT BEADS – These can turn into great works of art, like sun catchers.
• HOT POTATO – Helping imagination with this game.
• FOLLOW THE LEADER – A fun game to have with others.
• DUCK,DUCK, GOOSE – An intense physical game to help build competitiveness.
• INDOOR OBSTACLE COURSE – Create an indoor course using soft cushions and materials.
• MUSICAL CHAIRS – Combine music and fun with this game.
• JUMP ROPES – Make jump ropes out of plastic to make exercise possible indoors.
• TWISTER – A fun game to help coordination.
• MAKE A BLANKET FORT – A fun way of encouraging imaginative play.
• SQUEEZE PAINT –  Make fun ways to work with paint.

Computer Coding 

• MY CODING FRIEND – Activity worksheet for learning with code.
• BARCODE MAGIC TRICK – Another form of data understanding in coding.
• NUMBER HUNT – Helps to search for algorithm activities.
• COUNT THE DOTS – Understanding binary digits.
• CODING DIFFERENTIATED – Learning about sequences in coding.
• ROBOTS SORT THE SEQUENCE – Use these robots to help sort sequences.
• CARD FLIP MAGIC – Help understand data and code with this trick. 
• PIXEL PAINTER – Create an image using pixels.
• CODE COMMANDER – A fun game to help with code.
• SORTING NETWORK – Helps sort random numbers into order.
• BINARY WINDOWS – Helping with binary numbers in coding.
• PIANO KEYS – For modulo activities.
• READY, SET, CODE! – Coding resources to use at home.
• HOUR OF CODE – A great set of lessons plans to adapt to home learning.
• BLUE SHIFT CODING – Book online coding courses for your children!
• BARBIE YOU CAN BE ANYTHING – Lessons on coding involving Barbie.
• CANDY QUEST – Helping understand coding with this game.
• CRYSTAL CLASH – Multiplayer game for coding.
• ALL CAN CODE – Adventurous game for coding.
• WONDER WORKSHOP – Great platform for learning how to code.

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Year 6

Maths

• GUARDIANS: DEFENDERS OF MATHEMATICA – Interactive game to learn Maths
• MENTAL MATHS GAME – A game to help with learning maths.
• ARCHERY ARITHMETIC – An archery game to help with arithmetic.
• MEASURING SURFACE AREA QUIZ – Helping to understand surface area.
• BOARD BLOCK CHALLENGE – Helping understand shapes in Maths.
• SOLVE, SHOOT, SCORE – Using a football game to work out maths questions.
• WHAT MAKES A SHAPE SYMMETRICAL? – A guide to learning about symmetry.
• MYSTERY SHOPPER MONEY PROBLEMS – Helping understand money problems in maths.
• PLAYING WITH OPERATIONS – Working out how to get answers through numbers.
• PLACE VALUE MILLIONAIRE – A classic game but using place value.
• SUBTRACT THE SLIME – Helping with subtraction.
• WHAT ARE SQUARE AND CUBE NUMBERS? – Understanding square and cube numbers.
• INVESTIGATING QUADRILATERALS USING SCISSORS – Shape investigation to understand quadrilaterals.
• CALCULATOR FUN WORKSHEET – A worksheet to help with calculations.
• NUMBER SEQUENCES WORKSHEET – Helping with number sequences.
• ALGEBRA PUZZLES – Improve algebra with these puzzles.
• HOW TO FIND THE MEAN, MODE & MEDIAN? – Understanding the mean, mode and median in maths.
• COMMON MULTIPLES OF TWO DIGIT NUMBERS REVISION – Improving skills with multiples.
• PROPERTIES OF SHAPE WORKBOOK – Understanding properties of shape in maths.
• WORD PROBLEMS MATHS QUIZ – Word problems using maths.

English

• WRITING A CONCLUSION – Guide to helping write a conclusion.
• WHAT IS NON-FICTION?  – Understanding the genre of nonfiction.
• SPELLING AN EXERCISE – Helping to understand suffixes.
• ARGUMENTS FOR AND ARGUMENTS AGAINST – Understanding facts and opinions.
• ENGLISH LITERACY DOWNLOADABLE WORKSHEET – A great worksheet for English learning.
• CRYSTAL EXPLORERS – Game to improve grammar, punctuation and spelling.
• BANANAGRAMS WORD GAME –  A fast, fun-filled word game for all the family.
• HEADLINE GAME – Practice headline writing skills.
• SOLVE ANAGRAMS – Helps to work with unscrambling words.
• KARAOKE – Karaoke is a great way of helping learn words.
• WORD PATTERNS – Helping to learn word patterns with this worksheet.
• USING BULLET POINTS – Improving knowledge on bullet points.
• PREFIXES – Understanding prefixes in English.
• SEMICOLONS – Using semicolons in English.
• UNDERSTANDING PLURALS – Learning more about plurals. 
• PROPER NOUNS – Expanding the vocabulary with proper nouns.
• TRAPPED – Learning more about punctuation through a game.
• SENTENCES – Play this game to learn more about sentence structure.
• SKILLWISE – Guides to learn all about sentences, grammar and punctuation.
• SPELLING BEE –  Improving the ability to spell words.

Science

• MAKE A STRING PHONE – Learn how sound travels with string phones.
• MAKE A PARACHUTE – Create a parachute to learn how it works.
• DRY ICE BUBBLES – Make dry ice bubbles at home.
• QUICK SAND – Help children understand the dangers of quicksand by making your own.
• MELTING CHOCOLATE – Learn about temperatures with tasty chocolate!
• FAKE SNOT – Make fun, fake snot.
• BATH SALTS – Help learn the science behind bath salts.
• MOVING MOLECULES – Helping to move molecules in water.
• BALLOON SPEAKERS – Help make your own speakers using balloons.
• ESCAPING WATER – Understand how capillary action works.
• STRAW BENDING – Show some magic with this straw bending science.
• EGG BUBBLES – Create bubbles to teach children about egg shell surfaces.
• MAKE A RAINBOW – Show how light and water make rainbows.
• BENDING WATER – Show how static electricity can bend water.
• STEEL WOOL & VINEGAR – Showing the results of combining these two products.
• ORANGE FIZZ – Create a chemical reaction in your mouth.
• DRY ERASE – Draw figures that become animated.
• SLUSHY SODA – Create normal soda into a slushy one.
• SURFACE TENSION ART – Show the effects of surface tension with art.
• POPPING BALLOONS – An experiment to show a needle not popping a balloon.

Creativity

• MAKE A WIRE SCULPTURE – Use wire to create art.
• STAR WARS CRAFTS – Make paper crafts of Star Wars figures.
• GUITAR PICK NECKLACE – Get creative with musical jewelry.
• BAT HOUSE – Encourage wildlife to your garden with a bat house. 
• SPINNING NERF TARGETS – A popular craft to make nerf guns more fun.
• CARD TRICKS – Learn three new card tricks.
• MARSHMALLOW BLOW GUN – Make this using PVC pipe!
• MAKE FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS – Build relationships with these bracelets.
• PUT ON A PLAY – Use these creative tips for theatre at home.
• NATURE JOURNAL – Create a nature journal for your garden.
• MAKE HOMEMADE CANDLES – Using beeswax, make these candles.
• GO ROLLER SKATING – Teach your kids how to roller skate.
• HAVE A WATER BALLOON FIGHT – Stage a water balloon fight outside.
• HOMEMADE KITE – Make a homemade paper kite.
• MAKE HOMEMADE POPCORN – Make a sweet or savoury snack with these tips.
• TIME CAPSULE – Keep kids entertained with this time capsule.
• HOMEMADE CANDY – Make delicious treats at home. 
• OUTDOOR OBSTACLES – Create an outdoor obstacle course.
• CHESS – Teach your children how to play chess.
• LEARN TO JUGGLE – Another creative skill to learn.

Computer Coding

• LEARN TO CODE WITH DISNEY CHARACTERS – Help code with Disney.
• UNITY – A good resource for coding.
• FREE CODE CAMP –  A free online resource for coding.
• W3SCHOOLS – Helping to build web pages.
• ROBOT SCHOOL – A programming app for kids.
• ROBO LOGIC – Helping to code a robot.
• LEARN TO CODE WITH BOOKS – Free books for programming.
• PLANET CODING – Code the planets in order.
• DASH & DOT – A fun duo helping to learn code.
• THE FOOS –  Another app to help kids learn code.
• A.L.E.X – A puzzle to help code a robot.
• CARGO BOT – Move crates by coding.
• CATO’S HIKE – Program a boy who gets placed in a new world.
• BOX’S ISLAND – Play games while learning how to code.
• UDACITY – Courses taught by experts in coding.
• CHECKERS MATH – Playing checkers to learn coding.
• LEARN TO KNIT FOR CODING – A similar way to learn code by knitting.
• MAMA CODES – Keep your children busy with this coding platform.
• GOING ON A BEAR HUNT – Coding algorithm with classic book.
• CRYPTIC CODING – Helping understand more complex coding.

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Year 7 

Maths

• KS3 NUMERACY WORKBOOK – Improves numeracy skills with this workbook.
• MATHS MURDER MYSTERY – Practicing maths through a fun murder 
• PEN & PAPER MATHS GAMES – Maths game that you can do with a pen and paper.
• MATHEMATICS CROSSWORDS – Crosswords but for mathematics!
• BITESIZE ALGEBRA – Understanding Algebra.
• SIMPLE ALGEBRA EQUATIONS – Put knowledge of algebra to test and learn about equations.
• DECIMALS & FRACTIONS – Handy worksheet for decimals and fractions.
• LET’S GET QUIZZICAL – Maths made fun with quizzes.
• KNOW YOUR MONEY? – Tips to improve money knowledge and values.
• SNOWBOARD SLALOM MATHS GAME – Fun game to help with maths.
• PENALTY SHOOTOUT – For those who enjoy sports with a bit of maths thrown in!
• 10 PIN MULTIPLICATION – Multiplications using ten pin bowling.
• MATHS PROBLEMS AROUND THE WORLD – Learn how different places solve maths problems.
• UNDERSTANDING ANGLES – Work out the sum of angles with this worksheet.
• IN-BETWEENS – A lesson in understanding where to place value.
• RAINBOW SQUARES – For understanding square numbers.
• CONSECUTIVE CHAINS – Developing knowledge of primes, factors and multiplying.
• TWINKL –  A great platform for learning packs while at home.
• CORBETT MATHS – Good source for prepping towards GCSE level.
• HANDLING DATA WITH FOOTBALL – Use this for football crazy kids.

English

• HE SAID SHE SAID – Helps with listening skills.
• PLAY ALPHABET CHAT – Conversation game using letters of the alphabet to start.
• GEOGRAPHY GAME – Learning new countries and new words.
• TWENTY QUESTIONS – A game to help conversational manners.
• MAKE UP LIMERICKS – Helps to understand poems and have fun at the same time.
• STOP THE BUS – Good for revising vocabulary. 
• PERSUASIVE WRITING PACK –  A writing pack to understand persuasive writing styles.
• AUDIBLE STORIES – Listen to stories through Audible.
• WRITE A BUSINESS LETTER – Learning how to write for business.
• ROMEO & JULIET (LANGUAGE THEMES) – Learning about older styles of language.
• RSC SHAKESPEARE LEARNING ZONE – Helping understand some of the oldest plays and the Shakespearean language. 
• LEARN HAND LETTERING – Help children find a new form of handwriting.
• WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE FACT CARDS – Flashcards to help with Shakespeare.
• EXPLANATION WRITING – A pack to help with explanation writing.
• NOUNS BASIC – Learning the basics of nouns.
• BRAINPOP STORY CUBES – Use these to have creative ways of doing storytelling.
• ROALD DAHL BIOGRAPHY – Learn more about children’s writer Roald Dahl’s life.
• ROLE PLAY WRITING – Exploring creative writing in a new form.
• HANDWRITING PRACTICE – A guide to perfecting handwriting styles.

Science

• SNAP CIRCUITS – A great way of learning how electronics work.
• BUILD A BRIDGE – Helping to understand the design that goes into building.
• MODEL PLANT CELL – How to make a model plant cell.
• MYSTERIOUS DINOSAURS PODCAST – Learn more about the science behind Dinosaurs.
• WHAT ARE ELEMENTS? – A guide to learning about the elements.
• ROBOT INVENTIONS – A guide to learn about robot inventions.
• FOOD CHAIN AND WEBS QUIZ – Learn about the food chain in science.
• ROCKS, MINERALS & SOIL GAME – Exploring rocks, minerals and soil.
• DIY LAKE SCIENCE – An introduction to freshwater ecosystems.
• EARTH & BEYOND – A visible guide on Earth and everything beyond it.
• SOLAR SYSTEM CROSSWORD – Crosswords to help learn about the solar system.
• KNOW YOUR HEART – Quiz to help understand how your heart works.
• APPLIED SCIENCE WORKBOOK – Understanding applied science with this workbook.
• BIOLOGY CELLS GRID – Revision work resources for biology.
• MAKE A CARBON SUGAR SNAKE – Make a carbon sugar snake with this experiment.
• CREATE A LUNG MODEL – Make a fake lung for kids to understand how the body works.
• EUREKA SUBSCRIPTION – A great subscription box to have for kids interested in science.
• TINKER CRATE – Another good subscription for working with science and tinkering.
• PLANET QUEST – For any space-loving kid!
• SCIENCE REVISION – Science revision activities.

Creativity

• WOODWORKING – Give these woodworking projects for your kids to do.
• TAKE APART OLD APPLIANCES – Observe your children taking apart old appliances.
• LEARN SOME CARD TRICKS – Card tricks are great as an entertaining skill to have.
• CRAFTING WITH PARACORD – Discover crafting with a new material.
• CRAFTING WITH DUCT TAPE – Explore how a simple household tape can make crafts.
• DRAW COMIC STRIPS – Get creative with art and draw comic strips.
• FLIP BOOK – Create basic animation with flip books.
• PAPER MACHE PENCIL CASE – Explore paper mache.
• LEARN HOW TO DJ – Teach kids how to spin decks with DJ’ing.
• PAPER BAG STARS – Making decorative art with paper bags.
• MAKE YOUR OWN SOAP – Make fun and clean creations in the form of soaps.
• CREATE YOUR OWN BATH BOMBS – Make homemade bath bombs! 
• MAKE A STRESS BALL – Great sensory toy to play with for kids of all ages.
• FINGER KNITTED SNAKES – Make knitting fun with these finger knitted snakes.
• CRAFT PING PONG GLOW LIGHTS – Make bedroom lighting fun with this idea.
• BRAINSTORM A BUSINESS IDEA – Inspire your children to be their own bosses.
• MAKE YOUR OWN CROSSWORD PUZZLE – Helping kids make their own crossword puzzle.
• BAKE HOMEMADE BREAD – Get kids cooking in the kitchen with bread.
• MAKE PAPER SPINNERS – Get crafty with these paper spinners.
• FOLIAGE FACES – Make foliage faces with your child to explore nature in art.

Computer Coding

• CREATE A SECRET CODE – A simple activity that can help with coding.
• SCRATCH – Helps create stories, games and animations.
• LIGHTBOT – Solving puzzles using programming.
• CODE MONKEY ISLAND – Helps to understand coding concepts.
• CODE.ORG –  A weekly dose of coding for your children to learn!
• SWIFT PLAYGROUNDS – Learning serious code in a fun way.
• CODE AVENGERS – Fun and effective online learning for coding.
• CODEMOJI – Coding for kids to learn and build.
• STENCYL – Learn to create games with this platform.
• TYNKER – Understanding coding with lots of fun thrown in.
• DETECTIVE DOT – Stories and personalised gifts to help the next generation of coders.
• KANO COMPUTER KIT – Make a computer and learn how to code it.
• ANKI COZMO ROBOT – A smart AI robot with it’s own mind.
• HASBRO FURREAL MAKERS PROTO MAX – A fun toy in the form of a dog for coding.
• OSMO CODING AWBIE – A learning games system that includes coding.
• SAM LABS SCIENCE MUSEUM INVENTOR KIT – Build and program inventions.
• MECCANO MAX ROBOT – Interactive toy robot that you can code.
• KANO HARRY POTTER WAND – Help build and code your own wand!
• LET’S START CODING – Coding starter kits for children aged 8 and up.
• UBTECH JIMU UNICORN CODABLE ROBOT – Build and code your own Unicorn robot.

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Year 8 

Maths

• PRIME CLIMB – Perfect game for learning prime numbers.
• ABSOLUTE ZERO CARD GAME – A family fun game to help with maths.
• PLAY CHESS – Use chess as a good way of learning maths.
• YAHTZEE – Use Yahtzee to learn place value.
• DO NUMBER GRID PUZZLES – Do these puzzles to help learn maths.
• JOIN AN ONLINE MATH CLUB – Join a maths club to help learn with a group.
• MONOPOLY BOARD GAME – Buy this classic game to learn values of money and calculations.
• MATH QUIZ –  Create a basic maths quiz.
• GEOMETRY SCAVENGER HUNT – Learn more about geometry with this scavenger hunt. 
• THE MONTY HALL PROBLEM  – Using puzzles to learn about maths.
• PLAY SUDOKU – Play this number puzzle to help with numbers.
• SIMON SAYS, “GEOMETRY!  – A classic game with a geometry twist.
• ROUND THE BLOCK – Help solving maths under a time limit.
• BOUNCING SUMS – A quick maths game for sums.
• SHAVING EQUATIONS  – Having fun with equations through shaving cream.
• STRING ’EM UP – A guide to understanding body ratios.
• ONE-METER DASH – A game to understand measurements.
• NUMBER BUILDERS – An educational game for learning maths.
• MATH BINGO – A great way of understanding maths through bingo.
• MASTERMIND – A game to find the solutions to maths problems.

English

• MAKING SENTENCES – Understand sentence structure with these worksheets.
• CHARADES OR MIME GAMES – Two types of games to help with English skills.
• HANGMAN WORD GAME – A classic game to help with learning words.
• CHAIN REACTION – A fun game to help with learning actions through words.
• CONVERSATION GAME – Use these games to help with conversation.
• WRITE A SHORT STORY OR A WHOLE BOOK – Help improve writing skills.
• RUNNING DICTATION – A classic game for learning dictation.
• TABOO – Helping vocabulary with these worksheets.
• A-Z BOARD RACE – A great vocabulary game.
• TRIPLE MEMORY – Helping with memory and learning English.
• MUSTACHE YOU A QUESTION – Formulating and asking questions.
• MAD LIBS – Helping to understand speech with this fun game.
• APPLES TO APPLES – A game to improve listening and speaking skills.
• JEOPARDY – Helping to learn vocab and grammar.
• MAFIA – Helping with speaking and critical-thinking.
• PERSON, PLACE, ACTION – A game to help learn language.
• LEARN A LANGUAGE – Good language app for kids.
• INTERVIEW POP – Helping to understand interview questions.
• WORD RACING – Car racing game for learning English.
• GUESS WHO OR WHAT I AM – Guessing game to help with English.

Science

• PHYSICS MADE FUN WITH CARTOONS – Use cartoons to help learn about physics.
• CLASSIC SINK OR FLOAT ACTIVITY – Test knowledge of objects sinking or floating.
• OBSERVE OBJECTS IN YOUR MICROSCOPE – Observe cells under microscope.
• BUY A SCIENCE KIT – Understand chemistry with these kits.
• GROW A GARDEN – Learn how to grow a garden.
• POTATO CLOCK EXPERIMENT – Show how potatoes can power a clock.
• FIZZY LEMONADE DRINK EXPERIMENT – Tips to make a refreshing drink.
• MAKE YOUR OWN SLIME – Make your own slime from scratch.
• EXPLORE STATIC ELECTRICITY – Understand how static electricity works.
• MAKE YOUR OWN ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH – Make your own toothbrush with this project.
• EXPLORE BASICS OF LIGHT & COLOUR – Learn about light and colour with science.
• LEARN ABOUT YOUR OWN DNA – Great opportunity to learn more about your child.
• EDIBLE CHOCOLATE PLAY DOUGH – Make play dough edible
• HOT ICE EXPERIMENT – Make hot ice with baking soda.
• HARRY POTTER POTIONS – Bring HP potions to life!
• NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON’T – Show the power of bleach.
• MAKE YOUR OWN JELLYFISH – Make jellyfish in a bottle.
• MAKE A HOVERCRAFT – Use science to make a hovercraft.
• OOBLECK FUN – Make this sensory goop.
• MAKE A NAKED EGG – Turn an egg into a naked one.

Creativity

• NAME THAT TUNE – Name the songs just by hearing them.
• BIRD IDENTIFICATION GAME – Learn as many bird species and find them in your local area.
• TWENTY QUESTIONS – Guess the answer with twenty questions.
• SILENCE GAME – A fun, online game.
• PASS THE BALL –  A fun game combined with questions.
• TRIVIA – The ultimate quiz in trivia.
• THE HUMAN KNOT – Group-building challenge to do with your family.
• RECORD THE NATURAL WORLD – Try out artwork with nature.
• CSI: GET THE FINGERPRINTS – Learn about fingerprints with this game.
• TRACE THE SHADOW – Find out what digital presences you’re leaving behind.
• CREATE A MEMORY JAR – One to do with the whole family.
• TAKE AN ONLINE PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE – Take one of these classes!
• LEARN HOW TO DO ORIGAMI – The basics of paper folding.
• RECYCLE CLOTHING INTO ACCESSORIES – Turn your old clothes into something new.
• LEARN TO PLAY AN INSTRUMENT – Easy to learn instruments
• START AN ONLINE SIDE-HUSTLE – Become a young entrepreneur 
• WRITE A SONG – Get creative with songwriting.
• START A PODCAST – Join a popular social media trend.
• WATCH A TEDED – Inspirational and educational videos to watch.
• LEARN TO SEW – Sewing for beginners.

Computer Coding

• LEARN TO TOUCH TYPE – Being able to touch type is a good skill for coding.
• BUILD A WEBSITE – Get to grips with the basics of creating a website.
• CODING WITH A DECK OF CARDS – Another offline way to code.
• USE MINECRAFT – Learn code through a popular game channel.
• CREATE YOUR OWN GOOGLE LOGO – For those who have a bit more experience in coding.
• LEARN TO CODE WITH HOTWHEELS – Using these classic toys to help with coding offline. 
• MIT APP INVENTOR – Helps children to create apps. 
• KODU – Lets children create their own games through online programming.
• SPHERO – Helping to learn about controls and programming through your child’s smart phone.
• VIDCODE – Research-backed creative coding.
• ALICE – Telling stories, building games and learning to programme.
• CODECADEMY – Learning to code for free.
• KHAN ACADEMY – Free online courses, lessons and practice.
• ROOT CODING – Coding using robots.
• GIRL DEVELOP IT – A non-profit organization for girls to code.
• GIRLS WHO CODE – Creating a coding movement for women.
• GAMESTAR MECHANIC – Learn to design video games.
• GAMEMAKER: STUDIO – Make 2D games.
• SPACECHEM – Building machines to fight robots.
• CODECOMBAT – Coding games.