Activities to do at home

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Here are some ideas of things you could try at home

Playdough
1 cup flour
1 cup salt
1 tablespoon cream of tartar
1 tablespoon oil
Put the above in a bowl
In the cup put food colouring ( if using) and fill with boiling water.
Pour this over the dry ingredients in the bowl and mix. Keep mixing - it will come together.
If you do not have all of the above the children make it themselves using flour, salt and water. Simply mix until you have a dough. For the children, making it is half the fun.
Gloop
Another favourite with the children, for those of you that have a box of cornflour hiding at the back of your cupboard.
Put the cornflour onto a bowl or on a tray and very slowly add water and mix. It will form a wet looking mixture that you can hold in your hands and it melts through your hands. ( not easy to describe)
You can even add cocoa powder and this makes it look like melted chocolate.
Hours of fun. And the bonus is that if it goes on the floor it will simply be hoovered up.
Cake recipe
The children also love baking.
I appreciate you may not have all the ingredients, however I thought I would post the recipe just in case.
Basic fairy cakes
Weigh 1 egg.
Weigh out the same weight each of
self raising flour
Butter
Sugar
And mix. It’s that simple.
Add to cake cases and bake.
The children often decide to ‘ adapt ‘ this. In the past we have added food colouring, fruit, raisins, cocoa power to name a few. 
Finger paint activity
Outdoor Painting copyWall paintingShowCutting the grassCloud doughShaving foam paint
 

More ideas
Find some buckets/ old flower pots - make a collection e.g all things of the same colour.
Collect things that are all the same texture e.g soft.
Label buckets /flower pots with numbers or colours and throw balls into them, can you beat your score? (If you have no balls why not make your own beanbags- fill socks up with something e.g sand or soil and tie up the ends)
Fill water bottles up to try and make your own skittles and try and knock them over.
Especially for class 2- go on a sound hunt round the house can you find four things beginning with s, expand to a, t, p, in,m,d
Go on a shape hunt round the house-can you feel up a bucket with triangle items, circles, squares and rectangles/ do the same with numbers
Find an old newspaper- cut out numbers and make a collage
Create models from all your recycling.



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