Reflective Writing Task

This is always an activity my kids enjoy.   It can be done as often as you like... once a week, every day etc.  It's also a great open-ended activity that children of various ages can do.

Ask your child to write about something they have done or what they liked most that day or that week.

Some questions or prompts you could use to help get your child started include:
What did you do?
Where did you go?
Who did you see?
How did it make you feel?
What was the best part?

Younger children will require assistance with the writing, however they will still get enjoyment from illustrating their 'story'.

 

We often do this in the school holidays and the kids often flick back through the pages and say things like "Oh yeah, I loved doing that".  It's a great momento!

For the beginning writer, this Storytelling Paper Pad is great as each page is divided into two areas, one for writing and one for illustrating.

Storytelling Paper Pad

Or ...

This pack comes with everything you need... Storytelling paper,  HB lead pencils & Colour pencils.

Storytelling Pack

Linking Cubes Math Game

Here is a fun game your active child will love...and they won't even realise they're doing math!!

What you need:
Linking cubes
Paper
Pen

What you do:

1. Place a large bowl with linking cubes at one end of the room.
2. Write a number on a piece of paper and get your child to run to the bowl, make a tower with that many cubes and bring it back to you.
3. You could also do this with simple addition or subtraction.  Hold up the sum and your child brings back the answer (ie. 4+2 ... your child brings back a tower of 6 cubes).

Linking Cubes

Extraordinary Eggs

I did this science experiment with my kids... they loved the result!

Put an egg in a cup and cover it completely with vinegar.  Leave it for a few days and the eggshell will become soft...

 Day 1:

Day 2:

Day 3:

The shell has become soft because the vinegar has drawn all the calcium out of the shell.

More great science experiments can be found in this book (link under image).

EYNK Science
Paperback $19.95
Hardback $29.95