Comments on: There’s Snow School This Week – Activity Ideas Please!!

By: sharon

sharon — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:17:17 +0000

Don’t worry Katy – we think we can bail some water out of the tank by the bore hole/well! There’s some water in there – it’s just not being pumped down the field to our house.

By: sharon

sharon — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:13:31 +0000

Fantastic ideas Katy – I particularly like the alphabet scavenger hunt, we’ll do that tomorrow. We have a big pile of magazines and pritt stick on standby most of the time – but loving the make your own jigsaws. Will check out the eco friendly ideas too. Thanks ever so much x

By: Katy Martin

Katy Martin — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:13:20 +0000

Hmm lack of water – I asked Wu about it as he is a mountain dweller, duke of Edinburgh guide bloke and he said eating snow will lower your body’s core temperature which is bad but you can drink snow if you heat it (but you should add some water to stop damage to your pans when you first start warming it) It is vital to only drink white snow (no colour at all – so perhaps get in fresh from the sky). Any colorization, especially red or orange, can mean bacteria is present.

Hopefully this will give you some extra water to do bubble painting etc if you don’t fancy drinking it

By: Katy Martin

Katy Martin — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:01:12 +0000

Why not use old magazines to make collage pictures on cardboard (old cereal boxes etc) and then cut them up to make jigsaws

Perhaps ask your daughter to make her pictures around a theme or concept to explore ideas – maybe wildlife, the planet etc would help. And perhaps as her to cut the jigsaw pieces in certain shapes ie hexagons or circles with a diameter of 4cms etc.

Trying to learn a language might be fun – http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryspanish/ – perhaps just to say hi, I’,m …. and I am …. years old. Nothing too scary but still fun and reminds you of the sunshine – you could research Spain and make linked items – have a spanish day (or any country)

Alphabet games – find things in your house for the whole alphabet – a scavenger hunt with a theme.

http://www.ecofriendlykids.co.uk/ – Eco-friendly ideas
http://schools.wearewhatwedo.org/ – another good thing

I have a friend who works for a school in Kenya (I mentioned it before) – she does work sheets etc that don’t need any other resources than a pencil. I’ll email her and ask for some age appropriate ideas incase she has something that can be emailed to me.

Hope all is alright!

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By: SeriouslyKooky

SeriouslyKooky — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:34:59 +0000

damn forgot about the lack of water – melt some snow? lol x

By: sharon

sharon — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:30:50 +0000

Thank you so much Sarah – brilliantly brilliant weblinks. Can do most of your ideas except bubble prints. Pipes have now frozen and we are without water!!!

By: SeriouslyKooky

SeriouslyKooky — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:38:55 +0000

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/ – for your daughter
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/ – tons of printables
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/ – does exactly what it says on the tin

Mask making is one activity
Homemade jigsaws on card/paper
Make skittles using empty pop bottles and paper balls – safe for inside the house
Potato printing
Your daughter could make her own story book – concertina a piece of paper to make an easy book
Bubble prints – mix washing up liquid, water and food colouring in water, place paper over the bubbles to make a print – useful as wrapping paper

Hope that helps xx

By: sharon

sharon — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:58:00 +0000

Thank you Sally – I will check out My Child, sounds great. My kids also like doing plays – and little family performances singing, dancing and magic shows! You’ve reminded me of their dressing up box though, which hasn’t been played with for a while and could do with a few new outfits. I’ve got a bag of clothes ready for the charity shop so might be worth looking through there, getting the sewing box out and making a couple of new costumes.

By: sharon

sharon — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:50:36 +0000

Thanks Kate, my kids absolutely love crafty stuff too. We have a stack of old Xmas cards and they love ‘glueing & sticking’ so will keep that one reserved for Monday or Tuesday. Salt dough always good isn’t it, will definately do that. I may even have some clear varnish kicking about somewhere to seal them when they’ve been painted.