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12 Fun Learning Activities Your Kids Can Do at Home

Creating learning activities at home is a great way to support your child’s education – and it’s fun! All it takes is a few household items and a bit of inspiration. To help you with the latter, here are 12 fun learning activities your kids can do at home:

Practise writing

Practising writing can be much more exciting if you ditch the pens and paper. Try writing in chalk on the pavement or with your finger in some shaving foam. It’s both entertaining and educational.

Craft stick calculations

Line up your sticks to teach your toddlers about tallying or write out some sums to help them with their mental maths. From finding the missing digit in the number line to pairing the answer to the equation – the options are endless, so get creative with your craft stick calculations.

The science of sinking

Basic science experiments are always a hit with children! Try dropping different objects into a bucket of water to see whether they sink or float. You’ll have plenty of fun and gain a brief insight into the science of density.

a toy boat to represent learning at home

Make some music

You don’t have to be a musician to teach your child about music – you just need a few household items and some creativity. Make your own instruments with anything from empty bottles, beans and rice to paper plates and bells. They’ll learn all about counting, rhythm and timing.

Storytime

Learning activities at home gives you the freedom to adapt regular activities, like reading, into something more fun and engaging. If your child can’t read yet, why not invite them to narrate a picture book? Or how about acting out one of their favourite stories?

Counting crafts

Why not mix up your maths lesson with some arts and crafts. Start by cutting out some flowers and counting the petals. From there, you can challenge your children to add a certain number of petals to a stem or even cut the flower into fractions. If flowers aren’t your thing, try anything from caterpillars to dried pasta.

pasta falling out of a jar

Magic milk

Add drops of food colouring into a bowl of milk before pouring soap into the centre of the dish. The soap will cause the food colouring to dart around the bowl, leaving you with an exciting display of colours and an introduction to the science of molecules and surface tension.

Explore world cultures

Learning activities at home allows you to explore beyond the curriculum. Exploring other cultures through food, film and crafts is an amazing way to expand your child’s cultural awareness.

Colour coordination

Be it a bag of pom-poms, some colourful clothes pegs or a collection of their toys – inviting your child to start sorting objects into matching colours is a great way to teach them about colour. Using smaller objects like buttons or pasta shells will also help hone their fine motor skills.

lots of colourful stars

Match the meaning

Expand your child’s vocabulary by inviting them to pair up new words with their definitions. Write out a selection of words and definitions onto cue cards and let them have it! For your younger children, you can always colour coordinate or include helpful clues.

Gardening galore

The benefit of learning activities at home is that you’re not limited to the classroom. Get outside and start planting some flowers and vegetables – your children will learn all about nature, science and even nutrition.

Sorting shapes

This can be as simple as pairing 2D shapes or as exciting as scavaging for 3D objects. Identifying familiar shapes in your family home can be a fun and easy way of introducing your child to basic geometry.

a little girl playing with two building blocks to represent learning at home

So there we have it – 12 learning activities your kids can do at home. Why not give them a try? You’ll have hours of fun and you may even discover your child has a way with words or a knack for numbers!

 


At Schoolhouse Daycare, we enjoy learning, encouraging confidence and we love life! If you think your child would enjoy life at Schoolhouse, then please do not hesitate to arrange a visit.

 

Looking for more ideas and inspiration? See more from us here:

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  • Why Reading is So Important in the Early Years
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