Free Activities

Look around at your home and your recycling items that you were going to throw away. Collect them and clean them, and think about what you can invent. Use the materials to create your prototype for a new invention.

Watch the video of a science experiment. Follow the method and create your own science experiment at home. Research and learn about why the lemonade bottle exploded and what reaction happened.

Decide on a film to watch with the whole family, ask the children to complete the template and review the film you decide to watch. Ask them to explain the story line, who was their favourite character and what their favourite part was.

Download our Bumble Bingo Buzz cards. Encourage the children to go around the house finding the items on their bingo card. When they have found them tick off the item on their card. See how many they can collect. The first person to complete all the boxes wins a prize.

Encourage your child to be creative and communicate. This task is not necessarily to make something new, but to talk about something they are interested in. Ask lots of questions and sketch out their ideas.

Download the instructions to make a finger puppet. Be creative and make your very own bee puppet, using whatever materials you have in your house.

Use these ideas to create, design and make your own bee hotel. Be creative and use whatever you have at home. Research the importance of saving the bees and the best conditions for them to live in.

If your child has grown out of their current toy, encourage them to think of ways they can sell it to make money for a new one, or give to someone who doesn’t have any toys. Research the ways they could sell their toy. You could even host your own toy sale in person with family and friends.