Star sandwiches

Just to make meal times a bit more exciting I have used shape cutters. Lakeland do a great big box for just under £10 they have all the letters, numbers, animal, holiday shapes that you can think of . They also have some good ideas of other uses for the cutters including art and craft as well as other food items .

Puzzled?

Washing machine tablet bags make great puzzle piece storage. Saves me doing my own puzzle before the children !

Nature's patterns

It's surpising what you can find when you look hard enough. This stone was on the side of our drive. It has some interesting patterns in it . The girls enjoyed looking at and feeling it . Em recreated the swirls in her colouring book.

fun generator

http://www.nhs.uk/Change4Life/Pages/fun-generator.aspx

Although the summer holidays are nearly at an end, this fun generator is handy if your looking for great way to entertain your kids.
 There are some other good, active, activities on this website . I like the idea of having activity cards so the children can choose what they  would like to do from the pictures. When I was teaching I used to have a "choosing  board " with pictures of writing, reading, puzzles etc on there to save repeating myself when the pupils came and asked "what can I do next". infact I may have just inspired myself to make one for home!


http://www.nhs.uk/Change4Life/Pages/fun-generator.aspx