6 Ideas to Try Right Now
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#1·10 min
Animal Walks
🛒Materials: None
- 1Call out different animals.
- 2Challenge your child to walk/move like that animal.
- 3Try crab crawl, frog jumps, bear walks!
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#2·10–15 min
Shadow Puppets
🛒Materials: A lamp (or phone torch)
- 1Darken the room and point a lamp at the wall.
- 2Use your hands to make animal shadows.
- 3Tell a story with shadow characters.
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#3·10–15 min
Shape Hunt
🛒Materials: Paper, crayon, your home
- 1Draw a circle, square, triangle, and rectangle on a paper.
- 2Walk around the house finding objects that match each shape.
- 3Tick off each shape on the paper when found.
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#4·10 min
Pillow Stepping Stones
🛒Materials: Cushions, pillows
- 1Lay cushions on the floor as stepping stones.
- 2Try to cross the room without touching the floor.
- 3Great for balance and coordination.
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#5·15 min
Handprint Monsters
🛒Materials: Paint, paper, googly eyes (or draw them)
- 1Paint your child's hand and press onto paper.
- 2Let it dry — the handprint is the monster's body.
- 3Add googly eyes, teeth, spots with a marker.
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Make a whole family of handprint monsters — great gift idea.
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#6·15 min
Color Matching Relay
🛒Materials: Colored toys, colored paper sheets
- 1Place sheets of colored paper at one end of the room.
- 2Scatter matching colored toys at the other end.
- 3Have your child run, grab a toy, and place it on the matching paper.
