Tag Archives: Thinking Thursday

Thinking Thursday: Treasure Hunts

Treasure hunts are great fun (and again are something that isn’t weather dependent because you can do them inside or out, at home or out and about). It is also an activity that can be completed at lots of different … Continue reading

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Thinking Thursday: Find It Bottle

A ‘find-it bottle’ is a great activity to keep your children entertained and to get them really concentrating on looking and developing their observation skills and is really simple to make. You need: plastic bottle something to fill it (we used … Continue reading

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Thinking Thursday: Hoopla

Today’s Thinking Thursday is a maths challenge… Take one hoopla set…Number each spike (ours has them printed on already so we just used those and practiced adding and subtracting in 10s)… Add some maths actions cards (we stuck with add … Continue reading

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Thinking Thursday: Scavenger Hunt

I have great memories of scavenger hunts as a child – the principle is simple: scavenge and find things, the reality is as complicated and challenging as you want to make it. At the most simple level you can challenge … Continue reading

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Holiday Posts

Over the holidays I’m planning a set of themed posts which all include things to do and ideas to encourage your child’s learning – I hope they are helpful to you… The themes are: Messy Monday – messy play activities … Continue reading

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