Category: Home Schooling
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#21 Create a miniature book
Not only is this one of the most creative and engaging ideas I’ve seen online recently, it’s also one of the cutest. The British Library is calling on the nation’s children to write their own tiny tales, which will form part of an online “National Library of Miniature Books for the toy world”. I’ve written…
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#20 Start a Virtual Book Club
When we’ve watched a brilliant TV show, movie or film, what’s the first thing we want to do? Talk to someone about it! Sharing our excitement and enjoyment over books can be a fantastic way to encourage reading at home. As children crave contact with their friends, virtual book clubs can provide an excellent platform…
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#19 Troll Thursday With Radio Blogging
As the week’s go on, we’re all beginning to crave that human interaction and RadioBlogging is a fantastic way for young writers to connect with an online writing community! Sharing your ideas with others can give children added incentive and purpose for writing as they know their writing will be shared with a wider audience.…
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#18 Shaggy Dog Stories
This is a hilarious game of telling tall tales and crazy stories that have three ‘secret’ words hidden inside, which the other players try to guess! This was a firm family favourite when I was younger and it’s a brilliant game for a number of reasons: It’s free! All you need is paper and pencils…
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#17 Easter Egg Treasure Hunt!
Hooray! It’s Easter Weekend – the perfect time to have fun with the whole family! There are lots of things you can do to bring a little magic into your Easter at home and an egg-citing (sorry!) treasure hunt is the perfect way to extend the fun! Today’s writing task is to have fun with…
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#16 Easter Recipe Writing!
Easter Weekend is certainly looking a little different this year. We might not be able to go out and visit friends and family, but we can certainly make the most of staying safe at home. One way to do that is to have some fun in the kitchen! My favourite Easter activity as a child…
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#15 Our Heroes
It’s time for more good news in the form of thank yous and shout outs to our local heroes. Why? Because they deserve it! This task is inspired by this week’s issue of The Week Junior. The front cover features our wonderful NHS carers, who are working around-the-clock to keep our country safe right now.…
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#14 My Favourite Place (Guest Blog)
This brilliant guest blog is from my awesome friend and colleague Miss E (who you will also find over on Twitter). We share a love of all things literacy and Miss E is full of wonderfully creative writing inspiration. She’s hugely passionate about English and has been keen to contibute with exciting ideas and writing…
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#13 Write a letter to your favourite author!
Receiving post is incredibly exciting for children (and adults!). As we are all forced to slow down our pace of life, it’s the perfect time to pick up a pen and spend some time writing a letter. Not only will it give students an authentic purpose and audience for their writing, but it will also…
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#12 Write and host a family quiz!
Quizzes and trivia games are a brilliant way to bring friends and family together. Organising, writing and hosting a ‘Zoom Quiz’ online can be a great way to socialise whilst staying safe at home! Or you could simply write quiz questions for your family at home. Not only is it a great way to reinforce…
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#11 Verb Charades!
Vocabulary games such as verb charades are a fun and high-energy way to build vocabularies, expand knowledge of synonyms and reinforce comprehension skills. This is a great game to play daily for 10 minutes, or when you have some free time. Activities 1) What is a Verb? To get in the mindset for verb charades,…
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#10 Nature Journals
Keeping a nature journal is a fantastic way to learn about the natural world. It encourages children to ‘slow down’, stop and look at things more closely. Nature journals are a creative and fun way to engage children in a combination of art, science and writing – and it doesn’t require many resources at all.…
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