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Kids Reading Challenge & Jeremy Strong Book Giveaway

February 1, 2014 By In The Playroom in Competitions, Education 86 Comments Tags: books for age 7-13, children's humourous books, encouraging children to read, funny books for kids, jeremy strong, kids reading challenges

Pearsons have launched a new reading challenge for school children aged 7-13 which can be found at www.readformyschool.co.uk. They are challenging children to read many books as they can in the next 2 months, either online from a free digital library, or offline. There are 8 categories of books on the Read For My School website and children are encouraged to read at least one from each category:

Laugh out Loud/Humour
Film and TV
Historical
Mystery and Horror
Real Life
Adventure
Sci-fi and Fantasy
Animals and The Wild.

LEGO STEM Activities for Preschoolers

Guest post from Dave at YourCub.com Do you love to play with your children? I know I do. But many of the toys that my preschooler likes to play with will only keep me engaged for a few minutes. You’ll find that the more educational and creative the task or the toy, the longer we […]

Bing Colouring Pages, and Fun at Home

We all need a little help keeping our kids busy during this stay-at-home period, and Bing has plenty to offer to help out families with this. As well as over 100 episodes available on iPlayer, Emmy award-winning and BAFTA nominated family favourite Bing offers pre-school children and families multiple ways to keep busy and entertained during this […]

How to Make Your Own Piñata

Activity and images provided by WAHACA AT HOME Make your own Piñata Looking for the perfect way to stop your kids smashing up the house? Here’s our step by step guide to making your own Piñata. STEP 1: Assemble your equipment You’ll need flour water newspaper balloons string scissors glue paint tissue paper and lots of […]

Outdoor Garden Play Ideas for Families

Right now we are in unprecedented times, with households across the UK going into our second month of ‘lockdown’ due to the Corona Virus outbreak. This break from the norm can be quite stressful for children – we don’t know when this situation is going to end, when we will see our families and friends […]

Ten Brilliant Indoor Activities for Children

In case you’re in need of extra inspiration to fill these days during the lock down, here’s a quick list from Muddy Puddles who have shared some simple ideas that will help make the most of this time… Muddy Puddles is offering NHS and other health service workers 40% off on top of their online […]

Improving Your Child’s Development Through Play

Playing with your child helps with their confidence, development and overall wellbeing. Many parents make the mistake of trying to take the control of how their child plays. However, you should let them experiment with unstructured play, which allows them to go at their own pace and usually revolves around their interests at that moment. […]

The Best 2 Player Card Games for Keeping Kids Entertained

Entertaining children is one of the toughest tasks. In order to maintain their full attention, they have to be mentally and physically engaged, but the task can’t be too challenging from the get-go. Initiating entertainment and maintaining entertainment is a challenge, no doubt, but it can be done. In a time where instant gratification is […]