Activities
One of the best and easy ways to help children learn is by playing games. Playing the right sort can inspire your child to learn and gain confidence in lots of subjects but also develop critical soft skills too, such as patience and communication.
As we all know, having fun whilst learning is always the best way to absorb information, whether you’re a child or a grown-up!
Below we have curated a list of links offering fun, educational and creative activities for children of all ages with a wide range of interests.
Games to encourage learning
There are all kinds of games that can help children learn and practise a range of skills, but the old-fashioned ones are arguably the best. Here are some suggestions:
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Monopoly
A firm family favourite, kids use a range of maths and communication skills in their quest to bankrupt you! Monopoly helps with counting, addition and subtraction, handling money, practising number bonds, strategy and negotiation -
Dominoes
Traditional dominoes can help with counting, matching, recognising odd and even numbers, addition and subtraction. If your child is learning shapes, why not make your own dominoes with shapes on so they can practise recognising and matching them? -
Snakes & ladders
gets children counting and practising number bonds (along with a sprinkling of patience)
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Connect4
A great game for helping children learn to predict what might come next, consider the possible patterns of play and develop strategies. Not forgetting the element of luck! -
Scrabble
You might grab this one to help with spelling and vocabulary, but numbers are an important part of the game too. Addition and multiplication skills are used to keep track of scores throughout the game -
Card games
Do you remember playing card games when you were young? The old games like snap, patience, whist, rummy and bridge all help with maths from early skills like recognising numbers to ten and ordering numbers, to more advanced skills like probability and prediction
Fun activities and days out
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The famous and still coveted badges. This site explains the badges that are available and how your children can get their hands on one or the whole range!
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You can explore the intriguing objects in their collection online and enjoy virtual visits via videos and photographs, there are lots of activities to do at home including science from Doc.Yard!
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Fun activities, quizzes and interactive information across many different topics.
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Rob Biddulph posts draw-along videos that parents can watch with their kids and create beautiful works of art!
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A weekly newspaper for 7 to 14-year-olds with free articles for parents on helping children navigate the world plus there is the option to sign up to the paid newspaper for children.
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Magical activities to keep children occupied including special contributions from Bloomsbury and Scholastic, nifty magical craft videos (teach your friends how to draw a Niffler!), fun articles, quizzes, puzzles and plenty more for first-time readers, as well as those already familiar with the wizarding world.
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The 70,000+ community has evolved into a resource for craft and activity ideas, community and togetherness for families all around the world. It’s created by families, for families.
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Fun and engaging art classes for all abilities.
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Activity sheets and apps including Hero Academy which is a coding app for pre-schoolers.
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Fun and easy art and craft activities to keep kids busy.
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Celebrate the storytelling craft with entertaining, educational sessions on a beautiful customised double-decker bus.
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Fun activities, some of which can be done from your garden.
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Here we provide lots of resources, tips and advice from across our partner organisations to help you support your child’s learning, whatever their age and interest, at home or school. -
Taking care of your child’s (and your own) mind and body is so important. The following links to specialist advisory organisations should help you to support your child’s emotional, mental and physical health.
