Mummy idea: my summer holiday 'fun’

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 I need to organise myself for the summer holidays - none more so than this year - I have literally used everything!

As with every year it's all on me to come up with ‘fun’ slightly educational activities.

Normally I have a day of sheer panic where I update a folder of activities (I shared a post
recently of my preparation for last year as I thought it was very funny).
In past years, being stuck at home with me has a novelty factor for my children - not this
year!!
However as I have already used my normal playlists, quizzes and hunts quite a lot. I have
therefore had to come up with new stuff, whilst trying to homeschool two children (O' happy
days!).
I am going to retain our daily structure (but in my head) because it helps me. However, instead
of 'School work time' I am going to just extend my creative time in the morning and add it in
afternoon.
Also I have been mean and made them wear school uniform from day 1 of home school. It has
been absolutely brilliant (although my children wouldn't agree!) We did watch a video from
School and they were like 'even the kids in school are wearing their own clothes'! Oh dear
I shouldn't have shown them that video…. So not wearing it will be a big change!
Apologies if anything doesn't work - I don't like posting things untested. However, like me,
I thought you might want some ideas and I need to keep stuff now for the summer...

Measuring Game
If I call it a game does it make it fun??!
What they need:
-Print out my sheets from the photos or make your own
-clipboard/heavy duty book to lean on
-Pencil
-Ruler
If you wanted to you could ask them to predict how long things are and make a note of what
it is made from so you can talk about this.
By doing this you are helping them by:
-giving them practise using a ruler,
-they are learning to appreciate different lengths,
-there is some maths and science (you could discuss the different materials things are made from)
in there.
However and most importantly, you can have a cup of tea in peace whilst they are busy measuring!!
NB I'll add 'games' as I go.

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