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Fun & Educational Activities To Do At Home Over The School Holidays

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Fun & Educational Activities To Do At Home Over The School Holidays

When your child’s at home during the school holidays, you’re his teacher. But everything doesn’t have to feel like a classroom lesson. Make learning fun!

by Natalya Molok  /   December 7, 2018

Make learning fun this school holiday and ensure that your kids’ brains never stop brimming with ideas! School holidays are a time for leisure, sure, but as parents its our job to make sure that our kids don’t lag behind when terms starts either. It’s a fine balance to juggle but we’re here to help you in your quest to make learning fun at home for your children. Here are some activities you can do at home that disguise learning as fun time:

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Fun & Educational Activities To Do At Home Over The School Holidays
Home-Work by The Learning Lab
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This school holiday, The Learning Lab has introduced a series of worksheets that aim to take lessons from the classroom so children can apply them at home and to life beyond school.

The goal? To help students gain a deeper understanding of how learning is relevant to the events, places and people around then. Read on to find out what they are!

Photo: The Learning Lab
Take The Pie Challenge
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The Pi Challenge is an interactive Math Home-work exercise that allows students to revise and apply
Math concepts across different topics such as ratio, percentage, fractions and more, to hone a fun life skill — baking.

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Connect With People Who Matter
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Some lessons come from the wisdom of those who are closest to us. Putting a spin on the English
listening comprehension component, the English Home-work encourages students to really listen to
their grandparents — creating opportunities for deeper conversations at home.

Photo: The Learning Lab
Experiment With House Cleaning Hacks
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For the Science home-work, students are encouraged to try out a range of experiments that teach
them how Science concepts can be applied to daily tasks at home, whilst helping them build the
independence to solve problems outside the classroom.

Download the worksheets at The Learning Lab and see what other wonderful experiments you can try.

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Explore Some Educational Toys
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IKEA has also subscribed to the ‘Learning is Fun’ mantra by introducing a series of educational toys that kiddos can play either by themselves or with their family members.

Their LUSTIGT collection features toys and games that encourage togetherness, spark creativity, and imagination through play.

Find out more here.

Get Crafty With Arts & Crafts
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Prefer to be more hands-on? Why not let your kids go crazy with some crafty fun. Pull out a box of colouring pencils and paper, some child-safe scissors and glue, and let them go ham! See what they can create using just their imagination and some time in a corner. You may be wonderfully surprised by your child’s creativity.

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Enrich Their Minds With Music
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There are so many musical activities you and your child can play together to instill a love of music they’ll carry with them throughout their lives.

Hit the right note with fun music classes, making your own music instruments and playing musical games. Preschoolers love the one-on-one time with mom and dad and school-age children can begin formal training to enhance their musical skills.

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Practice Writing
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Writing is a skill that your child will use throughout his life. Teach him to write with methods that go beyond pencil to paper. Get messy. Let him trace. Connect the dots. Your little kiddo will not only be entertained, they will also be better prepared for school when term starts!

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Build A Website Together
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That magic box on your desk is an open door to learning. Turn on the computer and create a website together.

While smaller kids will need a lot of help with this, they will be stimulated by creating original content (like taking their own photos) and uploading them onto the site. Older kids can design the site themselves or together with you and learn how to keep things running smoothly.

This could also be a good opportunity to teach them about how to stay safe on the Internet.

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Learn About World Cultures
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A little creativity can help you teach your child about world cultures in a way that will make learning fun while enriching his awareness of other people’s traditions and ways of life. The world will never look the same to him again.

Preschoolers can enjoy tasting authentic foods you cook together. While school-age children can study cultural etiquette, find a pen pal from that country and learn words from the official language. Win-win!

Looking for something for older kids? The Real Life Conference hosted by Crimson Education and School of Thought aimed at high school, secondary, JC students and graduates.

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