🧠 Screen-Free Activities

📚 Literacy

• Daily Reading Time: Encourage 20 minutes of reading each day. Ask questions about the story, characters, and vocabulary.
• Story Writing: Give them a fun prompt (e.g. “A dragon moves into our town”) and let them write a short story.
• Word of the Day: Introduce a new word each day and challenge them to use it in conversation.

➕ Maths

• Times Tables Practice: Use flashcards or chant them aloud together.
• Real-Life Maths: Involve them in cooking (measuring ingredients), shopping (estimating costs), or telling the time.
• Board Games: Play games like Monopoly, Yahtzee, or card games that involve counting and strategy.

🌍 Topic & Science

• Nature Walks: Collect leaves, identify birds, or observe seasonal changes.
• Mini Experiments: Try simple science activities like making a volcano with baking soda and vinegar.
• Map Skills: Use an atlas or printed maps to find countries, cities, rivers, etc.

🎨 Creative

• Art Projects: Drawing, painting, or crafting with recycled materials.
• Music Time: Learn a song together or create rhythms using household items.
• Drama: Act out a scene from a book or make up a play.

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💻 Internet & App-Based Activities

📱 Educational Apps

• One Minute Maths – Children complete as many questions as they can in one minute, helping to build speed and accuracy.
• Spelling Shed – Helps improve spelling through games.
• Quick Maths –  Helps children improve mental arithmetic skills with timed challenges

🌐 Online Resources

• Topmarks.co.uk – Interactive maths games.
• Year 4 - FREE maths resources - Videos to help you help your children with maths at home.
• BBC Bitesize KS2 – Covers all subjects with videos, quizzes, and activities.
• National Geographic Kids – Fascinating facts and videos about animals, science, and geography.
• Scratch – Learn basic coding by creating animations and games.