Keeping the kids busy & the grown-ups sane during lockdown
For working parents who are doing the daily juggling act between work, video calls, child care, home schooling, cooking, cleaning, laundry duty, dog walking, essential shopping, check-ins with parents, family, friends, and a fitness routine (yeah, right!). We’ve pulled together a quick list of some of our favourite lockdown “kids activities” that hopefully helps keep the kids busy and the grown-ups sane…and gives a break from TikTok, Fortnite, Minecraft, Pokémon etc. A few links to learning apps, teaching resources and activities/support for those of us with neurodiverse kids included too. Please feel free to share any other recommendations!
Our favourite kids activities during lockdown…
- E – by Joe Wicks
- Kids Yoga – Cosmic Kids Yoga
- Legos, legos & more legos
- Kapla planks
- 3D building puzzles – by Revell
- STEM & Art projects – by Tinker Crates
- Virtual Museum/Art Tours
- Art projects -by Tate Galleries
- Science projects – by Little House of Science
- Coding classes – by Cypher
- Keep Cooking & Carry On – by Jamie Oliver. More for the adults but nice to do with the kids
- Kids Cooking class – by Kids Cook Real Food
- Card & Board Games – Labyrinth, Dobble, Uno, Scrabble, Memory, Jenga, Monopoly – available through Amazon
- World map jumbo puzzle
- Nature by Wild Days
- Reading – by World Book Online
- Reading – by Audible
- Learning Apps
- Teaching Resources – Khan Academy, Tes, twinkl
- Activities for Neurodiverse kids – by Understood
- Learning support for Neurodiverse & Special Needs