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Hot Potato
Everyone who is playing sits on the floor in a circle. Turn on some music and pass around the circle a potato (or another object) as fast as they can, you have to pretend that the potato is hot! When the music stops, the player holding the potato leaves the circle. Keep playing until only one player is left and wins the game
Make A Fort
Have a look around your house for good things to use to make yourself a fort. You can use boxes, blankets, rugs, a sheet, etc. You can use your chairs, table or airing rack to help hold your blanket up as a roof. See if you can make a door for your fort. Place some things inside your fort to make it comfortable, like a cushion. Have fun in your fort - have a picnic, read a book, colour in and play with toys.
Spring Time
It’s spring! There are many beautiful flowers and blossoms out for spring. Paint or draw a picture of things from spring. You could make clouds from cotton wool, to go with your flowers. Head outside and find some leaves and flowers you can add to your picture.
Cool Hair
Find a piece of paper or cardboard, draw yourself a head - remember to add your eyes, nose, mouth and some ears! But you don’t need hair. Cut your head out and go outside or take it on a walk and find some nature to be your hair
The Listening Game
Collect up some items that can make some sounds. Lay them out and have your child look at all the items. Then, ask your child to close their eyes and listen as you pick up an item and make sounds with it. Can they guess which item made the sound? Examples of items might be a comb (run your fingers along it), a glass (gently tap it), blocks rubbed together, a pot and spoon. Be creative and have fun! Remember to have turns.
You can also turn it into a memory game. After having a look at all the items, cover them over with a tea towel or something similar. Now see how many you can recall. Can you remember them all?
Simon Says
To start, choose one player (probably a parent for the first round) to be Simon. The rest of the players will gather in a circle or line in front of Simon as he calls out actions starting with the phrase “Simon says”: “Simon says…touch your toes.” The players then have to copy Simon’s action, touching their toes. If Simon calls out an action without uttering the phrase “Simon says,” the kids must not do the action. If a child touches his toes when Simon didn’t say…, he or she is out of the game. There are lots of great ways Simon can trick players into doing actions when Simon didn’t say: Simon can perform an action without uttering a command, for example, or he can perform an action that doesn’t correspond with the command. Fun! The last player left in the game wins and becomes the next Simon.
Touch-and-feel Box
Find a shoe box or any box that has a lid on it. Cut a hole in one of the sides of the box —large enough for your child to fit their hand in. If you want, get creative and decorate the box with glitter and question marks. When you’re ready to play, put an item inside the box and have your children guess what it is. They can ask questions about the item if they need to, or you can offer clues. You can use objects such as a brush, a toy, or a piece of fruit. Swap roles, your child puts an item in the box and the adult has to guess what it is
Indoor basketball
All you need is a bucket and a rolled up sock (or a small, light ball). Each player takes a turn at throwing the sock-ball into the bucket. When a player scores a sock-ball into the bucket, he or she takes a step back and throws again until missing. The player who shoots the ball in the bucket from the farthest distance wins. You can come up with your own challenges
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