There really are so many fun ways to play with LEGO besides building with LEGO sets. Though we love those too!

This LEGO parachute for a minifigure is an awesome indoor activity and a mini science lesson too.

Can you build a picture of yourself using only LEGO bricks? All you need is a base plate and a handful of basic bricks. Make it as easy or complicated as your imagination wants.

Learning the alphabet doesn’t have to be boring and stressful!. Here’s a fun and very simple way for your kids to practice building letters, tracing letters, and even writing letters. Can you build your name out of Lego?

ARE YOU up for a challenge?

Do you love reading? Then why not join up for the Reading Challenge this year

Let your teacher know that you want to enter.

Once registered we'll give you a username and password as well as a list of books to read!!

You have until September to read your quota of books:

Prep - Year 2: 30 books (20 from the Challenge list)

Year 3-6: 15 books (10 from the Challenge list)

Gratitude

Today try and think of three things that you are grateful.

• You can write down or verbalise 3 things that you were grateful.

• Before bed or at the dinner table share with your family the 3 things that you were grateful.

Find as many rhyming words as you can while listening to this D.r Seuss classic story

The NGV have turned some of their much loved collection items, museum galleries and iconic buildings into puzzles.

Select your level of difficulty and away you go!

Count to 100

Teach your children to count to 100 as they get some great exercise too.

This kid-friendly song starts out with a message about staying healthy and fit and having fun counting to 100 together.

Warning - your child may get very excited and it may get stuck in your head!

The Zoo has set up 24/7 live-streaming cameras at Taronga Zoo Sydney so you can enjoy your favourite animals at any time of day.

If you can’t see them right now, check back a little later!

Guulaangga, The Green Tree Frog is a beautiful story by Gloria Whalan and her people are the Wiradjuri.

Listen to author and artist Aunty Gloria Whalan, as she tells the story of Guulaangga. Gloria is an elder of the Morwell community, though she grew up in Lithgow, NSW.

This story is inspired by Gloria's experiences growing up on a farm.

After watching this clip, try drawing your own story about something your grandparents taught you.

Make an invitation to your birthday party. Don't forget to say what it's for, or to add a photo and important details such as address, phone number and reply date.

Choose food for your party, and use a map to find shops where you can buy the food you need.

A space alien needs fuel to get home. Help out by hunting down words that have the same letter combinations of 'sh', 'ch' or 'th' and filling his three fuel tanks with them.

Read and listen to words with the 'sh', 'ch' or 'th' combination. Then construct messages for the alien by putting his words in order. Pick out the words that contain his chosen letter combinations before he can leave.

Design a talking cat to present to your family. Create your cat by selecting from a range of elements such as mood, size and colour. Choose a voice and background picture for your cat. Decide on a name that suits your talking cat. Select a note about your cat. Watch the animation. Change your design as many times as you like. Evaluate the impact of your design by using icons and selecting a comment. .

Explore the cover for the 'Muddled up!' story. Listen to the story and follow as each word is underlined. Find text features such as the first word on page 1. Remember information about the story such as the number of characters and add these elements to an interactive story map. This learning object is one in a series of five objects.

Smiling Mind is a mindfulness meditation app developed by psychologists and educators. The website provides mindfulness information for parents and a link to the Smiling Mind app.

NGV is committed to providing creative experiences for young people and their families. During this challenging time we hope to share new ways to be creative at home with our online resources. Research shows that drawing and making is a great way to help children relax and reduce feelings of anxiety.

Explore and choose from activity sheets and e-books for free things to do at home or school. Print or take inspiration with paper and pencils at hand. Transform the kitchen table into a table-top studio and turn potential boredom into productivity. Let’s get started!

A game to play with a partner

Choose five things from around the house (that you are allowed to use) and place them on a tray.

Allow your partner one minute to look at all the objects.

Now cover the objects and ask your partner to turn away.

Now quietly remove an object and hide it from your partner.

Ask your partner to turn back and remove the cover.

They have to guess which object is missing.

Variations:

- add more objects

-instead of objects use words written on a card

(This helps to build visual memory)

Little J and Big Cuz

Wombat Rex (episode 2)

Watch episode 2 which goes for about 12 minutes

called Wombat Rex.

Tasks

Tell your family about what Big Cuz was trying to

trick Little J into believing.

Write about what your favourite part and the

message in the story?

Number pairs for 10.

This number pairs song engages students to demonstrate the number bonds for 10 with their fingers for active engagement and strengthening brain and body connections.

Number pairs are all the different combinations of numbers that compose a specific number.

The concept of number bonds is very basic, an important foundation for understanding how numbers work. A whole thing is made up of parts Learn all the different number pairs that add up to 10.

Number pairs for 10 may also be called friends of 10, Rainbow Numbers , number bonds for 10 and partners of 10 .

Knowing number pairs for each number builds math fluency for addition and subtraction.

WARNING TO PARENTS: this song may get stuck in your head!

Mathletics

Please complete activities on Mathletics. These activities have been set by your classroom teacher.

Sign in for Mathletics

In this lesson, you will learn how to hear and identify syllables. Oliver demonstrates how to hear the beat in words and break up words into syllables to decode faster. He provides opportunities to join in and have a go at identifying syllables at home.

Click on the link above to hear the beautiful story of caterpillar's shoes.

Maybe you could draw your own caterpillar.

I wonder what shoes your caterpillar will wear?

Explore Mars

Take a trip to Mars and see what you can find out and see.

Teach your parents about Mars.