04 Feb, 2022 Wordle for number fans ... By Ruth Nossek Are you a glory hunter, a plodder, a master strategist, an addict or even a cheat? According to the article WORDLE: What the way you play...
23 Jul, 2021 Let the Games begin! By Ruth Nossek Friday 23rd July marks the official beginning of the 2020 Olympics from Tokyo - and Google Doodles have launched Doodle Champion Island...
20 Jul, 2021 Missing the football? Join the fun with 'The Hundred' - the new cricket competition starting 21st July By Ruth Nossek With Euro 2020 now over, and the summer holidays (nearly) upon us in the UK, there are two great sporting events starting this week to...
29 Jun, 2021 Game, set and match! It's time to join 'Wimbledon at Home' By Ruth Nossek Monday 28th June, the 2021 Wimbledon Tennis Championships began - more than 700 days after the last ball was struck! With it, AELTC has...
02 Apr, 2021 Explore the NHM Wildlife Photographer of the Year gallery: follow the trail and win prizes! By Ruth Nossek Here is a family online activity for the Easter holidays: explore the truly amazing photographs in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year...
01 Apr, 2021 Create your own Easter treasure hunt! (Or any other type of treasure hunt ...) By Ruth Nossek My mum used to create treasure hunts for my brother and I when we were little - around the house or in the garden. I used the same idea...
03 Mar, 2021 World Book Day: Free readings live on Instagram for children By Rainbow Hub Team Here are some free live book readings for World Book Day courtesy of Whistles. Tomorrow (Thursday March 4th) at 4pm on Instagram you can...
24 Feb, 2021 Free family activities and downloadable book from the National Portrait Gallery By Ruth Nossek If you are looking for some inspiration to keep families and children engaged with art during lockdown - or holidays - take a look at the...
12 Feb, 2021 Stellar activities for young space enthusiasts By Gaya Gajewska Here is something rather fun for those interested in the space exploration, who might already be waiting impatiently the forthcoming NASA...
12 Feb, 2021 The Case of the Stolen Heart: Solve a virtual Valentine's Detective Trail this weekend❤️ By Ruth Nossek Treasure Trails provide downloadable detective adventures/treasure trails that take you around differing cities and regions in the UK....
11 Feb, 2021 Free theatrical stories from the marvellous Unicorn Theatre By Ruth Nossek I have written about productions from the Unicorn Theatre before - namely their brilliant theatrical reading of Roald Dahl's The Twits...
09 Feb, 2021 #DrawWithRob - Join his Saturday morning Art Club / enter a competition to create an environmentally inspired race-suit By Ruth Nossek If you haven't already come across Rob Biddulph, he is a fantastic children's illustrator and author - and the man behind...
07 Feb, 2021 Join the National Star Count this week (6-14 February 2021) By Ruth Nossek The best way to see how many stars we can all see in the sky is… to count them! This year, CPRE (The Countryside Charity) are asking...
04 Feb, 2021 Watch David Olusoga's lesson on the importance of the UK census By Ruth Nossek As part of the Census 2021 education programme Let’s Count!, David Olusoga will give a live lesson aimed primarily at KS2 children on...
03 Feb, 2021 Five ways to 'express yourself' ... Free virtual sessions to support Children's Mental Health Week By Ruth Nossek This week is Children's Mental Health Week (1-7 February 2021). This year's theme is 'Express Yourself', and Place2Be (the children's...
02 Feb, 2021 Neverending Stories: a free downloadable pack to support storytelling at home with young children By Ruth Nossek The free downloadable storytelling pack, from the National Centre for Creative Writing, is crammed with tips and activities for engaging...