Pets

Who has a pet at home?

Here are some fun pet activities that you might like to try during our last week at home, especially since your pets may miss you next week.


Try out Whaea Natalies STEM pet challenge.

STEM Challenge - Design something for your pet.

Dress up your Pet.

Have some fun dressing your pet (if they are happy about it) and take some fun photos.  They make great cards and pictures for the wall.

Create a Dog Obstacle Course

If you have a dog who loves to run set up an obstacle course for them to do with you.

Make a 3D Goldfish Bowl

Mice Corner Bookmarks

Minecraft Pet World

Make a pet world or farm in Minecraft.  Think about what the animals need, shelter, food, and so much more.

Lego Dog Building Instructions

Monarch Butterflies

There are lots of beautiful butterflies still about at the moment and will be throughout winter.  Some of you may have swan plants at your place covered in the hungry caterpillars.  This post gives you lots of information as well as activities to do with a Monarch Butterfly theme.


Monarch Butterfly Trust
This organisation has a wealth of knowledge about monarch butterflies, has a tracking programme and you can even join and be a member if you are a monarch butterfly enthusiast!

Butterfly Lifecycle Rap Song

The Butterfly Life Cycle

Life Cycle Activity Sheet

See below for activity and use the link

Reading Comprehension Activity

How to Draw Monarch Butterflies

Bubbles Bubbles Bubbles!

Everyone loves bubble fun so let's get bubbling!

Recycled Bottle Bubble Art

Bubble Art Paper

DIY Bubble Recipe and Giant Wands

Bubble Mixture with Just Water Sugar and Dishliquid

Bubble Wands

Make Bubble wands out of pipe cleaners and beads

Weather Watch

The weather has certainly been changeable this week so its is a perfect opportunity to learn about the science behind it.

Watch a great animated video about Weather and Climate

How to read weather maps

How to make a tornado in a bottle

5 Weather Experiments for those who love to experiment (you will need an adult to help with these)

Satellites

The satellites are back over New Zeland again and you can track them at night with this great web page

See a Satellite Tonight

What are Satellites? - Video 

Make a Cardboard Satellite

Easy to Make Satellite from a Bottle

Float Your Boat - STEM Challenge

Another great STEM challenge on Friday with Whaea Natalie

If you missed out or want to try again here it is

Upcycling Milk Containers

We can't recycle at the moment so why not try to give your milk containers a second life and you recycle them.

Plant Containers.

Try growing some plants in the containers. Great for herbs or small plants. Think about which vegetables you could grow over winter.

Sandpit or Garden Trowel

Cut the bottom off your container and make a shovel for the sandpit.  Remember to leave the lid on so the sand does not escape.  Great for the garden too.

Pencil Storage Container

Keep all your pens and pencils eat and tidy in your room while learning at home.  You can even decorate the containers with your felts to match your room.

Easter Egg Collection Basket

Easter Bunny may be busy this year but if you are lucky enough for him to visit your place you could make a collection basket to get the eggs.  

Car Garages

If you love to play with small cars then why not make a set of garages or buildings for a small town.  You could make a whole city of buildings and tunnels and places to hide or toys!

Anzac Lanterns

A simple yet effective idea using old milk bottles, tea light candles and felt pens or paint. Please supervise children with candles and don't leave unattended.

Igloo

For the big milk drinkers or the really ambitious you could make an igloo!

Milk Bottle Elephant

Cut the bottom off the container then decorate to make an elephant.  You can use felts or stick on bits of coloured paper for a bright design.

Art Ideas

Wanting some simple art ideas for home? Don't have many art resources on hand? Then perhaps try one of these ideas which you can do with very little equipment.

1) Shadow Art

Use toys or people and draw round shadow shapes.  You can move your creatures along or see what happens throughout the day as the sun moves. Try doing it with chalk on the pavement too.

2) Colouring In

Draw your own pictures or get someone else to straw them and you colour in. Mindfulness colouring books are also great for relaxing and wellbeing. If you don't have your own books or pages her is a downloadable colouring in book from a decal store in NZ (if you have a printer at home)

Colouring book

3) Paper Weaving 

Weaving paper is lots of fun.  You can use magazines for this, old books or paper of any kind.  Even try using brown paper bags from the supermarket.  Fabric or ribbon works well.

4) Nature Weaving

Have you ever tried weaving outside?   You can use flax, leaves, twigs or what ever you have around your local environment.  You can make a weaving loom from branches and away you go. O if you have a fence with gaps, weave in and out it that (check with your parents first). Another great way to weave is with a large piece of chicken wire if there is any in your garage.

5) Painted Rocks.  

Go for a hunt in the garden or down by the stream and find some great rocks to paint.  If you don't have paint at home use one of these recipes. Make paint

You can use vivids or felt pens to go over the top to write things on them.  Paint test pots are good too if you have them.

6 ) Environmental Art

You don't have to have art equipment at home to do this activity.  Head outside and gather up stones, sticks, leaves of different colours and make your own artworks.  You can take a photograph to show and remember your work, then you can return it back to nature.  Get outside and get inspired!

7) Explore Tate Gallery for Kids

This link is super cool.  Explore Tate galleries and try some of the art ideas. Look at artworks, take a quiz or just browse the gallery. something for every age and artist here.

Tate Gallery for Kids

Post any cool art work you do on your learning at home page.