Arrange in Order

Things needed:

White sheet

Sketchpens

Method:

Write different things like capital and small alphabets, numbers, days of the week, months of the year and other things in random order.

Ask your kid to arrange them in order.

I have included  Kannada alphabets too. My daughter doesn't know to write it yet but she can identify them. So asked her to guess the correct order and I filled the last line.

For older kids you can include Hindi too.

Match the following..

Things required:

White sheet

Sketch pens

Method:

I have made front and top view of cuboids here. Ask your kid to match them.

You can explain them the concept with any object. Just show an object and ask them to see it from top and then side ways. Now ask them to analyse the same with these colours and match.

You will be surprised with their analysis.

You can also play this with different objects at home like lunch box, water bottle, plate ,toys etc.

Join the Dots with same colours

Things needed:

White sheet
Sketch pens

Method:

Draw different dots with different colours on the paper.

Ask your kid to join the dots with same colours.

Build the design game

Things needed:

White sheet
Sketch pens

Method:

Play this game with your kid. Both of you turn by turn start drawing a design.

One person starts and the next person builds on it. Take turn in building the design.

Finally the design looks very beautiful.

Don't guide your kid. Let them draw whatever they wish. They will learn symmetry and new designs themselves.

Find the word "India"

Things needed:

White sheet
Sketch pens

Method:

Draw the horizontal and vertical lines and write the letters "INDIA" in few places. Then fill the other spaces with the same alphabets randomly.

Ask your kid to find the word India in it.

Guess the Fruit/Vegetable...

Things needed:

Sketch pens
White sheet

Method:

Make three columns. Write fruit or vegetable in first column and colour in second.

Ask your kid to match the first two columns and guess the Fruit or vegetable and draw it in the third.

It would be great if they find more than one fruit or vegetable.

Circle the Vowels

Things needed:

White sheet

Pen

Method:

On a white sheet write the alphabets both capital and small randomly. 

Ask your kids to find the vowels and encircle them.

Treasure Hunt (Counting Coins)

Things needed:

Coins 

Bowls

Paper

Sketch pen

Method:

Put all the coins in a bowl. Ask your kid to separate them according to their denominations.

Now count the coins in each denomination and write the numbers.

Kids will learn how many types of coins we have. Also ask them to observe the unique coins.. They will enjoy this as they feel it's some sort of treasure hunting.. 😁

Grow a Little

Things needed:

White sheet

Sketch pens

Method:

Draw few shapes that can be increased lengthwise, horizontally or vertically.

Ask your kid to think carefully and guess the next picture and colours..

This activity increases their logical reasoning skills.

Join the Missing Parts

Things needed:

White sheet

Sketch pens

Method:

Draw different shapes in the first column and similar shapes with missing links in the next.

Ask your kid to compare the shapes with the first column and complete shapes in the next column.

I have used very basic shapes for my kid. Depending on the age of your children you can make complicated shapes.

Learning Gender Words

     It is always difficult to teach gender words (masculine and feminine) to kids. They forget it easily. So why not start it at an early age in a fun way with few basic words. You can use the same method to teach more difficult ones for elder kids.

Things needed:

White sheet - 2

Paper cup

Scissor

Glue

Sketch pens

Bowl

Method:

Draw a girl and a boy picture on a paper. Cut the paper cup into half and stick it below them as shown in the picture.

In another paper write all the gender words and cut them into small strips. Put all of them in a bowl.

Ask your kid to pick one word and sort them according to their gender. Help them to read it they find the word difficult.

In this was they will also learn to read few words.

Add as many gender words as you wish.

Fill the boxes...

Simple way to learn the combination of alphabet and number. We have already done this with colours, today I thought let  me give alphabets and numbers.

Things needed:

White sheet

Sketchpens

Method:

Draw a tabular column and fill the horizontal and vertical lines with alphabets ands numbers.

Ask your kid to write the combination of each in every box. Like if d meets 3, then it's d3.

I filled one or two for her.

Bubble Wrap Painting

Things needed:

Bubble wrap

Paints (any colour)

Brush

Masking tape

Method:

Stick the bubble wrap firmly with the help of masking tape to any surface or pad.

Use paints to create a beautiful pattern with any number of colour combinations.

Ask your kids to try out different patterns on it.

Fun activity for the kids.

Colour the Donuts 🍩

Things needed:

White sheet

Sketch pens

Method:

Draw some horizontal and vertical lines on a sheet of paper.

Mark some colours on the x-axis and on the y-axis as shown in the picture.

In the rest of the boxes, fill it with three circles one inside the other. These resemble donuts just to make it interesting for the kids.

Ask your kid to colour the larger circle with colour on y-axis and smaller circle with colour on x-axis.

Bit confusing for them, but you can guide. Even my kiddo made one mistake...but that's not a problem.. learning should not stop.

Bheem eats Noodles

Things needed:

Paper plate

Sketch pens

Scissor

Wool (white/yellow)

Ice cream stick

Plate

Masking tape

Method:

Cut the paper plate as shown in the video.

Draw the picture of chota bheem on it and colour.

Make a hole in the mouth.

Now place some wool on a plate and tie it's one end to icecream stick.

Pass it from the mouth.

Start pulling the string from backside. It looks like Bheem is eating noodles.

I have made cheeks of bheen little chubby, just to show if you eat more junk , you will put on weight.

Straw Cube

  An interesting way to learn shapes and what they can be turned into.

Things needed:

White sheet

Sketch pens

Straws

Scissor

Glue

Yarn (any thick thread)

Method:

Take a long piece of yarn and rub some glue on both ends. This makes the ends easy to use.

Cut the straw into two parts leaving aside the bent part.

Now as shown in the video make a cube.

On the white sheet draw some shapes that can be formed with this cube.

Ask your kid to recreate it. They will love this challenge.

Learning Directions

Things needed:

White sheet 

Sketch pens

Method:

Draw four circles with different colours and write the directions in them.

Below draw multiple circles all over the paper.

Ask your kid to mark the same direction in those circles matching colours.

They will get to learn NEWS (north, south, east and west).

Garden on the Paper

    This was a rather fun task. We found some different types of leaves from our balcony plants and collected them.

     We used them in a beautiful landscape.

Things needed:

White sheet

Sketch pens

Glue

Different plant cuttings

Small flowers (2 to 3)

Method:

Collect variety of plant cuttings and leaves from your little garden.

Show each leaf to ur kid and ask what it resembles. You will be surprised to know their imaginative power.

Then use all of them in a drawing. Stick them on the paper with glue. We even made a boat with a big leaf by folding it and securing it with two match sticks.

This is a task for both parents and kids to do together.

Flowers from Bindis

         We had a box of big size bindis.. so thought why don't we make flowers out of them..

Things needed:

Bindis ( any colour big size)

White sheet

Craft paper

Sketch pens

Glue

Wool (for decorating)

Method:

Cut a vase shape from craft paper and stick it to the sheet.

Mark the place for flowers. Ask your kid to stick bindis as petals.

Once done, draw some leaves and stalk and colour them.

We also used some wool to decorate the vase..

So a beautiful flower vase is ready. You can use this to make greeting cards too.

Matchsticks Alphabets..

Things needed:

White sheet

Pencil

Matchsticks

Method:

Write down alphabets in large size on two sheets of paper.

Ask your kid to trace the alphabets with matchsticks.

Help them if they find it little difficult with few letters like B or S...

They love doing this... If they like it ask them to do more like writing their name, school name  or even numbers etc..🙂🙂 The trials are endless..😃