5 + 5 Activity Resource (No. 23) – 5 Independent & 5 Cooperative Learning Activities to Try

 

On Saturday, August 21st, we lost one of our leading thinkers and an amazing advocate for creativity and innovation, the brilliant Sir Ken Robinson.

 

Sir Ken’s 2006 TedTalk – Do Schools Kill Creativity? – is one of the most-watched of all time. With such upheaval in schooling in recent times, talk abounds of doing things differently. An interesting discussion to have with your child/ren this week could be on this theme.

• What do they like about school?

• What works or doesn’t work?

• What would they change and why?

• Did they like learning at home? Why/why not?

• Did they learn anything about themselves whilst learning at home that helped them to become a better learner?

 

In Sir Ken’s memory, today’s post is all about encouraging children to find and follow their passions. With that in mind, I am linking my Epic List of Homeschooling Resources as it is packed full of useful links across all subjects.

 

By way of guidance, I will highlight a few specific resources you may wish to try.

Cooperative

• DeepSpaceSparkle has lots of art ideas and resources for teachers and pupils. Have a look at this selection of free art projects.

• How about having your child create a true/false quiz using some of these bits of geography trivia? A hugely comprehensive list of useful geography resources may be found here.

• Nomster Chef is a site to promote meal prepping, family bonding, healthy eating, and learning. It features lots of recipes for children.

• Find science, maths, computing and design and technology ideas here.

• Did you know on this day, August 23rd, 1991, the world wide web was launched to the public? With that in mind, regular reviews of online safety are always important for children. ThinkuKnow is a great site to explore and discuss with them. Today’s conversation starter is on this theme.

 

 

Independent

• Speaking of computers, try coding for free on Tynker.

• Lego Building Ideas features new ideas for using the Lego your family already has. 

• Take a music lesson on LittleKidsRock.

• Turtle Diary has lots of games, videos, quizzes, printables and teaching tools for primary students across a range of topics and themes. Although it is a subscription service, there are many free resources on this site.

• If your child is interested in natural history, The Brain Scoop offers a huge collection of videos featuring the work and research of natural history museums.

 

In Sir Ken’s words,

We don’t grow into creativity; we grow out of it.

Here’s to addressing that loss in his honour.

 

I hope this gives you some ideas for the week ahead and that I’ve showed you some new resources to support your child/ren. As always, follow me on Facebook,  Instagram and Twitter for daily conversation starters and lots of discussion topics. 

 

Take care and stay safe all!