The Ultimate Guide to Keeping Your Kids Entertained During Lockdown
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Team Banjo have been tracking all the great suggestions we’ve been seeing on the web for things to do with your kids (of all ages!) during the lockdown, we’ve compiled them into a detailed compendium of useful links & ideas and we’ve added a few of our own, so you have one ultimate guide to keeping your children entertained during the lockdown!
We hope you find it useful and that you’ll share it with your friends and family. Some of the content and lists have been sourced on social media and so in most cases, we are not able to reference where they’ve originally come from, so thanks to everyone who has contributed! If you have any more ideas you’d like to add to this resource, please email banjosguide@banjorobinson.com
We’ll be updating this guide continually, so be sure to come back and check it regularly. First published on 26.03.20. Last edited 03.07.20.
Monday to Friday Activities
9 am PE with Joe Wicks
The Body Coach, Joe Wicks hosts a daily live Physical Education class for kids and the whole family on YouTube Monday to Friday at 9 am.
10 am Maths with Carol Vorderman
Carol teaches your child Maths for ages 4-12 years, matching to the National Curriculum.
11 am English with David Walliams
Free daily audio stories from David Walliams released at 11am each day.
- Trish the Troll
- Samples from all David Walliams books here.
- Fun downloadables from David Walliams here.
12 pm Keep Cooking and Carry On with Jamie Oliver
Lunch and cooking ideas with Jamie Oliver.
Teaching your children the basics around the Piano.
1.30 pm Dance with Darcey Bussel
On Facebook live!
Free for 30-days.
4 pm Home Economics with Theo Michaels
Mon/Wed/Fri
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More online events & activities for kids
How to teach kids to code
Programming is a hot topic and becoming an increasingly more popular activity for young children.
Check out this wonderful resource from Camp Brainy Bunch to kick start your kids in learning programming today.
Geography with Steve Backshall
From 9.30am Wednesday 25 March
Steve will be live on Facebook, Instagram AND YouTube.
From habitats to holotypes, parasites to pademelons, He’ll do his best to bring the wild world into your living room, from his living room!
12 Famous Museums Offer Virtual Tours
Science with Professor Brian Cox, Robin Ince & Guests
Online Learning Resources:
– BrainPop
– Tynker
– Udemy
– iReady
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YouTube Channels:
– SciShow
Pick ‘n’ Mix ideas
Help your parents:
- Wash the car
- Clean the house
- Fold the washing
- Do some gardening
- Plant some seeds
- Sort out that box of screws and things
- Write a story
- Learn a new card game
- Play a board game
- Make a puzzle
- Make something new with your Lego
- Learn a language – Try Duolingo or Rosetta Stone
- Learn to play an instrument – Try Youcisian
- Video call a loved one
- Make a pizza, pancake or help make lunch or dinner
- Do some drawing / painting
We hope you enjoy this resource and will share it with your friends and family. Banjo is not affiliated with any of the above resources, we are sharing them as we think they’ll be useful to you and your children during the coming weeks. If you have more suggestions, please send them to banjosguide@banjorobinson.com
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