Below is a list of useful links to other websites providing lots of fun and creative ways to keep your children occupied.
A local illustrator Emma Lucy has illustrated lots of books for the children’s author, Ruth Whenham. She has also created a wonderful colouring sheet of Chester free to download. This is perfect for both children and parents to spend time together. Head over to her page, she has lots of craft ideas and there is also a link to hobby craft with more colouring sheets. https://www.emmalucyillustration.com/blog/colour-in-chester
The wonderful Mrs King from Hoole Church of England Primary School has started a youtube channel. It has some fantastic craft ideas, stories and healthy recipes that the children will love to create. Activities with Mrs King
One of the sites we use a lot at HETTY is Twinkl. They produce the most amazing resources on practically any topic you could imagine and have sections specifically for children in EYFS!
Lots of CBeebies programmes are great for educating little ones too – have a look at:
Nina and the Neurons for all things scientific
I can cook to have fun in the kitchen
Alphablocks to learn about letter sounds
including A parents’ guide to phonics
Numberblocks to learn about numbers
Chester Zoo have lots of resources on line for you to do at home https://www.chesterzoo.org/schools/resources/
Really great games to help with phonics – http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk
Lots of fun activities from slime to craft ideas and print outs – http://www.thebestideasforkids.com
Brilliant ideas and loads of fun from ‘The Dad Lab’ – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc_-hy0u9-oKlNdMKHBudcQ
Ideas for different activities to do at home for older children – https://theweekjunior.co.uk/activity-hub
Brilliant ideas for all subjects – interactive games, activities. Sections for all year groups of children including EYFS https://www.topmarks.co.uk/
Printable activity cards for the family to do at home – https://hbc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Activity-Cards.pdf
Excellent writing and phonics activities for all school year groups including a section specifically for EYFS http://www.theliteracycompany.co.uk/free-resources/
Carol Vorderman’s maths activities https://www.themathsfactor.com/
David Walliams’ story telling https://worldofdavidwalliams.com
Wildlife and birds activities https://www.rspb.org.uk/fun-and-learning/for-kids/
https://www.rspb.org.uk/fun-and-learning/for-families/ ,
https://www.rspb.org.uk/fun-and-learning/for-kids/games-and-activities/online-games-for-kids/