Home-schooling during Covid19 week two - creative activities

To support parents home-schooling their children during Covid-19, we will be sharing daily resources to help continue your children's creative education. If you enjoy a particular organisation's free activities, please consider making a donation directly to them so that they can continue doing their fantastic work out the other side of lockdown - small arts organisations are under huge strain right now and every penny helps. We are sharing stories of organisations in particular need over on our Twitter page.

Here is a list of our resources for week two:

Craft: Learn how to make a tambourine from... Macaroni! (If you can spare the pasta, that is). Check out Sound Connections' YouTube channel for more fun instrument-making activities.

Dance: Strictly star Oti Mabuse is running daily dance classes at 11.30am over on her Facebook page! We hear this week's theme is musicals... https://www.facebook.com/OtiMabuse/

Literature: ACA Critical Friend, author and illustrator James Mayhew has started #StoryTime4HomeTime, the perfect way to end your day! Follow the link to find out a little more, and make sure to subscribe to James' YouTube channel: https://www.jamesmayhew.co.uk/2020/03/storytime4hometime.html

Music: Why not try incorporating the Voices Foundation Virtual Singing Assembly into your daily lunchtime routine? https://www.pscp.tv/Voices_Found/1vAxRBddAPgxl

Another week of home-schooling done! And for some, it's the start of the Easter holidays... Why not wind down with some free meditation from Calm? https://blog.calm.com/take-a-deep-breath

Other things we've loved...

The egg, Theatre Royal Bath are sharing some fantastic family-friendly plays online, including I wish I was a mountain: https://vimeo.com/401349317

Usborne has launched a Play and Learn at Home digital hub, which includes all their e-books for a reduced price of 99p each: https://www.thebookseller.com/news/usborne-launches-play-and-learn-home-digital-hub-1198269

First News, the schools' newspaper, are making some of their editions available free online: https://subscribe.firstnews.co.uk/free-downloadable-issue/

We will continue to provide ideas for fun stay-at-home activities throughout the holidays, so watch this space!