Screen Free Ideas

- Baking with the children - Try making a gingerbread person and read the story or make some healthy fruit kebabs.
- Helping with chores - let your children help hang washing on the airer with pegs, help wipe the windows or dry the dishes (safe for little hands)
- Simple science experiment - "volcano": mix vinegar and bicarb soda together and see what happens or "Skittle rainbow": place skittle (lollies) on a plate and add warm water and what happens.
- Make a cubby house using pillows, pillows etc.
- Visit the Monash Library for story time or borrow books https://www.monlib.vic.gov.au/Whats-On-Landing/Children-and-Youth
- Go for a nature walk and create a scavenger hunt to look for a feather, rock, sticks or look for numbers on the letter boxes or letters on street signs or shops.
- Go for a walk or a bike ride in the autumn sunshine
- Visit the different play grounds around the local area. https://www.melbourneplaygrounds.com.au for a range of outdoor places to visit.


