Arrange magnetic tiles on a baking tray to create a maze. Place a tricky word or sound flashcard in the maze. Read the word and see if...

My daughter has loved cats for as long as I can remember. Her favourite movie was Aristocats and one of my favourite videos is of her signing Everybody Wants to be a Cat in her toddler voice. For her 10th birthday, she wanted a Cat Cafe birthday party so we set one up at home. Her collection of cat toys provided us with decorations! I found a Ginger Ray party hat garland from Tesco and used it to create party hats for the cats. I bought a set of cat decorations from Amazon,

Choose a word from your child's spelling list and place the magnetic letters on a baking tray so they are all mixed up.

Spelling homework can feel like a bit of a chore so we are on a mission to make it more fun in our house. I've asked my children to pick some themes so I can set up a few after-school activities for them to do. This post shows what we did for Shark Week.

Bedtimes in our house started to get later and later and we had got into a comfortable routine of watching something on the TV after dinner as we were all tired. Then Craig or I would notice the time and announce it was time to turn the TV off and get ready for bed which was never well received and bedtime began to feel like a chore. I decided to shake up our routine and add the bedtime box. The bedtime box is full of games and activities which we play together before we go u

Celebrate completing Space Camp, with your final badge for your log book. The Space Log also contains some 'would you rather...' questions. Read the questions, and let everyone decide which one they would rather do. Try to explain why you would pick that one.

Use the symbols to crack the code. What do the words say? Once you have sounded them out and blended the sounds, decide whether it is a real word or an alien word.

Follow the grid references to find the missing letters. Write the sounds in the gap to complete the words then read the sentences to find out about the Mars Rover.