Central Bedfordshire Council have launched a free summer activities booklet – it’s full of fun activities for parents/carers and young children!
The booklet contains over 30 fun ideas that can be done with little or no resources, or using things that might already be around the house. The activities are also designed to help young children develop skills such as hand eye coordination and counting and help them learn new words and develop an awareness of nature.
The activity booklets are free and are available to collect from CBC’s Children’s Centres and have been designed so parents and children can tick off each activity once they have completed it.
Some of the activities include:
- Planting a sunflower seed to help children understand nature, the life cycle of a plant and how to measure.
- Making rainbow fruit ice lollies to help children understand melting and freezing.
- Going on a summer flower hunt to spot buttercups and daisies, helping children to learn new words and develop their observational skills.
Please visit your local Children’s Centre – in Flitwick, Shefford, Sandy, Stotfold, Leighton Buzzard, Houghton Regis and Dunstable – to pick up a copy and enjoy working your way through the activities.
CBC have also developed winter and spring activity booklets, which will be available from Children’s Centres in November and March respectively.
Maulden Parish Council have requested a PDF version of the booklet and will post it here if it becomes available.
Children’s Centres contact details are available here: https://cbc.cloud.servelec-synergy.com/synergyfis/Childrenscentres.aspx