The little discovery collection

What shall we try today?

Gather ordinary things. Bring a grown-up. Ages are a starting suggestion, never a test.

14 activities

Maths

How many handspans?

Measure one table with two hands and discover why units matter.

15 min · 6–10 years
Maths

Fair shares, folded

Understand halves and quarters by making equal parts.

15 min · 7–10 years
Language

Three objects, one story

Build a beginning, a problem and an ending from ordinary objects.

20 min · 6–10 years
Language

An indoor sound hunt

Listen for first sounds. This is not a spelling test.

10 min · 6–10 years
Language

Be a picture detective

Separate what you see from what you think might be happening.

15 min · 7–10 years
Science

Follow a shadow

Observe how light position changes a shadow.

20 min · 6–10 years
Science

Sink, float, test again

Predict, observe and revise. Size alone is not the whole story.

20 min · 7–10 years
Science

Look closely at a leaf

Describe and sort without needing the plant’s name.

15 min · 6–10 years
Science

Build a paper bridge

Explore how shape changes paper’s strength.

25 min · 8–10 years
Art & making

Draw a shape city

Combine shapes into an imaginary accessible place.

20 min · 6–10 years
Art & making

Clap a secret rhythm

Listen, remember and take turns with a musical pattern.

10 min · 6–10 years
Maths

Make a toy bar chart

Turn a collection into a chart and ask a question it can answer.

20 min · 8–10 years