Parent Activity Hub — Mother India School

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This Week's Challenge: Family Gratitude Jar 🙏

Every evening this week, each family member writes one thing they're grateful for on a small paper and drops it in a jar. On Sunday, read them all together!

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Paper Plate Sunflower

Craft · Age 3–8

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🌻 Paper Plate Sunflower

⏱ 20 mins · 🧰 Paper plate, yellow & brown paint, glue

Paint the centre of the plate brown.
Cut yellow paper strips for petals & glue around the edge.
Let your child draw a face on the sunflower.
Talk about how flowers grow towards sunlight (great science tie-in!).
Display it on the fridge — instant pride boost! 🌟

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Rainbow Milk Explosion

Science · Age 4–9

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🌈 Rainbow Milk Explosion

⏱ 10 mins · 🧰 Milk, food colour, dish soap, plate

Pour milk into a shallow plate.
Add drops of different food colours around the milk.
Dip a cotton swab in dish soap and touch the centre.
Watch the colours burst and swirl like magic!
Explain: soap breaks the fat molecules — that's the "magic".

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Backyard Nature Hunt

Outdoor · Age 3–10

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🔍 Backyard Nature Hunt

⏱ 30 mins · 🧰 A small basket or bag

Make a list: a leaf, a stone, something yellow, something round.
Go outside (garden, park or terrace) and hunt together.
Sort findings by colour, shape or size when back home.
Bonus: press a leaf in a book to make a bookmark!

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Build-a-Story Cubes

Story & Mind · Age 5–10

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📖 Build-a-Story Cubes

⏱ 25 mins · 🧰 Paper, scissors, sketch pens

Make 2 paper cubes (templates online or freehand).
On one cube draw characters; on the other, places/objects.
Roll both cubes and create a story combining the results.
Take turns adding sentences — builds vocabulary & imagination!

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Grow a Bean in a Jar

Science · Age 4–10

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🌱 Grow a Bean in a Jar

⏱ 10 mins setup, observe daily · 🧰 Jar, cotton, bean seed, water

Line a glass jar with wet cotton/tissue.
Tuck a rajma or chickpea seed between jar and cotton.
Place near sunlight, keep cotton moist daily.
Make a "growth diary" — draw what you see each day!

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Handprint Family Tree

Craft · Age 3–8

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✋ Handprint Family Tree

⏱ 25 mins · 🧰 Brown & green paint, paper

Draw a tree trunk and branches on paper.
Dip each family member's hand in green paint.
Press handprints as "leaves" on the branches.
Write names below each handprint — a keepsake forever!

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Shadow Tag & Tracing

Outdoor · Age 4–10

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🦶 Shadow Tag & Tracing

⏱ 20 mins · 🧰 Chalk (optional)

On a sunny morning, go outside and look at your shadows.
Try to step on each other's shadow (shadow tag!).
Trace each other's shadow outline with chalk.
Come back at noon — observe how the shadow changed. Why?

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Sock Puppet Theatre

Story & Mind · Age 3–9

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🎭 Sock Puppet Theatre

⏱ 30 mins · 🧰 Old socks, buttons, wool, glue

Decorate old socks with button eyes and wool hair.
Create 2–3 characters together.
Make up a short play — a "drawing room theatre"!
Builds confidence, speech and storytelling skills.

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Sink or Float Lab

Science · Age 3–9

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🧊 Sink or Float Lab

⏱ 15 mins · 🧰 A tub of water, household items

Gather items: spoon, leaf, eraser, bottle cap, coin, sponge.
Ask: "Will it sink or float?" — predict before testing!
Drop each item in water and observe.
Sort into two groups and talk about why (weight, material).

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Kitchen Maths — Measuring Cups

Life Skills · Age 4–10

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🍳 Kitchen Maths

⏱ 15 mins · 🧰 Measuring cups, dal/rice, bowls

Ask your child to measure 1 cup of rice into a bowl.
Ask: "How many half-cups make 1 cup?"
Let them help measure ingredients for a simple recipe.
Talk about more/less, full/empty, heavy/light.

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Freeze Dance Party

Outdoor / Movement · Age 3–9

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🎶 Freeze Dance Party

⏱ 10 mins · 🧰 Any music (phone/speaker)

Play music and dance freely as a family.
Pause the music suddenly — everyone must freeze!
Anyone who moves does a silly pose for 5 seconds.
Great for energy release, listening skills & laughter!

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My Helper Chart

Life Skills · Age 3–9

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🧹 My Helper Chart

⏱ 20 mins · 🧰 Paper, sketch pens, stickers

List 4–5 small daily tasks (make bed, water plants, set table).
Draw a simple chart with days of the week.
Let your child add a star/sticker when a task is done.
Builds responsibility and a sense of pride!

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Gratitude Jar Journal

Story & Mind · Age 4–10

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🙏 Gratitude Jar Journal

⏱ 10 mins daily · 🧰 A jar, small paper slips

Each evening, write/draw one good thing from the day.
Fold it and place it in a decorated jar.
Each Sunday, read all the notes together as a family.
Builds emotional awareness and positivity.

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