Introducing our new OctoKids programme… Pulled collectively within the midst of the Coronavirus to assist our Octo-parents preserve their youngsters occupied and entertained, we’ve obtained exercise sheets, boredom packing containers, movies and all kinds of different suggestions to share with you and your little monsters!
As our total staff of vitality specialists transition to working remotely, we needed to do one thing to help dad and mom who’ll be juggling work with taking care of and home-schooling younger youngsters.
Lily, who runs our full-time distant ‘digiops’ staff – made up principally of mums – got here up with an ideal thought. It began when our staff of oldsters obtained collectively in a brand new inner Slack channel – #homeschooliscool – to swap concepts, share jokes and commiserate about homeschooling for the subsequent few weeks. Collectively, their concepts turn into the inspiration for OctoKids.
OctoKids – exercise sheets, quizzes, colouring-in and tedium packing containers…
Our fantastic graphic designers Amy and Monica have been busy designing day by day exercise sheets that includes colouring-in, puzzles, and quizzes (that may be introduced up digitally or printed off), boredom packing containers – with concepts for actions like scavenger hunts and origami, and even craft competitions (with a weekly prize!).
You may obtain our OctoKids packs free, right here!
OctoKids TV: Every day youngsters’ leisure broadcasts from pirate magic to princess events
We’ve additionally arrange OctokidsTV (led by Dom, our PR supervisor, turned self-appointed Head Producer). We’ve been utilizing Zoom to broadcast interactive periods led by youngsters’s entertainers from Continuous Youngsters Leisure. They run twice a day, and are designed to entertain, occupy, and get the youngsters transferring.
Whereas they will not be fairly as interactive because the reside periods, we’ll be importing all recorded periods on our OctoKidsTV Youtube playlist, so anybody can watch alongside!
Our staff can log their youngsters into a wide selection of periods with an entire host of actions! To this point we’ve had:
- Comedy award profitable magic exhibits
- Makaton classes
- Excessive Vitality Get together Video games
- Princess Events
- Popstar Dance classes
- Pirate Magic exhibits
Like many dad and mom, you’ve most likely scoured the whole web for stuff – however in case it’s helpful, listed here are some ideas our staff have shared in our #homeschooliscool discussion board:
