Earlier in the week, I put together a list of free online resources for home schooling. I started with great intentions but I’ve not been doing as much as I hoped. I don’t have the patience, Lucas doesn’t listen to instruction as well from me as he does teachers and to be honest, this is such an unsettling time for all of us so I’m not adding the stress of constant learning.
Instead, we’ve been getting outdoors and enjoying the fresh air. We are currently on a 15 day lock down but thankfully so far, this means we can still play in the garden or go for a walk, providing we aren’t meeting with anyone.
We’ve been playing boules, tig, hide and seek and rolling balls down the road in front of our house to see who’s goes the furthest. We live in a very rural place and with lock down, it makes it virtually impossible for a car to be on the road.
One thing I’m so glad I have, is our Seekers magnetic scavenger hunt. We have been using it since my Grandma bought it for Lucas a couple of Christmas’ ago, it’s perfect for screen free play and to encourage children to explore the great outdoors. Lucas loves going out to try and find everything on his magnets.
The starter kit contains a magnetic waterproof board with 12 reversible magnets. The magnets included are perfect for a general outdoor scavenger hunt. I can’t tell you how many times we have used it. We’ve used them down the woods, in the garden, at nature reserves, on the beach, walking down the road, there’s so many objects on there, that you can use in such a variety of settings. The starter pack comes complete with 2 drawstring bags. The larger drawstring bag fits the board in and can be carried by hand or as a backpack. It also fits in our drinking bottle and snacks when we go out with it. The smaller drawstring bag is for the magnets to go in.
We also have the car journey add-on magnet set so when we use that one, we put the woodland one back in the smaller bag to keep safe and tidy.
The car journey add-on magnet set is great for keeping Lucas occupied when we are travelling but can also be used walking around a town.
Other add-on magnet sets include; ‘Beside the Seaside’, ‘Happy Campers’, ‘Supermarket’, At the Park’, ‘Shapes and Colours’ and ‘Christmas’. Launching this summer is also ‘Minibeasts’ add-on magnet set! For all ‘Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom’ fans out there, there’s also a NEW licensed version of the original Seekers starter pack which features characters from the show.
Offer on now
They currently have an offer on too, perfectly timed for lots of children needing to be entertained and encouraging families to reconnect together outside whilst avoiding other people. If you buy a starter kit, you can also purchase an add-on magnet set for half price using the code SPRING20. Click here to go and have a look for yourself.
I honestly can’t recommend them enough, we have had so many days out with ours. They are very hardwearing, ours has withstood Lucas and a few storms too!
Giveaway
If you would like the chance to win a starter set, enter below x
That is such a simple but brilliant game , ideal for my granddaughter
Great game for out in the countryside where the air is fresh and virus free! Best place to be right now!
My grandchildren would love this.
My kids would love this.
My children would love this xx
My daughter is working from home while homeschooling my granddaughter. I’m sure they’d both enjoy this toy.
This is a great idea to get children outside more
This would be amazing now I’m having to work from home and homeschool!
This would be great to keep the children and adults happy
This would be perfect to win for the kids off school!
I would love to win one for little boy, he sounds a lot like your little one!
My twin girls would love this
This is great for kids whilst they are off school
good idea to keep thier minds busy with all thats going on x
My daughter would love this!
great idea to educate and still have fun
great idea to educate and still have fun with it
This would be perfect for my neice, they live in the country and my sister in law has said that they would like a more focused walk.
these are brilliant, educational but so much fun
This is so cool
This is a great idea, I’m sure my granddaughter would love it.
This be wonderful for my 2 boys
fantastic for my granddaughter
What a great idea I will definitely be using some of these to help with outdoor learning the next few weeks!
This looks fun and educational. It’ll be fab for the kids to do when the world is back to normal x
This would be so fun for my granddaughter
This looks like so much fun for everyone
This is a fantastic idea a fun day out and about
What a great idea to keep the kids busy xx
this would be great for my grandson
Great prize! – many thanks for the wonderful blog and the chance to win 🙂
My daughter would love this
this would be for my nephew
This would be great for family and outside time!
Fun and educational at the same time! A great way for children to learn.
Absolutely spot on with whats going on currently
This looks great fun, my daughter loves scavenger hunts although we call them treasure hunts lol
I would love this for my nephew!
My nephews and nieces love being out in nature. Great prize.
I’m sure that the boys would love this, particularly at the moment
We live next to the woods, ideal, many thanks…..
This would make a lovely gift
This looks like a fantastic idea to keep kids occupied outside in the fresh air.
Looks and sounds fun with the added bonus of learning as well
I know that Arlo would have great fun with it.
What a fab, simple game 🙂 My two youngest would really enjoy this – Thanks for another fab comp. x
This would suit my youngest grandson, proper outdoor lad
What a wonderful giveaway
My boys would love this!
what a lovely prize. My daughter would absolutely love this so fingers crossed !
A great idea my daughter would love to play with this and go out looking for things
Looks great, think all 3 of my kids would enjoy this 🙂
Love the sound of this! My little ones would love it
my grandson would love this
My sons would love this! They love exploring the outdoors and I love stuff that gets them off a screen!
Looks fun, perfect for my daughter!
This looks fab. Thanks for the chance x
this would be great for my grandson bertie
This would be amazing to win, love new things to do with the kids
My grandson would have a lot of fun with this. Thanks for the competition.
Brilliant for home schooling
I haven’t seen this before but am very pleased to know about it now. Thank you.
Great idea to get my daugther outdoors
what a great idea to kids more interested and nature and their surroundings
This looks great fun
This is super clever. Great for kids and adults alike. Great for the exercise allowance time.
I would love to win this so that I could play it with my grandchildren when we see them again!!!
Love the idea of this, we try to play these games with the kids anyway but it would be great to have something to make it more interactive.
Such a great idea, I think I might make my own hunt for the children as well!
Love finding news things to do together when we’re outdoors
This looks like a lot of fun and great to get outdoors and do something different.
My grandchildren would love this.
This would be great for my nature loving grandchildren
This looks cool to do
I have a 7 year old & a 5 year old who would love this – what a fab idea!
Would have loved this when I was little – great giveaway x
This is fab perfect for my son when we are on our daily walk
This would be great for my SEN children at school
cool giveaway.
cool giveaway.
Just can’t beat fun and educational toys
“Fun tas tic!!” Education toys fro the young ones!!
My daughter would love this she such a out door girl so our one hour a day out with this would be fantastic
Great Idea my grandson would love this
This looks great, my boys would love this.
My daughters age 3 and 5. Would love this.
This would be perfect for my granddaughter
What a great idea, I love that you can get add on packs too.
My grandchildren would love this when we can all go out together again
What a good idea! That would be great for our family walks!
perfect for entertaining the kids who are bored at the min
My little boy would love this! Would make a fun game for outdoors especially with what’s going on in the world right now!
What a lovely idea!
fingers crossed lovely giveaway xx
What a simple, yet brilliant idea. Love this!
This would be ideal for my granddaughter’s 3rd birthday. I’m buying her presents of an outdoor theme
brilliant giveaway i would love to win this thank you
This looks like a really good game that my little girl would love.
Fab idea my nephews would love this
This looks great fun for keeping them busy in the garden!
This looks like a great way to get the kids outside and having fun and learning about nature.
Thanks for the chance to win x