Summer brain-boosting challenges

Juggle fruit. Work on the technology of the future. Plot and design a lost city, create a zoo of invented animals, learn to talk sdrawkcab and bake a pizza clock and a pastry map. How many of our wonderful brain-boosting challenges can you fit into your summer? All you need are some art materials, imagination and an enquiring mind to have a go at a whole host of practical and reflective activities, suitable for primary-school children (and parents, of course). Have fun!

Our Summer brain-boosting challenges learning pack has been designed to stimulate interest in the world, enrich learning and stretch children's brains over the holidays. Educational activitist and former head-teacher John Senior has compiled a cornucopia of activities to try (no special equipment needed), so get started today! You could:

• Compile a travel-diary hoax
• Be a geometrical gourmet
• Make a weather station
• Grow carrots in a Wellington boot
• Walk to Anchorage, Alaska (without leaving home)
• Produce tiny books 
• Invent local artists and artwork

... and loads more! All the activities are linked to the national curriculum.