Plan the treasure hunt, this can simply be a search for a list of items or finding clues to lead to treasure at the end. When creang a treasure hunt consider: • the age of the children when deciding what type of treasure hunt to organise and the me the treasure hunt will take. Choose where the treasure hunt will happen, inside or outside the home. For older children the treasure hunt could be held in the local park. • Making a list of items you can find in your house or include as treasure such as: a teddy, keys, a book, a ball, toothpaste, a hat, an apple, a bag. • Pictures as clues for younger children to use. • Looking for colours, shapes, leers or items from nature. • Including a homemade medal or trophy as a prize. • Some consolaon prizes for younger children. What is my child learning? A treasure hunt is a fun way to extend your child’s language, mathemacal and problem solving skills. It gives your child the opportunity to develop their vocabulary by asking quesons such as: • Can you find a bunch of keys? • Where can we find a big brown teddy bear? • The first clue is beside the blue bowl? When your child is engaged in the treasure hunt they are matching and using their memory which can expand concentraon skills and improve awareness of the similaries and differences in objects. Treasure hunts can get children acvely running around and jumping over things trying to find the clues/items which can support your child’s gross motor skills. Suggestions for extending learning: • Outdoor nature hunt - look for insects, leaves, stones, flowers, bird, a buerfly. • This experience helps children to learn and make sense of the world around them and discover different textures, shapes, size and colours. • Colour hunt – you will need small containers, some coloured paper and sellotape. • Wrap a different piece of coloured paper around each container. You can make your own coloured paper with crayons. Find items of the same colour to put in the containers to match them. • For older children. Create a compeon. Split the children into two teams and have a race to find all the treasure. • Hunt in the dark. Switch off the lights in a room and get the children to search for the clues with a torch. Treasure hunts are an easy and fun way to interact with and help children learn. An adaptable acvity that can take place in any environment. Treasure Hunt What do you need: • Paper • Pencil/Pen/ Crayons • Household items Oponal • Torch • Timer • Prize (homemade) PLAYING HOME at

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Page 1: Treasure HOMEat Huntthe treasure hunt could be held in the local park. • Making a list of items you can find in your house or include as treasure such as: a teddy, keys, a book,

Plan the treasure hunt, this can simply be a search for a list of items or finding clues to lead to treasure at the end.

When creating a treasure hunt consider:

• the age of the children when deciding what type of treasure hunt to organise and the time the treasure hunt will take. Choose where the treasure hunt will happen, inside or outside the home. For older children the treasure hunt could be held in the local park.

• Making a list of items you can find in your house or include as treasure such as: a teddy, keys, a book, a ball, toothpaste, a hat, an apple, a bag.

• Pictures as clues for younger children to use.

• Looking for colours, shapes, letters or items from nature.

• Including a homemade medal or trophy as a prize.

• Some consolation prizes for younger children.

What is my child learning?A treasure hunt is a fun way to extend your child’s language, mathematical and problem solving skills.

It gives your child the opportunity to develop their vocabulary by asking questions such as:

• Can you find a bunch of keys?• Where can we find a big brown teddy bear?• The first clue is beside the blue bowl?

When your child is engaged in the treasure hunt they are matching and using their memory which can expand concentration skills and improve awareness of the similarities and differences in objects.

Treasure hunts can get children actively running around and jumping over things trying to find the clues/items which can support your child’s gross motor skills.

Suggestions for extending learning:• Outdoor nature hunt - look for

insects, leaves, stones, flowers, bird, a butterfly.

• This experience helps children to learn and make sense of the world around them and discover different textures, shapes, size and colours.

• Colour hunt – you will need small containers, some coloured paper and sellotape.

• Wrap a different piece of coloured paper around each container. You can make your own coloured paper with crayons. Find items of the same colour to put in the containers to match them.

• For older children. Create a competition. Split the children into two teams and have a race to find all the treasure.

• Hunt in the dark. Switch off the lights in a room and get the children to search for the clues with a torch.

Treasure hunts are an easy and fun way to interact with and help children learn. An adaptable activity that can take place in any environment.

Treasure Hunt

What do you need:

• Paper

• Pencil/Pen/Crayons

• Household items

Optional

• Torch

• Timer

• Prize (homemade)