I am loving these suggestions! DS is a bit young for some of them (eg internet research: his typing/reading skills will need improving, and he gets frustrated when we research together because there aren't enough pictures!).
Onyx, you're right, gardening isn't the best atm, but we can do indoor plants and herbs if Liebs wanted to do that. DH wants to do all the DIY stuff with Liebs, which is great as there aren't any local workshops. Having been into Homebase, Wickes, do-it-all and the like locally, I'd rather Liebling had proper training with his child-sized tool kit. Can't believe that we had to get a French tool set as young children aren't to be trusted with saws, chisels etc in England.
We have had European days, where we colour in flags and say some words (or rather, I do then Liebling has a fit because I'm speaking "language" and he doesn't always like it - he is better now he has French club) and eat some local foods - will have to try further afield.
Will have to try some of the more crafty ideas, I am not that creative so junk modelling etc would be loved, but I don't know where to start. Letting Liebs just do it would be good, I suppose!
Can you get online and watch some episodes of Play School? Seriously, I would have no idea how to make a cereal box anything other than a cereal box if it weren't for that show! LOL I am creatively challenged like that. Ceebeebies would have some similar things on it too that you might get some direction from. Art Attack is awesome too.
There is that dough footprint recipe too, he could press his dinosaurs or something into it and bake and paint to hang on his wall.
Do you have any hands-on science museums near you (we have ScienceWorks here which a whole range of age-appropriate activities they can do and participate in, whole days have known to be consumed with ScienceWorks! LOL)
I detest Art Attack. But we do enjoy Mister Maker, Liebling does sometimes do some of those. OK, need to start buying things in boxes!
I'm a bit reticent to do Christmas things too much as Liebs will be doing those at school, and bringing them home: he has some stuff for his tree that he has made himself. DH is already getting annoyed that we'll have two trees up plus other decorations: don't think I can get snowflakes on the windows too! I can try...
No hands-on science museums but we like making things blow up at home, so Liebs doesn't miss out there. We do a lot of astronomy too, when the nights are clear. Sadly he's not that into the stories behind the names of the stars yet.
I'm also against play-doh and clay and the like: feels wrong, messy, feels wrong, gets into the carpet, feels wrong and people make me touch it and it just feels horrid and wrong. Clay is better than dough-based toys but can still be wrong on a bad day - and can upset my carpet too!
One is my tree, one is Liebling's tree. We both like Christmas trees and decorating them. We also like decorating them for a whole month as we have advent decorations for each day in Advent (starting with the first Sunday or the 1st of December, whichever means the tree is up for longest). DH does not like Christmas trees, he doesn't have one. Plus mine is MY gorgeous 6'6 tree with set decorations and is there to be looked at; Liebling's is a 4' tree with bright colours and his made decorations on. It is there to be enjoyed.
BTW, has anyone seen the Lego advent calendar? I want. Won't last 24 days though.
Love the lego advent calendars. We got one a few years back and have spread it out over a number of years with other bits and pieces for DD. She saw the email with the latest one though and it was an immediate 'I want that'.
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Why are you having two trees? (Sorry, totally OT!)
One is my tree, one is Liebling's tree. We both like Christmas trees and decorating them. We also like decorating them for a whole month as we have advent decorations for each day in Advent (starting with the first Sunday or the 1st of December, whichever means the tree is up for longest). DH does not like Christmas trees, he doesn't have one. Plus mine is MY gorgeous 6'6 tree with set decorations and is there to be looked at; Liebling's is a 4' tree with bright colours and his made decorations on. It is there to be enjoyed.
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