Here is a list, compiled by a panel of experts, of things children should do
by the time they are ten. How many have you tried?
1. Roll down a grassy bank 2. Make a mud pie 3. Prepare a modelling-dough mixture 4. Collect frogspawn 5. Make perfume from flower petals 6. Grow cress on a window sill 7. Make a paper-mache mask 8. Build a sandcastle 9. Climb a tree 10. Make a den in the garden 11. Paint using hands and feet
12. Organise a teddy bears' picnic 13. Have a face-painting session 14. Make snow angels 15. Create a clay sculpture 16. Take part in a scavenger hunt 17. Camp out in your garden 18. Bake a cake 19. Feed a farm animal 20. Pick some strawberries 21. Play Pooh sticks 22. Recognise five bird species 23. Find some worms 24. Cycle through a muddy puddle 25. Make and fly a kite 26. Plant a tree 27. Build a nest from grass and twigs 28. Find ten different leaves in the park 29. Grow vegetables 30. Make breakfast in bed for mum and dad 31. Create a mini assault course in the garden
Remember all these should be supervised by an adult. Why not have a look at our Recycling, Re-using and Reducing Waste Page
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