C hild’s play PARK LIFE Have lots of fun with these great play ideas for the park or woods
All surface Swingball set, £25 215-1312
Have a snail race Use twigs to make a short track, then find a snail and a leaf each and place them at either end. The winner is the person whose snail reaches its leaf first. Go on a nature trail Print out a checklist from tes.co/natureprints, and see how many of the animals and plants you can spot. Or take part in the Big Butterfly Count (bigbutterflycount.org), running between 15 July and 7 August. Play poohsticks For this classic game from the Winnie-the-Pooh stories, all you need is a river with a bridge and a handful of sticks. Each child selects a stick, then, at the same time, drops it over the upstream side of the bridge. The winner is the person whose stick emerges first on the other side.
Scoot up
ABOVE Scooter, £15 in blue 573-0781 RIGHT Razor B120
scooter, £40 in red/black 610-7057 Razor S scooter, £35 in pink 497-9551 34
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Learn to bunnyhop - pull up on the handlebars at the same times as jumping so all the wheels leave the ground.