What are your dc doing in lockdown

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Posting in gifted and talented because I know we have a first world problem. DS is doing 11 plus preparation which takes up about an hour a day. His school work takes about 20 minutes (not a boast they are not set much). He has been working through some History online sources and has started to learn an instrument. We go on walks and he meets friends. I try to encourage cooking, gardening and craft but he is somewhat reluctant. He is increasingly filling his time with gaming and watching scifi. I don't want him to get too far ahead so he is bored at school. Planning to add a MFL but wondering if anyone else had any other good suggestions. I have a bit more time available to help him than I did at the beginning of lockdown.

I was going to suggest a MFL, maybe have a look at dinolingo?
dinolingo.com/
You could also get him started on some coding? code monkey is meant to be good for kids
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Oh yes coding is a good idea. They do very little at his current school.

I would get him to plan a schedule, so he can see there will be still time for gaming and watching sci-fi.

You could let him pick what he wants to do, as long as he includes some things academic in the mix, of whatever takes his interest. For instance: Learning about plants and insects; astronomy, early civilisations, clouds and weather systems, etc.

For maths, without going ahead in the curriculum, the junior maths challenge section of the UKMT site has lots of puzzle type maths questions. It is aimed at years 7 to 9, but has a range of difficulty in the questions.

There is also the Primary Maths Challenge, which also has past papers and is aimed at the final years of primary.

Khan Academy is worth a look at. It also has a coding course, along with many other subjects.

Do not worry if he does not stick to his schedule, just so long as most days it gives him the structure to get on with something.