Ask the Expert: Ideas to keep your kids engage this May holidays

Hello there! A couple of mediums are winners in this - water and clay! I have known this to work for children from 18 months onwards. For water, set up a safe space for your child to play with it in a little tupperware or container - depending on age, they will fascinate themselves on how water can 'change' in terms of shapes and size. You can then intermittently introduce other elements like their toy dinosaurs or other small objects to have a little bath. :) Another idea is to freeze their small toys in a tub of water and give them a safe object to chisel away the ice. For clay, because of its ever changing texture, children are usually engaged for an hour at least. Extend this by giving them different tools to explore clay with or make something. If you need access to safe clay for children, you can pick it up here: www.klaykit.com. :)