England-themed Activities for Kids!

To celebrate the release of our England Country Quest, we’ve created some England-themed activities to try out at home! Although Questa Kids is mostly an online educational game for kids, we always try to supply some offline learning activities for kids once they’re done.

Here are some great recipes, research activities and craft activities for kids to try, including plenty of ways to help out animals in their environment!

  • Make some delicious scones

It’s time to make some scones! Technically scones are from Scotland originally, but they’ve been adopted in England too! Plus there are some very contentious debates about scones, and the right way to eat them, particularly in the West Country. 

 

Do you eat scones the Devon way or the Cornwall way? 

The counties of Devon and Cornwall have been arguing for many years over whether you should put the clotted cream or the jam on first, when having cream tea. People from Devon think that the cream should go first, and then the jam, while people from Cornwall think it should be jam first, then cream. 

What do you think? 

 

Apparently, the debate has already been decided, although we suspect heavy Cornish involvement. 

Scones are incredibly easy to make at home, so it’s a great one to try with kids. Here’s a great recipe from the BBC Good Food website. 

“Don’t forget to send us a photo if it turns out well! You can email us at info@questakids.com or tag us with @questakids on Instagram or Facebook!”
— Questa & zeke
 

  • Do some research 

We know QK kids love to do research, so we’ve got some extra research tasks for the overachievers out there. At the beginning of the England Coutry Quest, Zeke mentioned a few other things about English history which there wasn’t time to cover. 

So how about doing some research now? If you send it in to us, we’ll make sure to put it up online! All kids have to do is research a topic (we’ll give some handy links!) then type in what they’ve learned. We’ll put the best summaries online, along with their name and age! 

It’s a great thing to boast to teachers about! 

Here are a few topics…

(click on the links if you need some help with the research)

  • Let’s help the animals of England

There are lots of animals which are in danger in England right now, some of them even ones that live in the garden. They are under threat by more people, more buildings and more roads. Take some time to learn about different animals of England, particularly endangered ones, and the different ways we can help them. 

  • How many British books have you read? 

There are lots of famous books that were written for children in England. How many of them have your kids read? We’ve made a printable sheet of 19 Famous English Kids’ Books. Each book has a check box next to it, so children can tick them off if they’ve read them. 

Checklists can be a great motivational tool to encourage reading, as well as a way to remind kids how much they’ve achieved. Combine with a visit to the library for best results!


Here’s the list…

  1. The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams

  2. The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

  3. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

  4. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

  5. A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond

  6. George’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl

  7. Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne

  8. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

  9. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

  10. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

  11. Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

  12. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

  13. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

  14. Why the Whales Came by Michael Morpurgo

  15. Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome

  16. Watership Down by Richard Adams

  17. Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce

  18. Five Children and It by Edith Nesbit

  19. The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr

 

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We regularly send out ideas for kids aged 7-12 to learn more about their environment and the world around them. That includes cooking new foods, learning new facts, fun printable quizzes and facts, museum scavenger hunts and plenty of the facts about Questa and Zeke and their travels around the world. Oh, and discounts to the Questa Kids educational game as well!

Laura Curtis