FUN ACADEMY PARENT APP
1840 tasks. Your online library of offline activities to do with your child!
Music, Arts & Crafts
Physical Education & Geography
Math, Physics & Chemistry
Languages & Biology
Sample Tasks
Have a look at these sample tasks and test them with your child. If they feel like something you and your child might enjoy, purchase a full set and gain access to the Fun Learning story with the Kip Crew characters and more fun tasks!
- Info
- Story
- Instructions
This is a Parent App for parents of 3, 4, 5 and 6-year-old children. You receive instructions to guide your child through kindergarten activities that are founded on Fun Academy Kindergarten lessons, composed by early childhood education experts and teachers, and now modified for use in the home environment. The app includes inspiring stories, and advice for you on how to create Fun Learning experiences for your child.
The Structure
The adventures of the Kip Crew characters are divided into stories that are always followed by 20 fun tasks. As you follow the story and complete the tasks, the child learns about math, music, sciences, language and communication, arts and crafts, and physical activity. The subject content is connected to practicing life skills. The Fun Learning experience supports development of important skills, not only acquisition of knowledge.
The Kip Crew has landed on Kipinoi planet. Tuka, Maco, Soca and Waaba are exploring the area around their spaceships.
We have compiled their explorations into fun chunks of activities you can do together with your child. For your convenience we have connected them to school subjects that are familiar to us on Earth.
These tasks are designed especially for you if your child is between 3 and 6 years old.
The Fun Learning Story Begins!
Broken shoes, torn old curtains, car tires, empty buckets, old books…
“How has all this junk ended up in my basement?” wonders Soca. He has decided to clean it today. It’s dark in the basement. It smells funny too.
”Hello? Anybody there?” he asks. It feels like someone is watching his every move. Soca doesn’t like being alone in his cave. That’s why he invited his Kip Crew friends to help him clean up. Finally the doorbell rings. Soca rushes to the door to greet Tuka, Maco and Waaba.
“Hi everyone!” he says, and leads them downstairs.
The stairs down to the basement are steep. Soca and his friends all hold on to the railing so as not to trip over. Down in the dark basement, Waaba decides to have a bit of fun. She uses her special ability to make herself invisible! She flies to the farthest corner and makes strange noises.
”Woo-ooo!” she shrieks.
“What was that?” asked Maco.
“Let’s get out of here!” adds Soca. They both rush up the stairs. No sound can scare Tuka though. She runs toward the sound.
“Whoa, it’s me, Waaba!” Tuka says.
“There are no ghosts!” Maco and Soca sigh with relief as Waaba makes herself visible again.
They decide to start sorting the things in the basement. There are 8 broken shoes, 5 torn curtains, 4 car tires, 6 empty buckets and 20 old books! They sort them into 5 labeled boxes.
”Hey, here’s some Lego blocks!” says Tuka. She forgets about the cleaning, and sits down on the floor to start building with the blocks.
”Let’s sit and build together,” suggests Maco.
“OK!” replies Tuka. They sit back to back while Tuka builds something using only two colors. Tuka then gives Maco the same amount of blocks and gives Maco instructions so that he can build exactly the same structure Tuka built. No peeking, Maco!
Tuka is brave and not at all scared of the dark… but she is a bit nervous about the little creatures that live in the basement. Luckily Soca speaks the language of all flowers and animals.
”Little ones, Tuka is a bit shy when she is busy. Perhaps you could hide away while we are cleaning?” This makes Tuka feel better. At first, the happy little creatures don’t want to obey Soca. He crawls into their little cave, pretending to be one of them, and gets them to hide until the cleaning is finished.
Next it is time for the most exciting part: the treasure hunt! Maco has made a treasure map for them. It is a floor plan of the basement with arrows guiding the way to the hidden treasure. They find the light switch, which makes it easy to follow the arrows. First you walk straight ahead, and then turn to the right. Turn left at the back of the basement and then walk right between two high shelves. Soca, Tuka and Waaba are still learning their right from left, but the arrows make it easier for them to find their way.
Yippee! The friends have finally found the treasure! It was hidden in a box behind a high shelf. The treasure chest is beautiful and shiny. It can be opened with a small key that is attached to the other side of the floor plan. Waaba puts the key into the lock. It opens easily with a click. In the treasure chest they find a very old-looking roll of paper with something written on it. Soca is the best at reading so he takes the paper and reads out loud to the others:
“The Secret Recipe for Magic Dough. This is a secret recipe that can only be shared with people who have taken part in the treasure hunt. This recipe is a secret and cannot be shown to anyone. Otherwise the magic of the dough will disappear…”
You will soon be able to make the magic dough with the secret recipe that the Kip Crew has found. Do you think you can follow the instructions? You will also get to practice how to sort things — just like the Kip Crew when they were cleaning Soca’s basement!
(You receive a new story before each set of 20 tasks.)
Have you ever had a situation where you wished you could just whip up something fun to do with your child? Do they ever complain “I have nothing to do”? Is it a challenge to think of things that will engage your child, to maybe reduce their screen time? Do you sometimes need tips on what to do on the weekends or during holidays?
Well, you have come to the right place.
1. Simple version:
Read the instruction and do a task with your child. One at a time whenever you feel like it. That’s all there is to it!
2. Story-based version:
There is a story that starts each set of 20 tasks. Read it out loud to your child or let the child listen to the audio version. Then, go through the tasks one by one whenever you have the time. Enjoy the connection the child notices between the story and the tasks. Go back to the story every now and then with your child to discuss the social emotional aspects in the story.
3. Adding the important play element:
Both the versions above are great ways to use this Fun Learning program, but we want to let you in on one of the most important secrets of it: PLAY. Supporting and fostering free play is one of the biggest gifts you can give your child.
Think of the task you do with your child as an inspiration and invitation to play. The way to do that is to leave time for play after each activity, and to allow the materials to be used in a way the child chooses, to encourage to child to create something with the information they gathered in the task. Your role is to support by giving positive signals about whatever the child is doing or saying and being supportive also of ideas that go far from the idea of the task you did.
The child’s mind has been activated and they make connections maybe from some spark they got from your communication. Listen to what they say, observe what they do and give them a safe way to move to free play created by them. Let your child lead the play, you can play with them or support by giving them access to the space or material they need.
If free play is the objective, then what is the role of the tasks, you might ask. The set of tasks spread before you an abundant buffet of different age-appropriate subjects, domains, materials, knowledge, and skills in an easily accessible format. They form a canvas for the child to keep working on. They inspire and mark a starting point for child-centered activity. You will eventually learn to see what kinds of activities and topics really interest your child. You can spot in which skills your child might need more support.
Enjoy the time you spend on the tasks together with your child.
Enjoy the fun stories and let them lead you to amazing discussions with your child.
Praise yourself for being an active advocate for happy childhood and play.