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Written by
Erin Gray
TIVE
THE SUNSHINE COLLEC
When I was 6 years old, my family bought a Jayco
Dove and spent 4 months travelling around
Australia. It was the most incredible trip and
something I have every intention of recreating
with my own family. We bought our Jayco Swan
late last year and are taking lots of little ‘practice
trips’ whilst we plan the big one!
My parents were both primary school teachers;
my Dad was actually the principal of my primary
school, so keeping up with work while we were
away, was pretty easy. Each day, we would sit down
for one hour of ‘school’. My Mum would teach me
and my Dad would teach my older brother. Our
teachers back at school, would sometimes even
send workbooks to upcoming destinations, so
they would be waiting for us on arrival.
Aside from the formal school hour each day,
there was plenty of learning to be done! History,
geography and science literally surrounded us
everywhere we went and opportunities for English
and maths activities were endless.
Children adore activities that relate to real-life.
They love to see purpose in what they are learning
and genuine engagement is achieved when they
can ‘do’ as opposed to simply being told.
As an adult, I am a teacher as well as one half of
The Sunshine Collective – a business that creates
fun, engaging, real-world educational activities for
primary and pre-school children. I think my early
days in the Jayco may have inspired my career!
At The Sunshine Collective we create and sell
Brilliant Boxes – home (or caravan) delivered
boxes packed full of activities designed in line
with the Australian Curriculum. We pride ourselves
on making learning fun and our goal is help all
children to be brilliant!
When I go caravanning with my own children, our
Brilliant Boxes keep us on track and keep the kids
busy and entertained when Mum and Dad just
need that quiet wine (in the good plastic!).
We even create Custom Brilliant Boxes for families,
providing additional activities to directly suit their
location or their individual needs.
We thought it might be fun to provide you
with some of our most popular road-schooling
activities. Some of these are adapted from our
regular Brilliant Boxes and others have been
created for Custom Boxes.
As with all our activities, these relate directly to the
Australian National Curriculum and all curriculum
links can be viewed on our website:
www.sunshinecollective.com.au
If you like the sound of these activities, keep
us in mind for your next trip, or just to support
your child’s learning. From home, or on the road,
Brilliant Boxes have you covered!
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