On the website of the Museo Picasso Málaga (MPM) there are notebooks telling you about his collection, about several of his exhibitions and other creative activities for families. (We will link to the museum.

Even though the contents are adapted to the situation we find ourselves in, they are based on the real educational methodology that the museum uses all the time: observation (stimulating visual perception), thinking about what you are looking at (developing critical thinking), and creating (giving original solutions to the challenge presented).

The Jorge Rando Museum (link to the website) lets you download directly the various teaching materials which are, where appropriate, arranged in accordance with the Primary Education cycles. There are educational guidelines that develop various themes, all linked to expressionist aesthetics and the work of this artist from Málaga.

On the website of the Malaga Contemporary Art Centre (CAC Malaga) there is a section dedicated to its teaching aspect. In the area called ‘Colour’, you will find various outlines of works of art that have been on exhibition in the centre so that everyone, especially children can enjoy colouring them in.

• Fresh cream, 400 ml
• Honey, 100 ml
• Biscuits, (María) 10

This is really easy! Whip the cream with an electric hand-held mixer until it is stiff, slowly adding the honey. Finally, pour the mixture over the broken up biscuits and mix well. Freeze for at least 6 hours and you’re done!

• Fresh cream, 400 ml
• Condensed milk, 400 g
• Cocoa cream, 150 g

Whip the cream until it is stiff. In another bowl, mix the condensed milk with cocoa cream. Add this mixture to the whipped cream, stirring all the time. Then cover the bowl and freeze the mixture for 6 hours before serving.

• Kiwis, 2 (200 g)
• Banana, 1 (100 g)
• Fresh natural smoothie cheese, 300 g (Queso de Burgos)
• Sugar, 40 g approx.

Peel the kiwis and the banana and cut them into pieces. They do not need to be very small pieces because we are going to whizz them. Put the fruit, the fresh cream cheese and sugar in the blender and whizz them until they are creamy. Depending on how sweet you like your ice cream you can add more sugar. Pour the mixture into a mould and put it the freezer in an airtight container. It will be frozen in about 6 hours.

There are several ways to draw hopscotch on the ground. However, the most common is to draw it with chalk in the shape of squares, like in the photo (here is a photo so that the text is not so long).

Throw a small stone into the square. You have to hop from square to square, on one leg, to where the stone fell, and then hop back to the starting line. Only in the double boxes can both feet be on the ground. Do this for all the numbers, one to ten. The objective is to get the stone into each of the squares.

This is a fun and refreshing choice for hot days! Fill balloons with water (not too full!) and then try to balance them on kitchen ladles. Agree on the distance they have to be carried. Then see who gets to the finish line first! Getting to the finish line before the balloon falls off the ladle is not as easy as it sounds.

The mechanics could not be easier; the person with the most points in a total of ten shoots will win. To play this game outdoors you need some plastic plates. Paint the score on each one (from 10 to 50 points) and use cloth bags with a weight inside to “shoot” down the plates. Even chickpeas or beans can be used as weights. Throw the plates in the air and knock them down with the bean bags.