Spring and Summer 1
The government has uploaded a document which provides ideas about routines, staying active and socialising while social distancing for 2-4 years old. Hope you find this document useful.
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Half Term Activity
25/05/2020
Lockdown Time Capsule
This half term, we would like you to create a lockdown time capsule.
Container:
Your capsule can be made using a shoe box or a plastic container.
You may want to decorate your box.
Things you can put inside your box:
- Time capsule booklet
- Photos taken during lockdown
- Newspaper headlines/clippings
- Pictures/ art works you have created
Time to hide your capsule either in a safe place inside your house or somewhere in your garden.
Please email us photos of your amazing capsules!
Week 8
18/05/2020
Mathematics:
Counting:
Minibeasts hunt:
Go outside and count the minibeasts you can find.
How many did you find?
Days of the week:
Shapes:
Have a go:
Ask a grown up to draw a square, a triangle, a rectangle, a circle. Using a different coloured pen, trace the shape.
Measures: Comparing sizes:
Choose 3 of your toys and sort them according to their size. Repeat with different toys.
English:
Minibeasts:
This week we are learning about snails.
How many tentacles does a snail have?
What are they for?
Does the snail's shell always stay the same size?
What other facts do you know?
New stories:
Nursery rhymes:
Rhyming words:
Rhyming words are words that sound the same like cat and hat
Can you continue this week’s rhyming string?
may, say ……..
How many words did you think of?
Jolly phonics:
Sounds already known: s,a,t,p,i, n, c, e, h, r, m
New sound: d
Monday: Listen and sing the jolly rhyme for the sound ‘d’
Tuesday and Wednesday: Look around the house for objects which begin with the sound ‘d’
Thursday and Friday: have a go at writing the letter. Does your name have a ‘m’ in it? Can you think of any words beginning with the sound ‘d’?
Blending:
Oral blending is breaking words down into their smallest units of sounds such as b-a-t has 3 sounds and c-ar has two sounds. When children learn to read they segment the word into the smallest units of sounds and then blend the sounds together to say the word.
Words you can have a go at: Grown ups, say the letters one at a time then ask your little one what the word is?
New words to try: d-o-g, s-i-t, p-a-t, c-u-p.
Fine motor skills:
Pick up small toys using kitchen tongs. Using both your right and left hands.
Gross motor skills:
Jumping
To stay active:
Cosmic kids yoga:
Week 7
11/05/2020
Mathematics:
Counting:
Using bricks, build a little house for a bee. Then count the amount of bricks you have used to build it.
Shapes:
Look around the house:
Can you find 6 squares, 4 circles and 5 triangles?
English:
Minibeasts:
This week we are learning about bees.
How many legs does a bee have?
Do all bees live with other bees?
What is their favourite food?
What other facts do you know?
Rhyming words:
Rhyming words are words that sound the same like cat and hat
Can you continue this week’s rhyming string?
bee, see...........
How many words did you think of?
Jolly phonics:
Sounds already known: s,a,t,p,i, n, c, e, h, r
New sound: m
Monday: Listen and sing the jolly rhyme for the sound ‘m’
Tuesday and Wednesday: Look around the house for objects which begin with the sound ‘m’
Thursday and Friday: Have a go at writing the letter. Does your name have a ‘m’ in it? Can you think of any words beginning with the sound ‘m’?
Blending:
Oral blending is breaking words down into their smallest units of sounds such as b-a-t has 3 sounds and c-ar has two sounds. When children learn to read they segment the word into the smallest units of sounds and then blend the sounds together to say the word.
Words you can have a go at: Grown ups, say the letters one at a time then ask your little one what the word is?
c-a-t, p-e-n, t-e-n, s-a-t.
The video below displays an example of oral blending.
Blending
Fine motor skills:
Threading
Gross motor skills:
How many times can you bounce a ball?
To stay active:
Minibeasts garden/outdoor hunt
While outside either in your garden or during a daily walk, count how many minibeasts you can see.
Week 6
04/05/2020
Mathematics:
Counting:
Find 8 pens and use them to write the number 8. Then draw a picture with 8 insects in it.
English:
Minibeasts:
This week we are learning about spiders.
How many legs does a spider have?
Do all spiders make webs?
What do they use the hairs on their legs for?
What other facts do you know?
Nursery rhymes:
Rhyming words:
Rhyming words are words that sound the same like cat and hat
Can you continue this week’s rhyming string?
Dad, had, lad……..
How many words did you think of?
Jolly phonics:
Sounds already known: s,a,t,p,i, n, c, e, h
New sound: r
Monday: Listen and sing the jolly rhyme for the sound ‘r’
Tuesday and Wednesday: Look around the house for objects which begin with the sound ‘r’
Thursday and Friday: have a go at writing the letter. Does your name have a ‘r’ in it? Can you think of any words beginning with the sound ‘r’?
To stay active:
Week 5
27/04/2020
Mathematics:
Counting
Find 5 of your favourite toys then read them a story.
Counting through songs:
Shapes:
Look around your home for objects in the shapes of squares, triangles, circles, rectangles or pentagons.
Which shape did you find the most of?
Did you find more squares than triangles?
Or did you find more circles?
English:
Minibeasts:
This week we are learning about ladybirds. Watch the video then answer these two questions.
How many legs does a ladybird have? What is under their shell?
Nursery rhymes:
You might recognise this nursery rhyme as it is one you have in your Nursery Rhyme booklet.
Rhyming words:
Rhyming words are words that sound the same like cat and hat
Can you think of other words which rhyme with these below?
Fly, pie, cry……..
How many words did you think of?
Jolly phonics:
Sounds already known: s,a,t,p,i, n, c, e
New sound: h
Monday: Listen and sing the jolly rhyme for the sound ‘h’
Tuesday and Wednesday: Look around the house for objects which begin with the sound ‘h’
Thursday and Friday: have a go at writing the letter and words which the letter 'h' at the beginning, like hen, hat, hop and ham.
Fine motor skills
Draw a ladybird. How many spots have you given it?
Have a go at writing that number.
Gross motor skills: This activity can be done outside or inside.
Kicking a ball
For this week’s activity you will need:
- A couple of plastic cups
- A ball
- Place cups upside down on the floor.
- Take a few steps back
- Place the ball in front of your feet
- Kick the ball and try to hit one of the plastic cups in front of you.
- As you get better, move further away.
I know you will do an amazing job!
To stay active:
Week 4
20/04/2020
Mathematics:
Counting through songs
English:
In Nursery this half term, we are learning about Minibeasts.
Story:
Letters and Sounds:
Jolly phonics:
Sounds already known: s,a,t,p,i, n, c
New sound: e
Monday: Listen and sing the jolly rhyme for the sound ‘e’
Tuesday and Wednesday: Look around the house for objects which begin with the sound ‘e’
Thursday and Friday: have a go at writing the letter
Draw and colour in your favourite minibeast. Use the ‘Mad About Minibeasts’ book to look at the shapes you need to draw them.
Gross motor skills:
Balancing skills:
Practice balancing on one leg. Is it easier to balance on your right leg or your left?
Week 3
6/04/2020
Mathematics:
Counting through songs
Shapes through songs:
English:
Story:
Letters and Sounds:
Jolly phonics:
Sounds already known: s,a,t,p,i, n
New sound: c
Monday: Listen and sing the jolly rhyme for the sound ‘c’
Tuesday and Wednesday: Look around the house for objects which begin with the sound ‘c’
Thursday and Friday: have a go at writing the letter
Fine motor skills:
Zipping up a coat
Gross motor skills:
Cutting skills:
1: Draw a few squares on a piece of paper
2: Colour each square a different colour
3: Using scissors, cut different shapes out of each squares
4: Draw a large egg shape on a blank piece of paper
5: Glue the different coloured pieces on the egg to create a colourful Easter egg.
Week 2
30/03/2020
Mathematics:
Counting through songs
English:
Topic story: Fairy Tales
Over the last few weeks, we have read a variety of fairy tales and tried to answer the questions below.
Watch the Fairy Tales or read the stories if you have them at home then try to answer the questions.
Is there always a mean character in Fairy Tales?
Is there always magic in Fairy Tales?
Are there always Fairies in Fairy Tales?
Letters and Sounds:
Jolly phonics:
Sounds already known: s,a,t,p,i
New sound: n (At the fourth minute mark in the video)
Monday: Listen and sing the jolly rhyme for the sound ‘n’
Tuesday and Wednesday: Look around the house for objects which begin with the sound ‘n’
Thursday and Friday: have a go at writing the letter
Fine motor skills:
Picking up objects with a clothes peg
Gross motor skills:
Cutting skills:
To stay active:
Week 1:
23/03/2020
Mathematics:
Counting through songs
English:
Nursery Rhymes
Sounds we have practiced:
Day 1: listen and sing the jolly rhyme for the new sound
Day 2 & 3: look around the house for objects beginning with the sound 'i'
Day 4 & 5: Have a go at writing the letter
Can you balance on one leg?
Can you count to 10 while you balance?