Hello boys and girls
I hope you are all enjoying the time at home with your families and
keeping safe.
Miss Hollings has been keeping busy, doing all the activities set from
last week. I wonder… did you manage to make the butterfly buns?
Miss Hollings made some, they were DELICIOUS!
Here are some more activities for you to have a go at. I have split
them up into different days and done a little timetable for you. Hope
this helps. There are 5 activities for each day! Miss Hollings has also
sneaked some challenges in there too, make sure you look out for
them.
READ, READ, READ! Each day I have attached a link to one of my
favourite stories for you to enjoy too.
KEEP SAFE and ENJOY!!
Miss Hollings
Reading: I cannot stress enough how important this is. Please keep reading
to your child.
An effective process for this would be to:
- Discuss the front page- What do you think is going to happen, what can
you see.
- Go through the different pages of the story- ask the children to predict
what is happening on each page.
- Then you read the story- were your child’s predictions correct,
what do you think happens next
- What did they like best about the story.
Timetable:
Monday:
Maths- This week’s number is number 6- write the number 6 + shape
Phonics- Listen to the starting sound- Odd one out
Literacy- Shaving foam- write your name
Creative – Potato prints
Physical- Get active at home
Tuesday:
Maths- Number 6
Phonics- Alliteration
Literacy- Diary
Creative – Old MacDonald Eggs
Physical- Yoga
Wednesday:
Maths- All about the number 6
Phonics- Tongue twisters
Literacy- Finger printing name
Creative – Squeegee fun
Physical- Kidz bop- dancing
Thursday:
Maths- Number 6
Phonics- Alliteration
Literacy- Playdough writing
Creative – Spring Jelly
Physical- Joe Wicks
Friday:
Maths- Minibeast hunt using the number 6
Phonics- I spy
Literacy- Squishy bag
Creative – Banana bread
Physical- 8 minute Joe Wicks
Monday: Maths
This week our number of the week is number 6. Can you
practice writing the number 6. Use your finger first!
Challenge: How many shapes are there altogether? Can you
name the shapes? Can you colour in the shapes?
Monday: Phonics
Odd one out- Starting sound. Three of the four pictures begin with the same
sound. Pick the odd one out.
Monday: Literacy
Name Writing: Please continue to practice writing
your name (Please only use capitals for the first
letter of each name).
Today write your name in shaving foam. Fill a baking tray
full of shaving foam. Use your finger to make marks and write
your name.
READ, READ, READ!!
Today’s story is ‘Owl Babies’. Please read along.
https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/owl-babies/
Monday: Creative
Potato stamps
Can you create a farm picture using potato stamps?
1. Cut a large potato in half. Press the cookie cutter into the center of
the potato. Then, leaving the cookie cutter in the potato, slice a
rather thick slice around the pattern of the cookie cutter. Remove
the outer layer of potato and then the cookie cutter from the
shape. Make sure your potato is dry, wipe away any moisture.
2. Apply paint evenly using a brush roller onto the pattern.
3. Have a scrap piece of paper handy to test your print and remove any
excess paint.
4. Simply press your potato stamp down on the paper you want to
decorate. A few prints and you will know exactly how hard to press
to get the effect you desire.
Monday: Physical
Get active at home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_oIssULEk0
Tuesday- Maths
CHALLENGE:
How many fingers are being shown?
Can you hold up 6 fingers? Don’t
forget to count your own fingers
to check.
Tuesday- Phonics- Alliteration
Draw pirates, dinosaurs, monsters, witches and robots. This activity
is really good for mark making. You can draw these on paper, or what
about using big chalks on the ground outside, or big pens on wallpaper.
Allow the children to draw things that suit having a silly name like a
dinosaur or monster. Be as imaginative as you like.
When you child has drawn them, give them silly alliterative names. So
the robot could be ‘Biggy Baggy Beggy Boggy’. There is no right or
wrong. Chant the target sound at them, and emphasise like crazy!
Tuesday- Literacy
Diary: What did you do on Monday? Can you write about it and draw
a picture. I wonder what you had for lunch and where you went on
your walk. Maybe you spoke with a family member on the phone.
(Remember to let your children mark make and then ask the children to read it
back to you, and you can scribe. Questioning throughout is great i.e. Where did
we walk to? What was your favourite part of the day?)
READ, READ, READ!
Today’s story is ‘Open very carefully’. Please read long.
https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/open-very-
carefully/
Tuesday- Creative
Old MacDonald Eggs
Using wooden or boiled eggs make the animals that would live
on Old MacDonalds farm. Can you make the farmer too?
Tuesday- Physical
Yoga- We’re going on a bear hunt!
Parents, maybe you could join in too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAT5NiWHFIU
Wednesday: Maths
Wednesday: Phonics
Tongue Twister
Children find tongue twisters hilarious and they are also great
for ironing out speech and language issues, as well as being an
excellent medium to teach alliteration. In Nursery we like to
add actions too.
An example would be:
Little lamps are leaping! (All jump around like lambs)
Little lambs are lazy. (Lie down)
Little lambs are lonely. (All be sad)
Little lambs are lost…etc etc
Challenge: Can you think of your own tongue twisters using
your name?
Wednesday: Literacy
Finger print your name- If your child knows the
letters that make up their name, allow them to
do this independently, if not, write their
name on a large piece of paper, encourage
your child to mimic the direction that it is
written.
Challenge: Can you finger print your
numbers too?
READ, READ, READ!
Today’s story is ‘A hole in the bottom of the sea’. Please read long.
https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/A-hole-in-the-bottom-of-
the-sea/
Wednesday: Creative
SQUEEGEE fun!
Super for your children’s fine motor skills! From holding the paint
brush, to squeezing a spray bottle, to then cleaning off the paint with
the squeegee, this activity will really support in developing those very
important fine motor skills.
WARNING!! It is a bit messy but perfect for a sunny day
outdoors.
You will need:
-Small spray bottle
-Water based paint
-Small squeegee
-Soapy water
-Paint brush
Instructions:
-Children to paint on the windows, let them use their imagination.
-Fill the spray bottle with the soapy water. Allow the children to
spray the area that they painted.
-Using the squeegee, let your child wipe away the paint and soapy
water mixture.
Wednesday: Physical
Kidz Bop- Dance along
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNog54ovi8Q
Thursday- Maths
CHALLENGE: On your daily walk, how many number 6’s can
you spot?
Watch Number blocks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5s2A_p3ZsU
Thursday- Phonics
Can you give the farm animals a name beginning with the
same letter as their animal name eg. Shaun sheep
Thursday- Literacy
Write your name using playdough. Use
the playdough to create the different
letters of your name. Don’t forget to
take a picture.
READ, READ, READ!
Today’s story is ‘Oh no George’. Please read long.
https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/oh-no-
george/
Thursday- Creative
Spring Jelly
On your daily walk collect all things
spring- flowers and leaves. You may
even want to collect twigs, bark, grass,
pebbles etc.
You will need:
Vegetable Gelatine ( I used 3 sachets of vege-gel for a mixing bowl sized jelly)
Cold Water (1 pint per sachet)
Whisk or spoon
Pan
Container/s (we used a pyrex bowl but you could use small bowls, cups or jelly moulds)
Things you collected on your walk
Instructions:
Put 1 pint of cold water per sachet into a pan
Add the gelatine and whisk
Bring the liquid to the boil (it will begin to thicken a little bit as it get to boiling
point)
Being VERY careful, pour the boiling liquid into your bowl/mould/moulds
Let the liquid cool for 30 – 45 mins then start to add your leaves etc. You should
find that you are able to spread them about a bit more as the liquid is thicker
and cooler. I found that some items sank to the bottom regardless!
Leave to set – this only takes a couple of hours
Turn out onto a tray
Let your child explore!
Thursday- Physical
Joe Wicks 5 minute workout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3LPrhI0v-w
Friday: Maths
Challenge: Go on a minibeast hunt around your garden/
outdoor area. Can you find any minibeasts with 6 legs? Maybe
you could draw the minibeasts with their 6 legs.
Watch and sing along:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgDUdsciGyc
Friday: Phonics
Phase 1: Phonics play: https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
Username: March
Password: home
I spy with my little eye
Can you find the object using the initial sound?
I spy with my little eye something beginning with…
Friday: Literacy
Squishy bag
A tactile/ multisensory approach to pre-writing skills and writing skills.
What you need:
-Gallon size Ziploc bag
-Glitter (optional)
-Food colouring
-Hair Gel/ Conditioner
Instructions: (You child can do this themselves with support)
-Squeeze in the hair gel (the entire bottle)
-Add food colouring
-Add glitter
-Mix it all together, put it on a piece of white paper, and
start writing.
READ, READ, READ!
Today’s story is ‘Hairy Maclary’. Please read long.
https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/hairy-maclary/
Friday: Creative
Banana bread (another of Miss Hollings’ favourites)
Ingredients:
140g butter (softened)
140g caster sugar
2 large eggs, beaten
140g self-raising flour
1tsp baking powder
2 very ripe bananas mashed
50g icing sugar
Handful dried banana chips for decoration
Instructions:
1. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
2. Butter a 2lb loaf tin and line the base and sides with baking
parchment.
3. Cream 140g softened butter and 140g caster sugar until light
and fluffy, then slowly add 2 beaten large eggs with a little of
the 140g flour.
4. Fold in the remaining flour, 1 tsp baking powder and 2 mashed
bananas.
5. Pour into the tin and bake for about 30 mins until a skewer
comes out clean.
6. Cool in the tin for 10 mins, then remove to a wire rack.
7. Mix 50g icing sugar with 2-3 tsp water to make a runny icing.
8. Drizzle the icing across the top of the cake and decorate with a
handful of banana chips.
Friday: Physical
Joe Wicks 8 minute Workout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXt2jLRlaf8
Miss Hollings loves watching these with her children.
Bedtime stories:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b00jdlm2/cbeebies-
bedtime-stories
Make sure you get out every day for your daily
walk. Hopefully the sun will keep shining!!
Useful websites:
Twinkl https://www.twinkl.co.uk/
Phonics play: https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
Username: March
Password: home
CBeebies: https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies
BBC Iplayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer
Youtube
Topmarks: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/
Crickweb: http://www.crickweb.co.uk/
Oxford Owl: https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-
home/
Letters and Sounds: http://www.letters-and-
sounds.com/
KEEP FIT & ACTIVE:
Cosmic kids Yoga (Youtube)
Freeze Dance (Youtube)
5 a day (Youtube)
Jack Hartmans (You Tube)
The learning station (Youtube)
Zumba for kids (Youtube)
Joe Wicks workout
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