Tuesday
2nd March
Match the baby animals to the right mummy. Sheets from resource pack.
Use cotton buds to make a skeleton or try using pasta.
Skeleton sheet to print if you wish.
23rd February
Physical development: Practice mark making drawing a jazzy hair style. Cut out a face from a magazine and stick at the bottom of a piece of paper or draw a face of your own. Add zig zags, loops, waves, crosses, lines and any other patterns you can think of.
Pen pattern cards to look at for ideas or print at home.
Practice the c/k sound and try one of these activities.
9th January
Letters and Sounds: Practice d sound with Mrs Perryman Maths Dinosaur song - YouTube
Maths: Roll lots of worms from dough. Compare and talk about their lengths with your child. Which is the longest/shortest? Is one longer or shorter?
If you cannot make dough what about using string or shoe laces.
Practice cutting skills making the hair from long to short, but remember we never cut our own hair!
2nd February
Maths: Play the game Shape Monsters - 2D Shapes Matching Game (topmarks.co.uk)
Can you name the shape before putting it in the monsters mouth?
Make a rocket and practice saying the sound 'r'
Maths: Talk about the shapes used to make the rocket before colouring. Remember to check pen hold.
26th January
Maths: Mrs Perryman Maths: Pegs quantity to number - YouTube
Practice our sound O for octopus - can you make one remembering they need 8 tentacles.
Make a person and label body parts
Label body parts - Draw round a body on some wallpaper, a large piece of cardboard or whatever you can find! Colour/paint and cut out.
Alternatively make a laundry person from all sorts of clothes and add a face.
See how many body parts your child can name and write them down. It is a good time to introduce new language. Think beyond arm and leg and talk about shoulder, elbow, wrist, thigh, calf, ankle etc. You could even talk about what is on the inside of our bodies such as brain, bones, lungs and heart. You can write all your body words directly onto the picture or use postits or tape strips of paper onto the relevant part. Can you child remember the body parts a few days later? Don't forget to take a photo for me to see!
19th January
Letters and Sounds: Help your child find the rhyming pairs on the sheet. Talk about when words rhyme they sound the same at the end of the word rather than the beginning i.e. cat, hat, bat, rat. Some children find this difficult to understand especially as we have been focusing on the initial sound in words (alliteration - cat, car, cap, camel etc.)
Rhyming words sheet from your pack.
Maths: Use the 10 frame and numbers to help your child complete the dot to dot sheets in your resources pack.
Monkey images to print out if you are able or draw your own.
Practice counting - Make 5 little monkeys swinging on a tree / bouncing on the bed and sing the rhyme together
Try mark making in a different way: Perhaps you could practice drawing in icing, lentils, rice or dough. Or how about using vehicles!
Playdough recipe
You will need:
- 2 cups of flour, plus extra for dusting your board
- 1 cup of salt
- 2 cups of warm water
- Food colouring
- 2 tbsps vegetable oil
How to make playdough
- Mix together the flour and salt in one bowl, and the water, oil and a few drops of food colouring in another bowl
- Pour the oil, water and food colouring mix into the bowl with the flour. Use a wooden spoon to mix together
- Dust your surface with flour. Place the dough mix on top and knead for a few minutes until smooth and pliable.
- Leave to cool completely and then your homemade playdough is ready for little hands! Store in the fridge in an airtight container to keep fresh.
12th January
Physical Development: Mrs Perryman Pen Patterns and Pen Grip - YouTube