Nursery Spring Language, Literacy and Early Phonics ideas
Week 1 20/04/2020
Story of the Week - I don't want to be a frog!
Click on the video and watch the story together.
Talk to your child about the story - did they like or dislike the story and can they explain why? Ask them what their favourite part of the story was.
Some other questions you could ask.
Talk to your child about the story - did they like or dislike the story and can they explain why? Ask them what their favourite part of the story was.
Some other questions you could ask.
- Why did the little frog want to be another animal?
- What other animals were in this story?
- Why could the frog not be a rabbit, pig or owl?
- What animal didn't like to eat frogs?
- Would you like to be a frog?
- If you could be any animal what would you choose?
Week 1 Early Phonics - Syllable awareness.
Recognising syllables in words is an important early skill in phonological awareness. Being able to identify, hear and say syllables in a word is one of the first steps to breaking down words into sounds for reading. Syllables are chunks of words - a good way to check how many syllables are in a word is to put your hand under your chin - say the word- in almost all cases the number of times your chin hits your hand is the same as the number of syllables in that word. Give it a try - car/pet, hot/dog, sau/sage, foot/ball, choc/o/late.
The games below will help your child begin to recognise, hear, say and count the syllables in words.
The games below will help your child begin to recognise, hear, say and count the syllables in words.
Syllable ClapClick on the link below.
Can you clap the syllables in the pictures? Adult first, clap together and then child clap independently. |
Syllable JumpClick the link below.
Can you hop forward one space for each syllable in the word. Adult first, jump together then child jump independently. |
Syllable DanceClick the link below and dance along to the Jack Hartmann Syllable Song. Say the words as you clap, stamp and chomp them out.
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Week 1 - Early Writing
Can you draw a picture of some frogspawn, a tadpole, a froglet and a frog? Don't forget to write your name when you have finished.
If you want an extra challenge you could ask a grown up to help you write some labels for your picture, you could try copying some of the letters or carefully shadow writing the letters in the words, just like during our name writing practice. Send a photo of your picture to your teacher on seesaw.
Can you draw a picture of some frogspawn, a tadpole, a froglet and a frog? Don't forget to write your name when you have finished.
If you want an extra challenge you could ask a grown up to help you write some labels for your picture, you could try copying some of the letters or carefully shadow writing the letters in the words, just like during our name writing practice. Send a photo of your picture to your teacher on seesaw.
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Week 1 - Communication and Language Challenge
Look carefully at the photo below. Can you think of some sentences to describe it?
Look carefully at the photo below. Can you think of some sentences to describe it?
Week 2 - 27/04/2020
Story of the Week - The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
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Click on the video to watch Eric Carle tell the story then download the interactive story PowerPoint and read it together.
Talk to your child about the story - did they like or dislike the story and can they explain why? Ask them what their favourite part of the story was. Some other questions you could ask.
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Hungry Caterpillar Sequencing Activity
Click on the button below to download some key pictures from The Very Hungry Caterpillar story. Ask your child to cut them up carefully then retell the story putting the pictures into the correct order. This will help your child to develop their long term and working memory skills. Sequencing and using pictures to retell stories are both important pre-reading skills.
Click on the button below to download some key pictures from The Very Hungry Caterpillar story. Ask your child to cut them up carefully then retell the story putting the pictures into the correct order. This will help your child to develop their long term and working memory skills. Sequencing and using pictures to retell stories are both important pre-reading skills.
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Week 2 Early Phonics - Syllable awareness.
This week we are continuing to build upon and extend our knowledge of syllables in words. to extend the children's learning this week we will begin to sort and identify words by the numbers of syllables in them. Continue to build upon this understanding of syllables by encouraging your child to say, hear, clap and count the syllables in familiar words throughout the day - e.g. while ashing the dishes, playing in the bath or out on your daily exercise.
The games below will help your child begin to recognise, hear, say and count the syllables in words. Don't forget to send us some photos of your fantastic work on seesaw.
The games below will help your child begin to recognise, hear, say and count the syllables in words. Don't forget to send us some photos of your fantastic work on seesaw.
Syllable Sorting
Click on the link below.
Take turns playing the syllables game and sorting the syllable cards into one, two and three syllable words. |
Colour by Syllables
Click on the link below.
Download this Spring syllables colouring activity. Carefully look at each picture and clap its syllables. colour the correct number to represent how many syllables are in that word. |
Syllable Rap & Dance
Click on the link below to join our favourite singers from Banana Banana Meatball and learn their syllable rap. Clap along if you can - it does get super tricky but its lots of fun .
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Week 2 Early Writing - Caterpillar names
Make your very own caterpillar name. Carefully cut some circles one for each letter of your name plus one extra for a little caterpillar face. Copy or write the letters of your name from memory if you can. Remember we only use a capital letter at the start of our name. See the picture opposite for a little inspiration. Don't forget to send us a picture of your creepy crawly caterpillar name on seesaw.
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Week 2 - Communication and Language
Look carefully at the photo below. Can you think of some sentences to describe it? What do you think is going to happen next?