Week 1 Topic and Play Based Learning Ideas 20/04/20
Let’s get moving with some Yoga
Have a go at moving like Frank The Frog in this Yoga session by Cosmic Kids Yoga.
Five Little Speckled Frogs
Can you make some playdough (see link below for some recipes) and use it to make 5 little speckled frogs and a speckled log? Use your playdough frogs to act out our rhyme of the week, counting how many frogs are left each time one jumps off. You could also use your playdough to make a frog lifecycle by making some round frogspawn, a tiny tadpole, a little froglet and a bouncy frog. Don’t forget to send your teacher some photos of your models.
Indoor Scavenger Hunt
How many items can you find? Want an extra challenge, why don’t you draw some pictures of things in your house or garden and ask someone in your family to go on a scavenger hunt to find them.
Number Play - Create your own shop
During our Spring topic we set up a Garden Centre in Nursery to develop lots of different skills including role play, sorting, early writing through making lists and price tags as well as number recognition and counting skills as we buy our goods. Why not have a go recreating some of the fun at home. Make a shop using your favourite toys or items from your house. Give each item a price tag from 1-5 (or 1-10 if you want an extra challenge) and practise your numbers and counting while buying the items and using real pennies to pay for them (using pennies helps build 1:1 correspondence in a simple manner without adding in the extra task of learning the value of coins which will come as your child progresses on to the primary curriculum). Have a go at being both the customer and the shop keeper. You could even try drawing pictures or making marks to create your own shopping lists or receipts.
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Cooking Fridays
- In Nursery we cook most Fridays, cooking is a fantastic and fun activity that helps children develop a number of skills such as -
* Physical Development: Fine motor and eye-hand coordination skills are developing by chopping, mixing, squeezing, and spreading.
*Cognitive Development: Cooking encourages children’s thinking, problem-solving, and creativity. It also allows children the opportunity to use the knowledge they have and apply it by counting, measuring, following a sequence, following directions, and developing an awareness of cause and effect.
*Language Development: Cooking offers the opportunity to develop language development by linking it to all other areas, including Mathematics, Science, PDMU, Arts, and Literacy. This is done by encouraging children to talk about what they are doing, counting, and watching materials change colour, texture, and form.
The children LOVE to cook in school and share their recipes with their friends. Home learning is a perfect time to continue to develop this love of cooking. With this in mind we will share an easy child friendly recipe with you to try with your budding Masterchef's each week. This weeks recipe is 'Strawberry Smoothies'. Click on the link below to download the recipe. Don't forget to share your smoothies on seesaw and fill in the survey below and let us know if you enjoyed the recipe.
- smoothies can be made dairy free by swapping the milk & yogurt for your usual non dairy alternative. Why not have a go at creating your own recipes by swapping strawberries for your own favourite fruits.
Week 2 Topic and Play Based Learning Ideas 27/04/20
Hungry Caterpillar Toss
Have a go at creating your very own Hungry Caterpillar toss and throw game. Find a cardboard box (an empty cereal box would do the trick) and paint a caterpillar face on the front. Draw a circle for his mouth remembering the bigger the better, he is very hungry after all. Ask a grown up to help you by carefully cutting out his mouth with some sharp scissors. Use play food to feed your caterpillar - no play food, no problem, just roll up some colourful socks to represent the food and use them to throw. Try throwing in different ways over and under your arm and throwing standing different distances away. Is it easier when you are closer or further away from your caterpillar? Want an extra challenge why not ask a grown up or your brothers or sisters to a game of caterpillar toss and count who scores the most points by throwing food into his mouth.
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Healthy and Unhealthy Food Sorting
The caterpillar in the story was so hungry he ate everything he could find. This gave him a very sore tummy. Have a go at sorting the foods in the document below into healthy and unhealthy - think carefully because some might be a mixture of both. Want an extra challenge why not draw some of your favourite foods into each category. We'd love to see your finished work on seesaw.
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Life Cycle of a Butterfly
In our story the little caterpillar popped out of his egg, grew into a big fat caterpillar, made a cocoon to live in for 14 days then emerged as a beautiful butterfly. This is known as the life cycle of a butterfly. Just like the life cycle of a frog that we were learning about last week except the stages of this life cycle are egg - caterpillar - cocoon- butterfly. Try to learn the life cycle of a butterfly by making your very own life cycle - the more creative the better. I've shared a few ideas to help you, these children made life cycles from pasta, playdoh and one was even made from fruit and veg. Don't forget to send some photos of your life cycles via seesaw.
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Butterfly Wings Craft
Have a go at making your very own butterfly wings. use string to tie them over your shoulders. Take a look on the internet with a grown up at different kinds of butterflies and choose the one which colours you like the best. You could try to copy this colour pattern on your own wings using tissue paper, pencils, paints or crayons. Send a photograph of your wings on seesaw.
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Weekly Cooking Recipe
Thanks to everyone who sent us a photo of your smoothies and completed the online smoothie survey - the results were unanimous 100 percent of you thought the smoothies were delicious! Hopefully this weeks recipe will be as popular.
This week we are sticking with the caterpillar theme and the recipe is 'Very Hungry Caterpillar Cupcakes'. Click on the link below to download the recipe, I cant wait to see the photos of your cupcakes and find out from our survey if you enjoyed them.
This week we are sticking with the caterpillar theme and the recipe is 'Very Hungry Caterpillar Cupcakes'. Click on the link below to download the recipe, I cant wait to see the photos of your cupcakes and find out from our survey if you enjoyed them.