Nursery

Physical Development

Maths

Daily Counting – get your child to count up to 20 forwards and backwards and encourage them to use their counting fingers as they count!

Number of the Week – 10 – Count Dracula – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4trZO5WP9o
Encourage your child to count up to 10 – Can they tap their head 10 times? Can they hop 10 times? Can they run on the spot for 10 seconds?
Count out 10 objects in the house – Can they line the objects up before counting? Can they touch the objects as they count along? Can they say the number after 10?

 Practice your number recognition and play Bud’s Number garden – https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zjkphbk/articles/zd4b382

Ask a grown-up to help you to draw a picture of the seaside. Draw three sea creatures in the water and two creatures on the sand. How many seaside creatures have you drawn altogether?

Sing ’10 fat sausages’ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNNBHQTfb8k – and talk about what happens to the numbers in the rhyme. Use your counting fingers to show the number of sausages throughout the song!

2D Shapes – Can you find the triangle, square, circle and rectangle? – https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf33y9q/articles/zrmkcqt
Watch Numberblocks – The Three Little Pigs episode – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkU138p-ROw

Can you write down the number that blew down the house? Can you write the number of the house made of straw? Can you write down the number made from wood? Can you write down the number of the house made of brick?

Maths Challenge: Encourage your child to help you when out shopping by counting and collecting objects to put into the basket, e.g. ‘Can you get 2 apples?

Literacy

Literacy/Mark-Making Activities for the Week:
Continuing with name recognition and encouraging them to trace/write their name independently!
Story of the Week – The Three Little Pigs – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGFjzp8wl1E
Encourage your child to draw a picture of the house they think was made of the best material. Encourage them to explain why they think this.

Ask them if they have seen any houses made of this material before? Encourage them to talk about the story – What was the material that the first house was made from? What happened to the big bad wolf? Why did the three little pigs need their own houses?

If you go on a daily walk, look at the materials that houses are made off! What material is the door made of? What material are the windows made of?

Continue to draw, draw, draw! I want to see some amazing pictures drawn by Nursery! When you have done a fantastic drawing, your parent or carer can send a photograph of it for me to see!

RE

Watch this video all about celebrations – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mQ2jExxJu8&list=PLE5MZB5pedUMQRHw2etfKDkufdGKDiPsU&index=60

Parish Church, The Priest and Congregation:
Watch this video of mass – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMwImqQ56Cs
With your child discuss what is happening or what they can see. Draw attention to the people, the priest, crucifix, benches, hymn books, stained glass windows, baptismal font, altar, lectern, notice board, etc.
Talk about which elements are the same as those in other celebrations, i.e. decorations, special clothes, special food etc. Say which are different.

Encourage your child to draw a picture of the Parish Family, e.g. draw a priest, crucifix, congregation members, benches and stained glass windows.

Phonics

Continue with the Phonics Song – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BELlZKpi1Zs
Continue practicing your Set 1 RWI sounds

Focus sound for the week: U – Down and under the umbrella, up to the top and down to the puddle.

Here are some videos to support the learning of ‘u’ sound: Geraldine the Giraffe- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmmewEew6lM
Alphablocks ‘u’ -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfnMdeKJThM
Think of words/toys/objects that begin with the sound ‘u’ – you might want to write down their ideas or get them to draw a picture of the object!

Practice you letter and sound recognition with this fun phonics game! – https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/flash-cards?phase=2 (Select Phase 1,2,3 sounds) If you child pronounces the sound correctly click the tick.

Encourage them to continue with their name writing and name recognition!

Art

Make your own three little pig characters – https://www.redtedart.com/fairy-tale-crafts-3-little-pigs/
Create your own puppets to recreate the story of the three little pigs – https://www.kidssoup.com/activity/three-little-pigs-activities-crafts-lessons-games-and-printables
Make your own houses made from straw, wood, and bricks – https://thepinterestedparent.com/2016/03/3-little-pigs-house-activity/

Topic/Science

This week we are learning all about materials!

Watch these videos about wood: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bnflb9/kit-pup-series-1-30-wood
Stone: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bnfksl/kit-pup-series-1-29-stone
Paper: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bp33cd/kit-pup-series-1-33-paper

With an adult can you build a house out of these different materials?
Experiment: Which house to you think will be the strongest to build with? Now leave the three different houses outside overnight and see if your prediction was correct.

Music and Dance

Start your day off by going bananas! – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKyuJhHQCfI
Learn a new song – Boom Chicka Boom – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2XVfTzel8E

Learn some new dances –
Superheroes Unite – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok7V1pWtRzs
Zumba kids – I like to move it – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymigWt5TOV8
Move and Freeze- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=388Q44ReOWE

All activities are also posted onto Tapestry at the beginning of each week. You can choose one activity to do with your child from each of the 8 areas throughout the week.

Please can you post a picture or video onto Tapestry of your child participating in the activity along with any comments you would like to add as I would love to see their progress with their home learning!

I hope you are all well! Stay home and please stay safe!

Miss Farmer

Physical Development

Daily Joe Wicks PE Mornings – https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1/videos
Cosmic Kids – Trolls and Friends – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXDPIKn5sjA – This video is quite long so you can split it into 10 minutes daily!
Cosmic Kids – Squish the Fish – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhYtcadR9nw
Family Fun Cardio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5if4cjO5nxo

PE Challenge: If you have stairs, how many times can you walk up and down the flight of stairs in 2 minutes? Make sure you do this carefully and with an adult watching!
If you don’t have stairs in your house, how many star jumps can you do in 1 minute? Again… make sure you do this carefully and with an adult watching!
Can you balance on one leg for 30 seconds? Count up to 30 as you balance! Use you airplane arms to help you balance!

Throwing and Catching – using a small ball or a soft toy, practice throwing up in the air and catching the object carefully! Make sure you don’t throw too high! Remember what Mr George said…it won’t come back down if you throw it too high!

Food Challenge: Encourage your child to use a knife (safely) to cut pieces of fruit for a Rainbow Fruit Salad – https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/242096/kid-friendly-fruit-salad/

Maths

Maths Activities for the Week:
Watch Numberblocks and use the guide on the website for ideas on what to do with your children whilst watching an episode – https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/joinin/numberblocks-help-your-child-with-maths
Play the Numberblocks pattern spotting game – https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/puzzles/numberblocks-easy-patterns-quiz?collection=numbers-and-letters
Use some blocks at home to make your own Numberblocks – Encourage your child to write the numbers and stick them on?
Practice counting up to 10 and 20 – this can be done through playing hide and seek, singing number songs, marching and counting, family counting – child teams up with a family member. Then the child says 1, the family member says 2, and keep going until you get to 20.
Counting in different voices – if you have a dice you draw six different characters on the cube, e.g. T-Rex, a princess, a robot etc. Roll the dice and count in that voice.
Practice counting up to 10 using your fingers.
Sing ‘5 Little Monkeys’ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0NHrFNZWh0 – and talk about what happens to the numbers in the rhyme (1 less each time). Use your counting fingers to show the number of monkeys throughout the song!

Shape Hunt:
Start off by singing the 2D Shapes song – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTeqUejf3D0 – and then go around the house and find different shaped objects. Can your child find objects confidently? Do this daily with your child to help build up their 2D shape knowledge and recognition!

How Many Cars and People?
Record how many cars/ people walk past your house! Set a timer for 5 minutes on your phone or tablet.
Draw out a simple grid (as below) and ask your child to put a line in the right place every time a person or car goes past.
When complete, can they count up the ticks and write the matching numeral?
Ask them ‘Were there more people or cars?’

Daily Counting – get your child to count up to 20 forwards and backwards and encourage them to use their counting fingers as they count!
Number of the Week – 9 – Count Dracula – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25SsCCCwmz8
Encourage your child to count up to 9 – Can they tap their head 9 times? Can they hop 9 times? Can they run on the spot for 9 seconds?
Count out 9 object in the house – Can they line the objects up before counting? Can they touch the objects as they count along? Can they say the number after 9?

Literacy

Literacy/Mark-Making Activities for the Week:
• Draw the letters of your child’s name as a bubble letters and ask them to colour it.
• Continuing with name recognition and encouraging them to trace/write their name independently!

Story of the Week – Superworm by Julia Donaldson – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0keNDquvZEE
Encourage your child to draw a picture of the different minibeasts/bugs that appear in the story.
Ask them if they have seen any of these bugs before? Encourage them to talk about the story – What did they see? Where was the story set? What did Superworm do?
If you are lucky enough to have a garden, go out into the garden and see if you can spot any of the minibeasts from the story in your garden!
If you go on a daily walk, look out for these minibeasts too! Take pictures of ones that you find!

Continue to draw, draw, draw! I want to see some amazing pictures drawn by Nursery! When you have done a fantastic drawing, your parent or carer can send a photograph of it for me to see!

RE

Celebrations:
Prepare a tray with some of the following items –
cake, party hat, party popper, balloon, parcel, drink, card, music etc.
Ask the children what they think is going to happen.
Play a game with your child – cover eyes, take away one or two items from tray and ask what is missing. Repeat with other items.

With your child talk about the types of special food that they eat during celebrations.
Encourage your child to talk about what they think makes it special?
After you can make this special food with your child and recreate a celebration with them.

Phonics
Continue with the Phonics Song – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BELlZKpi1Zs
Continue practicing your Set 1 RWI sounds
Focus sound for the week: K – Down the kangaroo’s body, tail and
leg.
Think of words/toys/objects that begin with the sound ‘k’ – you might want to write down their ideas or get them to draw a picture of the object!
Encourage them to continue with their name writing and name recognition!
• Play ‘Follow the Leader’ with your family – One person chooses some body percussion (i.e. patting knees, clapping hands, clicking fingers etc) the rest of the family have to copy them. Take turns to be the leader.
• Play with sounds – listen for the initial sounds in words.
• Play I-spy with things you can see out of the window. e.g. “I spy with my little eye something beginning with t”.
• Play a ‘find me…’ game in the house i.e. “Find me something that starts with ‘a’. “
• Play a listening game – Gather a selection of objects that make sounds from around the house. Cover your child’s eyes with a blindfold and make sounds with each of the objects collected in turn. Can they figure out what the object is without looking at it?

Art

Making a Sun Catcher – https://kidscraftroom.com/round-suncatcher-craft/
or a Wind Chime – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TedvwjD9BU
Painting a Symmetrical Patterned Butterfly – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=042uDqg2k3g

Topic/Science

Minibeasts Adventures with Jess – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c25tYsnd54o
Encourage your child to draw a picture of a Bee after watching the Minibeast Adventure! Ask them to use the right colours and to draw lots of bees buzzing around!
Science Experiment – Cosmic Milk – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6GwMea_ybk

Music and Dance
Start your day off by Shaking your Sillies Out! – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwT5oX_mqS0
Learn a new song – Ging Gang Gooli – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ssnzq6CgGZY
Remember to use your music shaker to dance to the new song!
Learn some new dances –
Bugs and Crawly Things – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUbYq93cYdE
Don’t Start Now – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz68WH96Lic
Dinosaur Stomp – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imhi98dHa5w

If you would like to take photos of your children doing any of the activities above and would like for me to see them post them onto Tapestry.

I hope you are all well! Stay home and please stay safe!

Miss Farmer

Nursery Home Learning Week One –

Here are some focus activities to be completed throughout the week:

Physical Development

Daily Joe Wicks PE Mornings – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cDiwnOcgOQ
Cosmic Kids – Disco Party – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23VdtT0vQUY
Cosmic Kids – On The Farm – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKmRB2Z3g2s

PE Challenge: How long does it take you to do 50 star jumps? Get an adult to count and time you as you do your star jumps!
Can you balance on one leg for 15 seconds? Count up to 15 as you balance! Use you airplane arms to help you balance!

Food Challenge: Make some Dinosaur biscuits – Recipe – https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/dinosaur-biscuits.html#method or some fruity frozen yogurt bites – https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/fruity-frozen-yogurt-bites.html#method
Find a carrot, peel it with a peeler (with help) and eat it!

Maths

Maths Focus for the Week: Sharing out objects equally – using the language more, less and the same as.
Things needed: A collection of objects easy to share out – pennies, pom poms, lego
Activity: Once your objects are ready, you will need 2 people to play the game and 1 person to hide the objects
Hide the objects and get each player to collect as many as they can find – for our Nursery children, keep the number low i.e. there’s 10 objects between 2 children playing.
When all the objects are collected, get the children to count out how many they have each. Ask who has more? Who has less? Or do they have the same?
Once this is done, your child can practice sharing the objects out equally, either between themselves and siblings or among a group of toys.

Count daily – get your child to count up to 20 forwards and backwards and encourage them to use their counting fingers as they count!

Number of the Week – 8 – Count Dracula – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZtfKZ4TNMc and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDc7Y3qWkdg&list=PLrIAXJYOUaAQedcmTJSaynHKPapCK1kZX&index=8
Encourage your child to count up to 8 – Can they clap 8 times? Can they jump 8 times? Can they jog on the spot for 8 seconds?
Count out 8 objects in the house – Can they line the objects up before counting? Can they touch the objects as they count along?

Literacy Story of the Week

 Every Bunny Dance! – https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/everybunny-dance/
Activities that can be done over the week:
• See what you can find out about rabbits? Where do they live? What do they eat? How do they usually move?
• Make up your own bunny dance or teach your toys to dance
• Build the bunnies a home with your toys i.e. a den or a lego house
• Draw a bunny picture
Make a bunny from playdough. – recipe for playdough – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv73CEzY1jg

RE
Watch a selection of these videos all about celebrations – https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z478gwx/articles/zb33pg8
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/lets-celebrate

• Encourage your child to talk about the different celebrations that they have experienced such as birthdays, baptisms and Christmas.
• Did they wear any special clothes?
• What type of food did they eat?
• Were their friends and family there?
• What different decorations did they see, e.g. balloons, Christmas tree etc…

Once this is done encourage your child to create their own picture of a celebration, talking about all the wonderful decorations, food and family that would be there.

Phonics
Continue with the Phonics Song – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BELlZKpi1Zs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00qhslb/alphablocks-series-1-1-alphablocks-az

Continue practicing your Set 1 RWI sounds

Focus sound for the week: C – Curl around the caterpillar.
Think of words/toys/objects that begin with the sound ‘c’ – you might want to write down their ideas or get them to draw a picture of the object!
Encourage them to continue with their name writing and name recognition!

Art

Making a Music Shaker – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZjywurvgEE
See if you can make a music shaker to use whilst learning your new song!
Make a bunny from junk modelling materials and teach it to dance
Make yourself some Bunny ears – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoAHKTmk8Yo
DIY Cross for Jesus using Lollipop sticks – https://www.favecrafts.com/Easy-Kids-Crafts/Simple-Popsicle-Stick-Crosses

Music and Dance
Start your day off by Shaking your Sillies Out! – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwT5oX_mqS0
Learn a new song – Che Che Koolay – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIdp_Nj0tgk
Learn some new dances –
Easter Bunny Dance – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZFRg1GucZ8
Dance Monkey – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNb53djljkw
Body Boogie – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZeM18fPbvI

If you would like to take photos of your children doing any of the activities above and would like for me to see them post them onto Tapestry.

I hope you are all well! Stay home and please stay safe!

Miss Farmer