Nursery

Physical Development

This week’s theme is all about under the sea!

Food challenge: Make some yummy healthy tuna pita bread sandwiches!

Here is a link to a fun easy to make recipe: https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/tuna-mayo-pitta.html

Have fun and I can’t wait to see all your yummy creations!

PE Challenge: Mindfulness Chair Yoga

With all the craziness off lockdown, yoga for kids is the perfect way to help them to calm themselves and relax.
Here is a brilliant 5-minute video for chair yoga for your child to do! All you need is a chair! – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnwHDN6Dw7Q

Have fun Nursery!

Maths Activities for the Week

This week in maths we are comparing quantities!

Help your grown-up to make a collection of small items and
place them inside a small bag or box.
You could use buttons, coins, conkers or small items such as building bricks.

Take it in turns to take a handful of items.
Show your handful of items to each other.
Who has more? Who has fewer?
Put the items back in the bag and try again!

How to Get Your Child Thinking

Try asking questions, such as:
Who has more? Who has fewer?
What can you tell me about the number of objects?
I think I have more than you – how could we check?
What makes you think you collected more?
Who do you think collected more objects?
Who collected fewer objects?
Have a go at taking handfuls of different sizes. For example,
sometimes take a big handful of items and the next time only take
a small handful of items.

Super Maths Challenge!

Can you write down the number of objects that are in both groups?
How many are there if you count them all together?

Literacy/Mark-Making Activities for the Week

Continuing with name recognition and encouraging them to trace/write their name independently!
Story of the Week – Miss Farmer reading ‘Sharing a Shell by Julia Donaldson’

Comprehension Questions:

How did the bristle worm help the crab?
What happened when the sea creatures got too big for their shell?
Do you think the sea creatures were happier when they shared the shell together?
Do you feel happy when you share?
Who do you like to share with?

Miss Farmer’s Super Challenge!
Can you draw a picture a picture of you sharing your toys? Are you sharing with your siblings, friends?

You can post a picture of it onto Tapestry or ClassDojo. I can’t wait to see them!

RE

We have been looking at the importance of gathering in RE.

Watch this video all about the story from the Gospel (Mark 10: 13, 14-16) when Jesus reached out to everyone, even the children. – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbYM-YaeNUM

RE Activity:

Can you remember who God’s kingdom belongs to?
Why was Jesus upset with his disciples?

Can you draw a picture of the children gathering with Jesus? Who is in the picture is it you and your friends, siblings?

Phonics
Continue practicing your Set 1 RWI sounds

Focus sound for the week: H – ‘Down the horses head, to his hooves and over his back’

Now who can remember if this is a stretch or bouncy sound?

Think of words/toys/objects that begin with the sound ‘h’ – you might want to write down their ideas or get them to draw a picture of the object!

Now get a pen and have a go at writing the letter ‘h’ yourself !

Remember to say the rhyme ‘down the horses head, to his hooves and over his back when you are practicing your letter formation.

Art

Can you make your own shell?

Use any material you can find at home, eg. Carboard boxes, plastic, bottles, toilet role tubes.
Make sure to decorate them with lots of glitter and sparkles and bright colours just like the shells in the story!

Welcome Back Activity:
Can you draw a picture of the different fun activities that you have been doing during lock-down?
What was your favourite part? Was it playing with your siblings, spending time with your mummy and daddy? Or could it be doing some fun home learning activities?

I can’t wait to see them and would love for you to bring them with you to Nursery when we start back on Monday 8th March so we can all talk to all your friends about what you’ve been doing in lock-down!

Topic/Science

This week we are learning all about what happens to liquid at different temperatures.

We are going to become scientists again and do our own experiment!

Pour some water into an ice cube tray (or any container you can put in the fridge).
With your child discuss what they can see, how does the water move? What does it look like?
What would happen if you tipped the ice cube tray upside down?

Put the tray into the freezer overnight.
Have a look at it the next day.

What has happened to the water?
Does it look the same?
What temperature is it, It the same as the day before?
What happens now if you turn the ice cube tray upside down?
How does it feel now? Is it still a liquid or is it solid now?

This is because when a liquid, like water, is put in the freezer it turns into ice which is solid and hard.

Music and Dance

Start your day off with a hip hop sea animals dance! – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t95UKJitjsI
Do the under the sea dance- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3iJjUKWrkk
Learn the Big Blue Whale dance! – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Parej8Fi0es

Learn some new songs –
Learn the sea animals song – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQLWJQqBm44
Sing the baby shark song! – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqZsoesa55w

All activities are also posted onto Tapestry and ClassDojo 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/video onto Tapestry or ClassDojo 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 can’t wait to see you all back at Nursery on Monday 8th March!

Miss Farmer

Physical Development 

This week we are learning all about the body.

Food challenge: To keep our bodies healthy we need to eat lots of fruit and vegetables! Can you make a yummy healthy fruit salad with your adult?

Here is a link to a fun easy to make recipe: https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/fruit-salad.html

Have fun and I can’t wait to see all your yummy creations!

PE Challenge: Target Tubs

Find a range of empty boxes, tubs and containers.
Put them on their side so that an object can be rolled into them.
Make different-sized paper balls.
Stand at an achievable distance away from the target and try to roll the object into it.

Maths 

This week we are practising our counting!

We are doing body part counting.

Our bodies are a brilliant resource for practicing counting skills. How many ears do you have, how many eyes do you have, how many arms do you have?!

We can also count on each other’s bodies – how many fingers does Daddy have? Can you count Mummy’s toes?

After counting various body parts, can you write down the corresponding numerals and maybe even draw a picture for each?

Super maths challenge!

Can you count how many toes your whole family has? How many legs does your family have all together?
And can you draw a picture of your whole body?
How many eyes will you need? How many fingers do you need to draw?

Don’t forget to practice your number formations as well!

Literacy/Mark-Making Activities for the Week

Continuing with name recognition and encouraging them to trace/write their name independently!
Story of the Week – Miss Farmer reading ‘Ruby’s Worry by Tom Percival’

Comprehension Questions:
How did Ruby make her worry smaller?
What should you do when you have a worry?
Is there anything that you worry about?
Who can you to talk to if you have a worry?

Miss Farmer’s Super Challenge!
Can you draw a picture of how you are feeling today? Are you feeling happy, sad, excited?
Why do you think you are feeling like this?

You can post a picture of it onto Tapestry or ClassDojo. I can’t wait to see them!

RE

We have been looking at the importance of gathering in RE.
This week we are going to explore the importance of people gathering in a Church setting.

Word of God
Where two or three are gathered together in my name I am there among them.
(Matthew: 18:20)

Watch this video all about why it is important for Christians to gather together in Church – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj9QvNjhmk8

Once you have watched the video with your child ask why they think that it is important to gather in a church setting?
Have they ever gathered themselves in a church setting?
If so, how did it make them feel?

RE Activity:

Can you draw a picture of yourself in a church setting?
Don’t forget to draw a priest and the holy cross!

You can show your child some pictures of the inside of a church for reference if they have not had the opportunity to visit one.

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: L – ‘Down the long leg.’

Now who can remember if this is a stretch or bouncy sound?

Think of words/toys/objects that begin with the sound ‘l’ – you might want to write down their ideas or get them to draw a picture of the object!

Now get a pen and have a go at writing the letter ‘l’ yourself !

Remember to say the rhyme ‘down the long leg’ when you are practising your letter formation.

Art

As we are learning about the body this week, I would like you to make your own self portrait!

You will need to have a mirror to look into to have a look at the different parts of your face.

You will need some paper and some colouring pencils.

What colour are your eyes?
What colour s your skin and hair?
Do you have long hair or short hair?
What shape is your face?
How many ears do you need to draw?

I can’t wait to see all your brilliant self-portraits on ClassDojo or Tapestry!

Topic/ Science 

This week we are going to be scientists and do an experiment with our heart!

We are going to see if when we have been moving our bodies lots our heartbeat gets quicker.

You will need a timer, a pen and some paper.

Ask your adult if they can help you time 20 seconds.

When the timer is going you can put your hand over your heart, or on your pules on your neck and count how many pumps you can feel, ask your adult for help if you can’t feel it.

Keep your hand on your heartbeat for 20 seconds and count how many beats you can feel.

Once 20 seconds has finished write this number down on some paper, if it is a big number ask your adult to help you.

Now I want you to do 10 big star jumps. Now jump like a pencil 10 times.

Once finished get your adult to help you to set the timer to 20 seconds and count how many beats that you can feel this time again.

Now have a look at your numbers. Is the number bigger after you did some exercise?

This is because your heart is working harder to pump blood to your muscles. How amazing!

Music and Dance 

Start your day off with The Body Boogy Dance! – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZeM18fPbvI
Do the body parts dance! – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGi3f_fHIzg
Dance to Jump up Bend Down! – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7jSWdnoshw

Learn some new songs –
Sing the parts of the body song – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwHMMZQGFoM
Sing this is me! – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkHQ0CYwjaI

All activities are also posted onto Tapestry and ClassDojo 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/video onto Tapestry or ClassDojo 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

This week we are learning all about space and rockets!

Food challenge: Can you make your own yummy planet cookies with your adults? Which one is your favourite planet?

Here is a link to a fun easy to make recipe: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/planet-cookies

Have fun and I can’t wait to see all your yummy creations!

PE Challenge: Guess What Mood I’m In?

Sing your favourite action rhyme, e.g., ‘Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes’.
You could teach it to a sibling.
Perform your action song in a different mood each time, e.g., happy, sad, angry, or excited.
Can your sibling guess what mood you are in?
Take it in turns with your sibling to guess what mood they are acting.

Maths

Maths Activities for the Week:

This week we are looking at shapes!

This week I want you to create your own rocket ship using different shapes!

Here is a fun shape song to give your child a refresher on their shapes – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEbRDtCAFdU

Super Maths Challenge!

Can you make your own rocket using different shapes?

I can’t wait to see all your amazing rockets on Tapestry or ClassDojo!

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 – Miss Farmer reading ‘Astro Girl by Ken Wilson-Max’

Comprehension Questions:
Who was Astrid’s hero?
What did Astrid want to be when she grew up?
What did Astrid’s best friend Jake want her to bring him back from space?

Miss Farmer’s Super Challenge!
Can you draw a picture of your own hero? Is it your Mummy? Or could it be a superhero like spider man?
Ask your child why they are their hero.

You can post a picture of it onto Tapestry or ClassDojo. I can’t wait to see them!

RE
This week in RE we are looking at Eucharist, which looks at the importance of people gathering in God’s glory.

Word of God
Where two or three are gathered together in my name I am there among them.
(Matthew: 18:20)

With your child talk about what they like to with their friends and family together at Nursery, school and at home?
Does this make them excited to gather with their friends and family?
Does this make them happy and why?

Encourage them to draw a picture of them gathering with their friends at Nursery, or with their family at home.
Ask them what are they doing?
And who is there with them?

I can’t wait to see your amazing pictures!

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: E – ‘Lift off the top and scoop out the egg’

Now who can remember if this is a stretch or bouncy sound?

Think of words/toys/objects that begin with the sound ‘e’ – you might want to write down their ideas or get them to draw a picture of the object!

Now get a pen and have a go at writing the letter ‘e’ yourself !

Remember to say the rhyme ‘down the stem and draw the leaves’ when you are practising your letter formation.

Practice you letter and sound recognition with the Phonics Wizards! – https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf2yf4j/articles/zhqt6v4

Art
Can you make your own Super Space Rocket Model?!

Here are some easy and fun instructions on how to make one yourself – https://survivinglifeshurdles.com/super-space-rocket-craft/

What you’ll need:

Cardboard tube

Plain and/or patterned paper

Poster paint

Metallic poster paint

Glitter paint

Sponge

Star stickers (or other decorative elements)

Clear sticky tape

Scissors

PVA glue

I can’t wait to see them on Tapestry and ClassDojo!

Topic/Science

This week we are learning all about outer space!

Watch this episode of StoryBots all about Space – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Heeq6RPA45s

What Planet was your favourite!
What is the name of the planet we live on?

Miss Farmer’s Super Challenge!

Can you make your favourite planet painting? Is it a big planet or small? Is it a hot or cold planet?

Here are some instructions on how to make your own super easy foil painting moon (You can make whichever planet you want by using different coloured paint) –
https://www.adabofgluewilldo.com/foil-printed-moon-craft/

I can’t wait to see your planets!

Music and Dance

Start your day off with The Space Ship Dance! – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_PZcI3Q4eI
Sing 5 Little Men in a Flying Saucer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_1-TrP9jwA
Sing Zoom Zoom Zoom We’re Going to The Moon Song – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEHBrmZxAf8

Learn some new dances –
Dance to the Eight Planets Dance! – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syx3oma-od4
Zoom to the Moon – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gggmJ4prJxM

All activities are also posted onto Tapestry and ClassDojo 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/video onto Tapestry or ClassDojo 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

This week we are learning all about Judaism and Hanukkah the celebration of lights.

Food challenge: Can you make your own yummy marshmallow dreidels with your adults? Instead of using Hershey’s kisses you can use any kind chocolate drops!

Here is a link to a fun easy to make recipe: https://www.hwtm.com/2012/12/diy-tutorial-marshmallow-dreidels-free-happy-hanukkah-printable/

Have fun and I can’t wait to see all your yummy creations!

PE Challenge: Frogs and Rabbits!

This game you need to play with a grown up or older sibling.
When the grown-up shouts out ‘frogs’ you will try to jump as far as you can.
When the grown-up shouts out ‘rabbits’ you will try and jump as high as you can.

Let’s get active with Mr George! With your adult or siblings can you compete the challenge?

(Available on ClassDojo)

Maths

This week we are looking at patterns!

This week I want you to create your own patterns using colouring pens, Lego (Or whatever type of coloured blocks you have)
Now can you make a tower that has a red, blue, red, blue pattern?
Can you make a pattern that goes yellow, red, yellow, red?

Super Maths Challenge!

Can you think of your own pattern using whatever colours you would like? Tell your adult what colour pattern you have chosen. You can draw this pattern with coloured pencils or any coloured blocks, cars, toys that you would like.

I can’t wait to see all your lovely patters on Tapestry or ClassDojo!

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 – Miss Farmer reading ‘My Hair by Hannah Lee’

(Available on Tapestry and ClassDojo)

Comprehension Quiz Time!

Before you watch the story time video with your child tell them that you are going to have a fun quiz at the end!
Once the story has finished here are some questions you can ask in your quiz.

To make it even more fun you can make your own pretend buzzer that your child can tap when they know the answer, or your child can create their own special noise they make when they know the answer to the question!

Questions:
How did dad want to have his hair?
What hairstyle did the little girls mum choose for her to have at the end?
Which was your favourite hairstyle?

Miss Farmer’s challenge! Can you draw your favourite hairstyle?
You can post a picture of it onto Tapestry or ClassDojo. I can’t wait to see them!

RE

Judaism

Watch this video all about Hanukah (the celebration of lights) and how it is celebrated-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvUmL5TOP74

Questions:
How does the family decorate their house for Hanukah?
What do the family give as Hanukah gifts?
Can you remember any of the special foods that were made for the celebration?
How many days did the candles stay lit for?
Can you see any similarities between how the family celebrated Hanukah and how people celebrate other celebrations?

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

(Phonics video available on ClassDojo and Tapestry)

Focus sound for the week: F – Down the stem and draw the leaves.

Now who can remember if this is a stretch or bouncy sound?

Think of words/toys/objects that begin with the sound ‘f’ – you might want to write down their ideas or get them to draw a picture of the object!

Now get a pen and have a go at writing the letter ‘f’ yourself !

Remember to say the rhyme ‘down the stem and draw the leaves’ when you are practicing your letter formation.

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.

Art

This week we are learning all about Hanukkah!

Can you make your own Star of David?

Here’s how to do it:

Using a sturdy paper plate as a base, punch six equidistant points around the edge, then string gold ribbon, tinsel, string through.
Weave the string into a Star of David.

I can’t wait to see all your brilliant creations on Tapestry and ClassDojo!

This week is also children’s mental health week and this years theme is express yourself!

Can you create your own picture of how you are feeling today?
Watch this video for some inspiration – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STdJ__8ORyE&feature=youtu.be

I can’t wait to see your pictures!

Topic/Science

Miss Farmers’ Amazing Treasure hunt !

This week we are looking at materials again!

Every time you find one of the objects you get one point!
How many points will you get?
I can’t wait to see pictures of all your treasure finds! Post them on Tapestry or ClassDojo!

1.Can you find something that is soft?
2.Can you find something that is shiny?
3.Can you find something that is hard?
4.Can you find something that is stretchy?
5.Can you find something that is natural?
6.Can you find something that is plastic?
7.Can you find something that is metal?
8.Can you find something that is wood?
10.Can you find something that is smooth?
11.. Can you find something that is made of glass?
12. Can you find something that is made of fabric?

Music and Dance
Start your day off with Hanukah fitness fun! – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAMDdZmiqj0
Sing Twinkle Twinkle Hanukah Lights – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDRT5kaQtC4
Sing a song all about Hanukah – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KKNnECMKbg

Learn some new dances –
The Hanukah Freeze Dance – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbOpDWBkULo
Sing and Dance in Gods glory – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iW9MN7vMpQ

All activities are also posted onto Tapestry and ClassDojo 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/video onto Tapestry or ClassDojo 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/watch?v=xs_g2B-D7zg
Cosmic Kids – Dinosaurs – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISX9DSK4uEk
Cosmic Kids –Tiny the T-Rex – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnlDBKD2S78

PE Challenge:

Balance that Balloon – Try to balance a balloon on different body parts, e.g. your head, hand, foot, shoulder, arm! How many seconds can you last for?

How long can you last – Ask an adult or older sibling to time you while you balance on different body parts e.g. one foot, one knee, one hand. See how long you can balance before you start to wobble!

Food Challenge: This week is international ready steady cook week!

Can you make a recipe with your adult from your culture?
I would love to see a picture of you making your yummy creations posted on Tapestry or Class Dojo!

Miss Farmer is English, so here is a link to a favourite British recipe if you would like to try that ! – https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/giant-scone-cake.html

Looking for some inspirations? Check out my My World Kitchen on CBeebies – https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b09r7th9/my-world-kitchen?seriesId=b09r7ts1

Maths

Maths Activities for the Week:

Daily Counting – Sing the counting to send and back song! – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR-cfDsHCGA

Number of the Week – 11– Count Dracula https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQzjFvHMlvA
Encourage your child to count up to 11– Can they jump on the spot 11 times? Can they skip 11 times? Can they clap 11 times?
Count out 11 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 11?

Play Teddy Numbers (choose up to 10 or if you fancy a challenge choose the up to 15 option) – https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/teddy-numbers

Can you draw a picture of 11 dinosaurs? Remember to use your special checking finger once you have finished to make sure there are 11!

Practice your shape patterns – https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/shape-patterns
Maths Challenge: Here are some super fun dinosaur themed maths activities for you and your child to so – https://www.5minutefun.com/dinosaur-maths-games/

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 – Miss Farmer reading ‘Grumpy Dinosaur by Michael Gordon’ (Available on Tapestry and ClassDojo)

Encourage your child to draw a picture of picture of their own dinosaur friend. Encourage them to talk about what type of dinosaur they are drawing, is it a grumpy dinosaur, happy, angry etc.

With you child talk about the why they think Sonny’s behaviour in the beginning of the story wasn’t very good?
How do they think Sonny should have behaved?
Do they think Leo was a good friend to Sonny? Encourage them to explain why they think this?
Can they tell you how they would play nicely with their friends?

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

Say the Family Prayer- Our Father

Our Father,
Who art in heaven,
hallowed be Thy name;
Thy kingdom come;
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
Amen.

Watch this video about Mary and Joseph taking baby Jesus to the Temple – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho_3gvIWzbw

Where did Mary and Joseph take baby Jesus each year?
Where did Mary and Joseph find Jesus when they lost him?
Can you draw a picture of Mary and Joseph taking baby Jesus to the temple?

Phonics

This week watch Alphablocks and practice saying the letter sounds – 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: B – Down the laces to the heel and around the toe.

Here are some videos to support the learning of ‘b’ sound: Geraldine the Giraffe- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwTkcfKRj00
Alphablocks ‘b’ – https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01dy987/alphablocks-series-2-19-box
Think of words/toys/objects that begin with the sound ‘b’ – 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 dinosaur feet! – https://rainydaymum.co.uk/story-book-summer-edwina-dinosaur-didnt-know-extinct/
Create your own cardboard box dinosaur! – https://rainydaymum.co.uk/readforgood-theres-a-dinosaur-in-the-park/
Make your own dinosaur shadow puppets – https://rainydaymum.co.uk/dinosaur-shadow-puppets/

Topic/Science

This week we are learning all about dinosaurs

Watch this fun StoryBots video about all the different types of dinosaurs – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZzPLdAWKOE

Watch Andy’s Prehistoric Adventure on CBeebies – https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p03gmwhd/andys-prehistoric-adventures-1-argentinosaurus-and-eggshell

Which dinosaur is your favourite? Why is it your favourite? Can you draw a picture of a dinosaur with massive teeth, sharp claws? With a long spiky tail? What does your dinosaur eat? Where does you dinosaur live? Is it in a jungle, in the sea?

Music and Dance

Start your day off by stomping like a dinosaur! – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imhi98dHa5w
Learn a new song – The Dino Dance Song – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoUPlNL4Z-w

Learn some new dances –
The Dinosaur Dance – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dqx088Eif0
Do the Dino – https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/boogie-beebies-do-the-dino
I’m an Allosaurus | Dinosaur Musical – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWWSf4rPdLA

All activities are also posted onto Tapestry and ClassDojo 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/video onto Tapestry or ClassDojo 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

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