Reception home learning week beginning 20-04-20

Well Reception class, it has been lovely to speak to you and your parents over the last couple of weeks to find out how you all are and what you have been doing. I miss you all very much, but I have really loved getting emails from you so please keep them coming, they make my day! The photos that are being put up onto our gallery are amazing and show how hard you have been working; well done, Lyra, Mason R, Charlie, Marnie, Ellie and Violet.

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Literacy ideas:

Here are some ideas for literacy:

  1. Think of rhyming words for bug, cat, dog, fish, pig, cow and write them down

  2. Read an ebook together (Look on the Reception front page for useful links)

  3. Make up a story about an animal.

  4. Make props to help re-tell your story.

  5. Draw a picture from your story.

  6. Create a fact file about yourself. You could include: name, how old you are, when your birthday is, if you have any brother or sisters, if you have any pets, what you like to do when you are not at school, favourite food, favourite colour, things you like, things you don’t like. Add pictures or photos to your fact file.

  7. Choose a phase 2 or 3 sound. Think of or write down as many words as you can that begin with that sound or have that sound in it.

  8. Clap the syllables (beats as I have told the children!) in the names of people in your family or friends. Can you think of names with 1, 2, 3, or 4 syllables in them?

  9. Use chalks or crayons to write your name in a rainbow of colours.

  10. Use re-cycled card to make 2 sets of phase 3 sounds and play a matching pairs game.

Maths ideas:

  1. Hide a teddy or toy. Use positional language (above, below, next to etc) to give clues to help someone find it.

  2. Gather shoes from people in your family. Put them in order by size. Count in 2s to find how many there are.

  3. Cut a piece of string the length of your foot, find things around your house and compare them to the size of your foot. Are they longer, shorter or the same size?

  4. Stand on one leg. Count how long you can balance for. Can you count all the way up to 10 as you balance? Ask the people in your family to do the same and write down their scores. Do it again another day to try and beat your score.

  5. Choose a shape. Find objects around your house that are the same shape. Draw pictures to show the shapes.

  6. Roll a die. Perform the number of actions the die shows. (Hops, claps, jumps, stamps, tummy rubs, sit ups…..)

  7. Play a target game, throw beanbags (or pairs of socks) onto chalked circles and record scores. e..g outer circle 1 point, middle circle 2 points and inner circle 5 points. Who scores the most from 2 throws. ( Make it harder to add up the scores by using bigger numbers)

  8. Roll 2 dice and count out the correct number of objects for each number. Find how many altogether. Write a number sentence to show it, or use number cards and addition and equals signs.

  9. Play subtraction games with orange segments, cereal or anything else that can be eaten! The children have been introduced to the words ‘take away’. So ‘Mrs Hulland has 10 choco hoops, she takes 5 away and eats them, how many left? This can be recorded if you want to.

  10. Create butterfly doubles. Draw butterflies and add spots onto one side. Children count how many there are and write it underneath. They then add the same number of spots to the other side and write the number, then they find the total number of spots altogether.

Creative ideas:

  1. Draw or paint a picture of your family.

  2. Design you own ice-cream sundae.

  3. Turn an old cardboard box into a doll’s house or a castle for your toy figures.

  4. Gather old pots and pans to make an orchestra to play along to your favourite music.

  5. Make a bird feeder.

  6. Draw a treasure map for someone else to find your hidden treasure.

  7. Find 5 things that will float and 5 that will sink in your bath.

  8. Build a lego bridge.

  9. Make cakes to share with your family.

  10. Make a fairy house.


5 steps to well being

  1. Connect with family and friends: Make a card for someone and tell then how special they are.

  2. Be active: Play your favourite song and dance to it or make a dance routine.

  3. Take notice: When you’re out for a walk notice how many different colours and sounds there are out there.

  4. Keep learning: See if you can remember the different ways we have learned to say ‘Hello’. Can you find out how to say hello in a new language?

  5. Give: Write some positive messages onto postcards and post them to friends and family.