Reception home learning week beginning 22.06.20 & 29.06.20
Hello Reception children, once again it’s been lovely seeing some of you this week, we have had a lot of fun participating in a variety of different activities. To the children who are not back at school yet, we hope you have had a lovely week at home, we miss you loads and can’t wait to see you in the near future.
To begin with, we would like to say a special thank you to, Charlie for sending in a photo of a snail mind map he drew and labelled himself. We really love the adjectives you used, fantastic effort! Remember if you have a drawing or a photograph of something you have been doing, feel free to send it via the Home Learning Showcase. We love to see your creations.
This week’s home learning is going to concentrate on animals.
Literacy ideas:
Read the story Dear Zoo or watch the online video.
Visit the Dear Zoo website and play an interactive game.
Think of your own animal to add to the story e.g. They sent me… a hedgehog but he was too prickly so I sent him back Animal Details –
Can you make up a story about your favourite animal? Perhaps an adult could write it for you?
Draw an animal of your choice. Add as many features as you can think of e.g. whiskers, teeth, tail. Write any sounds you can hear in the name of the animal.
Practise holding your pencil correctly – one finger on the top and holding it near to the nib.
Practise writing your name, write your surname too if you can already do your first name.
Play this Animal Sounds Match Game Phonics Bloom.
Sing Old McDonald had a farm adding as many animals as you can think of into the song. Sometimes make the animal sound instead of saying the name, and ask your child to tell you which animal it is.
Think of words that rhyme with a dog, nonsense words are ok too (such as sog, nog, zog) Try others – cat, mouse, pig etc
Maths ideas:
Count forwards to 20 and count backwards 20 to 0.
Play this counting game. Count how many animals you can see Animals on the Farm.
Watch a Numberblocks clip each day at BBC or CBeebies.
Sing a counting song – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 once I caught a fish alive and 5 Little Men in a flying saucer (show the number on your fingers as you take one away).
Practise writing numerals 1,2,3 - paint, chalk, or sand.
Problem-solving - If one parrot has 2 wings, how many wings are there on 3 parrots?
Problem-solving -If 5 sheep have 4 legs, how many legs altogether?
Problem-solving - There are 2 chickens, 1 pig, 3 horses and 5 goats in a field. How many animals altogether?
Problem-solving - There are 6 ducks in a pond. Two fly away. How many left?
Apple Picking A missing number game which focuses on numbers 0-20.
Creative ideas:
Listen to birds in your garden or outside the window, can you hear different sounds that different birds make? Identify them using the RSPB website.
Play charades – take it in turns to act out different animals. Add in their noises as an extra clue.
Create an animal den with blankets and sheets. Act out being an animal in there.
Practise identify animals names and sounds via this very simple website Knee Bouncers.
Land art – create animals using leaves, sticks, stones etc.
Have a go at making animal masks
Have a go at making African Animal Crafts
Have a go at making Goldfish Kite Craft
Have a try at Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure-Lulu the Baby Lioness
Have a try at Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure- Colonel Crockles the Crocodile
5 steps to well being:
Connect: Play charades – take it in turns to act out different animals. Add in their noises as an extra clue.
Be active: Sing songs and rhymes, adding actions and changing the words. All Nursery Rhymes
Take notice: Listen to birds in your garden or outside the window, can you hear different sounds that different birds make? Identify them using the RSPB website.
Keep learning: Take a look at a Zoo web camera: Virtual Chester Zoo, Virtual London Zoo, Virtual Edinburgh Zoo
Give: - Draw or paint a picture of your favourite animal and give it to somebody you love.