Little Wenlock
Monday 22nd February 2021
Here are some ideas for activities today! Have fun!
Phonics
- Try practising the following: s, a, t, p, i, n, m and also d with the actions. Use your home-made flash cards or printed ones if you prefer.
- It would be a really good idea to recap and practise all of the sounds to start this week.
- You could put the flash cards onto your stairs and ask your child to go and stand on the correct sound. This could also be done in the same way on the lounge floor.
- You could hide the sounds for them to find.
- Make a pack of flashcards to play ‘snap’ to give your child the opportunity to identify and match sounds.
Understanding the World – An activity to try – Encouraging the use of our sense of smell or taste
A fun activity to try is to use our sense of smell or taste to identify objects. This is a continuation from yesterday where the children had the chance to use their sense of touch. Try popping some items (say 5 or 6) into cups, small plastic containers, sandwich bags or even (cut up) sections in an egg box would work. It could be things like dried coffee granules, a tea-bag, toothpaste, bubble bath, fruit pieces such as strawberry and orange or anything you have that your child might recognise by smell. Make sure they can’t peek and see if they can tell you what each item is. Children often find it funny when they don’t like the smell and their reactions are normally great! This also often encourages super observations from them. Please feel free to note any observations and let us know.
You could try a similar idea with tasting different foods too if you prefer! (Eyes covered of course) It’s great fun. As adults we might find this a bit daunting but children are usually willing to try this and really enjoy it.
- Questions to ask: Why did you like/dislike that smell/taste? Which was the best/worst one? What would you put into the containers if you could choose?
Afternoon work idea:
We are starting our Houses and Homes Topic in History so we’d love it if you could draw or paint your house for us. You could even make a model of it if you have lego or duplo bricks or a collage if you feel really arty today.
That’s all for today! Stay safe everyone.
Thank you all. Mrs Burford and Mrs Tinkler