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Easter holiday activities 2021

 

Here are some suggested Maths and Literacy websites you can try at home over the holidays. 

 

Learning to Count up to 15 with Teddy Numbers Interactive Maths Game (topmarks.co.uk)

 

Crickweb | Early Years

 

Online Phonics Games (Phase 1) - PhonicsBloom.com

 

PhonicsPlay - Phase 1 Resources

 

Here are some other suggested ideas...

Physical

Make an assault course in the garden – you can find Easter eggs along the way.

 

Practise throwing and catching a large ball.

 

Practise riding your bike or scooter.

 

 

Creative

 

 Can you make a yellow fluffy chick using paints and a fork?

 

Maths

 

Enjoy baking some chocolate Easter nests. Talk about how the chocolate changes when it melts. Can you put 3 mini eggs on the top?

 

 

Literacy

Read at least one story every day. Talk about what is happening on the pictures. Who the characters are and the events that happened.

 

 

Talk Matters in Hartlepool 

 

Click on the link to take you to some really useful information about language and communication development for young  children. The booklets contain some useful tips and ideas for parents and carers about how to support your child with their language development.  There are lots of great ideas that be used at home. 

 

Talk Matters in Hartlepool - Helping your Babbling Baby become a Talkative Toddler by Infotech Studio - issuu

 

Talk Matters in Hartlepool - Helping your Talkative Toddler become a Confident Communicator by Infotech Studio - issuu

 

Welcome to the Caterpillar webpage it has been lovely to welcome back our children this September and we are looking forward to getting to know our new starter children. 

 

Our topic this term is 'This is me'. Throughout this term we will be learning all about ourselves this will include :
- Our likes and dislikes
- Our families
- Things that make us feel happy and sad.
- Playing alongside each other and making friends.

 

 

In the event that your child should have to self-isolate, please use these following ideas and links to get you started with home learning.

Activity 1

Read stories and look at books together.  There are some lovely stories on:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=oxbridgebaby+stories

 

Activity 2

 

  • Play games together this can be puzzles or board games where you can talk to each other about what is happening and take turns.

Activity 3

  • Sing nursery rhymes – we love the BBC nursery rhymes website.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b08bzfnh/numberblocks

 

Activity 4

There are a range of interactive games on the Cbeebies website:

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/games?vm=r

 

After day one, following activities will be posted on your child’s portfolio on Class Dojo.

Thank you for your continued support.

 

Mrs Lumley, Mrs Hill, Mrs White

W/b: 04/01/21 Activities for children self-isolating

 

This week our focus for our learning is based on the traditional story, Goldilocks and the Three Bear.

 

You can listen to the story using this link, Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Oxbridge Baby - YouTube

 

We are learning the nursery rhyme 'When Goldilocks went to the house of the bears' this will support counting to three also. Please use this link, When Goldilocks went to the house of the bears - BBC Teach

Other activities you can complete:

  • find 3 objects and can you order them by size using the words, small, medium and large.
  • Taste some porridge and choose different toppings, e.g. jam and honey. Talk about which was you favourite. 

 

Also, keep active whilst indoors completing action songs such as, 'One Little Finger'

 

Red Light, Green Light | + More Kids Songs | Super Simple Songs - YouTube

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