Craft ideas

Hi Nursery! I know how much you love the cut and stick area so I have found some craft ideas which I think you will enjoy.. 😊

Have lots of fun crafting!! 🌈🌼🐇🐥🚀🌟

Super maths games

Here are some Maths games which we use in school (also tablet-friendly)

Shape games:

Shape Patterns - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/shape-patterns

Shape Monsters - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/early-years/shape-monsters

Number games:

Underwater counting - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/underwater-counting
Teddy Numbers - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/teddy-numbers
Ladybird Spots - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/ladybird-spots
Gingerbread Man game - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/gingerbread-man-game

Week 2 learning

Hi Nursery! 

I hope you are having lots of fun with your grown ups at home, I am missing you all lots and cannot wait to hear all about your super home learning when we are back at school.

Lots of love, Miss Woods 👩

Mr Bear and Jenny Jigsaw have been busy thinking of some challenges to send to you this week! 🌈

Monday:

Phonics – Warm up by singing our favourite alphabet song on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BELlZKpi1Zs

Ask your grown-ups to pause the song at the end when all of the images are shown. Can you find the picture which starts with the first letter of your name? Have a competition with your grown-up at naming as many items as you can think of which begin with that sound – Good luck children, I know you will beat the grown-ups!

Challenge: Can you practise writing the sounds in your name? If you can do this, can you write a list of the objects that you named with your grown-up?

Maths – Warm up with Big Walrus and count all the way to 20! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0Ajq682yrA

Your task today is to choose an action such as jumping, clapping or hopping – when you have chosen your action, can you ask your grown-up to show you a number card from your pack. Can you shout out the number and then do that many jumps, claps or hops? You could even show your grown-up a number and get them involved too! Repeat this activity until you can jump no more J

Challenge: Can you have a go at putting the number cards you have used in order?

Tuesday:

Phonics – Today your challenge is to start with a game of ‘Giggling grapheme’ on phonics play - https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/member-only/GrabAGigglingGrapheme.html Listen carefully to the sound that you need to choose and find this on one of the aliens!

Challenge: Ask your grown-up to choose a sound and see how many objects around your house that you can find beginning with that sound. Extension: record the sounds you can hear in the words of the objects you find.

Maths -  Join in with singing our favourite shape song again with Big Walrus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guNdJ5MtX1A.

Can you challenge yourself to draw each of the shapes that you have sung about in the song?

Challenge: Can you name any items that you know are these shapes? For example, square – cushion, rectangle – door and so on.

Wednesday:

Phonics - log on to phonicsplay.co.uk. Play flashcard speed sounds (phase 2) and practise saying all of the sounds . How many could you remember? Did you beat your time from last week?

Challenge: Can you practise saying and writing i, n, m, d. Can you draw a picture of something which begins with these sounds?

Maths – Warm up again with Big Walrus and count all the way to 20! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0Ajq682yrA

 Missing number challenge – Today, ask your grown-ups to place the number cards in your pack out on the floor/table. Can you begin by putting these numbers in order from 1-5 or 1-10? When you have done this, ask your grown-up to remove one of the number cards whilst you close your eyes! Open your eyes and try to guess the number that your grown-up has removed!

Challenge: Can you write these numerals in the correct order?

Thursday:

Phonics –  Using your log in for Oxford Owl, choose a new story to read. Look at the front cover and guess what you think might happen in the story. Can you spot any letter sounds that you know in the title?

Can you spot the characters in the story, how might they be feeling/why?

Challenge: Can you recall the events that happened in the story? Tell your grown-up your favourite part of the story – you could even draw a picture to show your favourite part if you want to!

Maths -  Can you go on a hunt around your house for different objects ready to sort. When you have collected lots of objects – you can decide whether you will sort your objects by colour or by size, for example – putting all of the red objects together or placing all of the large items together and so on. Don’t forget to use the vocabulary we learnt in Nursery: large/big/huge, medium, small/little/tiny.

Challenge: Count the number of objects you have in each of your groups and add them altogether.

 

Fun Fridays:

We know how much Nursery love our fun and fitness Fridays so we know you will love Friday challenges:

PE time:

Go onto YouTube and search for our favourite brain gym song ‘Banana, banana, meatballs’ and show your grown-ups your super moves!

Baking Friday:

Your challenge is to work with your grown-up to prepare a meal for your family. See if you can use words like ‘chop, stir, slice, mix’ whilst preparing your meal. I can’t wait to hear what you have been cooking when we are back at school!

Week 1 learning

Good Morning Nursery !!

Don't forget that you can kick start your morning with a daily exercise routine from Joe Wicks. This is easy to access and a great workout routine for the children to start their morning.

9.00-9.30

Here are your learning challenges for the week:

Monday:

Phonics - log on to phonicsplay.co.uk. Play flashcard speed sounds (phase 2) practise saying all of the sounds . How many could you remember- record your time and see if you can beat it later in the week. 

Challenge: Can you practise saying and writing  s,a,t,p,i,n

Maths - watch and sing  numbers songs on youtube 1,2,3,4,5.

use the number cards in your home learning pack 1-5. Pick a number , say the number . Can you make a collection of this number by finding and counting objects around your house?

Challenge 5-10 or beyond

Tuesday:

Phonics - Today we are learning about phoneme S . Watch Geraldine giraffe on you tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUmUpf-JNoU . Can you go around your house and see if you can find anything beginning with that sound?

Challenge (for children who take home a school reading book:

Grown ups say the words- can the children tell you what sounds they can hear in this word? can they write them ?  

sun       sip       sit       

Maths -  Sing our favourite shape song on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guNdJ5MtX1A. Can you name the shapes as you sing it ? Now go on a shape hunt around your house , which shapes can you see ? which shapes did you find the most of ?

Challenge: Can you describe the shapes to your grown ups ? how many sides does it have ? how many corners?

Wednesday:

Phonics - log on to phonicsplay.co.uk. Play flashcard speed sounds (phase 2) practise saying all of the sounds . How many could you remember? did you beat your time from Monday?

Challenge: Can you practise saying and writing  g,o,c,k

Maths -Outdoor maths. Go outside into the garden and choose a number card.

Easy challenge : 1-5

tricky challenge : 5-10

Can you find this many objects in your garden  and make a pile ?

Thursday:

Phonics - create a log in at oxfordowl.co.uk  (information sheet in your pack) and choose a story to share . Talk about the story, can you find the title?, who are the characters? where does the story take place? what will happen next ? what will happen at the end ? Challenge the children to re-call the events after reading. 

Maths - Can you find 4 of your favourite cuddly toys to take on a pretend picnic. You will need to use your super counting skills and make sure they all have the correct number of equipment eg 1 cup each, 1 plate each, 1 spoon each and 1 piece of food each' How many cup have you got all together ? how many plates  and spoons? can you show this number on your fingers? can you write this number ?

Fun Fridays :

We know how much Nursery love our fun and fitness Fridays so we know you will love Friday challenges:

PE time :

Go onto youtube and Choose a 'cosmic kids yoga ' to complete or choose a 'just dance kids' exercise.

Baking Friday:

If you have access to the ingredients for the baking recipe in your pack you could have a go at these and measuring out the ingredients.

If not, don't worry. Your challenge is to help your grown ups prepare one of their meals today at home eg. if you are having a sandwich for your lunch you could help to make this ! (Nursery are great at making jam sandwich's) we have done lots of discussion around using equipment safely. *Please ensure that children are supervised whilst helping and appropriate tools are used *

Welcome

Hi Nursery

I hope you are well and I can't wait to see you all back at school soon! While you are home Mr Bear and Jenny jigsaw will be setting you some super learning challenges every day. In your pack there is a sheet with '100 challenges to do at home' each week you can choose at least 3 of these to keep you busy! Tick them when you complete them and we can have a competition to see who can do the most!

Please take lots of pictures of the learning you have been doing and we will share them when you are back!

Miss Woods