Week 6 learning.

Hi everybody 😊

I hope you have enjoyed seeing some pictures of your friends on the blog and what they have been getting up to at home. Don’t forget to ask your grown-ups to email some pictures of your learning and activities to nursery@hilltop.doncaster.sch.uk and I can share these on the blog so your friends can see what you have been doing too!

I hope you have your brainboxes ready for this week’s challenges; Mr Bear and Jenie have worked together as a team to set some fabulous activities for you!

Here are your phonic challenges for the week (Scroll further down the page to see some practical Maths activities for this week):

You could begin your days by singing the ‘Days of the week’ song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtQcnZ2JWsY

You could also talk to your grown-ups about the weather and if you are feeling up to a super challenge – name the day that it was yesterday and the day it will be tomorrow!

Monday:

Phonics – Warm up by singing the ‘Jolly jingles’ song on YouTube (you don’t have to sing them all in one go, you could sing a few each day)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euxN7LGOoLc

Today, your grown up is going to show you some pictures.

One at a time, see if you can say what the picture is. Can you hear the initial sound? (You could use the jolly jingle action to help with this) As a challenge, you could have a go at writing the initial sound for the object. Repeat this activity for each of the pictures below:

Challenge: Can you have a go at writing each sound in the word that you can hear. Try with your grown-ups to segment the word and break it down into single sounds e.g.

d    o   g and then blend it back together = dog

Tuesday:

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? Are you getting faster at naming each sound?

I hope you are ready for a hunt around your house today! Ask your grown up to choose between 2 and 4 different sounds like in the picture below. Ask your grown-up to lay the sounds out into different piles (you can use baskets if you wish). You will have two minutes to focus on each sound. When the timer starts, see how many items you can find for each of the initial sounds. Which sound did you find the most items for?

Challenge: Ask your grown-up to take a picture of you doing this learning and email to me – nursery@hilltop.doncaster.sch.uk

Wednesday:

Phonics – Sing the phonics song 2 on YouTube and see if you can spot any of the sounds in your name when they come onto the screen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BELlZKpi1Zs

Challenge: Today your challenge is to have a go at finding words that rhyme. On phonics play, there is a super game called ‘Cake bake’ where you have to find 3 words which rhyme with the word on the cake bowl. If you find all of the rhyming words, your cake is put into the oven to bake! https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/member-only/CakeBake.html

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 activities for the week:

You could choose one of these activities to do each day to make your Maths brainbox grow big and strong – have fun!

 Fun Fridays:

Well done for completing the tricky challenges for Phonics and Maths this week Nursery – I hope you have a super fun Friday and I cannot wait until we can share those fun times together again!

Creative time:

This week, your challenge is to have a go at making a musical instrument with the things you have in your home. I would love for you to have a go at playing your musical instrument along to your favourite song. Ask your grown-ups to film your performance to send it to our email address – I cannot wait to see them!

Check out this website for some ideas: https://artsycraftsymom.com/diy-musical-instruments-for-kids-to-make-and-play/

PE time:

I hope you are ready for a fun activity for PE today! Our game for today is ‘Magic Beans’

Find a space inside or outside where you have lots of room and ask your grown-up to name one of the magic beans for you to do. Keep going until your heart is pumping fast and you are running out of breath! I wonder how many you can do?