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You might like to use this video as a Brain Break throughout the day or to start your mornings off even before school! 😊
After listening to the story 'Pete the Cat and his four groovy buttons' I thought we could have a go at drawing him!
At the beginning of the video, we hear another 'Pete the Cat' story! We could read this one together soon 😊
On Monday when we were exploring collections we used the story Pete the Cat to help us!
Click on the video below to listen to the story – can you see other collections of 4 in the story? Look closely at the pictures. Can you spot a different collection? Is it bigger or smaller than 4?
Enjoy the story 😊
As we continue to develop our knowledge of reciting/counting numbers to 5 and beyond, listen to the song below and join in!
**Parents/carers** Please remember - developing our children's number sense is essential for future mathematical understanding. It involves repetition, and using gestures and concrete materials to connect math language (this makes it powerful as it engages our whole body in the learning!)
Your child might just like to listen first - that is okay. On the second watch, encourage and model using your fingers to count the bees🙂
To support please see the script below:
After listening and re-enacting the song, help your child to draw and make 5 bees. They could have a go independently using the picture to help, or you could guide them with drawing an 'oval' for the body, 'circles' for the eyes and 'lines' for their legs and stripes.
They could then use their beautiful bees to re-enact the song
Happy Counting and Buzzing!! 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
Today we will be continuing to explore collections and representing them. We will use our five-frame to add items and talk about what we can see.
Let’s get started!
Look at the picture below… what can you see? How many birds are there?
I wonder if yours looks the same or different to mine…
Does it matter? Does it change the amount of birds we have?
Let’s try that again!!
Can you place the birds in the tree in another five-frame?
I can see mine is now full! So 5 items fill up a 5 frame!
Can you have a go at finding other objects to add in your five-frame?
I wonder if you can show the same collection in a different way...
Oh ohhh😧... it seems that 3 of our friends on our mat have been covered!
I can't see their full face, but I wonder if you can help me work out what animal they are?
You can choose your own music, or you might like to use the song I chose below.
Play the music – and when it stops you need to f r e e z e !
(Parents/carers - try to hide the music source so our children can't see when you're about to stop it!)
This game helps us to build our listening and attention skills by carefully stopping and starting when the music does. It helps us to work on impulse control.
You might like to try this game with different songs, and also different movements - when you freeze you might like to do a 'happy face', 'sad face' or 'silly face'. You could even pose as different animals.
Happy d a n c i n g !
Turn to the person next to you and whisper ‘new sound’. Turn to the person again and shout ‘NEW SOUND’!
Let’s make a start…
Use the images below to explore our new sound.
j-j-j-jelly
j-j-j-jam
j-j-j-jigsaw
j-j-j-jug
Practise saying the sound 'j-j-j-j'
j-j-j-jack-in-a-box.
To write ‘j’ we go ‘Down his body, curl and dot.
Have a go in the air using your perfect pencil grip.
Have a go on the floor in front of you.
Have a go on somebody’s back.
Now using a paper and a pen (just like we do in our Phonics Books) practise your ‘j’. You might like to use the sheet below as a guide 😊
I wonder if throughout the day you can find items around the house that begin with ‘j-j-j’!
You could draw or write all the things you find😊
Happy ‘j-j-j’ hunting!
Just like yesterday, let’s start our day the same way that we would if we were in our classroom together!
Let’s sing our Days of the Week song! – I wonder if you can have a go without the song today!
Can you share with your family:
Today is ________
Yesterday was _________
Tomorrow will be _________
Have a look on the bead string below (just like the one we have on our working wall!) can you retell what the date is today?
I have added the word ‘yesterday’ to help you!
Today is _______
The date is the ____ of November
Have a go at choosing a different action to count your way to todays date! Ask an adult to help you😃
- clapping
- jumping
- stomping
- fairy claps
- fairy jumps
- star jumps
W E L C O M E T O
As we begin our second day of home learning, please ensure to look at our class blog for all activities. Just like yesterday we will have a specific Phonics/Listening & Attention Activity, Writing, Maths, Story time and an Art Activity (scroll to see them all or you can also use the side under 'November' to look through the posts from yesterday and today)
Don’t forget to have time throughout your day for P L A Y!
Remember, some posts will be for us all, and some will be directed at Nursery and others at Reception, to support everyone's learning 😊
Please feel free to look and use all of our posts!
Please send your amazing work, thoughts and ideas to debeauvoirprimaryschool@gmail.com and feel free to comment on any post!
I look forward to seeing your work throughout the day.
Thank you Paula and family for sending through pictures of your play, phonics and writing activity!😀
I was so excited to receive it!!
It is wonderful to see Al-Ameen using his resource pack to help him with recording numerals, tracing and making shapes today!
In our classroom we have been focusing on recognising and making collections up to 5. We have been exploring making these by using a range of materials.
Can you retell what is important when we are counting collections?
Should we count it fast or slow... why?
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Today we will be using the page of the storybook 'Kipper's Birthday' by Mick Inkpen
(you might like to listen to the story today too! - click on the video below)
How do you know?
5 Little Ducks!
You could:
We have been exploring sounds around us to help support and develop our knowledge of sounds.
We are continuing to explore environmental sounds and instrumental sounds. While the sun is shining, you might like to go on an environmental walk - listening to the sounds around you!
This morning for our Phonics Session we will be completing our Word Time lesson.
Before we begin, let's revisit our sound from yesterday - can you remember which one we did?
Practise teaching your family our sound - can you find some things around the house that begin with rrrrr?
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WordTime 1.4
Using cut up paper - write the sounds: m, a, s, d, t, i, n, p, g, o, c, k, u, b, f, e, l, sh
Practise your speedy sounds by retelling the sounds - remember to be super speedy and sharp!
Now, using your sounds - let's use our Fred Talk to help us read the whole words.
Ask an adult to read the sounds:
'h e n' 'sh o p' 'f i sh'
Have a go now at using your cut up sound cards to make some of our green words below.
Finally, have a go at using your Fred Talk to read these words!
Click here for some more supporting information via the RuthMiskin Training Website 😊
To start our morning off, let's sing our Days of the Week song!
Can you share with your family:
Today is ________
Yesterday was _________
Tomorrow will be _________
Have a look on the bead string below (just like the one we have on our working wall!) can you retell what the date is today?
I will give you a hint... yesterday was the 16th, so it is one more than 16 (such a big number!)
You could use objects around the house to help you with counting😊
Today is _______
The date is the ____ of November
Have a go at counting your way to today's date! Ask an adult to help you😃
Some ideas you could do are:
- clapping
- jumping
- stomping
- fairy claps
- fairy jumps
- star jumps
Good Morning Early Years!
Welcome to Terrific Tuesday - it is t-t-t-terrific to have you here!
We are so excited to be back at school. We have had a wonderful couple of weeks in our Early Years classroom with our friends. Nursery and Reception have been working together both inside and outside the classroom. The school twitter account has lots of pictures of our fantastic learning. Below are some examples of all the amazing learning we have been doing - mark making, role play, exploring with water, playing in the mud kitchen and lots of construction. We love to build.
