Here we are again! It's week 9 in Kindy.
Thank you again for all of the efforts you are putting in to helping your child
continue to learn and develop at home.
Please find below the main learning concepts for Week 9 of Term 1.
If you need any assistance please send me an email, I am happy to help
in any way that I can or even send photos my way as I miss the children dearly.
Let's start our learning with the good morning song. Don't forget to warm up your hands by reaching up high to the sky.
Today it is Kindy Blue's Monday but Kindy Red are very happy to join in.
On Mondays, we have Music with Mrs Horrocks. Here is a good morning song that Maureen loves to sing to the Kindies. Their siblings can join in too.
It's time to warm up in the lounge room or near the computer with the Freeze game. This is also on spotify.
Name activity-
Have your child sign their name in. Write your child's name on some card. Have your child locate all their letters of their name using the ABC mat attached below or you may have fridge magnets or puzzle pieces at home. If they have retrieved their name poster from school, they could also have ago at tracing their dot to dot letters using a whiteboard marker. ( See info regarding this at bottom of post). Using the letter names are fine at this stage as we start to focus on the sounds they make in Term 2.
Press on Alphabet mat
We are discussing all about FAMILY.
- Who is in your family?
- How many members do you have?
- The concept that not all families are the same. They may be different in size, but no matter what they are all special.
Warm up rhyme:
Today's story: The Family book by Matthew Ingram read by Miss Horrocks.
On a piece of paper, can your child draw a person to represent each family member that they have. A parent can label each person on the page. Can your child go outside to find some medium size leaves to stick under each person.
Explain to your child that they have made a family tree. All these people love you very much. Can you count how many is in your family?
Have your child count out how many is in their family by using 1-1 correspondence with objects of their choice- cheerios, blocks, rocks, coins, buttons etc. One object can represent Mum, Dad, Brother, Sister, Nanna, Pop, cat etc. Have your child make a line.
Can they go to 3.... 5 or even 10. Tell them what clever counters they are.
Before morning break or lunch have your child spend some time with their family
- building a lego tower
- Playing outside in the garden
- playing a board game
- doing a puzzle
- Going for a walk
- read a story for enjoyment together.
You and your child can sing a song together during the day. The Kindy children are beginning to learn 'Skimmerarink' to show how much they love their Mums and Dads.
Don't forget to practise saying the beats in some two and three syllable words. Your child can jump them or pat their head, shoulders and hips to say and hear the beats. They may have ago at doing this activity on the way to the toilet, on their way to brush their teeth or even out the door.
BUT /TER / FLY
Here are some common words to try: Elephant. zebra. camel, butterfly, octopus, jellyfish, motorbike, strawberry, cucumber, pencil, scooter etc.
Ask your child if they know how to do their name: Some may only have on beat in their name.
Have a HAPPY MONDAY !
TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY learning for both classes. -
In literacy, share the story together called " We're going on an Easter Egg hunt" .
In Numeracy the children will learn-
- About simple patterns and positional language.
Have your child press on the story below: " We're going on an Egg Hunt"
Tell your child your going to say some action words just like in the story and that they have to try and follow them. Can you go-
-Over the chair
-Under the table
-Next to the couch
- through the carpet
- behind the....
- on the...
- top of the...
- on the bottom of the....
- In between. You may have to model some of these positional words to your child.
* Click on this interactive work book to print out or have your child point to the right spot where the butterfly belongs.
In your child's pack from school is ten little gems. In the story, the reader had to find 10 Easter Eggs. Can your child count to 3... then 5... then 10 eggs by tapping each gem and lining them up in sequence.
This time a parent could hide the gems in close proximity using words from the story ( over, under, on, top, bottom, next to etc and see if your child can find all 10 eggs. Count them together at the end.
This could be helpful for a real Easter egg hunt over the next two weeks :)
Here is some more learning activities you might want to try at home:
Scavenger Spring Back yard hunt:
or
Have an egg and spoon race outside: You can substitute an egg with a ball and a spoon from the kitchen.
THURSDAY/FRIDAY learning for both classes
Don't forget the good morning song and have your child sign their name in again using Monday's format.
Explain to your child we are learning about different patterns today.
Show children a picture of some Easter eggs. Can you see the different designs on them- spots, lines, twirls, stars, flowers etc. The different patterns go on and on and don't stop. A pattern is a set of colours or shapes that are repeated over and over again in a line or sequence.
Make some patterns together with materials at home. Find objects of the same colour or shape, beads, beans, buttons, blocks, leaves etc) that you can use to make a pattern. Parent models a pattern first. It might be a simple pattern of all the same coloured lego in a line. Can your child copy it.
Then explain, we can make patterns more exciting. "I'm going to choose two colours this time and repeat the pattern".
Blue, Yellow, Blue, Yellow, Blue Yellow.
Have your child make a two colour pattern with chosen objects.
Parent is to begin a two coloured pattern using the chosen objects then stop. Ask your child to complete it.
Draw an oval shape easter egg on some paper. Have your child use their crayons to make patterns across the egg. Have them try a two coloured pattern to check their understanding.
If you have a drawing app on your ipad. You could make patterns with your child on this.
Doodle Buddy is a good app for this. It has pictures and interactive crayons.
Can you sprinkle some flour on a bench . Get your child to make some pre-writing patterns in the flour using their index finger. ( hands should be cleaned and fully dried first). Here are some examples
Play dough exercises for anytime during the day
THE EASTER STORY-
Clink on the video below to here a reading of the Easter story. As a kindy teacher, I always modify it to be appropriate for the little children.
I substitute different words for the serious parts of the Easter story.
At Easter time, we think about all the animals that come alive at spring time just like Jesus came alive again in Heaven after he died on the cross. That's why we eat Easter eggs at Easter. It reminds us about 'new life' just like a baby chick hatching from an egg and just like a caterpillar changing into a butterfly.
Sing If I were a butterfly- Young children love repetition of new songs they have been learning.
This week there is a small package for each child including their name poster to pick up outside the Kindy in a box. You may choose to come and pick it up after school hours 3-4pm.
Also in your pack is an Easter egg card to colour in and decorate. Inside, a Parent could write Happy Easter. Help your child print there name at the bottom of the card.
Goodbye Kindies. It is now time for the Easter Holidays. Have fun with your families and stay safe. I will leave you with this song sung by Mrs Horrocks to all of you.
From Miss Horrocks.
