Tuesday
Reflection
Gentleness
“Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.”
Philippians 4:5
English
Learning Objective: Uses vocabulary and forms of speech that are increasingly
influenced by their experiences of books.
Watch the story of Stanley’s Stick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfIuIQaOLlY
Go out and find a selection of sticks –
Choose a stick to be your stick. What can you turn it into? A wand? A telescope?
Write a story about you and your stick. What can you do with your stick? What powers does it have?
Phonics
Challenge children to show you the correct letter formation for each sound that you give by writing it into the trays. Start with graphs (1 letter, 1 sound e.g. s, f, t), move on to digraphs (2 letters, 1 sound e.g. sh, ai, er) and, for an extra challenge, try trigraphs (3 letters, 1 sound e.g. igh, air, ear).
Children can use their fingers to write in washing up liquid, vegetable oil, paint, sand, rice, flour.
Challenge: This is also a great, fun way for children of all ages to practise simple spellings – they can ‘write’ into the trays using their fingers, a pencil, the end of a paintbrush or anything that will make a mark.
Maths
Learning Objective: Uses everyday language of measures (size, weight and capacity) when comparing quantities or solving problems.
Sort sticks in length order, straight and curved
Which is the longest? Shortest?
Ask a grown up some questions about the selection of sticks.
Physical Development
Learning Objective: Knows the importance of good health and physical exercise, and a healthy diet, and talks about ways to keep healthy and safe.
Remember the importance of daily exercise. Go for a walk or a run or/and have a look at the following Cosmic Yoga video and enjoy taking part in the session.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cNjAj_o0SI
Expressive Arts and Design
Learning Objective: Safely uses and explores a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function
Look carefully at your stick and make a line drawing of it using pencils or charcoal.