Literacy

We have been learning about magic e. This week your child should revise this sound, listen to the song below to help your child to begin thinking about magic e.

-Look for the sound in their reading books/ bedtime story.

-Writing sentences with the magic e sound (remembering capital letters and full stops).

-Writing magic e words with big chalk outside.

-Playing games on the computer.

http://www.starfall.com/n/make-a-word/silent-e/load.htm?f

-Using Microsoft Word to write words with magic e (make it fun by changing the font, colour and size).

 

Try to do a couple of the activities above, allowing your child to choose how they want to learn the sound.   If you have a piece of work you have done at home please feel free to bring it in for me to see (for example your sentences, or a photo of your words in chalk).  We are making a wall display for magic e and work which is neatly presented and could go up.    🙂

 

Handwriting

It is important that children write letters correctly.  Please revise the correct formation of all letters.  Doing this activity on an on-going basis  will help your child to remember the correct formation and to become more controlled writing letters.

Using a multisensory approach can really help children to remember the correct formation (for example writing in a sand tray, writing the letter in shaving foam or writing with chalk on the ground etc) .

Here is a website you may also use to practice writing your letters  (remember to think about where the letter sits on the line when using this).

http://www.ictgames.com/writingRepeater/index.html

 

Numeracy

We are learning to recognise coins up to the value of £2 and to add coins together (see yellow and blue group for more information).  Start by listening to the song below to introduce the concept of money to your child.

Activity

Look in a purse or wallet and see which of the coins you can recognise.  Once your child is confident with these, try adding coins together.  You may wish to make up play scenarios for example the teddy costs 7p so which coins should I use.

Yellow

Add coins together to the value of 10p.

Blue

Add coins to the value of 10p and then 20p.

By engaging in real life activities (like the one above) your child should begin to understand about the exchange of money when purchasing goods.