Hi everyone
Monday would have been a holiday for you all this week so try to spend at least a little bit of your day off relaxing with a story!
Drama is a great way to combine reading, listening and talking. Think about your favourite story and how you can act it out. We tried puppets – wooden spoon puppets are easy to make and you can do them double sided for different characters! We also gave mask making a go and retold the story of the Gruffalo. See what creative ways you can come up with to retell a story of your choice. As well as puppets or masks you could try creating a comic strip version of your story, recording it on a device to make it an audio book, using a computer program to create your own online story, adding songs and actions to the story, and so on.
Keep trying out the Listening and Talking games listed on this blog and make sure to let us know if you invent any of your own.
The weather is meant to be beautiful this week so try to take advantage if you can and get outside! Here are some outdoor literacy ideas to help you:
List of ideas for outdoor activities –
https://childhood101.com/outdoor-literacy-ideas/
Literacy challenge cards for outdoors –
file:///C:/Users/User/Documents/Outdoor%20Literacy%20Challenge%20Cards.pdf
file:///C:/Users/User/Documents/More%20Outdoor%20Challenge%20Cards.pdf
Spelling practise, outdoor ideas –
file:///C:/Users/User/Documents/Outdoor%20Spelling%20Ideas.pdf
Punctuation game for outdoors –
file:///C:/Users/User/Documents/Outdoor%20Punctuation%20Game.pdf
The end of this week would have been our sports day. Have a chat with someone at home about what sports day activities you most enjoy. See if you can think of any way to recreate some sports challenges during your outdoor exercise time this week.
Writing is a good way to manage your feelings about everything that is happening in the world at the moment. Try keeping a journal, diary or scrapbook where you can draw or write about what is going on in your life during this time. If you know anyone who might be lonely at the moment, try writing them a letter! Older relatives especially enjoy getting post – we did this for my Gran who is 88 and cannot leave her home or recieve any visitors at the moment and it made a huge difference!
I hope you are all doing as well as you can and are staying safe! 🙂
