Todays learning jobs are all themed to our story for today ‘Scribble Stones’, A Helicopter Story Approach sent by Mrs Brankin who is kindly helping with our blog and home learning every other Wednesday.
Literacy and Health and Wellbeing –
Following on from our ‘Not just a Scribble’ story from a few weeks ago, read the audio book “Scribble Stones”. After listening to the story act out some of the emotions and places the stones were placed. Think about if you were a stone where would you like to be placed. The little stone talks about everyone having there own purpose, skill or job to do. What do you hope your job is when you are a grown up? Ask your grown up to write all of your ideas down as you work through these story questions.
Maths – sorting
Collect some stones from your garden or close-by your home. Remember to keep safe and wash your hands before and after.
How many did you find? Can you sort them in different ways, maybe by size or colour? Can you think of any other ways to sort your stone collection? Can you even make a stone tower using your problem solving and balancing skills? How many did you manage before your tower fell down?
Outdoor learning and Art –
If you go out on a walk collect a stone and paint it like the stones in the story. Then place the kindness stone around the community or at someone’s door to spread a little love. You could then write about where you have place your stone or share some photos of you stone. If you cant do this, draw a design for your stone instead.
Physical Activity –
There are some stone-related fun games you can play on this link. My favourites are stone-throw and hopscotch.
Stone throw challenge – Providing you have a safe space to gently throw your stones, choose 3 different sized containers and give each a different points value. Step back and try to aim, then throw your stones one-by-one into the containers. Can you get some stones into each containers? How many points did you win? Maybe you can challenge your grown up at home too.
