Here is a fun scavenger hunt for you to try.
You can do this hunt in dark rooms in your house or outside when it starts to get dark (remember to wrap up warmly if you are going outside)
What you will need: a torch or mobile phone, post it notes or paper and sellotape.
On as many post it notes/pieces of paper you want, write a range of numbers or letters, draw different shapes or use different coloured post it notes/paper. Hide and stick the post it notes/paper stuck with sellotape around your house or outside.
If inside – make the rooms as dark as possible by closing the blinds, turning off lights and then turn on the torch/phone light. Allow your child to use the torch/phone light to search for the post it notes/paper.
If outside– wait until it starts to get dark, allow your child to search around using the torch/phone light to try and find the post it notes/paper.
Once they find one ask them what is on it?
If you chose letters ask them what the letter is ? Do they know any words that start with that letter? Is that letter in their name?
If you chose numbers ask them what number is it ? What number comes before or after that number? Can you count to that number?
If you chose shapes ask them what shape is that ? Can you think of anything that is the same shape?
If you chose colours ask them what colour is that? Can you think of anything that is the same colour?
Once they have found all the post it notes/paper you could encourage them to try and mark make the letters, numbers, shapes or to find something in the house the same colour as the colours they found on their hunt.
Curricular areas covered:
Literacy – Letter recognition, initial sound, developing mark making skills. Communication when looking for the post it notes and discussing the questions. Using problem solving skills if they can’t find them.
Numeracy – number recognition, counting, number formation, identifying shapes and colours. Matching/sorting by colour when looking for other items in the house that are the same colour as what they have found.
I hope you have fun using the torches to hunt – you can send photos of your hard work to my email address:
sherrie.devlin@eastayrshire.org.uk
