Author: Miss Terry

Good morning everyone 🙂

Hope you all have had a lovely weekend.

Here are a few fun activities to kick start your week.

The whole family can be involved in this activity 😉 This morning we designed numbers 0 – 10 then hopped, jumped, walked backwards, stomped etc to the different numbers, another good idea is to play musical numbers (bumps), when the music stops, run to a number and identify the number. Creating a hopscotch with the numbers is also a great idea.

Have fun 🙂

Good morning everyone, hope you all had a lovely time together over the Easter holidays.

This morning I have attached a document with lots of counting songs, I’m sure the children will know most of them, for the ones you are unsure of you can find them on YouTube for help with the words and tune. 😉

The children can use their fingers for counting with the songs or why not line up some teddies to join in on the fun.

Have a lovely day 🙂

Counting songs

Stick man, oh Stick man, BEWARE OF THE WATER AYR!!!

Once you have collected your sticks, created your Stickman and on your way to put stickman in the Water Ayr. It would be a good opportunity to talk about safety around the water/river.

Please send us in your Stickman and what happened on Stickman’s adventure down the Water Ayr.

Who did he meet?

What did he see?

Where did the Water Ayr take him too?

Will he ever get back to the family tree?

What a fun way to start the holidays! Hope you are all having a lovely time together. 🙂

 

This activity can be used in a variety of ways.

It can be a number recognition task – “Can you put a spiral on the number 5.”

It can be used to create amounts. – “Can you put 2 in the number 2.”

This activity is also great for exploring calculations. You can use the examples in the photo’s and/or create your own together.

I added mini tongs/tweezer’s to develop fine motor skills.

Great way to recycle your egg boxes too!!

Have fun. 🙂

Easy peasy playdough. (Focusing on developing mathematical language.)

Ingredients – Plain flour,  salt, cream of tartar, oil, hot water & if you wish, food colouring or essesence. 

1 – 1 Cup of plain flour

2 – 1/2 cup of salt

3 – 2 Teaspoons  Cream of tartar (Mix all three ingredients together.)

4- 1 Tablespoons of oil (olive or vegetable oil.)

5 – ADULT add 1 cup of boiling water (add food colouring or scent if you wish, we used red colouring and orange essence.) Then mix and knead.

6 – Once ready and cool enough to play with you can create 5 currant buns, use stick/stones for candles to count,add shapes from puzzles, create amounts, long/short snakes etc.

Encourage mathematical vocabulary by asking –

Can you tell me when the cup is full?

Does the dough feel heavy or light?

How many spoonful’s do you think it will take to fill the cup?

Do we need to add more?

 

1. A number line is a good visual aid. Ask your child to help you order the numbers. “I need your help to make a number line.” “Do you want to make one on your own?”  “0, 1, what number is next?” …..
2.  The Very Hungry Caterpillar Addition – Example :- “You have 3 pears and add 3 more, how many do you have together?” “Lets count them 3 add 3 equals…”  You can use the number line, fingers, Lego bricks, stones etc. To help them work out the calculation.
3. Make your own – You can have fun and create your own caterpillar additions. “What do you think the caterpillar would eat if he was in our house?”
4. Remember – Relax, this is fun, be in the moment, enjoy this interaction with your child, provide positive reassurance and be very proud of yourself for creating these lovely memories with your child.

You are doing a great job!

Next week :- You’ll need an egg box, dry pasta and a pen. 🙂

Today Group 2 returned to Primary 1 for their second visit.  Together we read the book “Supertato” then created characters from the book.

The ECC children and their buddies worked together to construct models with the wooden blocks and played the Yeti counting game on the promethean board.

Today the children had opportunities to explore mud painting, number formation, hanging bird feeders and recreating the story of the ‘Three Little Pigs’ using masks and props.

On Monday, group 1 returned to P1 for their second visit. This week they spent a lot of time problem solving, co-operating and exploring different ideas with their buddies. They used the wooden blocks to build castles, bridges and chairs.

Super team work!!

Today Group 3 enjoyed song time with P1, working together to complete jigsaws, creating their coat peg picture and playing with their buddies.

They received a lovely welcome from their P1 friends and their buddies.

 

Today group 2 enjoyed their morning in Primary 1.  The ECC children particularly enjoyed visits from their siblings and buddies, as well as creating faces with the stones, designing their coat peg pictures, working together to complete jigsaws and GoNoodle.

Primary 1 children and the buddies were great models and did a fantastic job of encouraging, supporting and including the children from the ECC.

 

 

Today was the start of our transition visits to Primary 1.  The ECC children enjoyed exploring the classroom, participating in kids Zumba, designing their own coat peg pictures and drawing with their buddies on the Promethean board.

Primary 1 children and the buddies did an amazing job ensuring the ECC children had a lovely warm welcome and felt included.

 

We were invited to the school by P1 to watch their dress rehearsal for their nativity “Prickly Hay” at Catrine Primary School.

On Wednesday the preschool children met their P6 buddies from Catrine Primary School for the first time. They joined us for our carol singing in The Square.