Dalrymple Early Childhood Centre

Here is a recipe to make moon sand, I wonder what it will feel like!

Have fun creating different models with it and send in some pictures to let us know what you have made.  marcia.thomson@eastayrshire.org.uk

RECIPE

8 cups of flour

1 cup of oil. (baby oil works best but any oil can be used).

Small Character Den Building (fairy, superhero etc)

What you will need

Various natural material’s such as twigs, logs, leaves, grass, moss, conkers, pinecones the list is endless.
Your imagination
Figures to play in the dens once they are complete.

Instructions

Encourage your child to gather items that their character could use to build a den.
Allow the children to experiment with building a home for their character .

Some questions to ask …

Is the den big enough for the character to fit inside?
How could you make the den big enough for you and the character to fit in?
Why did you choose these resources?
What is your character using the den to do?

Why not take a photo of your den and send it to us we would love to seen them.

christine.miller@eastayrshire.org.uk

This activity is about matching the correct amount of objects to the correct number.

You can use any small objects, in the picture above we they are using cereal, but you could use stones or leaves or anything you have.

 Write the numbers for your child, now you can use a plain piece of paper it doesn’t have to be cup cases, then get your child to count out the correct amount and match them to the correct number.
Have a great weekend everyone, missing you all.

Using and strengthening fine motor skills will help to develop pencil control, handwriting, use scissors/tools, and independence skills, e.g doing up zips/buttons.

Play ideas;

Cut cooked spaghetti into lots of pieces.

Thread the uncooked pasta, e.g penne on a straw.

Trace around your hand with a pencil.

Thread pipe cleaners/uncooked spaghetti through a kitchen colander, or kitchen/toilet roll holder (with holes cut into the cardboard).

Peg clothes on a line.

Squeeze play dough, roll with a rolling pin, press cookie cutters into dough.

Stick uncooked spaghetti into the dough (standing up), and use it to stack buttons/cheerios.

Use tongs to pick up and transfer small objects, e.g small pom poms, to e.g other trays.

Can you draw a picture of your favourite thing to do during the daytime or night time.

• What is happening in your picture?
• How do you know it is day time, is the sun out or clouds?
• What about night time, can you see the moon or stars, what colour is the sky?
• Tell someone about your picture you have made.

Take a photo of your picture and sent it for our blog!

marcia.thomson@eastayrshire.org.uk

Have fun using this powerpoint to sort out the activities you do during the day and at night, maybe you do some of them during both.

day night sorting powerpoint

Click on the link above to sort out the day and night activities. 👆

Once open, click on the screen to start the slide show           

Hi Everyone.

todays activity is to use your building blocks and try to match the sounds and maybe even find the sounds/letters in your own name!

you will need someone to help in your household.
All you need is bricks and a pen.

Try chatting about other items in the house beginning with the sounds you know :).

Another good way for children to learn counting is to encourage them to count while doing something else, such as get your child to jump and count how many jumps.

A good game for this is hop scotch. Using some chalk draw a hopscotch on the ground, and write the numbers in the boxes.

This can also be used to encourage the children to recognise the different numbers.

Symmetrical Butterfly Wings

You will need

Natural materials (or chalk)
String, wool or skilling rope

Instructions

Encourage your child to collect natural materials such as petals, stones, grass, twigs, leaves etc.
Ask your child to lie down on the ground.
Create butterfly wings using your chosen string, wool, rope, trying to make them as symmetrical as you can (you can also do this free hand and not around your child’s body).
Your child can then create symmetrical patterns on the wings.
Ask your child to lay back down on the ground and take a photograph of them with their wings.

Send us a phot of your butterfly wings. We would love to see them.

Exercising our heart and body is so important! We need to keep our body and mind healthy. The following activities give a nice burst of energy! Lets go!!

Warm up- Someone calls out traffic light; Green – run/walk, Amber – slow down,  Red – stop. Keep changing tempo.

Animal races in the garden – Jump like a frog, fly like a bird etc.

Skipping rope – Long rope to jump over or to practice balancing, walk over it while lying flat on the ground.

Dance burst – Dance to music, when the music stops, freeze and hold a position.

Tag – When someone touches you, e.g do an exercise movement like jumping jacks, hop etc or hold a position.

“Dodge sponge”  The person who is “it” will chase with the sponge to throw and touch the person in the leg area.

Are you out of breath yet? Good job! You deserve a rest!

Cool down – It’s time to relax…Lie down, close your eyes, and take breaths in and out slowly.