Dalrymple Early Childhood Centre

Good morning, happy Friday everyone.

Today I have a fun listening and memory game for you all called I went to the zoo and I saw a game.

here is a song to identify some zoo animals.

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/songs/were-going-the-zoo

how to play the game.

choosing any animal names start the game by saying  “I went to the zoo and I saw a monkey”. Your child then responds with I went to the zoo and” I saw a monkey and lion”. You then respond with I went to the zoo and “I saw a monkey, lion and tortoise” and so on and so on.

Have Fun! x

Now why don’t you make up a story using different shapes.

Well we have been doing lots of actions this week, so lets do something different today.

Ball skills – use a variety of sizes!

• Developing hand and eye co-ordination

Throwing into a hoop/basket/box

Bowling – knock over skittles/plastic bottles/toys

Bouncing ball onto the ground

Kicking at a target

Rolling ball to each other while sitting down

Catching from a close distance

Today we are going to continue being active, use our listening skills and develop our balance and co-ordination.

For a full workout, you can refer to Monday’s post for warm up and cool down ideas!

We can do exercises to  “Head, Shoulders, Knees and toes”.

Add in some body parts as you go along…like “Head, shoulders, knees and toes…elbows!”

Repeat getting faster as you go!

That’s too easy..let’s make it harder!

You can also sing the song, while leaving out random action words out, so we have to watch very carefully! For example, Head, (miss out saying shoulders), knees and toes.

Or for another challenge mix the words up! So you could do, toes, shoulder, head, nose!!

Repeat getting faster each time.

Is your heart beating yet?

“Simon Says”

Walk, jump, skip, hop, run, stretch up, sit down, lie down

Lets finish our workout with doing the Hokey Cokey! “That’s what it’s all about!”

These action songs have helped to keep our heart and body healthy!

This is a document from education Scotland which may be helpful.

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Supporting your child’s independence with eating 

• Why not let your child help prepare their lunch and snacks with you and encourage using a knife and fork to eat their meals? Can they use them correctly to eat?
• Make lunch times a little different and introduce their lunchbox to them (if you intend on providing a packed lunch).  Practice opening and closing the box, opening yoghurt cartons/tubes, opening crisps or peeling a banana.

You could also use playdough to make a lovely ‘lunch’ and learn the skill of using cutlery safely

Obstacle Course

Today I challenge you to make an obstacle course in your garden. Use what you can find and be creative for example-

get ball to be thrown into a bucket,

hop on one foot 5 times and them swap feet,

a skipping rope placed onto the ground to walk along,

do 10 star jumps,

run around the garden 3 times.

I am sure you will have much better ideas than me!

Challenge your family to take part and time each other. Who do you think will be the fastest?

Have fun!

Can you draw some shapes and cut them out? Maybe an adult could help you?
Then try to make a picture using the different shapes you have created, like the picture below.

Good morning.
Your challenge today is to draw a picture and tell someone all about it!
Maybe you could draw outside with chalk or on paper with pens or pencils.

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