Dalrymple Early Childhood Centre

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Paint a picture of the sky.

You can use your telescope to look at the sky and paint what you see. If you have an old mirror, why not lie it on the ground and paint the sky scene you can see.  What colours are in the sky today…blue,white, grey?  Can you see any shapes or patterns?

Take a photo of your picture and send it to me for the blog.

marcia.thomson@eastayrshire.org.uk

Why not try this fun activity and make a rocket and see it fly.

Talk about things you can do at home/nursery to help people…

Plan jobs that you can you do at home to help the family. Tidying up, dishes, setting the table, watering plants? How do you feel when you are being helpful?

Take a picture of you carrying out those jobs, or draw a picture, and let us see what you can do!

Are you starting school soon?

You could read the ‘Ziggy and Maggie start school together’ book.  This tells us how we can stay safe travelling to school.

You can access this online on the learning hub at roadsafety.scot

http://https://youtu.be/v_19RY4yEd4

Using a cardboard tube, a rolled up piece of paper or paper cup to make your own telescope.  Decorate it using pens, paper or collage materials.

Take your telescope on a walk around the house of garden and see what you can spy.  Like Timothy Pope, look to the sky, look to the ground and all around and name all the things you can see.

You can find out how much rain falls where you live by making your own rain measure.

What you will need:
An empty plastic bottle (2 litre fizzy drink bottle would be ideal)
Scissors
Sticky tape
Ruler
Paper
Pencil

What to do:
Cut around the plastic bottle about two thirds of the way up.
Your bottle needs a flat bottom to be able to measure the rainfall properly.
Turn the top part of the bottle upside down and place it inside the bottom part – fix it in place using the tape.
Make a scale in centimetres on a piece of tape, using a ruler, and fix it to the side of your bottle.
Find a place outside to put your rain gauge. It must be open and away from trees.
Dig a hole and bury your rain gauge so that the top is sticking out of the ground. This will stop the rain gauge from blowing down on windy days.
Check the rain gauge every day at the same time, measure the amount of rain collected, and empty the bottle.
Don’t forget to write down the amount of rain collected in your weather diary.

A great way of learning about numbers and counting is to sing number songs.
I have included one below (5 current buns)