Here is some additional information to boost your child’s mental health.

8 ways to help children struggling during lockdown. 

10 things to say instead of “Stop crying!”…….

Think of your child as an emotional cup………

Some ideas…

We hope you find some of this information useful.

Maria

Mindfulness is a great way of clearing your mind and becoming more aware of your surrounding environment.  It allows us to live in the present moment and appreciate what is around us. 🌱🍂🍄

A safari walk is a great way to introduce mindfulness to children and can turn an everyday walk into an exciting adventure.

On your safari walk your aim is to notice as many birds, bugs, creepy crawlies and other animals as you can.  Try and spot anything that walks, swims or flies. 🐝🦆🐔🐦🦉🐴🐌🕷🐄🐑🐿🦔🦡  Look at how amazing they are! What sounds can you hear? Can you hear birds chirping?  What can you feel? The cold breeze on your skin?

To do this young children need to focus all of their senses and it creates a state of awareness to the present moment and an appreciation of the world and nature around us.

During this second lockdown, which may be causing added stress for both adults and children it is important to make a little time each day to clear our minds.

Wishing you all a calm and mindful day, 💛💜❤️💚💙

Debbie

deborah.fitzgerald@eastayrshire.org.uk

Good afternoon everyone,

Just a little note to say that as we enter into another week of national lockdown, it is understandable that we may be feeling a little low. Having the children at home juggling work and home learning this can cause amounts of stress and anxiety. It is imperative now more than ever that we take care of not just our own mental health but that of our children, as these changes will be affecting them also.

This week we will be exploring different ways in which if we can just take 5-10 minutes out daily and do these activities with our children this will hopefully encourage more positive outcomes.

Please click on following link for more details.

Good morning everyone,

Our home learning activity for today is a number hunt. For this activity you will need;

• Written numbers 0-10 on separate bits of paper.
• 10 objects – this can be Lego, pens, crayons, stones etc
• Numbers again written on a piece of paper.

Now put the numbers 0-10 in different places in the house.

1. With your 10 objects set aside an amount, have your child count how many is there and then go and find the number.
2. Use the second set of written numbers and they have to find the matching one.
3. For more difficult – make an addition for your child. Set aside two groups with the objects, can you child add the two together? Now go find the answer.

You could upload how well your child does on the ‘Achievements at home’ tab in their Learning Journals for children’s key worker.

Let us know how you get on.

Maria ❤️💚💙💛💜

East Ayrshire staff are offering families the opportunity to come and join us for a range of live online sessions.

These fun sessions have been designed to support your family throughout lockdown.

Information on these sessions can also be found on the app.

Join in and have fun 😁

Good morning everyone I hope you are all well. Today i thought you could try a little role play, while you are at home. You could set up your own shop, using toys and real life objects, like tinned foods, cereal packets and empty plastic bottles. Remember to ask your grown-up first. You will also need a till, some toy or real money to use. Some paper and pens to write how much things cost. This will help to develop number recognition.  Ask your family to join in the play with you. They can come to your shop to buy something.  I have put in some other ideas  to let you see some other kinds of role play you can do. I hope you have loads of fun. Maybe your grown-up will take a picture to let all your ladies see how busy you are in your shop.                                                                                                                                                            Role play is good for developing a child’s language. It also helps their literacy and numeracy skills whilst playing. They also gain knowledge that these are types of jobs people do.  Have fun xx

Good Morning Everyone 💛💙💚❤️💜

I hope you are all well.  Rory and I have had lots of fun making magic potions with water in the kitchen sink and wondered if you might like to try it too?  Rory’s potion was green, with lots of bubbles and had lime and leaves in it!

Here are some materials you could use…

Plastic containers, plastic cups, egg cups, small bottles, food colouring, washing up liquid / hand soap, leaves, petals, chopped fruit.

Making potions is fun but also allows your child to use their imagination and explore textures, smells, colour and nature.

Here are some photos of Rory and his potions..

Have fun and I can’t wait to hear all about your fabulous potions! 🧪✨ (please remember not to drink them).

Debbie 💛

Deborah.fitzgerald@eastayrshire.org.uk

Good morning everyone,

Throughout today all the parents/carers that completed the online form with their email addresses will receive an email from Learning Journals. This email will contain a link for you to set up a password and login pin. Once you have completed this you will have access to your child’s profile only.  The children still have their learning folders within the ECC that the staff have completed up to date, so there will be no backdated information on Learning Journals. We have put up a few observations and stories for parents/carers to look at and going forward we are trialling this out as our platform for evidence of your child’s learning.

Once the children return to the ECC you can expect to get frequent updates on your child’s learning and development.

In the mean time there is a section ‘Achievements at Home’ on your child’s profile and this is for you to upload any pictures or stories of home learning you would like us to see.

If you are having any issues or would like any information then please send me an email.

Maria

maria.paterson@eastayrshire.org.uk 

Good morning boys and girls, today let’s kick start our day with a bit of energetic exercise!

Joe Wicks is back again with a morning workout every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. He will go live at 9am this morning, however you can find any of his workouts on his YouTube page “The Body Coach TV” https://youtube.com/c/TheBodyCoachTV – “PE with Joe”

In the ECC, the children also enjoy joining in with The Learning Station, in particular, ‘Shake your sillies out’: https://youtu.be/NwT5oX_mqS0

Staying active and healthy has numerous benefits for children, it’s important for us to instill this mindset and habit from an early age.

Just some of the benefits of physical activity include:

• Strengthens muscles and bones
  

• Helps to develop coordination

• Enhances concentration and learning

• Makes children feel good

Think about how you feel after exercising. You might feel a bit warm or sweaty. You might need a drink of water. Try feeling your heart beating before and after exercise. Is there a difference to the strength or speed that it is beating?

Can you challenge yourself to a whole week of exercise? This can be anything from Joe Wicks, playing on a trampoline or a daily walk.
I am also going to take up this challenge and keep a record of what exercise I have done each day 💪🏼

Will you manage to do some good exercise today? You can email myself or your child’s key worker as we would love to see how you get on.

Louise  🏃🏻‍♀️
louise.mccloskey@eastayrshire.org.uk

Hi Everyone 🔴🟡🟢🔵🟣
I’m sorry I’m so late with my little job for you to do today but I’ve been very busy doing something very exciting for you and your grown ups to look at soon 🙂
Today I have went into my little boys room and all his cars were in such a mess 🙁 so we sorted them all out into colours, do you have anything that you could do that with in your house? It could be something different like Lego, socks, beads or trains?
Once we sorted them we counted them all in colours.