Good morning Snowdrops!
We both hope you are well and staying safe. We are missing you lots and can’t wait till you are back in the classroom with us. In the meantime, here are some fun learning activities to do at home with your parents or carers. We hope you enjoy them and if you would like to share your work with us, please feel free to take a photo and send it to kathleen.smith2@eastayrshire.org.uk.
Happy Robert Burns Day!
At this time of year, we experience lots of Scottish learning activities in class. A fun rhyme that the Snowdrops always enjoy is ‘Roon Aboot Moose’! It’s a fun Scottish rhyme which encourages face to face interaction, finger play and tickling! Give it a try –
Roon a boot, roon a boot, goes the wee moose, (Use your finger to make circling movements on your child’s feet or hands)
Up a bit, up a bit, in his wee hoose! (Move your fingers, tapping up the body to tickle under your child’s arms)
Keep repeating rhyme for each foot and hand. Through repetition, your child will begin to anticipate your tickles!
You can also try swapping the play and let your child tickle you as the rhyme is being said. The rhyme can be watched on the Scottish book bug video link here:
https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/songs-and-rhymes/roon-aboot-moose
You could also have a go at doing the Shooglie Wooglie too: https://youtu.be/OOooKQHv9Mk
Literacy
This week have a go at sharing stories via CALL Scotland and Bookbug.
Visit this link: www.callscotland.org.uk/files/top-10-storytime-boards/bookbug-storytime-player.pdf
There you will find a board like the picture. Each image on the board takes you to a YouTube clip of the author reading the book. You can then choose which story you’d like to listen to.
You can Download the free app SoundingBoard for your iOS device if you have an iphone/ipad. This allows you to download a set of symbolised words and recorded speech to go with each story (press the Bookbug Symbolised Resources button on board). This can help children join in and comment on the story.
You could also join in with a live Bookbug session on Friday morning at 10am. You will find it on Facebook – just ‘like’ the Bookbug page.
If you can’t wait till then, watch an old one in the Live tab or go to YouTube to see Kirstie Burns, who is a familiar face in the Snowdrops classroom.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdWFFx0gaQswqQQZHw2new
Numeracy
For numeracy this week, we will focus on colours. Think of a colour and then go a colour hunt in your house to see which items you can find of that colour? How many objects did you find?
Health & Wellbeing
Play and relaxation is good for us. Why don’t you make a blanket fort with someone in your house and create a chill out zone? Once it is made, lay cushions on the floor and lie back and relax in your own fort. You could try and read a story or play relaxing music. Once it’s dark, shine some torches/lights on the blanket ceiling and make a relaxing light show.
We hope you have a good week!
Mrs Smith and Mrs Brown 
