Month: April 2020

Anna enjoyed lots of the March calendar ideas. Here she is doing the sugar writing activity. Well done, Anna! Super writing!

Now that Spring has finally arrived, we can start to plant seeds. If you have pre-purchased seeds and pots great, if not we can improvise!

1. Find something to use as a pot. It could be A ready made plant pot, a toilet roll tube, A yoghurt tub or an old fruit tray. Be creative!

2. Fill it with soil, garden soil is fine, and make a hole for the seed.

3. Plant the seed in the soil. If you don’t have packets of seeds then why not try an apple/orange/butternut squash/ or other fruit or vegetable seed.

4. Water the seed and place the pot in a warm place with plenty of light.

5. Keep your seed soil moist and wait for it to grow!

 

There are lots of activities you can do while your seed and plant are growing. Here are just some of them:

Count how many days pass until the leaves start to show.

Create a watering chart.

Measure the height of your plant each day/week.

Draw a picture of your plant as it grows.

Create seed planting instructions for others, using word and pictures.

Explore some books on plants.

Or simply enjoy this story by some of our wonderful practitioners.

Mrs Murray, Mrs Aitken, Miss Dickie, Mrs Farquhar, Mrs Kelly and Mrs McConalogue have all shared photos of their dogs.

Can you guess which dog belongs to which member of staff?

I love your pictures, Fearne, and like all your suggestions for names.

I am also very impressed with your list writing. You definitely know what a dog needs to be happy and healthy.

Our author of the month is Lynley Dodd the writer behind the Hairy Maclary books which are all about a dog called Hairy Maclary and his friends. They follow their adventures and are full of funny rhymes and interesting characters.

If you don’t have any of her books at home, you can read some of them on her website

The website also contains lots of fun games and information on the many different characters that her books feature.

Activities

Read as many of the Hairy Maclary books as you can.

Create your own book character. What kind of animal will they be and what rhyming name will they have?

Think of different words and find as many rhyming words as you can to go with them. Try cat or dog to start with.

Write your own Hairy Maclary themed story and remember to add lots of pictures!

Use toys to recreate some of the stories.

If you have, or were to get a dog, what breed would you choose? Draw a picture of it.

What does a dog need to be happy and healthy? Write a list.