Author: Mrs Sobocinski

This month we are going to be exploring the fabulous and fun works of Dr Seuss! Dr Seuss is one of Mrs Sobocinski’s favourite authors and she loves reading his stories!

Activities

Read some Dr Seuss books

Watch one of the Dr Seuss films and tell your family what you think of it

The Lorax – go outside and take some bark rubbings

Horton Hears a Who – find some objects and order them by size

Green Eggs and Ham – find all the rhyming words

Dr. Seuss’s ABC – explore the letters of the alphabet and sing the alphabet song

If I Ran the Zoo – draw and research your favourite zoo animal

Cat in the Hat – Create a rainy day jar, fill it with activity suggestions you can do on rainy days

Ten Apples Up On Top – Count out items into groups of ten

There’s A Wocket In My Pocket – Write labels for the different places in the house and the things that may live there!

Challenge!

Work with a member of your family to create your own Dr Seuss style story!

 

 

Scissor are a great tool for developing fine motor skills, using them:

• Develops the skills needed for handwriting – using the thumb, index and middle finger separately from the hand​
• Helps strengthen the hand muscles​

There are a range of different child friendly scissors available however avoid using ones with just plastic cutting parts as they can be very frustrating to use!

 

Activities

Cut an old cereal box into jigsaw shapes

Draw patterns on paper and cut them out

Use a toilet roll or kitchen roll tube to create a puppet

Make a sun or lion by cutting fringing around a yellow circle

Fold a paper plate or circle of paper in half , cut out a face and add fringing to make a hedgehog

Cut out 2D shapes and make a house

Go through a pile of magazines and cut out pictures then use them to create a new piece of art

Cut out pieces of paper and stick them over an outline of your name

 

Challenge!

Create a scissor skills box with different types of material to cut you could include – tin foil, straws, card, paper, yarn, leaves

Today we are going to be thinking about Fire Fighters. Their job is to prevent and put out fires as well as helping to rescue people when they are in difficulty.

 

Activities

Find the smoke detectors in your home, how many do you have?

Build a fire engine from Lego or blocks.

Learn how to stop, drop and roll

Read or watch some Fireman Sam stories

Challenge!

Create a fire escape plan with your family

We have five senses that help us to explore and make sense of the world around us. They are:

Touch

Taste

Sight

Sound

Smell

Lets look at the different ways we can explore each one.

Touch 

Find items of different textures around you home or garden and think of good words to describe them

Play with playdough/gloop/slime or cooked and cooled pasta

Place liquid paints into sealed bags and try some colour mixing

Try making cloud or moon dough

Bake bread

Taste

Try a new healthy food today, what does it taste like?

Combine different fruits, vegetables and juices or milk of your choice to make a smoothie

Cover your eyes and ask an adult to give you different foods, can you tell what they are just by taste?

Sight

In a room of your choice or the garden take a good look around and draw, write or talk about what you can see

Fill a container with rice and small objects to create an eye spy bottle

Play a game of Whats Missing

Sound

Sit in your garden and close your eyes, what can you hear?

Use different items from around your home to create different sounds

Ask a family member to play you their favourite piece of music

Listen to a book on CD

Smell

Add water to different powdered food items and use them to paint, try hot chocolate, spices, gravy etc

Which of the flowers in the garden have a scent?

 

 

 

I’m a Little Teapot

I’m a little teapot,
Short and stout.
Here is my handle,
Here is my spout.
When I get all steamed up,
Hear me shout.
Tip me over and pour me out!

I’m a very special teapot,
Yes, it’s true.
Here’s an example of what I can do,
I can turn my handle into a spout.
Tip me over and pour me out!

Activities

Throw a tea party for your family or for your toys.

Count how many teacups or mugs you have in your home.

Act out the nursery rhyme.

Draw and decorate a picture of a teapot.

Fill a teapot with (cold) water and see how many cups you can fill from it.

We are lucky to be surrounded by people who help us. Over the next few weeks we are going to learn about some of the different people who help us and the jobs they do. Today we are going to focus on Medical Staff.

Doctors, nurses and other medical staff work to keep us healthy and they help us when we are hurt or unwell.

Activities

How many parts of the body can you name?

Set up a teddy bear hospital.

Make a poster showing people how to wash their hands.

Talk to your families about how to call 999 in an emergency.

Sing Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.

Draw the  items that a doctor might keep in his medical bag

Challenge!

Make a card or poster to thank medical staff for all their hard work.