Author: Mrs Sobocinski

We hope that you had a relaxing Easter holiday, and that you have had a chance to explore some of the activities on the blog.

As always, we would like to work with our children and their families to plan and develop the learning experiences we provide to ensure they meet the children’s needs and interests.

If your child has new areas of interest you can let us know through the comments section allowing us to create ideas and activities to support and enhance those interest.

We look forward to hearing about the things your children would like to explore!

This week we are going to explore different way of weaving, sewing or threading all of which develop hand and eye coordination as well as building up those finger muscles!

 

Activities

Use a variety of hole punches to make homemade lacing cards

Push spaghetti into a colander

Lace up a pair of shoes

Make holes in leaves and thread yarn through to make a necklace

Thread beads/pasta/cut up straws onto yarn/pipecleaners

 

Weave pipe cleaners or ribbon around railings or a cooling rack

Stack hooped cereal onto a strand of spaghetti

Weave yarn around sticks to make a spiders web

Challenge!

Think of another two weaving, sewing or threading ideas to try.

A couple of weeks ago we worked on developing our throwing and catching skills and today we are going to work on our football skills! Time to grab a ball and head outside.

Activities

Placing the ball between your feet pass it from foot to foot, how quickly can you do it?

Use the inside part of your foot  to kick your ball to another person

When someone kicks the ball to you see if you can stop it with the inside part of your foot

Use jumpers to set up a goal and see if you can kick the ball into it

Set out a row of cones/stones/jumpers and use your foot to weave the ball in between them

Challenge!

Have a go at Keepy Uppies!

Teddy Bears Picnic

If you go down to the woods today
You’re sure of a big surprise.
If you go down to the woods today
You’d better go in disguise!

For ev’ry bear that ever there was
Will gather there for certain,
Because today’s the day the
Teddy Bears have their picnic.

 

Today we are going to plan our very own teddy bears picnic!

Activities

Write invitations to invite your teddies to the picnic

Plan and make a selection of healthy foods for them (and you!) to share

Look out a picnic blanket or towel to sit on

Think of games that you could play at the picnic

Read We’re Going on a Bear Hunt

Count how many teddies you have

Choose your favourite songs to sing at the picnic

Challenge

Remember to tidy everything away when you have finished!

 

 

Being able to let others know how you are feeling is so important so today we are going to explore the world of feelings. We often think about being happy or sad but there are lots of different feelings.

Since being at home Mrs Murray and her family have started a ‘Thank You Jar’.

Each day they write down one thing that they are thankful for from that day and pop it in the jar creating memories and reminding us of how lucky we are.

Today they are thankful for ‘PE with Joe Wicks’ – Mrs Murray and her daughter Abbie have been tuning in every day and have even got dressed up for the part – it made them laugh, smile and get active! 💛

Other Activities

Play some different types of music and dance in a way that shows how it makes you feel.

Create a list of all the emotions you can think of.

Play emotion charades and act out different emotions.

Make emoji puppets and act out your feelings.

Using a balloon and flour make a stress ball (ideal for building up finger strength too!)

Pull together a Comfort Kit – fill a box or basket with little things that make you feel happy so that if you are having a tricky day you have things you enjoy to help you feel better.

 

 

Time to take art outside! Today we are going to create chalk drawings on a path or patio in the garden. If you don’t have chalk then water and a brush or a squirty bottle of water can be just as fun!

We explored 2D shapes, created a number line, drew pictures of our favourite garden visitors and drew a picture of a friend then had a shot at writing her name.

So many ideas to explore, what will you create?