Good morning and welcome back following the break.
We do hope you found ways to be active, kind and to do some different-but-special holiday things.
May I start by encouraging you to check for an email sent from the schoolmail account on Friday 3rd April which details how to access our Microsoft Team, providing a means for you and your child to connect with other nursery families.
The daily blog posts will continue to provide suggestions to keep your child engaged, active and to help them develop a range of skills. As stated before, there is no expectation for you to follow this as a programme as they are merely recommendations to support you in these unusual and challenging times. Indeed, we would recommend that you follow your child’s lead, their interests and ideas.
Saying that, we do recommend certain things that your child does daily, as circumstances allow:
- Read at least one story
- Engage in some physical activity
- Get outdoors (at a safe distance from others)
- Prepare simple food/set the table
- Tidy up their toys!
- Join in with songs, nursery rhymes or music
- Engage in everyday maths – counting cutlery for dinner; matching socks from the laundry pile; measuring through baking; keeping track of the days of the week
- Talk about their day and their feelings. Plan something for the following day.
- Do something silly!
- Create something new – a picture, model or other invention
Here are today’s suggestions:
- Read, watch or listen to Little Red Riding Hood https://youtu.be/0W86K1jBJFI
- Use some material and a clothes peg or other items to make a cape for yourself. Act out the story as Little Red Riding Hood or why not become another caped character? A superhero perhaps?
- Draw a map to Grandma’s house or make models of the two houses, the forest and the journey in between.
- If you were visiting Grandmother what treats would you want to take to her? How would you make them? Can you find a recipe in a book, online or make your own recipe?
- Make some treats for Granny, either real ones or using playdough.
- Go on a hunt for red items in the house and garden. Collect them altogether. How many do you have altogether? Does this number surprise you? Can you place the items in order of size or weight? How else could you organise and sort what you have found? Can you use all of the items to make a big model or picture then take a photo? What materials are the objects made of (wood, plastic, metal)? Can you describe them (soft, crinkly, rough, smooth)?
7. Think about your own granny, grandpa, cousin, friend or another person that is special to you. Can you make something to give them the next time you see each other? Can you make a video or photo that you could send to them now? Why don’t you call them and talk about something nice?
8. I the story there are lots of trees in the same place. This is called a forest. The next time you go for a walk, look at the different trees along the way. Are they all the same or different? How tall are they? Do they have leaves? Buds? What shape and colour are they? What is the bark like? Do you have one you like the best? Do you know the names of any of the trees? Where could you find out more?
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/tree-id-app/
9. Make a blossom tree https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/makes/make-a-colourful-blossom-tree-for-holi-festival
10. Follow the link to make a ‘feelings tree’. Or maybe use the basic model and turn it into a ‘family tree’ or a ‘happy tree’ instead.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/makes/feeling-better-feelings-tree
11. Can you make a snack that looks like a tree?
12. Be creative!
13. Relax
