Hello!
Yesterday we had the first rainfall for sometime, followed by some sunshine. Did you spot a rainbow?
From Teams it looks like some of you tried yesterday’s suggested activities. Why don’t you take a look and have a go at some of them if you haven’t already done so?
Here are today’s suggestions:
- Watch, listen and sing along to Hey, Diddle Diddle
2. Can you find this is in a book of nursery rhymes? What is the same/different about the pictures in the book and on the screen? What other rhymes can you find in the book and say or sing with your adult? Could you try to learn a new one each week?
3. Draw your own picture to match the rhyme. Try to add as many details as you can. Think carefully. For example… How many legs does a cow have? What shape is a spoon?
4. Ignite your curiosity by going on a spoon hunt! Can you create a spoon collection using any toys you have and different spoons from the kitchen? Explore and talk about their properties – long, short, big, cold, metal…. I wonder how many different types you found!
5. Choose one/some of the spoons and try to think of a character who would use it. Perhaps the Three Bears… or a witch stirring her cauldron…or a hungry dinosaur… Can you tell a story about them and ask your adult to write/type/film it for you? Can you draw some pictures from your story?
6. In the nursery rhyme the cow jumps over the moon. Do you think this could really happen? Can you build something that a cow could travel in to allow them to ‘jump’ over the moon?
7. Watch and listen for some facts about cows. Did anything surprise you? Make you laugh?
8. We learned that much of the milk we drink (and cheese and yoghurt etc that we eat) comes from cows. If you can, why don’t you make a milkshake today? Or make a yoghurt fancy by cutting up and adding some colourful fruit or crunchy cereal?
9. In the rhyme it says that the cat plays a fiddle – do you know what this is? Fiddle usually refers to a violin. Watch this animation to see a violin being constructed and to hear it. Maybe your adult can help you search for more fiddle music online. Can you find some to dance to?
10. Listen to this tune. Can you try to stomp or clap the beat? Do you hear it? Now – dance!
11. Now that your listening ears are warmed up I want you to think about starting sounds. Think about the words from the rhyme, identify the starting sound then try to find three other things at home that begin with that sound. For example: cow – cat, kitchen, cars. Try to do the same for dog, cat, moon, spoon, fiddle, dish.
