Hello everyone!
The nursery team have really enjoyed seeing more of you on our Microsoft Team this week. It is wonderful to see you are well and enjoying lots of different indoor and outdoor activities with your families.
If you have any particular themes or interests you want to explore you can mention them on Teams and I can try to build some learning ideas around them here on the blog.
One outdoor idea you may wish to try this weekend is to take part in the City Nature Challenge. You can find details here: https://www.rspb.org.uk/about-the-rspb/about-us/media-centre/press-releases/join-in-city-nature-challenge-2020/
Here are today’s other suggestions…
- Read, listen to or watch the Three Billy Goats Gruff https://youtu.be/aiy3a1v9Q2E
- Can you find anything in your house or garden that comes in a set of three? What about collections of two, four, five…?
- The troll is described as having “eyes as big as melons and a nose as long as a carrot”. Could you use pieces of fruits and vegetables you like to make a picture of him on a plate? Can you find the biggest thing in your house? The biggest toy? Or piece of furniture? Or fruit in the fruit bowl? What about the longest thing in your house or garden?
- Use blocks, Lego, sticks and stones in the garden to make a bridge. Can you make a tall bridge? A long one? A wide bridge? A strong one that other toys can travel on?
- Use different toys to retell the story. Can you change your voice for the different characters?
6. The title of the story is The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Did you notice the last two words start with the same sound (alliteration)? Can you thing of other words that begin with the ‘g’ sound? …. Gran, good, green, go….
Watch the alphablocks g and friends here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/alphablocks-dog
7. Now can you choose another sound, maybe the first sound in your name (not always the same as the first letter, adults e.g. the ‘E’ in Eve doesn’t make ‘e’ sound but ‘ee’). Now try to make a story title like the one in the book where the same sound repeats. For example Anna’s Amazing Apple or Jamie’s Gigantic Jellysaurus. Can you write a short story now with an adult’s help? Draw the characters? Maybe your family will act it out with you later?
8. The Troll said he wanted to gobble up the goats. Was this a kind thing to do? What could he have done instead? What would you have done if you were the goats?
9. What other ways could the goats have travelled across the water? Can you make a boat or raft for them? Does it float?
10. Melody listens to a piece of music which helps her to imagine a story. Do you imagine a similar story? Listen and watch here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/stories/melody-tip-toe-troll
10. What do you know about real goats? Watch below to find out more including some new words.
