There are numbers all around us!
Mrs McGrory went on a number hunt inside her house – look all the numbers she found.
Which numbers can you see?
Can you find some numbers in your house?
Maybe you could go on a number hunt outside too…
Perhaps you could look for all the numbers in order?
Good hunting and don’t forget to Tweet  @GlenwoodFC #Glenwoodlearningathome
Here is a quick look at some of the activities that you have been doing at home. Thank you for sharing what you have been doing on Twitter – remember to tag @GlenwoodFCÂ #Glenwoodlearningathome
Planting and growing sunflowers…
Baking…
PE with Joe Wicks…
Getting creative…
Helping with DIY…
Building dens…
Making rainbows for your windows…
We love to see what you have been doing at home.
Please stay in touch.
We may not be at nursery together but some of the staff would like to share some of our favourite stories and songs with you from our homes.
You might also like to revisit our previous Storytelling Sway.
We hope you enjoy these and we look forward to seeing you all again.
@GlenwoodFCÂ #Glenwoodlearningathome
Young children love to help… we all know this often means a job can take twice as long, so why is it important that we encourage children to help with jobs around the house?
Helping is fun for children! They want to copy what adults do and enjoy spending time with them.
What are children learning as they help with chores? Firstly, a sense of pride in what they have contributed to the family. They are also learning to cooperate and to take responsibility, as well as important skills for life.
Children will be developing their literacy skills – having conversations, listening to instructions, learning and using new words.
Numeracy skills are also used – sorting and matching, counting and measuring are just some of the skills that are important in jobs around the house.
Both large and fine motor skills will be developed along with motor-eye coordination.
There are a few important things to remember if having the children helping is going to be enjoyable for everyone:
So, what jobs can young children help with?
Try and enjoy spending time together with your child whatever you are doing and remember learning is everywhere.
@GlenwoodFCÂ #Glenwoodlearningathome
Children are naturally scientists – their curiosity helps them to understand the world around them. The children at Glenwood love to do their own experiments – developing their skills of scientific inquiry and creativity as they work.
They ask questions and make predictions, follow instructions and make observations, developing skills for learning, life and work.
Here are a few simple experiments and investigations you can try at home…
Click on the link to find out how to Make a Bubble SnakeÂ
Here is a reminder of the bubble mix recipe:
1/2 cup of washing up liquid, 1 1/2 cups water & 2 teaspoons of sugar
You could use straws or other tubes to blow bubbles (or anything else with holes…)
Make a Paper Aeroplane (follow the link for instructions)
Which is the best design for flying fast?
Which goes the furthest?
Why don’t you have a competition with your whole family?
Create a Volcanic Eruption
This is a favourite at Glenwood – it can get messy so you might like to do it outside!
First make your volcano – you could use an empty plastic bottle or yoghurt pot and some sand or mud.
Next put some bicarbonate of soda in the volcano (along with some ketchup or food colouring or paint to make the lava red)
Finally pour in some vinegar and watch the eruption!
Lego Boat Challenge
Can you make a boat that floats using Lego?
How many pennies can it hold before it sinks?
Another challenge for the whole family to get involved with!
Build a Bug Hotel
You could create a home for minibeasts in your garden – it can be big and fancy like the one on the RSPB website but a simple one using recycled materials will also attract wildlife.
Don’t forget there are some other science experiments in your Ideas for Home Booklet March 2020
Please Tweet some photos @GlenwoodFCÂ #Glenwoodlearningathome
Can you name any of these shapes?
Can you find these shapes in your house?
Can you find any other shapes in your house?
When doing a scavenger hunt like this you are learning to explore and notice shapes in your environment, to match 2D shapes and to talk about the properties of shapes (How many sides? How many corners? Are they straight, round, curved?). For further challenge you could try to find and name some 3D objects.
Please Tweet us your shape hunt photos
@GlenwoodFC #Glenwoodlearningathome
Being outdoors has many benefits to children’s wellbeing and development. It has a positive impact on mental health as the body increases production of the feel-good hormone serotonin and reduces production of the stress hormone cortisol. Being outdoors provides lots of opportunities for physical activity, which increases muscle strength, stamina and bone density as well as reducing obesity. The NHS recommends that children under 5 years have at least 3 hours of physical activity daily. One final benefit is that spending time outdoors can lead to improved sleep.
At the moment children do not have the option of visiting their local playpark so here are just a few ideas of what you might do together outdoors…
Scavenger Hunts turn any walk into an adventure! Look for signs of spring, shapes, things that are one chosen colour, numbers (in order), make up your own list or download one from online….
Explore nature in the garden Go on a minibeast hunt – look under stones, pots, logs, under plants for creepy crawlies. Use an old plastic container such as a yoghurt pot to put them in if you don’t have a bug box.
Some other ideas can be found on these websites.
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/looking-after-yourself-and-nature
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2020/03/kids-nature-activities-self-isolation/
Gardening Even if you have no seeds to plant, it’s great exercise to help tidy up the garden by weeding and digging over the soil. You might find some minibeasts to investigate as you work.
Don’t forget to plant the sunflower seeds from your Family Learning Bag. You might try growing new plants from fruit and vegetables that you have been eating – apples, potatoes and peppers are good ones to try.
Family Sports Day Everyone likes a bit of competition!
Try some novelty races – ‘egg’ and spoon, balancing a beanbag (or rolled up pair of socks) on your head, penguin waddle (hold a ball between your knees), crab walking, wheelbarrow race, dressing up, shoe box slide (put empty shoe boxes on your feet)…
Make you own assault course – go under, over, along, up, down. Use whatever you have available – garden chairs, tables, slides, planks of wood, old sheets, skipping ropes. Time how long it takes for each person to complete.
Target games – who can get closest to the target? You c
ould use a bucket as a target or make one on the ground. Throw balls, rolled up socks, wellies… Just make sure there is nothing breakable in the way.
Or you could
make some skittles using tin cans or plastic bottles.
We hope you are inspired to have fun in the outdoors and don’t forget to share with us on Twitter @GlenwoodFC #Glenwoodlearningathome
A little bit messy but great fun…
You will need: plain flour, washing up liquid, water, food colouring, bowls, spoons, paint brushes
Measure out 1 cup each of flour, water and washing up liquid and mix until smooth – try not to make too many bubbles.
Split the paint between small bowls and add food colouring.
Your paint is ready to use!
Have you spotted any rainbows in your street?
Here is Mrs Husbands!
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