Good Morning!

I hope you had a lovely weekend

The sun is shining again and I don’t know about you but the Sunshine makes me feel SO HAPPY! Today I am feeling thankful and happy for the good weather because it’s making all the plants grow! As you know, when I’m feeling Happy I get a little bit silly… so this morning I’m going to SHAKE MY SILLIES OUT! Why don’t you give it a go too?

Shake your sillies out!

Activity: Shake A Tree!

It’s raining bugs! Tree-beating is a great way to discover an incredible world of minibeasts otherwise hidden in the branches above.

What you need:

• A sheet of paper (white is best!)
• A paint brush / Lolly stick / Straw or pencil (this is for moving the bugs in to the container)
• A container (tub/old takeaway box/jar/pot)

What to do:

1. Find a tree or bush with some low hanging branches and lay your sheet underneath. Ideally you’ll have some helpers holding it up at the edge so minibeasts collect in the middle at the bottom.
2. Shake the branch or gently hit it with a stick once (no need to keep hitting because most minibeasts will hang on after the initial tap). Don’t be too rough! You don’t want to damage it.
3. Collect some of the minibeasts with your paintbrush and container and see what you’ve got.
4. Use a camera or a smart phone to take pictures of what you’ve found.

REMEMBER that to the bugs you’re a GIANT. So be gentle and don’t hurt these tiny creatures. Put them back carefully as soon as you’ve had a look.

If you can, download this ID sheet to check what you’ve found!

http://ww2.rspb.org.uk/Images/tree-minibeasts_tcm9-406206.pdf 

Help the RSPB (Royal Society for the protection of Birds) by marking the activity as complete on their page and telling them what you’ve found! https://www.rspb.org.uk/fun-and-learning/for-families/family-wild-challenge/activities/shake-a-tree/

Maths:

1. Carry on with your Sum Dog activities as usual!

2. Play this super fun bug catching game which teaches you all about estimating (guessing) and more and less!

https://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/busyday/bugs/

3. Or play this Caterpillar ordering game (you can challenge yourself by choosing 1-100!)

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/caterpillar-ordering

Today’s Book: Look, Look, Look again….Spring! Read by Miss Bull: