Home Learning Activity Ideas
If you are unable to come to school and collect language/maths jotters then any spare paper, old envelopes or cereal boxes will do to let your child practise their number or letter formation at home.
Maths Ideas
-number formation to 5
-Let your child join in with making a meal. They can help chop and discuss the maths involved in making a meal.
-patterns with shapes and numbers
-Make your own clock at home or a timetable of the day with activities such as getting up, lunchtime, bath time or bedtime.
-write simple number patterns and ask children to fill the missing numbers
-drawing 2D/3D shapes
-Discuss coins at home and set up a little role play shop or café. Each item should cost anything from 1p to 5p.
-drawing coins and amounts up to 1p and 2p
-Use recyclable materials, Lego or building blocks to make a model of anything you wish
Ideas for language at home:
-read a book/watch a film and draw or write about your favourite part
-Go through the alphabet and think of as many words that start with each letter that you can. How many words can you come up with?
- Handwriting- Write all your sounds and words. You can do this with your pencil or colourful pens or outside with chalk. Find all the words and sounds learned so far here:
-Sing nursery rhymes or find a story in your home that rhymes.
-How many things can you write or draw that rhymes with the words:
- cat 4. sit
- dog 5. ten
- big
Online Learning
You Tube (Parent supervision required) Jolly Phonics, jack Hartmam, The Singing Walrus…
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ – click on learning games and there are a load of games under the 5-7 year olds category.
Sumdog – all children have their own log-ins, if you have any difficulty with this please contact the class teacher on email/ phone.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/zf7hgwx – this link will take you straight to activities aimed at P1 level
https://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/activities/letterformation/ – a great site to practise letter and number formation
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/gc/stfrancisoa/ – lots of activities are available on our school website!
BBC I player- alphablocks / numberblocks
