Due to the school closures throughout North Lanarkshire today, if you are looking for some activities to keep your children busy, you could engage them in the following activities:
Literacy Activities
- On Thursday of this week, it is World Book Day. Their website has some great activities the children can engage in. Click on the link below to access the resources. http://www.worldbookday.com/resources
- Cosy up on the couch and read your favourite book.
- Build a snowman then think/write about how you made it.
- Watch the Snowman. Write about ‘The Day Your Snowman Came to Life’.
- Go Sledging. Create a poster about how to stay safe when sledging.
- Doorway Online – offers games for children in Primary 1 – 3 http://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/literacy
- Phonics Games – this website offers games where children have to practise their blending and reading skills of words with the sounds and phonemes they have been learning. https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ChildrensMenu.htm
- Phonics resources – Alphablocks is a great series which promotes the use of sounds and phonemes in a fun way. https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alphablocks
Numeracy Activities
The Topmarks Website offers a range of maths games related to the topics the children have been covering in class.
