{"id":4375,"date":"2018-02-28T07:55:59","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T07:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmichaelsweb\/?p=4375"},"modified":"2018-02-28T07:55:59","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T07:55:59","slug":"winter-weather-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmichaelsweb\/2018\/02\/28\/winter-weather-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Weather Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Literacy Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On Thursday of this week, it is World Book Day.\u00a0 Their website has some great activities the children can engage in.\u00a0 Click on the link below to access the resources.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbookday.com\/resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbookday.com\/resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.worldbookday.com\/resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cosy up on the couch and read your favourite book.<\/li>\n<li>Build a snowman then think\/write about how you made it.<\/li>\n<li>Watch the Snowman.\u00a0 Write about &#8216;The Day Your Snowman Came to Life&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>Go Sledging.\u00a0 Create a poster about how to stay safe when sledging.<\/li>\n<li>Doorway Online &#8211; offers games for children in Primary 1 &#8211; 3\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.doorwayonline.org.uk\/literacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.doorwayonline.org.uk\/literacy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Phonics Games &#8211; 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.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phonicsplay.co.uk\/ChildrensMenu.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0 \u00a0 https:\/\/www.phonicsplay.co.uk\/ChildrensMenu.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Phonics resources &#8211; Alphablocks is a great series which promotes the use of sounds and phonemes in a fun way.\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/cbeebies\/shows\/alphablocks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/cbeebies\/shows\/alphablocks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Numeracy\u00a0<\/strong><b>Activities<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Topmarks Website offers a range of maths games related to the topics the children have been covering in class.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Age 3 &#8211; 5\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.topmarks.co.uk\/maths-games\/3-5-years\/counting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.topmarks.co.uk\/maths-games\/3-5-years\/counting<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Age 5 &#8211; 7\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.topmarks.co.uk\/maths-games\/5-7-years\/counting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.topmarks.co.uk\/maths-games\/5-7-years\/counting<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Age 7 &#8211; 11\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.topmarks.co.uk\/maths-games\/7-11-years\/ordering-and-sequencing-numbers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.topmarks.co.uk\/maths-games\/7-11-years\/ordering-and-sequencing-numbers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.\u00a0 Their website has some great activities the children can engage in.\u00a0 Click on the &hellip; 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