Month: March 2020

Let’s start with a favourite this morning!

Have fun with numbers

• Count objects around the home.
• Choose a number, then count on.
• Choose a number, then count back.
• Adults can count and miss out a number – encourage your child to say the missing number.
• Write numbers and encourage your child to match with objects or draw.

Literacy – Read together every day

• Talk about interesting words and what is happening in the story.
• Talk about reading from left to right and show your child by pointing, how to trace the words.
• Make mistakes in familiar songs and rhymes…..have fun as your child corrects you!
• Take time to listen to your child’s ideas and opinions.

Yesterday we posted the Gruffalo. Today you can listen to the ‘Glasgow’ version read by Elaine C Smith-

Some games to try –        https://www.funbrain.com/

Talent Show

• The children loved doing this in our ELCC. If the children enjoy dancing… karate… football… tricks… magic… jokes… singing…. have them rehearse a wee show of their own making…. make a little stage area in house and have them dress up and put on a show for the family. This is great to build their confidence and self-esteem.

Material fun

•  …. any old bedding, curtains, old clothes. You can cut these up to give the children scraps to be creative with – collage creations, making outfits for dolls/figures, dressing up  themselves…..or making tents and dens. They will be limited only by their imagination!

Thank you to the Little Pink Co who have made this lovely colouring sheet for our pupils. You can find more colouring in sheets on their FB page https://www.facebook.com/littlepinkco/ 

If you don’t have a printer you can trace the image onto paper or open the image into Paint and colour it on your computer/tablet.

Hello to all our families. Keep checking our Blog for activities and ideas to enjoy with your child.

Building literacy skills

Almost anything you do with your child will help develop their literacy.

Through conversations with you, they can learn new words and how to use them. There is a link below to show four key things that really help.

Playing and helping you with tasks in the home develops your child’s movement and coordination, which will help with their handwriting. They can make marks and draw pictures to show their ideas. You can let them “help” when you are reading or writing – such as a list or a TV programme guide.

The most important thing you can do with your child is to share and enjoy stories, songs and rhymes together.

• Snuggle up and read with your child every day. Have a special place to
  keep your books.
• Let your child act out the story. They might be moving but they are still
  listening.

Here are some favourite stories to enjoy with your child. You can read them over and over, Please re-visit previous posts to repeat the activities too!

Good morning, everyone! We hope you’re staying safe and having fun at home! You might have joined in the rainbow hunt last week… Well, this week it’s time to go on a bear hunt! If you’d like to take part, put one of your teddy bears (or you could draw one, too!) in your window for others to see – good luck spotting them all!

And here is a photo of Ashton who joined in with the Rainbow hunt – great job, Ashton!

Hello everyone

We have made it through our first week. We are thinking about all our families and we hope that you are all well and staying safe. We will be posting some more fun activities on our blog next week.

Ms Cochrane now has access to the Williamsburgh enquiries email account. Please use this if you need to get in contact.

williamsburghenquiries@renfrewshire.gov.uk

Remember you can get updates on Twitter and facebook –

@WBurghPrimary                         Williamsburgh Primary School

Alison Vandal and all the ELCC staff team X

Good morning, everyone! Hope you’re having fun at home with your families! We know there is a lot of talk about Coronavirus right now so here’s a little story about Dave the dog…

Please click on the photo below to access the story, enjoy!

We would like to help you out by providing you with a list of websites where you can access fun games, fun learning and fun activities to do at home with your children.

Please stay safe everyone and hopefully see you all soon!

Maths, Literacy, Health and Well-Being – lots of fun games and puzzles:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/

Have a look at what is happening on Mars:

http://accessmars.withgoogle.com/

Lots of ideas for indoor activities:

https://busytoddler.com/2020/03/indoor-activities/

Play and learn with your favourite show characters:

https://pbskids.org/

Lots of good numeracy activities and games:

https://www.funbrain.com/

Develop your phonics skills:

https://www.starfall.com/h/

Play games with Dr Seuss:

https://www.seussville.com/

Free printable games:

https://www.123homeschool4me.com/home-school-free-printables/

Lots of stories read by celebrities:

https://www.storylineonline.net/

Fun games, recipes, crafts and activities:

https://www.highlightskids.com/

Learn in a fun way with Sesame Street:

https://www.sesamestreet.org/

Lots of fun and interesting games with National Geographic:

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/

Learn about the sky and space in a fun way:

https://www.almanac.com/kids

And remember there are lots of great ideas on Pinterest! Why don’t you make your own scavenger hunt with stickers around your house, make your own playdough, make a den, document your day by drawing pictures, take lots of pictures, read stories and discuss your favourite characters, make masks, create a colour-matching game with pom-poms, bake… There are lots of things to do! And remember to tell us all about it when we see you! Stay safe and have fun!

You might have already spotted some rainbows on windows! We thought it would be a great challenge to see how many you can find! Why don’t you make your own, too? 😉

We’re hoping you’re having fun and staying safe!

Good morning everyone! What a strange Monday morning for us. We are missing you lots! We hope you’re staying safe and looking after yourselves.

Let’s move around and have some fun today… Here is a yoga challenge for you! Why don’t you ask your mummies, daddies or those who are looking after you to take pictures of you doing yoga poses?! You can share them with us when we see you next 🙂