Month: April 2020

Today, Mairead chose a story written by Gareth Edwards – “The disgusting sandwich”. Ohh we wonder what could be in such a sandwich… worms? mud? leaves? What do you think?

Enjoy! 🙂

The Weekend

A nice thing to do this weekend, might be to take a trip to a museum…but they’re all closed I hear you cry! Lots of museums are offering virtual tours so you can visit them from the comfort of your own home. Have a look on the internet and see which museums you would like to visit.

I love the artist, Vincent Van Gogh, so I’m going to take a trip to the Van Gogh museum this weekend:

https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en

 

If you decide to visit this museum, Story Zoo has a lovely follow-up video that you can enjoy with the children.

https://youtu.be/Qk1lFYaUslk

How exciting that we are now able to have a peek into the various museums, even when they are closed during this difficult time.  Some of the museums around the world have decided to open up their virtual doors.  Why don’t you take a look?

National Museum of Natural History

http://naturalhistory.si.edu/vt3/

The Louvre

http://www.youvisit.com/tour/louvremuseum

The British Museum

http://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1177199742298383/

 

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Acting out a nursery rhyme

When children “act out” a poem or nursery rhyme, they learn to love its rhythm and rhyme and they begin to see in their imagination the story that has been created. Children will grow as readers by connecting feelings with the written or spoken word.

What you’ll need:

Poems or nursery rhymes that your child will enjoy. Use these clips if you don’t have any suitable rhymes at home. Your child may know Incy Wincy Spider so it’s a good one to start with. Once they have got the idea you could move onto the second clip.

Incy Wincy Spider

Funny children’s poetry: “The worm that wouldn’t wiggle” – poems for kids

What to do:

As you share the poem or nursery rhyme, talk about the characters and what parts your child likes and dislikes. Can they make any connections – does it remind them of anything or a real-life experience?

Challenge – Can your children start to act out the nursery rhyme and play the part of a character? Why don’t you get involved too and make it a family story or nursery rhyme.

Days of the Week – Weather

Can you design a chart with each of the days of the week on it? Each day, have a look outside and see what the weather is like. Can you draw a picture of the weather for that day? How many different types of weather did you record?

You could have two boxes for each day and record the weather at two different times to see if there were any changes.

What weather do you like?

What do you do like to do when it is sunny?

What do you do when it is a rainy day?

Ask everyone in your house what their favourite weather is. What is the most popular?

 

Some Movement to start your day

Yoga – Enjoy Some Yoga with Squish the Fish.

 

Today we’ve got Sandra’s favourite – “The Smartest Giant in Town” by Julia Donaldson.

Sandra was very excited to share this story with you all and is missing you all very much!

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Magic Remote Control

This is a fun game using an ordinary remote control.  Children press the buttons and shout out an instruction, which controls the people in the room:

Play- walk forward

Rewind- walk backwards

Fast forward- run quickly

Pause- everyone freezes

You can also add some more functions, eg slow motion button, fast forward super speed, or let the children’s imaginations decide what other commands are on the magic remote control!

Hello everyone! We know that this is a very difficult and stressful time for all of us. Not being able to see our friends, some of our family or not even being able to play outside for long isn’t easy! If it gets to us a little bit too much, here are some ways to help us stay calm…
And remember – talk to your mummies and daddies, they always know how to make us feel better!