Month: May 2020

Following on from the story about “The Crocodile who didn’t like water” we thought it would be a good idea to do some fun counting! This will help us practice to recognize numbers and counting, too! You can choose to count up to 5 or up to 10!

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/underwater-counting

Did you like this game?

Were you able to count the sea creatures all by yourself?

What number can you count up to?

Can you count back from 10?

Let us know in the comments, we can’t wait to hear how you got on! 🙂

Following on from the well liked story about a certain crocodile who didn’t like water we decided to take a trip to the Underwater World! WOW – what can you spot down there?!

Let us know if you’d like to swim deep into the ocean to discover what’s hiding there! How do you think we could get there? And what would we see?

And here is a couple of different stories about the ocean’s creatures…

 

It is without a doubt that drawing pictures with chalk on pavements is one of the favourite activities for children! It promotes creativity, hand-eye coordination, gross motor skills, balance and interactions with others! So many benefits! And all we need is a pavement and chalk – instant canvas for our wee ones! Here are some ideas:

1. Shape jumps! Draw lots of different shapes on the pavement and ask somebody to shout out the names of them in no particular order – see if you can hope from one to another!

2. Follow the line! Draw a line – long, short, straight, wavy – use your imagination! See if you can follow the line… Where does it lead to? Does it have swirls, bends? Is it longer or shorter than you?

3. Long jump! Draw a few parallel to each other lines (just like on the picture) and number them on the side. Then draw a start line at the very bottom. Standing on the start line, use all of your energy to jump! What number did you land on?

4. Pavement obstacle course! You can ask your family to help you draw lots of shapes and write different instructions. You can tip-toe on little circles, go round and round on a circle, go backwards on a line… The possibilities are endless!

5. Hop-Scotch! We all love a little bit of hop-scotch! Can you hop on one foot? It takes a lot of balancing!

You could also draw lots of beautiful pictures, too! We wonder… Does it feel different using chalk on dry pavement to drawing on wet pavement? Let’s experiment and find out!

We would love to hear from you – do you like drawing pictures using chalk? Do you know any other games? Please, let us know in the comments! 🙂 

Just to let you know that this is our last post on the blog for this week.

Staff have in-service days on Wednesday and Thursday.

Friday is a holiday, so we will post again next Monday.

Some of our staff are out supporting in the hubs so they will not be having a holiday this week – a huge ‘Thank You’ to them!

Have a great week everyone and keep in touch by leaving a comment for staff – we love to hear from you all. Take care everyone!

Here’s a story by Gemma Merino for you to enjoy… It has a rather surprising ending!

Have a listen and ask if an adult can help you with the challenge at the end!

 

We hope you enjoyed the story!

Can you think of 2 animals who live on land?

Can you think of 2 animals who live in water?

Can you think of 2 animals who can fly?

We’d love to hear from you in the comments, about the the animals you can think of.

Perhaps you’d like to spend a short time learning about a new animal, using the internet to find out more…

Let us know how you get on!

 

 

 

Over the weekend I thought I would try a cool science experiment, It was AMAZING so I thought I would share it with you all.

You will need one egg, a clear jar or glass and some vinegar.

Next step is to add the vinegar into your jar and then gently add the egg (you want the vinegar to cover the egg)

Once you have added your egg, you will start to see bubbles appear on your egg, this is a chemical reaction between the vinegar which is an acid and the egg shell which contains calcium. The vinegar causes the egg to release carbon dioxide which creates the bubbles.

The egg has to stay in the vinegar for 48 hours- two whole days!!

The next morning your egg should have lots of bubbles on it and you will start to see the shell disappearing

The second day your egg will have very little shell left on it.

Once your 72 hours is over, gently take the egg out of the vinegar and run it under some water. gently rub the egg to get the rest of the brown shell off.

Once all of the shell is off you can see what the vinegar has done to the egg shell.

The vinegar has caused all of the calcium to float out of the shell (through the bubbles) causing the shell to become squishy.

You have to be very careful with your egg as it is very easily popped!!

Once the egg has popped you can see the shell is still there, if you rub the empty shell you can see little pieces of the egg on your fingers! HOW COOL IS THAT?

Leave us a comment and let us know if you try this experiment and how you got on. We cannot wait to hear from you.

We all love magic tricks! Now you can learn a new trick at home! All you need is a plate with some water, paper towel and coloured pens… And of course – your imagination! We can’t wait to hear what you think!

Cosmic Kids Yoga – Frank the Frog

Check out Bookbug on Twitter for ideas and links to literacy activities to do together with your child.

https://twitter.com/Bookbug_SBT?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

….or link to site

https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/bookbug

You could visit this site each day and choose a different activity.  Remember that children learn by repeating activities so keep offering opportunities to re-visit favourites. This will build your child’s confidence as they become more familiar with the songs and rhymes.