Circle Time – We start our circle time singing “hello – super simple songs” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVlcKp3bWH8

This is also the time we started to learn some Spanish. Leave you here some Spanish translations.

Good morning – “Buenos Dias”

Hello – “Hola”

How are you? – “como estas?”

We then talk about how we are feeling today (happy, sad, tired, and excited). We find how does the weather look like and what day it is – You can do your calendar book.

And we finish our circle time sharing the last day news – Feel free to share your news, by email, posting here on blog some videos, photos or comments. J

Movement – Here some of our favourite movement songs. You can use this ones or any other of your preference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vVcJWTmT7c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3-cEsqc4vY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22kqia2ibVU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amJ87z5jVAc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMb-Fhvdiso

Life skills – challenge of the week: tidy up your toys and games after playing with itJ. Here’s the link of the tidy up song that we normally use in the class that your child easily recognises.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV1sMws_Gqg

ICT – You can go on your Ipad, tablet, mobile… and choose one of the games you like most. You don’t know what to choose from?  If you go to ICT/ technology sections there’s some apps you can use.

Dance Go to the Dance section and choose one of the activities that Rachel prepared for you. Have fun J

Story – Find a book of your choice and “read” it. Ask mum or dad to help you if you want to. Check if you are holding the book in the right position. Make sure you turn pages one at the time. Can you tell what do you see on pictures? What is your favourite character/ food / toy / image (depending on the book)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kFgGHXdx48

Sign of the day – Don’t forget to be practicing the sign of the day – if you want to send me a video then feel free

Gardening – Have fun outdoor. If you are struggling to get your child entertained please check the link below with some outdoor activities ideas.

https://www.parentclub.scot/articles/having-fun-outdoors-your-toddler

HWB – Children can’t always explain how they are feeling and what is wrong with them. Their way of express their emotions is through behave. Here are some tips to help you when it’s “one of those moments”

https://www.parentclub.scot/articles/what-do-when-your-toddler-throws-tantrum

Hello Yellow Class!

Hope you are all well and everyone is keep safe.

Here is a guide to Friday as promised 

Circle Time – We start our circle time singing “hello – super simple songs” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVlcKp3bWH8

This is also the time we started to learn some Spanish. Leave you here some Spanish translations.

Good morning – “Buenos Dias”

Hello – “Hola”

How are you? – “como estas?”

We then talk about how we are feeling today (happy, sad, tired, and excited). We find how does the weather look like and what day it is – You can do your calendar book.

And we finish our circle time sharing the last day news – Feel free to share your news, by email, posting here on blog some videos, photos or comments. J

Movement – Here some of our favourite movement songs. You can use this ones or any other of your preference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vVcJWTmT7c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3-cEsqc4vY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22kqia2ibVU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amJ87z5jVAc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMb-Fhvdiso

Life skills – challenge of the week: make your own bed. Help mum or dad to make your bed.

Literacy – Can you write your name?

Social Studies – It’s never too much remind you why is so important to wash your hands. Here is a little video about germs and bacterias. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMbCZfb5k3M

STORY – It’s nearly Easter! Here’s a nice story for you to watch. Follow the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=animated+the+easter+story

Sign of the day – Don’t forget to be practicing the sign of the day – if you want to send me a video then feel free

Food technology – Short bread Elephants / Easter Egg

Ingredients

• 200g/7oz unsalted butter, at room temperature, cut into small cubes
• 100g/3½oz sugar, plus extra for sprinkling
• 300g/10½oz plain flour, sifted, plus extra for dusting

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 160C/140C Fan/Gas 3 and line a baking tray with baking paper.
2. Mix together the butter and sugar, either by hand or using an electric hand whisk, until pale and smooth. Gently mix in the flour until completely incorporated (try not to work the flour too much or the biscuits will not be so crumbly). Using your hands, squeeze the mixture together into a ball of dough. (See tip for additional fillings)

Gently roll the dough out to about 5mm/¼in thick (dust the work surface with a little flour if the dough sticks). Cut into shape using a biscuit cutter. If you have an elephant cutter shape you are lucky!!! 😉

3. Or you can make Easter Egg shapes. Use your imagination! Be creative.

4. Transfer the biscuits onto the baking tray and chill in the fridge for 15 minutes to rest. (See tip for alternative method)

5. Bake for 15–20 minutes, or until pale golden-brown.

6. Decorate with icing, smarties or sprinkles.

ICT – You can go on your Ipad, tablet, mobile… and choose one of the games you like most. You don’t know what to choose from?  If you go to ICT/ technology sections there’s some apps you can use.

Music – Go to the Music section and choose one of the activities that your Music teacher prepared for you. Have fun J

I hope you enjoy your day! Stay safe!

Ola Yellow Class!

Hope you are all well and everyone is keep safe.

Here is a guide to Thursday  

Circle Time – We start our circle time singing “hello – super simple songs” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVlcKp3bWH8

This is also the time we started to learn some Spanish. Leave you here some Spanish translations.

Good morning – “Buenos Dias”

Hello – “Hola”

How are you? – “como estas?”

We then talk about how we are feeling today (happy, sad, tired, and excited). We find how does the weather look like and what day it is – You can do your calendar book.

And we finish our circle time sharing the last day news – Feel free to share your news, by email, posting here on blog some videos, photos or comments. J

 Movement – Here some of our favourite movement songs. You can use this ones or any other of your preference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vVcJWTmT7c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3-cEsqc4vY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22kqia2ibVU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amJ87z5jVAc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMb-Fhvdiso

Life skills – Life skills – challenge of the week: make your own bed. Help mum or dad to make your bed.

Maths – Do you remember the “Elmer, the elephant” story? Can you count how many elephants do you see on pics?

Fiddly Fingers – Let’s have fun with playdogh today!

• Can you make letter “E”?
• Can you make a trunk of an elephant?
• Can you make an elephant?
• Can you make Easter eggs?
• Can you write your name?

STORY – Today for story time have fun with one of your books, Tell me which one is your favourite.

Sign of the day – Don’t forget to be practicing the sign of the day

Music – Go to the Music section and choose one of the activities that your Music teacher prepared for you. Have fun J

Sensory – Time to go outside. Tell me what you can hear. Can you hear the birds? Can you hear people talking, can you hear the cars….

Dance – Go to the Dance section and choose one of the activities that your Dance teacher prepared for you. Have fun J

HWB – It’s time to go outside and get some fresh air. Take some toys to play in your garden.

Hello Yellow Class!

Hope you are all well and everyone is keep safe.

Here is a guide to Wednesday! Please take it at your own child’s pace. If they don’t complete all the tasks, that is completely fine, it will take some time for everyone to adapt to learning at home.

Circle Time – We start our circle time singing “hello – super simple songs” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVlcKp3bWH8

This is also the time we started to learn some Spanish. Leave you here some Spanish translations.

Good morning – “Buenos Dias”

Hello – “Hola”

How are you? – “como estas?”

We then talk about how we are feeling today (happy, sad, tired, and excited). We find how does the weather look like and what day it is – You can do your calendar book.

And we finish our circle time sharing the last day news – Feel free to share your news, by email, posting here on blog some videos, photos or comments. J

Movement – Here some of our favourite movement songs. You can use this ones or any other of your preference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vVcJWTmT7c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3-cEsqc4vY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22kqia2ibVU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amJ87z5jVAc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMb-Fhvdiso

Life skills – challenge of the week: make your own bed. Help mum or dad to make your bed.

Literacy – “E” is for Egg Try to find other things that start with “E”.  You can now use your imagination to decorate the letter “E” “e” or an Egg. Choose the one you like most. Find below some inspirational ideas

P.E. – go on the PE section of the blog and choose one of the activities your PE teacher posted for you.

Story – “E” is also for Elephant – Watch the story “Elmer, the Elephant”. Can you name the colours of Elmer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGzgu0nUYRo

Sign of the day – Don’t forget to practise the sign of the day (sign of the day section)

Art – Create your Elmer, use your imagination! You can make a 3D creation or 2D

Science – Today for science we are going to learn a little bit more about elephants. Do you know why elephants have a trunk and tusks and what is it for? Watch the video below to find out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP5uJVpHrVw

HWB – Have you heard about “We are going on a Bear hunt” initiative? West Lothian citizens were encourage to show a Teddy Bear on theirs windows. This way, every time a child goes for a walk could see the Teddy cheers up for them. It’s now expanded to rainbows, jokes…

You can find more about it on the Health and Well Being section.

To be part of it join the Facebook page below:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2661544074061343/?ref=share

Circle Time – We start our circle time singing “hello – super simple songs” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVlcKp3bWH8

This is also the time we started to learn some Spanish. Leave you here some Spanish translations.

Good morning – “Buenos Dias”

Hello – “Hola”

How are you? – “como estas?”

We then talk about how we are feeling today (happy, sad, tired, and excited). We find how does the weather look like and what day it is – You can do your calendar book.

And we finish our circle time sharing the last day news – Feel free to share your news, by email, posting here on blog some videos, photos or comments.

Movement – Here some of our favourite movement songs. You can use this ones or any other of your preference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vVcJWTmT7c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3-cEsqc4vY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22kqia2ibVU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amJ87z5jVAc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMb-Fhvdiso

Life skills – challenge of the week: make your own bed. Help mum or dad to make your bed. J

ICT – You can go on your Ipad, tablet, mobile… and choose one of the games you like most. You don’t know what to choose from?  If you go to ICT/ technology sections there’s some apps you can use.

Dance Go to the Dance section and choose one of the activities that Rachel prepared for you. Have fun J

Story – Watch Justin Fletcher reading “Smelly Peter The Great Pea Eater”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kFgGHXdx48

Sign of the day – Don’t forget to be practicing the sign of the day – if you want to send me a video then feel free

Gardening –  Go outside and collect some leaves, flowers, sticks, little stones. Sort them in to categories. Use them to create a nature art 🙂

Here some ideas

Health and Well Being – Go to HWB section and choose one the activities that are there ready for you

Have fun!!!

Hello Yellow Class!

Hope you are all well and have had a good weekend!

As promised, here is a guide to Monday! If you want, feel free to comment and share your activities photos with us. 🙂

Circle Time – We start our circle time singing “hello – super simple songs” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVlcKp3bWH8

This is also the time we started to learn some Spanish. Leave you here some Spanish translations.

Good morning – “Buenos Dias”

Hello – “Hola”

How are you? – “como estas?”

We then talk about how we are feeling today (happy, sad, tired, and excited). We find how does the weather look like and what day it is – You can do your calendar book.

And we finish our circle time sharing the last day news. Again you can always share with us if you want. J

Movement – Here some ideas for movement. You can use this ones or any other of your preference.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDCH2CuBMk0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3-cEsqc4vY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybBDb6DmcFo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amJ87z5jVAc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vVcJWTmT7c

Life skills – challenge of the week: make your own bed. Help mum or dad to make your bed. J

Math – Play with your lego bricks and make number towers. You can also build a new tower. Let me know how big your tower can be.

PE Go to the P.E.  section and choose one of the activities that your P.E> teacher prepared for you. Have fun J

Story – Enjoy this fun and relax story massage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuQZ0LT5pvI

Sign of the day – remember to practice the sign of the day. Check Lorna’s video

Art- Donut Shop -Setup a Donut Shop Role Play Area in your house to pretend you are selling donuts today!

Paint the donuts cut from recycled cardboard. Use glitter, piece of card, cut magazines, seeds, stickers… Use your imagination to make different “flavours” and “topics”. Make them nice and yammy! “Sell” them to your family in the house.

Remember to take part at tidying up time, you know the song.

https://youtu.be/LV1sMws_Gqg

Outdoor learning – Pam thought it would be a good idea to start a “Going on a bear hunt” walk.  Check Gina’s post about the bear hunt.  How many bears will you see when you go for a walk today?  Do you know … I saw a bear at my window, have a look .

https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Bear-Hunt-Coronavirus-1.jpg

HWB – You know how important it is to wash your hands. Let’s find out, how germs spread, and why it is important to wash hands with soap?

For this activity, you will need the following:

• Glitter
• Access to a sink
• Soap and water
• Optional: lotion
• Optional: sheet of white paper

Ask your child to use water or lotion to get their hands damp. Note that the hands should be damp but not soaking wet.

Then sprinkle a healthy amount of glitter onto your child’s palms and have your child rub their palms together. Explain that the glitter represents germs, and your child’s hands are now covered in germs.

Ask your son to give a handshake to a person next to him/her.

(If you don’t have a second person to pass the “germs” on to you, your child can also just place their palms onto a white sheet of paper and observe how many “germs” are left behind when they remove their hands.)

Now look at the other person hands and see how they are now covered in “germs” as well.

Then ask your kid to go into the bathroom and wash their hands with water only (no soap).

Despite rinsing well, your kid still have some “germs” on his hands. He/she will learn that washing with water alone doesn’t get hands very clean.

Then ask to wash their hands again, but this time to use soap.

Can you see how easily germs can spread from person to person, and why washing our hands with soap is so important? Washing with water alone just doesn’t do the job! Only by washing with soap was it easy to get all the “germs” off their hands.

Hello Yellow Class!

Hope you are all well and everyone is keep safe.

Here is a guide to Friday! Please take it at your own child’s pace. If they don’t complete all the tasks, that is completely fine, it will take some time for everyone to adapt to learning at home.

Circle Time – We start our circle time singing “hello – super simple songs” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVlcKp3bWH8

This is also the time we started to learn some Spanish. Leave you here some Spanish translations.

Good morning – “Buenos Dias”

Hello – “Hola”

How are you? – “como estas?”

We then talk about how we are feeling today (happy, sad, tired, and excited). We find how does the weather look like and what day it is – You can do your calendar book.

And we finish our circle time sharing the last day news – Feel free to share your news, by email, posting here on blog some videos, photos or comments. J

Movement – Here some of our favourite movement songs. You can use this ones or any other of your preference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vVcJWTmT7c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3-cEsqc4vY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22kqia2ibVU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amJ87z5jVAc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMb-Fhvdiso

Life skills – If you are folllowing the daily guidelines, you already know that I set up a challenge for you this week. What about help mum and dad with the dishes. You were all doing great in the classroom, with more or less support.

Literacy – Can you still remember some objects that start with the letter M. Go find some more! You can also look and cut some images from magazines.

Social Studies – M is also for Monkey – click on the link to learn a few interesting facts about monkeys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owr198WQpM8

STORY – here’s a nice story for you to watch. Follow the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-WLnxbvMyw

Sign of the day – Don’t forget to be practicing the sign of the day – if you want to send me a video then feel free

Food technology – Why not help mum and dad with the dinner today. Remember, stay away from hot surfaces and sharp knives.

ICT – You can go on your Ipad, tablet, mobile… and choose one of the games you like most. You don’t know what to choose from?  If you go to ICT/ technology sections there’s some apps you can use.

Music – Go to the Music section and choose one of the activities that your Music teacher prepared for you. Have fun! You can also have fun with Easter Singalong that Connie prepared for us.

I hope you enjoy your day! Stay safe!

Hello Yellow Class!

Hope you are all well and everyone is keep safe.

Here is a guide to Thursday! Please take it at your own child’s pace. If they don’t complete all the tasks, that is completely fine, it will take some time for everyone to adapt to learning at home.

Circle Time – We start our circle time singing “hello – super simple songs” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVlcKp3bWH8

This is also the time we started to learn some Spanish. Leave you here some Spanish translations.

Good morning – “Buenos Dias”

Hello – “Hola”

How are you? – “como estas?”

We then talk about how we are feeling today (happy, sad, tired, and excited). We find how does the weather look like and what day it is – You can do your calendar book.

And we finish our circle time sharing the last day news – Feel free to share your news, by email, posting here on blog some videos, photos or comments. J

Movement – Here some of our favourite movement songs. You can use this ones or any other of your preference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vVcJWTmT7c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3-cEsqc4vY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22kqia2ibVU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amJ87z5jVAc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMb-Fhvdiso

Life skills – I set up a challenge for you this week. What about help mum and dad with the dishes. You were all doing great in the classroom, with more or less support.

Maths – Are mum and dad overwhelmed with the housework?  Why not give them a help sorting the pairs of socks.

Fiddly Fingers – here it is a little challenge for you. Try to fill the cereals in the spaghetti tower! No cheating, no eating! Ok, you can eat it when you finish your task.

STORY – here’s a nice story for you to watch. Follow the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-WLnxbvMyw

Sign of the day – Don’t forget to be practicing the sign of the day – if you want to send me a video then feel free

Music – Go to the Music section and choose one of the activities that your Music teacher prepared for you. Have fun J

Sensory – Time to go outside. Tell me what you can hear. Can you hear the birds? Can you hear people talking, can you hear the cars….

Dance – Go to the Dance section and choose one of the activities that your Dance teacher prepared for you.

Have fun 🙂

Hello Yellow Class!

Hope you are all well and everyone is keep safe.

Here is a guide to Wednesday! Please take it at your own child’s pace. If they don’t complete all the tasks, that is completely fine, it will take some time for everyone to adapt to learning at home.

Circle Time – We start our circle time singing “hello – super simple songs” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVlcKp3bWH8

This is also the time we started to learn some Spanish. Leave you here some Spanish translations.

Good morning – “Buenos Dias”

Hello – “Hola”

How are you? – “como estas?”

We then talk about how we are feeling today (happy, sad, tired, and excited). We find how does the weather look like and what day it is – You can do your calendar book.

And we finish our circle time sharing the last day news – Feel free to share your news, by email, posting here on blog some videos, photos or comments. J

Movement – Here some of our favourite movement songs. You can use this ones or any other of your preference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vVcJWTmT7c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3-cEsqc4vY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22kqia2ibVU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amJ87z5jVAc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMb-Fhvdiso

Life skills – I set up a challenge for you this week. What about help mum and dad with the dishes. You were all doing great in the classroom, with more or less support.

Literacy – Try to find in your house between 2 – 10 things that start with letter “M”. Ask mum or dad to hide 3 of those objects and go find them. Parents can give you some clues. Use the code “hot” if they are getting close to the object, “cold” if they are moving away from the object. You can make teams/pairs to have extra help.

P.E. – go on the PE section of the blog and choose one of the activities your PE teacher posted for you.

Story – Watch Justin Fletcher reading ‘The Monkey With a Bright Blue Bottom’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gncP_QbUGRA

Sign of the day – Don’t forget to be practicing the sign of the day – if you want to send me a video then feel free

Art – Make a Garden Art Box

The garden is full of inspiration for budding artists.

Find an empty shoebox. Cut out plant pictures from old seed and plant catalogues I(if you don’t have any you can draw some or even paint directly on the box. Feel free to use your imagination) and then glue them to the box for decoration.  Cover the box with clear contact paper.  Although it won’t be waterproof, this will make it more durable.

Science – Do you know which solids dissolve in water? Here you have a fun and easy experiment that you can make at home.

You will need:

• Water (hot and cold)
• Transparent containers
• Substances to try and dissolve (sugar, salt, sand, pepper, coffee…)

Method:

1. Add a tea spoon of whichever you are testing to a glass of cold water and a glass of hot water, stir and observe the difference.
2. Look to see if the solids dissolves in the cold water and hot water and if one is better than the other.
3. Can you take pictures to record your observation?

The Science bit: Things like salt, sugar,= and coffee dissolve in water. They are soluble. They usually dissolve better and faster in hot water. Pepper and sand are insoluble. They do not dissolve even in the hot water.

HWB  – can you name and find some parts of your body. You can do it pointing to your body or you can have fun and sing and dance with “head, shoulders, knees and toes” so familiar for you and I know you love it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO9QAUbtwxo

If you would like to explore a little bit further why not try it in Spanish. Have fun J

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlYpkpAB8k8

I hope you have a lovely day. Keep safe, stay happy!!! Always remember, I am right here, just on the other side of the screen! 😀

Hi everyone,
I hope you are all well and safe.
For this afternoon, regarding to your timetable, here some activities that you can make:

Gardening – Have fun making a mud pie in your garden

They feel sticky in your fingers when wet and clump to the point that you can’t see an individual particle without a microscope.
All you have to do is take a small clump of soil and add water until it makes a moist ball. Begin to shape the ball into a pie. You can extend your imagination and “decorate” your pie as you wish (using little stones, sticks, plants, flowers….)
If you have sand you can explore the different textures, colours and smells. Compare how different “pies” you can make.
For some children, you can show that soil properties can also impact how well the plants in our garden grow. Show them that plants can’t grow on the sand.
*note: if you don’t like to touch the mud with your hands use some gardening tools or toys cutlery to make it.

HWB – Watch this little video why you need to wash your hands and use this guidance to wash it properly

https://www.google.co.uk/search?source=hp&ei=wvV5XpfhMcnBlwT0upHgBg&q=how+to+wash+your+hands+for+kids&oq=how+to+wash+your+&gs_l=psy-ab.3.0.0i131j0l4j0i3j0l4.994.5696..8705…0.0..0.143.1269.16j1……0….1..gws-wiz.Vcx2Eg2hNJk&safe=active&ssui=on

Have fun and take care 🙂