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Group 1,2,3 Maths Monday 20th April

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Hello Everyone.

I hope you have all had a lovely break and are ready to do some more maths learning.

There are 3 activities below. Please choose the one which suits your stage of maths learning best. If you’re not sure then start with A and then move to the next one.

Activity A

Join in with Jack counting to 20

Go on a number hunt in the house

Ask someone in your house to write the numbers 1 to 10 or 1 to 20 on some separate pieces of paper and hide them around the house. Your task is to find them all and then put them all in order. Good luck!

 

Activity B

Join in with Jack counting forward and backwards to 50.

Chairs have legs, tables have legs, people have legs. How many legs can you find in your house?

Write down your answers eg 24 chair, 6 human, 4 table, 4 drawers.

Can you make a chart to show what you have found?

What had the most legs?

Can you work out how may legs you found altogether? You could use your hundred chart to help.

Let me know what you found.

Activity C

Join in with Jack counting by 2

Sock party.

Find as many socks as you can in your house.

How many pairs of socks are there and how many with no match?

How did you count the socks?

Can you use counting in 2s to help count pairs?

If I have 5 pairs of socks how many socks is that all together?

How do you know?

What else could you count in pairs?

Let me know how you get on.

Clare

 

 

 

 

Monday 20th of April – Pink Class

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Welcome back Pink Class! What shall we do today?

Welcome/Hello:

Calendar –

What day is it today? What day will it be tomorrow?

Let’s sing our favourite:

Movement-

Have a look at the movement section, let’s get moving!

Life Skills – 

What jobs can you do to help around the house today?

Maths –

Can you make different amounts of money using some coins from your piggy bank. Get someone from home to make up some different amounts like below:

P.E. –

Check out the P.E section, Gerry and Pedro have posted some ideas to keep you and your family active.

Story –

I have been enjoying watching a huge variety of birds from my garden and on my walks in the woods. Let’s learn about birds.

Now let’s enjoy an action bird story.

Sign of the Day –

Check out the Signs of the Day section, what signs will we learn today?

Art –

As the weather is still lovely, what about some outdoor art?

Outdoor Learning –

What birds will you spot today? What are the birds doing?   

HWB – 

healthy eating sorting activitiy

Challenge of the Day –

Can you see a tiny creature camouflaged in the leaves? It’s a little caterpillar I spotted on my walk yesterday. Can you spot any clever little camouflaged creatures today?

Have a great day Pink Class!

 

 

Group 8 – Friday 3rd April

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Good morning Group 8

Here are a few activities for today.

Why not make some jigsaws out of cereal boxes or any other box you can find

If you have some playing cards in the house, try putting the cards in number order, or sort them into the different colours or shapes.

Next is some yoga. Click on the link below to access an episode from Cosmic Kids Yoga

Cosmic Kids – Sleeping Dragom

If you have some paint in the house why not try some hand painting or paint a rainbow,

Lets get some exercise and have another treasure hunt round the house

 

Making music with apps 1

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There are lots of Music creation apps that our children might enjoy. As we head into the holiday, I wanted to show people a couple of free ones that you may find helpful.  I will add more ideas over the weeks, including ones for Android/ iOS. Many of the suggested activities can apply to any music-making app.

GarageBand (free, Mac and iOS only)

GarageBand - Pro Filmmaker AppsThis highly sophisticated app shouldn’t put anyone off. From recording, effects, multitracking, jamming with others and virtual instruments, it may seem overwhelming to some, but it is also easy to get started and begin playing around.

Virtual instruments include drums, bass, guitar, keyboards and orchestral strings. With lots of online tutorials on YouTube and elsewhere, it is possible to take it as far as you like.

Ideas to get you started:

  • Open up, select an instrument and just play. Try different settings within the instrument environment. What is your favourite?
  • What are the other instruments? Discover the instruments of the orchestra.
  • Build beats using the drum machines
  • Play relaxing music
  • Play music for dancing
  • Play along to a favourite piece of music
  • Use the microphone to record your voice and pass it through the various effects such as Robot or Alien. Which is the funniest? Which friend or relative sounds funniest?

Soundforest (Free, iOS)

Compose music using a collection of creatures, trees, flowers and shapes. Each icon/image represents a different sound which you add to the project area to create a piece. The vertical position of an icon will affect the pitch (even with rhythmic sounds). Soundforest is very visual, using graphic-style notation to represent your piece and perfect for younger students. The free version has limited projects.

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/soundforest/id1194745290

Ideas to get you started:

  • Create a forest landscape with trees and birds. What does it sound like?
  • Share the sounds with a friend
  • Take turns with a friend to add items to the Soundforest
  • Dance to the sounds you make
  • Using instruments at home or your own homemade instruments, play along to your Soundforest music.

Have fun and share your music with others!

Maths Shape Activity 3

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Hello Everyone.

I hope you manages to make some interesting patterns with rectangles or squares,

Today why not try making a pattern with circles?

Find a lid or coin and draw around it to make circles.                                                                             Now make a pattern with the circles.                                                                                                           Is it easier or harder to work with circles than rectangles?                                                                     What’s different about circles?                                                                                                                     Would tiles that are circles be a good shape to use to cover your bathroom wall?                          Why?

Here is a Jack Hartmann maths song to get you counting and moving

Group 8 – Thursday 2nd April

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Good morning Group 8

Here are some activities for today

Why not try some story massage. Use the guide below and while you are reading a story you can use the exercise on the young person.

How about some messy play.

For lunch today why not try making your own sandwich. Here are the instructions for a chicken mayo filling.

Make sure you are helping around the house too.

You can go on a treasure hunt around the house and find as many different colours as you can. Then why not try sorting them into different colours.

Time for some relaxation with some breathing exercises

Next click on the picture below to explore the webcams at Edinburgh Zoo

Hope you all have a good day and manage to get some fresh air too.

 

Group 10 – Thursday 2nd April

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Morning

Morning routine – What day is it today? What jobs can you help with around the house?

Maths- Look at this link for activities to help with our numbers and counting https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting

Fiddly Fingers –  Play with pasta or rice.  Can you thread them on a piece of string? Can you make a picture?

Story – We have our weekly story. Find somewhere quiet to watch and share.

Signing – check out what Lorna’s sign of the day is.

Music –  See Gordon’s blogs to find lots of music activities to do

Sensory –  We are going to make gloop with corn flour and water to play with. https://www.learning4kids.net/2012/05/02/how-to-make-gloop/

Dance – Look at Rachel’s dance section to find loads of music and dance activities

Have a great day!

Thursday 2nd of April – Pink Class

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Good morning everyone!

Let’s wake up! Get everyone to join in!

Calendar –

Can you name the four seasons. What happens outside during each season? Let’s see.

 

Movement – 

What will we do for movement today? Check out the movement section. How are you getting on with Joe Wicks?

Life Skills –

Mmmmmm! Can you help make lunch today? Let’s make some sandwiches.

Maths –

Today’s focus is MONEY.

Follow this link for sorting coins: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/coins-game

Follow this link for using coins to pay for items: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money

Empty out your adult’s purse or wallet…what coins or notes can you spot?

Fiddly Fingers –

Let’s make some slime!!!

Story –

 

Have you seen any bears out on your walk? Have a good bear hunt next time, how many can you spot? Can you describe the bears you see? How many bears do you have in your windows for other children to spot.

Let’s go on a bear hunt!

https://youtu.be/Waoa3iG3bZ4

Signs of the Day –

Yesterday I was learning the signs for some fruit. You will have to test me when we go back to school. Check out today’s signs of the day section. What signs will we learn today?

Music –

Check out the music section to make an instrument or to do some singing with Connie. Have fun!

Sensory –

Play with some shaving foam today. Can you practise your letters or numbers or impress someone in your family by writing their names in the foam.

You can also check out Tracey’s sensory section for some more fun ideas.

Dance –

How are you getting on with Rachel’s dance? I think I’ve got two left feet!

Challenge of the Day –

We have been looking at water in the Pink Class. Here is an outdoor water challenge. Challenge your family to see who makes the best waterproof shelter. Who will be brave enough to sit under it while you test if it is waterproof? Have fun!

Outdoor Shelter

Some of you have emailed some fantastic pictures of all of the hard work and fun you are having. Unfortunately, I can’t post these yet as our photo/picture capacity is full at present. However, keep sending me your great pictures, they put a huge smile on my face.

Wendy

 

 

 

Group 8 Tasks

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Good morning group 8

Here are some tasks you can enjoy today

Why not start by looking around the house for lots of different objects, you can then sort them into different colours. Count them and decide which is the highest number.

Next after all that hard work, relax and sing along to Gigglebellies. Click on the picture below.

It is now time for a snack. I think you have earned it.

Here is a challenge for you. Can you find lots of things that feel different. You can then lay them on the floor to create your very own tactile road.

Make sure to look out the window and check on the weather.

After some lunch it is time to help out around the house. There might be some jobs in the kitchen to do.

Lets finish the day with a spot of gardening. There might be a job you can do like some tidying up or digging up some weeds.

Lets end the day with a song

Have a great day everyone.

 

 

Maths Groups 1,2,3 Shape activities 2

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Hello Everyone.

I hope you managed to find lots of shapes in your house or garden yesterday.

Today’s challenge is to make a pattern using rectangles or squares or both.                                      Have a look in your house or outside. Can you see any patterns made with tiles in you kitchen or bathroom or maybe some slabs outside?                                                                                    You are going to make your own pattern with rectangles or squares.                                                 What do you have in the house to help you? cards? mats? dominoes or maybe you could draw your pattern.

Can you take a photo of your pattern?                                                                                                      Can you colour it?                                                                                                                                             How many rectangles or squares are in your pattern?                                                                             What happens if you add another shape?

Have fun investigating and let me know how you get on.

tiles