It has only been a short week for us but we have managed to squeeze in so much learning!<\/p>\n
Phonics<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n In phonics we have been learning the ‘i’ and ‘n’ sound. The ‘i’ sound is another sound that comes from the vowel house. It is a black sound and our mouth makes a tunnel shape when we say this sound. We now know 2 sounds from the vowel house – ‘a’ and ‘i’. We have been learning that the sounds from the vowel house usually come in the middle of a word. We have been thinking really hard about where we hear a sound coming from – the beginning, middle or end.<\/p>\n The ‘n’ sound is a blue sound which comes from our tongue. We noticed that the ‘n’ sound is dark blue and ‘s’ and ‘t’ are light blue. We were learning that this means loud and quiet sounds. The lighter the colour, the quieter the sound. So ‘n’ is dark blue because it is a loud sound.<\/p>\n Here are the songs we have been using this week:<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o7GuPnhElJs<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j-SkJfIVSXg<\/p>\n Home Learning: ask your child to spell these words (write them down somewhere, use play-doh to make the letters or be creative)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n as<\/p>\n it<\/p>\n is<\/p>\n an<\/p>\n nap<\/p>\n nip<\/p>\n Numeracy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n In numeracy we have been talking about numbers that come before, after and in between. We were using little number lines to help us with this.<\/p>\n Home Learning: ask your child what number comes after 4, after 7 etc.\u00a0 Ask your child what number comes before 9, 3 etc. Ask your child what number comes in between 3 and 5, 6 and 8 etc. Challenge: go beyond 10!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n We have also been working on our counting skills. We have been using these songs to help us:<\/p>\n