We would like to say a big hello to all our friends and families at Uphall ELC.  We are missing our time with the children.

Have you been on a bear hunt yet? When you are out for a walk, look out for bears in house windows. See how many you can count whilst on your walk. A little bit of fun when you are out for your daily walk. Why not add a bear to your window for others to see.

Easter Activity

Easter is almost upon us! As children we remember dying or painting boiled eggs and having fun rolling them down a hill.  We thought it would be fun to decorate a boiled egg.  This is a good opportunity to talk about the oval shape of an egg and how delicate it is.  Enjoy this time just listening and talking to your child as they decorate their egg.  You can talk about colours, patterns and how your child wants to decorate it.  Give your child lots of praise for their effort and remember the end product does not matter it is your child’s master piece!

If you have a spare egg allow your child to crack it open and see what’s inside……children are fascinated with eggs.

If you do not have eggs perhaps make an Easter card, any activity that allows you to join in with your child.

Extra Activities

There is a lovely Easter story on YouTube that you could watch The Story of the Easter Bunny by Katherine Tegen and Sally Anne Lambert.

Lastly, the children really enjoy using the computer programme  www.topmarks.co.uk. There is an Easter counting game called Teddy numbers which is tablet friendly. The children can have fun counting and giving the teddy Easter eggs.

Regards

ELC Team

Some parents might be wondering why some of the sounds your child is learning are written in different colours.

Consonants are presented in different colours depending on what part of the mouth they are made with.

Red – consonant sounds that are red are made with the lips, for example, “m”.  Pink is used for quieter mouth sounds, like “f”.

Blue – consonant sounds that are blue are made with the tongue (blue – because of the veins on the tongue), for example, “d”.  The letter “t”, for example, is light blue because it is a softer sound.

Yellow – consonant sounds that are yellow are made at the back/roof of the mouth. Imagine you have to shine a torch to see this part of the mouth.  Some yellow letters are “h”, “c” and “k”.

Green – these are sounds made with the cheeks, like “j”, “sh” and “ch”.

“x” – is yellow shaded with blue as “x” is made from “k” – yellow + “s” – blue.

Click on the links to see a list of all letters in their corresponding colour and a picture of the mouth with the different colour parts and some of the different sounds.

Colourful Consonants Colour Coding

CC Colours

Vowel sounds are black because they are made with the middle of the mouth (like a dark tunnel).

(For more information on vowels – see post from 26.03.20)

Good Morning P4,

These are the activities for today 🙂

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Wednesday Literacy Activities Master

Primary 2 criteria- You can use paint or pens to decorate it, be as creative as you can. There are lots of great ideas on the internet .

Good morning! Here are your daily lessons!

Literacy lesson Wednesday 1st April

Numeracy lesson Wednesday 1st April

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