Good morning! We’re back to the beginning of another week.

I hope you had a lovely weekend, it would be great to see some photos of what you have been up to.

Today and for the rest of the week we are going to have a look at the story ‘Where the Wild Thigs Are’.

Go to stories on Class Dojo and you will see a video of me reading the story. Once you have listened to the story use some blocks to build a house for the wild things. Before you build the house, guess how many blocks you think you will need to build a house. Whilst you are building the house count how many blocks you use. What shape are the blocks that you are using? Are some of them square? Or rectangle?

For phonics today try this activity. It is taken from the Letters and Sounds document but I have adapted it a little. Find some puppet or cuddly toy animals and make the sounds that they make. How many of each animal do you have? Would they all make exactly the same sound?

See if you can make a Wild Things mask. Choose a character from the story and use whatever you need to make it. You could use a paper plate, wool – anything!

Have a lovely day, Leanne.

Good morning, it’s Friday again and we are near to the end of the month!

Here are today’s activities.

Can you find some paint and paint your whole hand! Can you make a bird using your whole hand!

For Phonics find some objects that begin with ‘h’.

   Here are a few to help you get started. Once you have found more of your own see if you can draw some of them. Which one is your favourite?

Have you got your peanut butter, inner tube of a toilet roll and string ready? Let’s make a bird feeder!

Pop on to stories on Class Dojo to see how to make the bird feeder and for story time.

Have a lovely weekend, Leanne.

Good morning!

Using some of the play dough that you made yesterday or some you already have and some craft materials make a model of a bird. So, if you have some feathers or googly eyes, add those to your play dough.

Go outside and enjoy the fresh air and look for some twigs and sticks and make a nest for your play dough bird. How can you keep him warm? I would love to see some photos of your play dough bird in his nest!

Today we will look at the number 4. Can you draw a number 4 on your garden path using chalk? Can you use a paintbrush and water to draw a number 4 on the path? How about  this funny one – can you draw a number 4 on Mummy or Daddy’s back? Can they draw one on your back?

Don’t forget to have a look on our website if you need any more ideas. Here is the link:

Nursery-Routine.pdf (cheswardineschool.org.uk)

For story time and a Beat Baby activity go to stories on Class Dojo.

Have a lovely day, Leanne.

Good morning, it’s Wednesday!!

As we continue with our bird theme today for flexi fingers I would like you to find some twigs and see if you can make different shapes. Try a square, a rectangle or a triangle.

For your main activity today go to this page and find out how to make some play dough.

Best Ever No-Cook Play Dough Recipe! – The Imagination Tree

For phonics today try this funny game on Phonics Play.

PhonicsPlay – Phase 1 Resources

I look forward to seeing your play dough! What colour will you make your play dough?

Have a lovely day, Leanne.

Good morning, I hope you had a great Monday!

To start the day lets warm up our fingers with a scissor activity. Print off or copy the bird pictures from the link below.

birds-shadow-matching-printable.jpg (464×600) (funnycrafts.us)

Now use your scissors to cut around the pictures to make some cards. This will help you practice your scissor skills and refine your fine motor skills.

Later you can play snap or matching games if you do two copies.

For another activity take a walk and see if you can spot any birds. Copy this link for a bird spotting sheet.

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For todays phonics activity have a go at this: Enlivening stories:

Involve the children in songs and stories, enlivened by role-play, props and repeated
sounds, for example acting out:
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall (bump, crash, bang!)
All the King’s horses and all the King’s men (gallop, gallop, gallop)
Couldn’t put Humpty together again (boo, hoo, boo, hoo, boo, hoo).

You can have lots of fun with this one!

Have a lovely day, Leanne.

Happy Monday everyone!

This week we are going to slightly deviate from animals and move to birds as it is the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch!

So today to warm your fingers up, use some paints and your fingers. Fingerprint on some paper to see if you can make the shape of a bird.

For a fun Phonics session practice singing ‘Two Little Dickie Birds’ and use your fingers to be the two birds.

Seeing as we are going to be concentrating on birds we need some binoculars! The easiest way to make them is to use toilet paper insides. Have a look at this link to help.

How to Make Toilet Paper Roll Binoculars (thesprucecrafts.com)

I would love to see some of the binoculars that you have made.

Follow this link and practice some Makaton signing to Three Little Birds.

Makaton CarPark Karaoke – THREE LITTLE BIRDS – Singing Hands – YouTube

Have a lovely day, Leanne.

Good morning! Happy Friday!!

Find a colander or something with holes in and push some pipe cleaners or string through the holes. This will help you warm up your fingers for the coming day.

Draw a big snake on a big piece of paper or card and cut it out. Draw or cut out and put some different shapes on the snake. What shapes could you use? How many circles/squares/rectangles have you used?

Go to Class Dojo stories for story time and a Phonics session.

Have a good weekend! Leanne.

Good morning!

To warm up your fingers find some beads or cheerios and pipe cleaners or dry spaghetti. Thread the beads or cheerios through the pipe cleaners or spaghetti.

Gather together the different jungle animals that you have. Can you put the stripy ones together?

Can you put the spotty ones together?

Can you put the ones with two legs together?

Can you put the ones with four legs together?

Take a look at Class Dojo stories for story time and a Beat Baby session.

Have a good day!

Leanne

Good morning!

To get your fingers warmed up, choose your favourite jigsaw and see if you can put it all together!

For another activity, use play dough with jungle animals. You can press the jungle animals into the play dough to see if they make any marks. Turn the animal over in the play dough and see what other prints you can make. Can you make your own animal using play dough? How many legs will you need?

For some Maths fun, have a look and see what you have at home e.g. duplo, lego or wooden blocks and use them to make a pattern. Can you make red, blue, red, blue?

Take a look at this for some phonics fun! You will love the different sounds.

Sound Starters (phonicsplay.co.uk)

Check out Class Dojo’s stories for story time.

Have a lovely day, Leanne.

Good morning!

Here are some activities for today:

To get your fingers working grab those gems, pom poms and stones that you used yesterday and find a pair of tweezers or a peg and see which ones you can pick up without using your fingers.

For another activity today get some paint, paper and jungle animals. Now press the animals onto the paint and then onto the paper. Have a look at the different foot prints. Are they all the same?

Number fun: Can you draw a number 3 in the air?

Can you find three stones?

Can you find three socks?

Can you find three toys?

Can you find three leaves.

Join me on MS Teams for a story and Phonics activity.

Leanne.