Reception Class Friday 19th June
To the Parents and children of Reception Class
"Never stop doing the little things for your children.
Sometimes those little things occupy the biggest part of their hearts."
Learning and Exploring through play
Matching letters
This activity to complete over the week.
If you have some bottle tops please could you write m n o p q r s M N O P Q R S on each top, then have a go during the week to match the small case letter to the capital letter. Explain to your child that they have a capital letter at the beginning of their name and when we write a sentence. Can you think of anyone that has one of these letters at the beginning of their name?
Literacy
Make a Father's Day Poem or a poem for someone you love.
You can either do this on lined paper or card. Think about the things that you daddy/grandad or someone else does for you. If you use F/C to write some of these words down. For e.g. cuddles me, reads me a story, draws lovely pictures, makes me laugh etc. Then start your poem-
I love my daddy because…………………
He cuddles me.
He reads me a bedtime story.
He draws lovely pictures.
He cooks delicious dinners.
Happy Father's Day
Love,
……………………………………..
You can make this into a hanging gift for your daddy to hang in a special place.
Encourage your child to spell as many words independently using their knowledge of phonics.
Numeracy
Keep these activities on the boil-
Counting to 20 and beyond
Forming numbers correctly
Identify numbers 10-20
Doubles to 10
Addition to 10
Days of the week
Subtraction to 10. Having them grouped in 10's is helpful.
Teen numbers
Begin to count larger numbers of objects.
Continue to count to 30 and beyond. Set yourself a target to progress to 40, 50, 60 etc.
All Children- https://www.topmarks.co.uk Ordering. Hit the coconuts in order of size.
Most Children- https://www.topmarks.co.uk sequencing to 10. Counting in ones 0-100
Challenge- https://www.topmarks.co.uk Caterpillar ordering. 1-20. Then 1-100
Topic- Over the week.
Last week I asked you to identify some wild flowers. I know lots of you have worked really hard to find various species. It's surprising how many we can find in our own garden. Did you find a buttercup, daisy, dandelion, cow parsley, cornflower, bird's foot trefoil, knapweed, cowslip, and nettle-leaved bellflower? There are so many more too.
Wildlife collage
Now the activity we are going to do now is for Father's Day next Sunday. You can also send one to your grandad, uncle etc. You can do this digitally or by drawing- Whatever you choose it will be treasured forever by the person you give it too.
Digitally
Can you take some really close up photos of some wildlife? It could be a spider's web, a snail, a busy bee on a flower or any wildflower. Then if you print these photos off and glue them on to a piece of A4 card. Punch 2 holes at the top and thread some string, ribbon or wool so it can be hanged in a favourite place. On the back, of your collage, you can write a lovely message. Don't forget to record at the bottom- Lockdown 2020.
To make this by drawing
If you get a piece of A4 paper and fold to make 8 rectangles, just like we did when we make a Kandinsky painting. Then sketch and colour eight pieces of wildlife as above. Then glue your completed drawings on a piece of A4 card and follow the instructions as above. This will be adored and admired for a very long time. Let me know how you get on.
Creative- This can be completed over the week, so take your time and complete the steps carefully
Make a Father's Day card in the style of Kandinsky. Shhhhhh
You can always make one for someone special in your life too.
So if you get a piece of A4 paper and trim about a centimetre from around the edge and fold in half. Then cut into 2 pieces. 1 of these pieces will be to write your special message inside the card. After that make up some watery paint and wash over one of the pieces of paper- remember not to wet the paper too much otherwise it will rip. When the paint is dry, make a big tree with a truck and spirally branches. Perhaps you can model one so your child understands the expectations. Now you can paint this any colour you like. The next stage is to paint some Kandinsky circles on a separate piece of card- say about 10 circles. But it depends on the size of each circle how many you use. I'm going to suggest card only because paper can curl when it's cut out. When you create these circles, don't forget to have a go at mixing various colours just like a real artist. Make the coloured circles of different sizes but not too big as they are going to be stuck on the tree. So say about 3cm-4cm diameter max. Remember the circles with have various colours just like Kandinsky. Now you can glue the piece of paper with the trunk on, onto a piece of folded A4 card. When the Kandinsky circles are dry, cut them out and stick randomly on the spirally branches. It's okay for them to overlap off the edge of the card. On the other piece of paper you have, you can get your child to write a special message which can then be glued into the card. Remember to draw lines for your child to write so their letters can be formed correctly. On the back of the card write- In the style of Kandinsky. Lockdown 2020.
I really hope you have been able to understand these instructions! This will be amazing.
Weekly Welsh-
Colours-
Coch-red
Glas-blue
Melyn-yellow
Gwyrdd-green
Oren-orange
Porffor-purple
Pinc-pink
Du-black
Llwyd-grey
Brown-brown
Gwyn-white
Language patterns- Pa liw ydy hwn? What colour is this?
Dyma'r coch- Here is red
Perhaps your child can draw/paint something with these colours and say –dyma'r………
Then you could say- Pa liw ydy hwn? And your child says- dyma'r…….
Repeat with other colours and swap over to use different language patterns.
My email address is- MilesD8@hwbmail.net if you need to contact me.
Thank you and keep yourselves safe.
Mrs Miles