Morning

Are they still in a nappy during the day? Is this a good time to try potty training?

Do they help with dressing- can they have a little try?

Do they feed themselves?

Help with tooth-brushing- can they do it by themselves?

Can they help to choose their clothes?

Songs to help talking and language:

This is the way we wash our hands/brush our teeth…

If you’re happy and you know it…

(YouTube has examples of these songs if you’re unfamiliar with them)

Afternoon

Try new fruits or vegetables- they say you have to present them over 50 times! Remember to let your children see you eating these things.

Play with toys together-talk about what you are doing with the toys and describe what your child is doing.

Count at every chance- stairs/snacks/jumps.

Get some energy out! Do some dancing or exercise! If you have a garden- do some gardening, or play out. If not, have you been going out for your 1 hour’s exercise?

Evening

Can they help with dinner? Give them a bowl to wash the salad/potatoes.

Are you phoning friends/relatives? Can they have a little chat on the phone?

Play in the bath- count fingers and toes as you dry them.

Ask them where their mouth/eyes/nose/ears are. Can they find yours?

Bedtime

Sing favourite songs before bed- Twinkle, twinkle/Baa baa black sheep/Wheels on the bus/Old McDonald had a farm/Row your boat

Talk about the colours and patterns on their pyjamas

Read a story before bed. Talk about the pictures. Learn new words from the pictures.

Morning

Look out of the window- what is the weather like today?

What day of the week is it? Make a calendar of the month and cross off the days.

Can they help to choose their clothes? Why do they like those clothes? Why have they chosen those? Do they match the weather? How? Can they dress themselves?

Make something together- with junk/lego/bricks/craft/cooking- or make up a new song or dance! Video it.

Create a drawing about last night’s story/write a letter/write a shopping list.

Afternoon

Try new fruits or vegetables- describe how they look/feel/taste. Remember to let your children see you eating these things.

Count at every chance- stairs/snacks/jumps/cutlery.

Get some energy out! Do some dancing or exercise! If you have a garden- do some gardening, find some bugs to look at and talk about, or play out. If not, have you been going out for your 1 hour’s exercise?

Sing some of our phonics/letter songs.

Sing some of our number songs.

Evening

Can they help with dinner? Can they butter the bread, peel the carrots  or wash the salad? Are they trying new foods?

Are you phoning friends/relatives? Can they have a chat on the phone?

Play in the bath- talk about which container would hold the most/least water. Test it. Talk about it.

Bedtime

Sing favourite songs before bed- use our song sheets.

Read a story before bed. Talk about the pictures. Follow the text with your finger as you read. Find the first letter of your child’s name, “Look, there’s your…”

Suggested timings

Subject

Suggested activities

09.00 – 9.30

PE – 

(30 minutes)

YouTube: Joe Wicks PE live stream

09.45 –10:00

Phonics/ spelling focus (15 minutes)

Our phonic sounds for the week are:

When your child writes the words, please ask them to put in their taps and slides to make them easier to read.

Monday: UR sound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9354FVIi0nM then write:

fur  turn  burn  burp  hurt  curl  churn  slurp

Tuesday: OW Sound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UQ_Mls4qa0 then write

down  cow  how  clown  brown  town  frown  growl

Wednesday: EAR sound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JSwmP61nXo then write

ear  fear  hear  tear  beard  clear  appear  dear  near  year

Thursday: AIR sound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZHKK9jnfFQ   then write

air  hair  fair  pair  chair  stairs  repair  airport

Friday: Revision

Practise the sounds from the week. Rewatch the videos if your child needs more practise.

Can they write these words with the correct digraph/ trigraph

Hurt  burp  down  growl  tear  dear  hair  chair

If your child is still working on building confidence with single sounds and reading simple words then please ignore the above activities and do these.

Read the single letter sounds on their sound chart as a warm up every day then watch these videos and help your child to write the suggested words. By saying each word slowly, they will be able to hear each sound.

Monday:

Watch https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/alphablocks-taps

and write:  at  sat  pat  tap  sap

Tuesday:

Watch https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/alphablocks-in

And write: in  sit  tin  tip  pin

Wednesday:

Watch https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/alphablocks-man

and write: man  mat  map

Thursday:

Watch https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/alphablocks-din

and write: din  pat  pad  pan  pin  tap

Friday: Revision

Practise these sounds from the week: s  a t i p m d

Rewatch the videos if your child needs more practise.

Can they write words with these sounds

sat  tin  man  map  pat  tap

10:00-10:30

play

This is an opportunity for your child to choose something that they would like eg: puzzles, building, construction, painting, drawing, playdough, craft activities, role play, small world animals, dolls house etc.

10.30 – 10.45

Break

Drink and snack and movement break

10.45 -11.15

Reading focus

(30  minutes) 

Practise your tricky words every day! Here is a fun game that you can play and your grown-ups can help. If your chid can manage phase 1 words then move onto 2, 3. 4 etc. See if you can get a higher score next time you try!

https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/tricky-word-trucks

The phonics play site is currently free

Username: march20

Password: home

Time for pupils to enjoy their books or listen/watch a story. You might want to watch stories to support your maths. This week the books are:

We’re going on an Egg Hunt by Martha Mumford

Egg by Sue Hendra

Dora’s Egg by Julia Sykes

The Odd Egg by Emily Gravett

 In addition Audible are also offering hundreds of titles for pupils to listen to free.

https://stories.audible.com/start-listen

Oxford Owl are also offering age appropriate books online.

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/books/free-ebooks/

This website has lots of activities for pupils to complete with an English focus.

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/

11:15-11:30

Play

If your child did not get a chance to finish something they were working on earlier, then let them continue now. If not, then encourage them to play with something different now, try make something new. Children like repetition and sometimes need encouragement to adapt their play or to try new things that may seem challenging.

11.35– 12.05

Maths

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/

This maths site gives daily activities linked to practical activities to support the development of necessary skills to support your child’s mathematical development eg: counting, adding, mathematical language, measuring etc.

If you do not have resources to complete some of theactivities, then you can adapt them eg.if don’t have coloured eggs then you could make some by drawing, decorating and cutting them out of paper.

 https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/kids-activities/fun-maths-games-and-activities/

There are lots of age appropriate games and activities to print. Start with the 3-4 years and if your child finds these too easy then select 5-6 years.

12.35–  13.30

Lunch – Time outside if possible to get some fresh air. 

13.30 – 14.30

Topic,

Physical development

Find out about Spring. Ask your grown-ups, look it up in books or on the internet. Look outside your window or in the garden if you have one. How do we know it is Spring? Can you create something that shows it is Spring? You might want to paint a picture, make a spring garden in a box, make a model of a lamb, grow something or make chicks or flowers using the dough.

https://www.wildlifewatch.org.uk/explore-wildlife/season/spring gives you some ideas and activities that you could look for if you go out for some exercise.

Don’t forget your playdough disco

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=miss+sprinkles+dough+disco

Have a play if you need it!

And calm down with some yoga

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cosmic+yogas