Mount Carmel at Home - 07/05/2020
Welcome to Mount Carmel at Home. These sessions will enable parents to carry out fun and educational home learning activities with their children. We recommend establishing a routine and setting aside a time in day for home learning. It is preferable to do these activities in the morning when children are more alert than towards the end of the day when they can be tired and less cooperative.
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Theme: St Albans
Today’s activities for preschool children
Activity 1 - St Albans Puzzles
What you’ll need | The ‘St Albans Puzzles’ print out, a pair of children’s scissors, glue (optional), an additional piece of paper or card (optional). |
Method | Cut out the photos (only around the edges at first – some children might need some help with this). Now look at the photos with your child and ask them if they recognise any of them. Talk about each one and ask your child if they know what town these places are in. You might want to tell them some of the other familiar places they know in St Albans too. Next, ask your child to choose a picture to go first. Once they have chosen, encourage them to cut along the dotted lines, explaining that they are making the picture into a puzzle. When they have finished, mix up the pieces and challenge them to put it back together! They may want to glue it to some paper/card or keep them loose to rebuild them another time. If your child is interested in this, you might want to extend it by using family photos etc to make more puzzles, perhaps they could post a photo puzzle to a family member or friend that you cannot see at the moment? Why not upload your completed puzzles to Famly? We would love to see them! |
What did we learn? | Physical development: Moving and handling – Handles tools safely and with increasing control, shows preference for a dominant hand. Understanding the world: People and communities – Remembers and talks about significant events in their own experiences. Expressive arts and design: Exploring and using media and materials – Joins construction pieces together to build/balance, manipulates materials to achieve a planned effect. |
Activity 2 - Junk Model Clock Tower
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Method | Junk modelling is a hugely popular activity at nursery, enabling children to use their imaginations and creative skills. Sit down with your child and have a look at photos online of the St Albans Clock Tower. Ask them if they recognise it? Can they think of any other big clocks or towers like that? Lay out some boxes/card etc and explain that you are going to make your very own clock tower! The more boxes and empty packets you have, the more they might go on to create. It doesn’t matter what the end result looks like. The world is their junk model project! |
What did we learn? | Exploring using media and materials: Constructs with a purpose in mind, using a variety of resources. Selects tools and techniques needed to shape, assemble and join materials they are using. Understanding the world: Looks closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change |
Activity 3 - Make your own St Albans flag
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Method | Have a look at the flag of St Albans together. Explain that it's not just countries that have flags, it can be cities and counties too. See if they can draw their own yellow cross, or perhaps draw it for them to trace. Take a look at the flag of England, and the Union Jack. If you, or your family or friends have links to a different country, have a look at that flag too and see how many your child would like to draw. |
What did we learn? | Understanding the world: Enjoys joining in with family customs and routines Being imaginative: Chooses particular colours to use for a purpose |