Mount Carmel at Home - 22/04/2020
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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The sound of the week is "G" - https://youtu.be/26uXtUYssuo?t=281
Activity 1 | Sugar/salt/sand writing. |
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Method | Place a piece of coloured paper onto the tray and sprinkle over enough sand, sugar or salt to lightly cover the tray; until you cannot see the paper anymore. Introduce the sound of the week ‘g’, to your child and demonstrate how to write it in the sand with your finger. (The stronger the paper colour, the easier it will be for your child to see the formations that they have written). Ensure that your child is learning the correct formation and that they are writing a lowercase ‘g’. Children always learn lowercase letters first and we should always use these when introducing sounds to them. The only capital letter they will use at the moment is the first sound in their name. Here is an example of how to demonstrate the correct formation:
Let your child have a go at writing some in the sand, salt or sugar. When they have tried this a few times perhaps they could recap some of the past sounds and try to form them? It is also really fun to draw patterns and numbers too! |
What did we learn? | Literacy: Writing – Linking sounds to letters, naming and sounding letters of the alphabet. Physical Development: Moving and handling – Can copy some letters, eg: letters from their name. |
Activity 2 | Singing time: Car, Car, Truck, Jeep |
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Method | Colour in and cut out your vehicles. Use them as props in each verse as you sing this song together! You could encourage your child to move to the music or try making the vehicle noises with objects around the house. Car, Car, Truck, Jeep (sung to the tune of Baa, Baa, Black Sheep) The song is available on youtube here. Car, car, truck, jeep, Have you any fuel? Yes sir, yes sir, three tanks full! One for the red bus, One for the train, One for the pilot in her jumbo jet plane! Honk, honk, beep, beep, Driving down the road. Pass by the tractor With it’s heavy load There goes a motorbike Weaving to and fro. Stop at the red light, Then zoom off we go! Chugga, chugga, choo, choo, Race along the track. Pull along the carriages Clack, clickerty, clack! Arriving at the harbour By the seaside Hop on the hovercraft such a bumpy ride Flicker, flicker, flicker, flicker, What’s that in the sky? Look its a helicopter Buzzing on by! Spot the yellow taxi Bouncing up and down. Climb slowly up the hill On the way to town. Rumble, rumble, scrape, dig, There’s a dumper truck! Digger lifts the bucket Filled with dirt and muck. Flashing lights and sirens, A police car rushes past. When there is an accident They must get there fast. Vroom, vroom, screech, roar, On the motorway. It’s time to go to bed now, We’ve had a busy day. Yawn sighs the red bus, Zzz snores the train, Sweet dreams says the pilot In her jumbo jet plane |
What did we learn? | Expressive Arts and Design: We are learning to join in with simple songs |
Activity 3 | Make a picnic lunch and enjoy it in the garden/park. |
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Method | Try to get your child involved as much as possible with preparing the food. Let them spread butter, pick grapes from the vine etc. once you have eaten lay down on the blanket and listen for noises; ask your child what they can hear. Can they hear birds? The trees blowing in the wind? What can they see? Animals, clouds, sun etc. |
What did we learn? | Communication and Language: Listening and attention – recognises and responds to familiar sounds, shows interest in play with sounds, songs and rhymes. Understanding: Responding to simple instructions eg: to get out or put away an object. Physical Development: Health and Self care – Feeds self competently with spoon, drinks well without spilling. Begins to recognise danger and seeks support from adults (eg: using knives) |
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Bonus Activity! | Muddy car wash! |
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Method | Fill up your two containers - one with clean soapy water and the other with something messy (soil, gravel or sand and a bit of water). Feel free to add other items such as logs, rocks and gravel from the garden to your box. Place your vehicles in the dirty box for your child to play with and let the vehicles get covered in mud! When the vehicles are suitably messy, start to give them a car wash in the bubbly water until they are looking shiny and clean! This is a great opportunity to model and extend some vocabulary for your child. Adjectives (describing words) such as dirty, messy, clean, shiny, grubby, grimy, filthy and mucky, and verbs (doing words) such as scrub, wipe, rinse, clean and polish are some good examples. This activity can be developed over time and you can get as creative as you like – use anything in your environment to add to the role play. PVC pipes could be used to make tunnels or pipelines and rather than mud you could use chocolate angel delight for an edible sensory experience! You may have a favourite book in the house that explores the theme of transportation. All of this will help your child to create their own story. |
What did we learn? | COMMUNICATION & LANGUAGE We are building our vocabulary through describing, questioning and imaginative role play |