Activity 1

Learning to write ‘o’.

What you’ll need

• The ‘Learning to write ‘O’ worksheet. 
• Pen or pencil
• Colouring pens or pencils.

Method

Begin by showing your child the sound and ask them to identify it. Ask them to trace over the grey ‘o’ letters, always encouraging them to start at the dot and go round in an anti – clockwise motion. Once they have completed this, encourage them to have a go on their own, starting at the red dot as they go.

The next part will need to be pitched right for your child’s level. Ask them to try to think of a word beginning with ‘o’, if they find this tricky, give them 2 options and let them choose, eg: “Is it ‘o’ for apple or ‘o’ for orange?”. Once they have a word in mind, you can either write the word in a light coloured pen for them to trace over, or ask them to copy it. If they find this easy, see if your child can think of a sentence containing their ‘o’ word and copy it, for example: Oranges are juicy.

Finally, encourage them to draw some things beginning with ‘o’ in the allocated box. Please upload your work to Famly, I’d love to see how they get on!

What did we learn?

Literacy: Writing – Linking sounds to letters, naming and sounding letters of the alphabet. Reading – Hears and says the initial sounds in words.

Physical Development: Moving and handling – Can copy some letters, eg: letters from their name.

Activity 2

‘Thank you to our community’ 

What you’ll need

• Postal/refuse worker posters
• Colourful pens.

Method 

We need to give extra support and thank you’s to our front-line workers and what a lovely idea for the children to write a special message to the people who collect our rubbish and the postman who delivers our mail.

Get the children to decorate each template and talk to them about what these people do to help us in the community. What would it be like if our rubbish was not collected? What would happen if we did not receive parcels, letters and birthday cards in the post from the postman?

Get the children to help you put the bins out on collection day and explain what each colour bin has inside. Recycling/paper/glass/food etc. Please ask your child to attach their posters onto your household rubbish bins and letter boxes; to say thank you to the people who are helping us. 

What did we learn?

Understanding of the World - We are learning to show an interest in different occupations.

Physical Development  – We are learning to enhance our fine motor skills and to develop a secure pincer grip. 

Activity 3

People who help us sing-along 

What you’ll need

• Access to YouTube and volume on your device to hear the songs
• Your beautiful singing voices

OPTIONAL: 

• TWINKL people who help us flashcards 
• People who help us PowerPoint quiz 

Method

This week we are thinking about people who help us.

Today we will be singing songs about people who help us and expressing our thanks. 

Ask your child to suggest some of the people who help them, you may wish to show the “TWINKL people who help us flashcards” as prompts. 

If you have access to PowerPoint you may wish to share with your child the attached “People who help us ppt quiz”. Support your child to click on the squares to reveal the helper – can they identify who it is and what they do to help? 

Listen to and encourage your child to join in with these songs:

• People who help us song to the tune of Tommy Thumb:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_3sYFHxJqU&list=PLVvz5Ji9_a2GCCPYLk1HrT0aPX5KGx2Ah&index=4 

• People who help us to the tune of The Wheels on the Bus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8Psza6N2Os 

For this song you might like to think up some verses of your own using people from the “TWINKL People who help us flashcards” or other helpers your child can think of. We would love to hear your child’s version!

• Our final song is to the tune of Frere Jacques sung with the words below – please find a link to the instrumental version of the music below. :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-JoTos8-oE

“Being helpful, being helpful,

Is good fun, is good fun.

Let us all say ‘thank you’,

Let us all say ‘thank you,

To someone, to someone.”

As you sing repeat the song over and encourage your child to call out the name of someone who helps them as you finish each verse… (e.g. firefighter, police officer, doctor, nurse, teacher etc).

What did we learn?

Understanding the World:

We are learning to show an interest in different occupations.

We are learning how to operate simple equipment 

Expressive Arts and Design

We are learning to sing and make up simple songs. 

We would love to watch your child’s singing and you can share with us on the Famly app, through Facebook or via Instagram using the hashtag #MountCarmelatHome.