Mount Carmel at Home - 28/04/2020
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 "O" - https://youtu.be/U2HYM9VXz9k?t=258
Theme: People that help us
Today’s activities for preschool children
Activity 1 - People who help us – Counting
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Method | First look at the 'How many did you find' sheet and ask your child if they know the role of each person and how they help us. Then ask your child to pick one of the people who help us and find as many as they can of that person on the 'People who help us' sheet. So if you child chooses policeman, they have to find as many policemen as they can, counting along the way, and then write their answer in the box under the policeman. Your child may want to circle or put a cross on each person they find as they go along to make it easier. Then choose another person and continue the activity until all of the people who help us have been found and your child has written their answers in the boxes. If your child cannot remember how to write a particular number you can either write it on a separate piece of paper for them to copy or to encourage independence and confidence you can make a number line writing from 1 to 10 putting each number in a separate box and ask you child to count along the line until they reach the number they want to write. |
What did we learn? | Understanding the world: We are showing an interest in the lives of people who are familiar to us and also showing an interest in different occupations and ways of life. Mathematics: Numbers - Learning that numbers identify how many objects are in a set, says the number that is one more than a given number. |
Activity 2 - People who help us - 'one more than'
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Method | Show your child the worksheet and ask them to count the first group; when they have finished, ask them how many there would be if there was one more. If they are unsure, try re-phrasing in different ways, for example: “What is one more than 2?” or “What comes after 2?” etc. They should then circle the correct numeral from the options given under each group of pictures. |
What did we learn? | Understanding the world: We are showing an interest in the lives of people who are familiar to us and also showing an interest in different occupations and ways of life. Mathematics: Numbers - Learning that numbers identify how many objects are in a set, says the number that is one more than a given number. |
Activity 3 - Making helmets
What you’ll need | Paper plates, paint, pencil and scissors |
Method | Show your child the picture of the police helmet and firefighter's helmet and ask them why they think the policeman and firefighter needs to wear them. Ask which helmet your child would like to make. They may want to make both or make a completely different one.
Ask your child to paint the paper plate. When it's dry the adult may have to draw the outline and cut it out. Ask your child to draw a badge on some tinfoil. If they draw a pattern and turn the tinfoil over, they will see the indent like a badge on a policeman's helmet. Ask your child to cut out the badge and stick it onto their helmet.
If needed support your child's cutting by holding the paper for them and if necessary place a hand over your child's hand while they are cutting. Encourage your child to cut away from their body for safety. Or your child may want to make a badge using different materials and stick it on the helmet. You could ask your child to think of a new 'Person who helps us'. Maybe a person who helps fairies and ask how they could help them? They could then paint and decorate a helmet to protect them or a hat as part of their uniform.
If your child has chosen a firefighters helmet, maybe they could put out a pretend fire? Using water soluble paint or chalk ask your child to help you draw a pretend fire on a tuff tray (as shown in the picture) if you have one, or maybe on an outside wall or fence. Ask your child what colours they should use for the flames. Then ask your child how firefighters put out fires and what do they use. Run to your garden hose saying, "Quick we need to put out the fire!" Help your child to turn the tap on and tell them to use the hose to put out the fire! |
What did we learn? | Expressive art and design (EAD) We are learning to manipulate materials to achieve a planned effect and construct with a purpose in mind, using a variety of resources. We are also learning to create simple representations of events, people or objects and choose particular colours to use for a purpose |
