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THINGS TO DO AT HOME
Some phase one phonics ideas courtesy of Twinkl.
Letter practice using sprinkles!
A simple cutting idea! Follow the lines!
Match the colours- if you don’t want to colour towers, make your own for your child to copy.
Number activity with pegs!
Another colour sorting activity
Tracing over numbers (and you could do it with letters) with a cotton bud
Some dinosaur ideas. . .
Colour matching/ colour hunt idea
Fine motor activities
Making letters (use other resources if you don’t have buttons)
Painting with cotton balls
Shape work with dough
A simple counting and number recognition activity
Fine motor skills- use pipe cleaners or ribbon if you’d prefer not to use food
The building blocks to reading
The building blocks to writing...
Try this simple game.....
Mark making outside
Make a mini beast hotel
A message from us at St. Oswalds....
Simple number matching and number recognition activity
Simple letter activities
Some new songs to learn....
A few more ideas. . .
There are a few ideas here for things you can do to help prepare your children for school.
Rhymes today....
Easter eggs from nature
Print a rainbow
Can you find. . . .
Bloomsbury Early Years online- free access during the lockdown
Send a hug to someone you can’t visit right now
Simple easter/spring printing
Fine motor skills
Matching! You could try this with letters or numbers!
Make your own dinosaur! If you have no paper plates try the side of a cereal box. For legs try half a toilet roll middle.
Using a paint brush with water outside is a really easy way for children to use gross motor skills
Some make your own ideas
Julia Donaldson broadcast!
More places to access online resources
Blossom tree painting
Experiments! Grow your own rainbow sounds good! 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈
Guilt free screen time for children of all ages
Scavenger hunts! You could alter the items to hunt for to suit your house/ garden/ age of children.
Bottle sun catchers (idea from FB)
Using hand prints to make animals and plants.
Sites that offer free things for children to do
Print with lego, or Duplo!
Save those thoughts! (Stolen idea from Facebook)
Paint some stones!
Salt dough recipe (just cook on a very low heat for about 3 hours)
Shadow drawing- nice if this sun continues!
TTS are providing free downloadable learning opportunities.
Zoo animals
Maths with Carol Vorderman (it says suitable from 4 years old)
More ideas for things to do at home (pages stolen from FaceBook 😊)
Pictures in windows.... whilst we are not in Cofton it seems such a lovely idea to try!
Muddle Puddle Teaching- resources on this page are free for at least a month. Take a look!
Ice paints
Baby safe paint
Puffy Paint
Make your own (safe) slime
Make your own paint
Fizzy blocks
Make your own playdough
Twinkl- now free to parents
More ideas for indoors.....
100+ Activities- again please think about if they are suitable for your childs age!
From my window.....
Scavenger Hunt (indoors)
LEGO CHALLENGE- you may have to alter some challenges so they are nursery age children friendly! Or maybe Duplo friendly!!
