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"In the small small pond"'
In Penguin class we love watching and listening stories.

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This week we are going to be making lots of things: playdough, sewing shapes, paper frog, homemade slime and sensory bottles.
Find the activities in this timeline and make a note of the items you need.
Remember: These are suggested activities, please do not worry if you can't get some of the ingredients.

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Well done Penguin Class for all your work this week.
Remember you can repeat the same activities if your child likes it or move to another one if they struggle.

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In Penguin class we love to be rewarded when we work hard!
Reward your child with a "Star of the week" Certificate

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Find out experiment. Experimenting with the properties of materials.

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Create a sensory bin with few small play toys (better if they relate to our reading story).
Model and encourage your child to respond to instructions: "the frog is beside the turtle", "the frog is on the water lily", the fish is under the water", and so on.

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Creating a Frog & Turtle Sensory Bin has been a wonderful addition to our summer play time. Themed sensory bins create learning experiences in literacy, mathematics, and the sciences! Water play is a fun way for toddlers and preschoolers to keep busy - it also helps them to use fine and gross motor skills and learn through their senses!

Our Frog and Turtle Sensory Bin is a fun way to bring science learning into the homeschool for the littlest children.

Frogs and turtles are in abundance during the summer, so this is a great opportunity to use words like "reptile" and "amphibian" while keeping their learning playful and fun. You could get creative and create life cycles for either a turtle or frog to adapt this small world play for older children.

Sensory play can enhance speaking and listening skills for toddlers!

Speaking: Ask your child what he feels and thinks. I ask him what he likes about it, what he feels, what he thinks. Continue asking questions about their experiences, expanding on their answers, even if they are inaudible.

Listening: Listen to what they have to say about the experience. Listen for new sounds or words in their vocabulary - words and noises that come with play time! Encourage this language building time by sitting down and listening.

What is a sensory bin?
A sensory bin is an invitation for children to play and imagine and explore!
You can easily make a sensory bin with items already in your house. If you decide to buy a few things, you should be able to find some items that are inexpensive.

Steps to make a sensory bin:

Add a sensory base (beans, rice, lentils, water, snow, dirt, corn, etc.). Here, we used water!

Add themed objects such as small world animals.

Add in measuring cups, spoons, funnels, tongs, scoops, and other practical life items to help with fine motor skills.

Place the sensory bin in a safe place-on the floor over a sheet or towels, or outside!

And let them play without guidance (but definitely with supervision!)
Our Frog & Turtle Sensory Bin: what's included?

Bin (ours is from Ikea)

Water

Greenery found in the fish tank department

Shiny stones (big enough for my 21 month old to play with, though supervision is a must!)

Frog & Turtle Toobs (or you can also find these items at a Dollar Store!)

I let my son fill our bin, which he felt very proud of. I provided the items in a smaller bin, but we also had our little backyard pool out too.

My son began counting the stones. My daughter began transferring the stones to our pool nearby.

A rare moment of sibling friendship.

My daughter (21 months) played with the rocks and animals for at least an hour. It was a hot day, so they both loved playing with the water.

A great opportunity to talk about frogs and turtles, while having fun in the sun!

Want more Frog ideas?

More Turtle ideas?

Creating small worlds such as ours is a fun and engaging way to keep learning fun. I hope you try a Frog & Turtle Sensory Bin for your big and little ones!

What small world sensory play does your child enjoy? Do you find that your child learns through sensory play time?

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Creating a Frog & Turtle Sensory Bin has been a wonderful addition to our summer play time. Themed sensory bins create learning experiences in literacy, mathematics, and the sciences! Water play is a fun way for toddlers and preschoolers to keep busy - it also helps them to use fine and gross motor skills and learn through their senses!

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Food Play & Cooking - Making homemade slime

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Put all the ingredients on a tray and ask them what they want and encourage them to point at the item. Model what they need to do.

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To start you off we've come up with a few ideas: green alien slime, mermaid glitter gloop from a faraway deep-blue sparkly lagoon and marbled unicorn slime.

This slime makes the perfect sensory toy and is safe for little hands to make but do remember that it isn't edible, so keep an eye on youngsters.

For more hands-on crafts, see how to make slime, salt dough, oobleck and moon sand with affordable ingredients and easy steps.

Keep the little ones entertained at home with our summer activities for kids, sensory play ideas, fun yoga for kids and birthday ideas for kids at home.

See our Kid's Kitchen series for essential cookery skills, plus easy recipes kids can make and kids summer baking projects.
Browse our family & kids hub for plenty of inspiration.

Slime recipe

This method makes a ball of flexible slime close to silly putty in texture. It stays clean in your hands, making it a good choice for little kids. If you want your slime gloopier and more stringy, see the troubleshooter below.
Makes 1 small ball
Takes 10 minutes

100ml PVA white glue (children's craft glue or CE marked glue)

½ tsp bicarbonate of soda

gel food colouring

1-3 tsps contact lens cleaning solution (must contain boric acid)

glitter (optional)

1. Squeeze the glue into a mixing bowl (look for a bottle in a 100ml size if possible so you won't have to measure it out). Add the bicarbonate of soda and mix well.

2. Add a drop or two of your chosen gel food colouring. Less colouring gives a pastel colour; the more you add, the brighter the colour. Mix until well incorporated.

3. Add 1 tsp contact lens solution and mix really well for a minute. Initially it will look like watery glue but as you keep mixing it will begin to turn to slime. You may need to add up to 2 tsp more contact lens solution - add it gradually until the texture changes. Once the slime begins to form, keep mixing and it will go stringy before coming away clean from the bowl into a ball.

4. Once it has formed, take it out and knead it in the bowl with your hands. It will be very sticky at first but after about a minute or so you'll have a smooth and pliable ball and it should come away clean from your hands. Add glitter at this point, if desired, and work in with your hands. Store in a pot with a lid.

Slime troubleshooter

The exact texture of slime can vary depending on the glue, contact lens solution and/or food colouring used. Here are some tips for your science experiments.
Help! My slime is brittle - how do I make it gloopier?
Try adding less contact lens solution, mixing it in drop by drop until it just goes stringy and begins to come away from the bowl. Then knead.
I'd like fluffier slime
Try adding a small blob of shaving foam.
I'd like more slime
You can double or triple the quantities in the recipe.
My slime is too sticky, even after kneading
Try adding a drop more contact lens solution.
My slime won't come together at all
Did you use saline solution? This cleans contact lenses but doesn't work for slime. You need a branded contact lens solution with boric acid in it.
I want marbled or unicorn slime
Make in two or more different colours, add glitter if you like, and roll the batches of slime into rough sausage shapes. Stack next to each other then twirl together in a plait and knead.
Find more ideas in our guide on 3 ways with homemade slime.
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Indoor activities for kids What other crafts do you enjoy getting the kids involved with? Leave a comment below...
Cooking projects for kids
Fun baking projects for kids
Edible gift projects for kids
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Have a go at reading the set 1 green words on phonics 1. If your child can do these then have a go at these words.

Challenge
Can your child spell all of the words?

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We also talk about the date and weather every morning. Use the above document to talk about the date and weather.

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Every morning in Penguin Class we start by saying good morning and talking about our feelings. Use the document to help your child talk about their feelings and why they feel a certain way.

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Let's start the day with some body workout. Use this video from Joe every day this week.

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Today you will do:
Joe Wicks
How are you?
Today is...
Phonics
English
Maths
Food Play and Technology
Science Challenge
Story Time

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Your child will enjoy making and playing with this.  You can fill it with whatever odds and ends you find at home.
If possible they can make a pond sensory bottle with little frogs, fish, leaves,...

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How to make a Sensory Bottle | Easy + Quick | DIY

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Watch this video and practise the sound. Can your child think of any other words with this sound in them? Can they find any objects with this sound in them?
Challenge
Can you child write a sentence using some of the words?

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This week your child will be learning the /e/ sound. Watch the video and go through the sound again.
Can your child write the sound? Use one of the letter or number formation activities I have uploaded onto this timeline. Also have a go with pencil and paper. Fill in the page of your letter formation booklet if you haven't done it yet.
Watch this alphablocks video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIttTF7_gRI

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Have a go at talking about this question. Maybe do it with the whole family to get different ideas.

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After reading the PowerPoint have a Find the school, home, Millenium Bridge, Tower Bridge in Google Earth.

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Or if you're feeling adventurous, you can try Earth anyway by choosing an option below.

Learn more about Google Earth.

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You should have received a USO login code to enter this website.
Practise position & direction .
Log in using the USO detailsl, then continue without flash (recommended). Choose 'early years/upper reception/mathematics/space and measure/position and direction' You can challenge your child and if they find it easy you can move to KS1 maths activities.

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Busy Things login for schools and families | Play now

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Busy Things is a multi-award-winning collection of educational games and activities to help kids learn between the ages of 3 and 11.

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click on the picture above to find the slime recipe. For this activity you can also use a flour/sand/shaving foam/hair gel tray or chalk and a black board or a wet brush to write the letter /e/ or /ou/ and the words over a warm surface in your garden and see how it disappears.
REMEMBER: You can also use this activity to write numbers
1. Some children are able to trace letters
2. Some other children can trace words and they can try tracing the words that appear in the green cards.

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Make a monster slime sensory writing tray for such a fun way to learn to write the alphabet, practise phonics, name writing and sight words! The googly eyes are so much extra fun and this theme could be paired with many fantastic monster story books too.

Here's the next in our ongoing sensory writing tray series! We have a tray for every season now and also many themes too. Browse the extensive archives to find a favourite to try with your own child or class!

a sandwich serving tray or similar, shallow tray

large, googly eyes

green paint

green glitter

a squirt of dish soap/ washing up liquid (optional)

Simply squeeze a small amount of green paint into a tray so that it covers the base with a thin layer. You want to be able to see the base when you trace your finger through it, or else it won't work. A shiny or plastic based tray is best, and even better if it's in a contrasting colour so that the marks are clearly visible.

Then sprinkle some green glitter over the top and drop some googly eyes around the edges, keeping the middle area free for writing and mark making.

I wrote some letter sounds from some of the first phonics groups for Miss 4 to practise, and cut them out to look like gooey monster splats!

You could equally use these to write sight words onto for 6 year olds + to be copying and practising. My older girls loved this tray too and used it to write their own words as I called them out. It makes a MUCH more fun way to learn those boring spelling lists than by writing them with a pencil!

It would be lots of fun to add one of those little monster finger puppets to this monster slime sensory writing tray! Do you remember the one we always got in party bags as kids with the long arms and big eyes?!

The sensory appeal of this tray is wonderful and she really enjoyed running her fingers through it, drawing pictures and free mark making too! If you choose to add the squirt of dish soap/ washing up liquid, it will make it even more tactile and slimy to touch.

Use the same tray to write numbers, answer calculations questions and do pattern work too.

If you enjoyed this monster slime sensory writing tray then please do share it and pin it for future reference! Thank you 🙂

Here is our full collection of SENSORY WRITING TRAYS, from autumn spices to winter snow, fairies, moon dust, Star Wars and Harry Potter! There's something to please everyone and they can be adapted to suit 3 to 9 years +!

Here's our PLAYFUL LITERACY archives too where you can find zillions of ways to make storytelling, rhyme, reading and writing SO much fun for little ones!

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Monster Slime Sensory Writing Tray - The Imagination Tree

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Let's start the day with some body workout.

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5 Minute Move | Kids Workout 4 | The Body Coach TV

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Today you will do:
Jo Wicks
How are you?
Today is...
Phonics
English
Maths
History
Thinking Thursday

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Ask your child to put two Legos down on the floor 6 feet apart from each other. Then take out a tape measure and help them to measure the space between the Legos.

Challenge: go around the house and find objects that they think are 6 feet long (the couch, fridge, table, rug etc.) and then measure them.
Before we measure objects, Have them guess if they think the items are bigger or smaller than 6 feet.  Can you figure out if in your home a couch distance is just about the right size for social distancing?

To make it a little more active and fun, laid the measuring tape down and asked your child to guess how many steps 6 feet is.

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Use pasta to form sound of the week.
Some children might be able to write green words and their names.
If your child like this task, repeat it tomorrow or as many times you wish.
Remember you can also use it to revise, form and recognise numbers!!!

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Watch this video and practise the sound. Can your child think of any other words with this sound in them? Can they find any objects with this sound in them?

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Watch this alphablocks video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIttTF7_gRI

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Here is a story about overcoming challenges, like social distancing.

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CBeebies Bedtime Stories - 752. Tom Hardy - Don't Worry, Little Crab

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Tom Hardy reads a story about a crab who learns to overcome a challenge.

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Your child might not understand why they need to keep social distancing. Use this video to talk to them about their friends.

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Explaining Social Distancing to Children

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Let's start the day with some body workout. Use this video from Joe every day this week.

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5 Minute Move | Kids Workout 3 | The Body Coach TV

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Today you will do:
Joe Wicks
How are you?
Today is...
Phonics
English
Maths
PSHE
Story Time

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In Penguin class we love art lessons. We like showing how creative we are and we really have fun making thing to illustrate this week's story.
Click on the picture to find out how to make a frog for your child's pond.
You can also use toilet rolls to make a frog and paint the rolls in green (you can use yellow and blue as a good refresher about colour mixing).
Once they were dry, get busy decorating.

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Learn how to make a paper frog craft that is both simple and cute. While this one doesn't jump, it will look great displayed on the wall or on your fridge.

We'll be showing you a step by step tutorial on how to make this one without a template but we also provide a template for you to make a similar one.

*this post contains affiliate links*

When it comes to spring crafts, frogs are a popular subject - they are great for crafting purposes, as well as for learning (just check out our frog life cycle diorama).

How to Make a Paper Frog Craft

What you need:

our craft template (optional)

paper in various colors

scissors

glue

Step by Step Tutorial

Prepare the base for your craft. This can be in any color.

Cut a green paper strip for the body, glue the ends together to make a paper roll.

Apply glue on the paper roll...

...and stick it on the base (lower half of the base).

Make another paper roll, a little bit smaller than the first one, for the frog head.

Cut two oval shapes for eyes and stick them on the frog.

Add eyes (you can use googly eyes, stickers or draw the eyes yourself).

Cut a pair of hind legs and stick them on the bottom of the body.

Cut two front legs and stick them on the frog's body.

Draw mouth.

Cut a strip of red paper for the tongue and stick it bellow the mouth line.

All done! You've learned How to Make a Paper Frog Craft.

Get the Frog Craft Template Here

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Freeze ice cubes with natural objects in them for example flowers, sticks, leaves etc. (you can also use little toys: dinosaurs, cars,...). Ask your child to choose the objects they want to freeze. or you might want to freeze a reward price like a new little toy, a candy,... You can use many containers: rubber muffin cases, ice cube trays, small plastic cups...
Leave them over night in the freezer.

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And finally, let's get messy exploring how ice melts. Freeze ice cubes with natural objects in them for example flowers, sticks, leaves etc. Leave them over night in the freezer then take them out to allow your child to explore with them the next day. Encourage talk about the objects and encourage your child to repeat the words you say. Your child will enjoy exploring the objects and attempting to melt the ice to discover what is stuck inside.They could use tools such as paintbrushes. Enjoy!
We can't wait to see your learning on ILD! :)

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NOTE: this activity requires sewing needles and your child should be supervised. Use plastic needles if possible.
If you are not confident with this activity, try the next one. ;-)

Check the link above to find out the material and step-by-step instructions to create a whirligig, as we saw on Tuesday's speaking and listening activity.
Use all the piece of art we have made so far to display them on a wall at home. Children in Penguin class are used to see their pieces of art on display and it is a good. opportunity to revise the reading story.
REMEMBER to use plastic sewing needles and supervise your child at all times with this activity to prevent accidents with the needle.

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In this post, we'll show you how kids can practice basic sewing stitches with styrofoam produce trays, plastic sewing needles and yarn.
These past few months, my daycare hooligans have really expressed an interest in learning how to sew. They learned how to weave earlier this year, and that really piqued their interest in fibre crafts. They've since learned how to circle weave and how to french knit on a cardboard roll, and naturally, this has led us to hand-sewing with a needle and thread.

Because some of the kids are quite young, I teach them how to sew using these plastic sewing needles, (affiliate link) but they're too big to slip through most fabrics, so we've been using cardboard lacing cards and such to practice with.

Today, I thought it would be fun to use some styrofoam produce trays for sewing practice.

You may also like these hobbies and pastimes for teens and tweens.

Styrofoam Trays are Great for Arts and Crafts

I always have a stash styrofoam trays in my craft room because they come in so handy for arts and crafts. For example:

The styrofoam trays are great for an early sewing activity because kids can mark designs on the styrofoam and then easily push through the styrofoam with their plastic needles to create a colorful art.

I love how the black trays contrast so nicely with the bright yarn colors.

Some of my kids chose to sew their names or initials and others made more intricate designs and abstract art.

Popular Beginner Sewing Stitches

The stitches my kids practiced were:

You can find easy tutorials for those stitches here.

Next time I plan on introducing them to the blanket stitch and how to make french knots. How fun!

To do this, early sewing activity with your kids, you'll need:

Supplies:
For your conviencience, this post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
How-To:

Note: Always sterilize your styrofoam trays in the dishwasher before using them for arts and crafts with your kids.

Have the kids mark out their designs on the styrofoam trays by gently pressing a sharp pencil into the tray.

The pencil doesn't have to go all the way through the styrofoam, but these marks will be their guide for making the stitches.

Cut a piece of yarn, no longer than your child's arm, and show your child how to thread the needle.

Note: For young children, you may want to knot the yarn so it doesn't slip out of the eye of the needle while they're sewing.

Now, sew in and out of the holes in the styrofoam to fill in your design.

What stitches are best for what?

Tip: The running stitch and backstitch are great for sewing straight lines. Cross stitches are nice for adding details here and there, and the whip stitch is perfect for adding a colourful border to the edges of your project.

Happy Sewing, kids!

More Easy Yarn Crafts:
Yarn and Cardboard Roll Dolls Easy God's Eye Ornaments Yarn-Wrapped Cardboard Initials
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Use a measuring tape and a string, twine or cord, whichever is available and help your child to measure 6 feet and 2 meters.

Challenge
Use the string to draw a circle around your child and practice social distancing.
If you are lucky to have a garden, try it outdoors!

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In Penguin class we love watching and listening stories.
We enjoy working on the same story for a couple of week and we can play this same video everyday until we get familiar with it.
Read a new page each day and use questions to develop listening and speaking. E.g. what is this?, who is this? what is it doing?, Are they on beach or in pond? how many ... do you see? point at the small/big ..., etc

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Ask your child to put two Legos down on the floor 6 feet apart from each other. Then take out a tape measure and help them to measure the space between the Legos.

Challenge: go around the house and find objects that they think are 6 feet long (the couch, fridge, table, rug etc.) and then measure them.
Before we measure objects, Have them guess if they think the items are bigger or smaller than 6 feet.  Can you figure out if in your home a couch distance is just about the right size for social distancing?

To make it a little more active and fun, laid the measuring tape down and asked your child to guess how many steps 6 feet is.

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This week your child will be learning the /e/ sound. Today just watch the video and practise saying the sound.
Watch this alphablocks video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIttTF7_gRI

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5 Minute Move | Kids Workout 2 | The Body Coach TV

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Today you will be doing:
Joe Wicks
How you?
Today is...
Phonics
English
Maths
Art
Sensory Play - playdough

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Challenge: can you write your name? can you write your siblings' name?

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We are not looking at a book this week. I will upload some stories on a couple of days. It is important that you keep on reading with your child whether it is by watching these videos or by reading a book you have at home.

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CBeebies Bedtime Stories - 725. Katie Piper - Ruby's Worry

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Please check the Wyvil Twitter to find fun music activities every Monday!
Scroll down and find Summer Term Weekly Music Challenges.
Remember to share any photos or videos of your magical Music learning at our Twitter account: @WyvilPrimary

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Thank you to Mrs Brewer who has devised these amazing Music activity sheets for children of all ages. All you need is dice and some imagination!

Simply click on your child's year group and download!
Early Years: Nursery & Reception
Lower Key Stage 2: Year 3 Year 4

Upper Key Stage 2: Year 5 Year 6
BBC Bitesize: Music http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/site/music.shtml
Lots of lovely songs for kids to sing along and all related to Spring! All for free!

Sign up at home to access songs and music at home.

Nursery Rhymes
Missing any of our Assembly songs? Have a look at the words to some of our favourite assembly songs!
Power in Me
Down in Wyvil
Let Love Shine Through

Wonder

Wyvil Rap

Count on Me

SUMMER TERM WEEKLY MUSIC CHALLENGES:

Click on the links below, to access our weekly #MusicalMonday challenge.

Term 5
Week 1: Monday 20th April 2020 Week 2: Monday 27th April 2020

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Thank you to Mrs Brewer who has devised these amazing Music activity sheets for children of all ages. All you need is dice and some imagination! Simply click on your child's year group and download!

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Use a measuring tape and a string, twine or cord, whichever is available and help your child to measure 6 feet and 2 meters.

Challenge
Use the string to draw a circle around your child and practice social distancing.
If you are lucky to have a garden, try it outdoors!

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Go through the same video as phonics 1 and then have a go at this video. Which sounds can your child remember. There are sounds they have not done yet.

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We also talk about the date and weather every morning. Use the above document to talk about this with your child.

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Every morning in Penguin Class we start by saying good morning and talking about our feelings. Use the document to help your child talk about their feelings and why they feel a certain way.

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click on the link above to join our Monday Assemblies with the Wyvil mainsite.
https://www.wyvilschool.org.uk/Virtual-Assembly-Monday-Challenge/

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Welcome to our 'Virtual Assemblies' page - one way in which the Wyvil Family has continue to come together during these on-going unprecedented times.

During the period of national lockdown, we shared a weekly Assembly here, every Monday morning, and this has continued since the full return of children in September 2020:

2020-21
Spring Term (Term 3) Week 1: Monday 4th January 2021 Autumm Term (Term 1) Week 1: Monday 7th September 2020
A Welcome Back Message from Mr Terrey
Week 2: Monday 14th September 2020
House Teams Assembly
Week 3: Monday 21st September 2020
International Day of Peace Assembly
Week 4: Monday 28th September 2020 Sketchbook Assembly Week 5: Monday 5th October 2020
2019-20

Term 5
Week 1: Monday 20th April 2020
Core Values Virtual Assembly

A Message from Mr Terrey
Week 2: Monday 27th April 2020
St George's Day Virtual Assembly
Week 3: Monday 4th May 2020
VE Day Virtual Assembly
Week 4: Monday 11th May 2020
Virtual Sketchbook Assembly
Week 5: Monday 18th May 2020
Part 1: Watch the video link: Colour the World with Kindness.

Part 2: As today's assembly is all about kindness, here are some messages from a few familiar faces to colour your world with kindness!
Week 1: Monday 1st June 2020
A Message from Mr Terrey
Week 2: Monday 8th June 2020 Week 3: Monday 15th June 2020 Week 4: Monday 22nd June 2020 Week 5: Monday 29th June 2020 Week 6: Monday 6th July 2020 Week 7: Monday 13th July 2020

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Wyvil School - Wyvil's Virtual Assemblies

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Let's start the day with some body workout. Use this video from Joe every day this week.

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5 Minute Move | Kids Workout 1 | The Body Coach TV

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Today you will be doing:
Joe Wicks
Monday Assembly
How are you?
Today is...
Phonics
English
Maths
Musical Challenge
Story Time

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Penguin Class may not know this dance but I know most of them like this sond.

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I have now added a phonics activity daily instead of it being at the beginning of the week. If you do not get everything done do not worry about it. Feel free to repeat activities if you think your child would benefit from this. If there are activities from the previous week you feel you would like to do with your child again, feel free to do this.

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Have a go at writing your own diary entry. Use the above template. If your child struggles with writing, write out their ideas and get them to copy write. Look back at the PowerPoint presentation, can you put in all the aspects that make a diary?
Try to use capital letters in the correct place, full stops and finger spaces. Try to get your child to use their phonic knowledge to sound out the words.

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Cut out the teddies and the furniture and place them on the mat.
Note: You can always use real objects instead of printable resources.
Use cards to give instruction to your child. We can concentrate today in "on" and "under"
Remember: Always model the task. E.g., "The teddy his on the table" "put the teddy on the table".

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Watch the video again and this time have a go at reading some words with the /ir/ sound in them.

Challenge
Get your child to read a book, can they spot any words with the /ir/ sound in them?

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Can you locate the Parisian River Seine on Google Maps? What shapes does the river make? How many islands can you see in the middle of the river? Can you trace the river from its source to its estuary? Can you seen any other famous landmarks along the edge of the river?

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Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.

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Here is a familiar face telling us another story.

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752. Tom Hardy - Don't Worry, Little Crab

Tom Hardy reads a story about a crab who learns to overcome a challenge. ...

Tom Hardy reads a story about a crab who learns to overcome a challenge.

5 mins Available for 24 days

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753. tom hardy - the problem with problems

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CBeebies Bedtime Stories - 753. Tom Hardy - The Problem with Problems

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752. Tom Hardy - Don't Worry, Little Crab Tom Hardy reads a story about a crab who learns to overcome a challenge. ... Tom Hardy reads a story about a crab who learns to overcome a challenge. 5 mins Available for 24 days

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Here is a fun science experiment to try out at home.

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Today work on number recognition. You could use the above idea or an idea from a previous week.
You can use a pen, pencil, paint and brush, dotted lines,...

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Have a go at writing your own diary entry. Use the above template. If your child struggles with writing, write out their ideas and get them to copy write. Look back at the PowerPoint presentation from yesterday, can you put in all the aspects that make a diary?
Try to use capital letters in the correct place, full stops and finger spaces. Try to get your child to use their phonic knowledge to sound out the words.

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Have a go at reading the set 1 green words on phonics 1. If your child can do these then have a go at these words.

Challenge
Can your child spell all of the words?

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Have a go at reading some of these green words. Just pick a couple and focus on them.

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We also talk about the date and weather every morning. Use the above document to talk about the date and weather.

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Every morning in Penguin Class we start by saying good morning and talking about our feelings. Use the document to help your child talk about their feelings and why they feel a certain way.

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At 9:00 join in with the Joe Wick fitness video. It is good to stay active and this is something you can do at home.

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Welcome to the Body Coach TV where I post weekly home workouts to help you get, stronger, healthier and happier.

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Today you will do:
Joe Wicks
How are you?
Today is...
Phonics
English
Maths
Science Challenge
Story Time

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Have a go at talking about this question. Maybe do it with the whole family to get different ideas.

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About old and new.
Use the internet to find a picture of Tower Bridge and the Millennium Bridge in London.
Which one is the older/newer?
Can you find three facts about each bridge?

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Cut out the instruction cards and the bears and furniture.
Have a go at reading the instructions and place the bear in the right position.
You may need to read them through with your child and talk about what they need to do before they work it out.

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Go through this PowerPoint and have a go at singing along and using positional words.

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The Prepositions Song | English Songs | Scratch Garden

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Read through the PowerPoint on diary writing, tomorrow your child will be having a go at writing their own diary.

Challenge
Write in your diary something you enjoyed yesterday and something you didn't.

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Watch the video and go through the sound again. Can your child write the sound? Use one of the letter or number formation activities I have uploaded onto this timeline. Also have a go with pencil and paper. Fill in the page of your letter formation booklet if you haven't done it yet.

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At 9:00 join in with the Joe Wick fitness video. It is good to stay active and this is something you can do at home.

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Welcome to the Body Coach TV where I post weekly home workouts to help you get, stronger, healthier and happier.

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Today you will do:
Jo Wicks
How are you?
Today is...
Phonics
English
Maths
History
Thinking Thursday

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Here is a story about types of families.

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CBeebies Bedtime Stories - 624. JB Gill - Families, Families, Families

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Join JB as we find out how families can come in lots of different shapes and sizes.

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Repeat this presentation and the next task several times until children are familiar with the positional language.
Go through the presentation above and practise positional language.
Ask your child where is the teddy?. Encourage them to use words and full sentences.

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Children understand, use and describe positional language Watch video and sing along!

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Here is a story about friends and family being far away.

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Tom Hardy reads Under the Same Sky - CBeebies Bedtime Stories 2020

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You may want to make paper friends with your child. The above video will show you how to do it.

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How to Make a Paper Family | Chain of People | Doll chain

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Your child might be missing their friends at the moment. Use this video to talk to them about their friends.

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Hugo wonders, does a friend have to be someone just like me?

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Here is the reading comprehension about rivers and some questions to go through. Re-read the information with your child and then go through the questions.

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Watch the video again and this time have a go at reading some words with the /ir/ sound in them.

Challenge
Get your child to read a book, can they spot any words with the /ir/ sound in them?

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Watch the video again and talk about things that begin with 'f'. Can your child find anything in the house that begins with 'f'?

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At 9:00 join in with the Joe Wick fitness video. It is good to stay active and this is something you can do at home.

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Welcome to the Body Coach TV where I post weekly home workouts to help you get, stronger, healthier and happier.

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Today you will do:
Joe Wicks
How are you?
Today is...
Phonics
English
Maths
PSHE
Story Time