ECE and Preschool by Miss Anne Shirley https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE Home Learning Support for whanau with young children. en-us 2020-03-25 02:10:13 UTC 2024-06-20 04:59:30 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/493508077/5f93ffd30889a57ea6d3f1f026233ce6/Capture.png Read Aloud MissAnneShirley https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/473806777 Listen: The very hungry caterpillar.

Do: Move like a caterpillar

Explore: What bugs can you find?

Make:  Make a caterpillar]]> 2020-03-25 02:21:25 UTC https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/473806777 Phone App: Monkey Preschool MissAnneShirley https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/475720583 A range of phone apps that keep wee ones engaged]]> 2020-03-26 04:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/475720583 Learn with Peppa Pig MissAnneShirley https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/475722503 Resistance is futile. Choose hours of Peppa Pig counting, alphabet, drawing or down right silliness. ]]> 2020-03-26 04:08:09 UTC https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/475722503 Water Painting MissAnneShirley https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/475726226 Mark marking is an important developmental step. Encourage your child to draw and make marks with a paint brush and water. 

Level Up:  Photograph the results together and make a google slide to share with friends and family outside your bubble]]> 2020-03-26 04:15:32 UTC https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/475726226 Salt Trays MissAnneShirley https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/475727232 Writing or making marks in salt is heaps of fun. Use a tray with edges and go outside if you can. 

Level Up: What other things could you use to write with in your tray? Flour? Dirt? Sand? Make a video to share]]> 2020-03-26 04:17:43 UTC https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/475727232 Reading MissAnneShirley https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/475727991 Reading picture books with your child every day all snuggled up together is a special time.  Involve your child in choosing the book, let them choose their favourite one and yes, read it over, and over, and over again. 

Level Up: Talk about all the different things in the story. Who is in it? What is it about? Was that a funny part? ]]> 2020-03-26 04:19:10 UTC https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/475727991 Backyard Leaf Hunt MissAnneShirley https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/475731221 How many leaves can you find in the back yard?

First you will need to make or source a basket. What shall we use? Encourage your child to choose their basket or bag. Will it be big enough for all your leaves?

Talk about all the different shapes and colours. 

Level Up: Count to 5, Count to 10, Count to 20 etc]]> 2020-03-26 04:25:41 UTC https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/475731221 Dress Ups MissAnneShirley https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/475735160 Make a costume box, include old scarves of different materials, shiny, sparkly, rough, smooth. Let your child explore and invent. ]]> 2020-03-26 04:34:12 UTC https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/475735160 Water Play MissAnneShirley https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/475736450 Grab a big water bucket and as many plastic pottles, cups, and containers you can find. Let your child swirl, tip, splash and pour to their hearts content. Stay with your child at all times.

Level Up: Add food colouring to different water bottles. What happens when your child mixes the different colours. Talk about this together. ]]> 2020-03-26 04:36:53 UTC https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/475736450 Cardboard Creations MissAnneShirley https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/475738743 Watch this animated version of "Not a Box"  

Make your own cardboard creation. 

Talk about what you are making, What will you do first? What will need to happen next? Why is that?]]> 2020-03-26 04:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/475738743 Art MissAnneShirley https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/479429260 Do you have cotton tips handy at your place. Use paint, food colouring, mud or the like to make a picture. Great for developing fine motor control.]]> 2020-03-28 08:11:38 UTC https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/479429260 Maths MissAnneShirley https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/479430775 Size and shape. Raid the recycling bin and grab all the bottle tops you can find. Draw them onto card in the shape of a face . Give your child a bowl with all the bottletops in it to make a match. 

Talk about size, shape, up, down, left, right, position.]]> 2020-03-28 08:15:42 UTC https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/479430775 Found things: Nature MissAnneShirley https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/479434104 Look around your place and gather a selection of local natural materials, such as: shells, bark, stones, non-poisonous seeds, leaves, flowers, plants, branches, logs, driftwood, seaweed, moss, lichen, rocks, sticks, pine cones, seedlings, bones, fur, feathers and flax

Invite your child to explore, play and create. How do the items look, feel, sound and smell? What are they used for and by whom or what? What can you do with them?

]]> 2020-03-28 08:22:56 UTC https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/479434104 Fine Motor Skills MissAnneShirley https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/479442239 Grab tweezers or tongs from the kitchen. Screw up balls of paper or use cotton wool balls. ]]> 2020-03-28 08:41:40 UTC https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/479442239 Maths MissAnneShirley https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/479442815 Make a number wheel. Talk to your child and find out something they like A LOT. Draw it repeatedly like the stars in the photo below. On pegs or squares of paper write the numeral. work together to match the numeral to the number wheel.]]> 2020-03-28 08:42:51 UTC https://padlet.com/MissAnneShirley/ECE/wish/479442815