Nursery Home Learning th 11 May 2020 · What happens in the beginning, middle and the end of the story? Who was the main character? Why did the character do that? How do you think

Nursery Home Learning – 11th May 2020

1. Storytime – Literacy & Communication and Language (Story websites are on the useful website document on the nursery class page)

Key questions you could ask your child about the story:

Look at the front cover – what could this book be about? Name the author and illustrator of the book. What can you see on the front cover? Did you enjoy this story? If so, why? If not, why?

What might happen next?

What happens in the beginning, middle and the end of the story? Who was the main character? Why did the character do that? How do you think they felt? Extension – Encourage your child to either act out part of the story or draw a picture of their favourite part. They could also make up a new ending. 2. Phonics - Literacy & Communication and Language Phase 1 – Aspect 5(Alliteration) Go on a letter sound hunt! Look around at home or in an outside area and find things beginning with the same letter sound. Can you find 3 things beginning with ‘s’? Can you think of something else that begins with ‘s’?

3. Kim’s Game – Communication and Language, Understanding the World & Personal Social and Emotional Development

Playing Kim´s game is a good way of developing your child´s memory skills and concentration – both skills useful for all learning.

Put 10 things from around the house on a tray - it could be things like a pencil, an orange, some cotton wool, a toy etc. Ask your child to look carefully at them for about thirty seconds. Then take the tray away and ask them to call out what they remember.

Another way of playing the game is to cover the things, take one thing away and ask the child to spot what is missing. You can put more things on the tray as they get better.

You might be interested to know that the name of the game comes from Rudyard Kipling's story "Kim" where the character Kim plays this game as part of his training as a spy!

4. Pairs – Mathematics, Physical Development & Understanding the World All you need is a pen and paper. Fold the paper three times to be able to cut 8 rectangles out. Write four of the numerals your child is currently learning on four of the pieces of paper. Then write another set of these numerals on the other four pieces of paper.

Lay them out like the above. Show your child. Name each numeral, then turn them over. Playing is very simple - you turn over one numeral and then try to find a matching numeral. If you

don’t find the matching numeral, turn them back over. Then turn over 2 different numerals, till you’re able to match all numerals. This can be

played as a turn taking game, with you and your child. The winner is the person who found the most pairs.


1. Story time – Literacy & Communication and Language (Story websites are on the useful website document on the nursery class page)




What happens in the beginning, middle and the end of the story? Who was the main character? Why did the character do that? How do you think they felt? Extension – Encourage your child to either act out part of the story or draw a picture of their favourite part. They could also make up a new ending. 2. Phonics - Literacy & Communication and Language

Phase 1 – Aspect 6 (Voice Sounds) Try making some different voice sounds to show different feelings and emotions e.g. ‘oh!’ when surprised, ‘mmmm’ when eating something yummy and ‘sshh’ when trying to be quiet!

3. Design a nurse outfit – Literacy, Physical Development &

Expressive Art and Design

To celebrate International Nurses Day, I have uploaded a blank template of scrubs. An outfit worn by doctors and nurses. I would like your child to design and decorate the blank template. They should also write their name on their work. Please remember they start their name with a capital letter and then the other letters in lower case e.g. Alex not ALEX. 4. Building Hospitals – Understanding the World, Physical Development & Expressive Art and Design Show your child the pictures below of different hospitals.

Using junk, recycling, bricks, duplo and lego from around your home, you could create a hospital. Decorate it and then name it. Once you have a name, write it on a sign and put it on your hospital. You could then use your teddies or small toy people to pretend to be nurses, doctors and patients.






What happens in the beginning, middle and the end of the story? Who was the main character? Why did the character do that? How do you think they felt? Extension – Encourage your child to either act out part of the story or draw a picture of their favourite part. They could also make up a new ending. 2. Phonics - Literacy & Communication and Language Phase 1 – Aspect 4 (Rhythm and rhyme) Listen carefully to this list of words – can you find the one that doesn’t rhyme with the others? Remember to listen carefully to the sound at the end of the word: Tree – Bee – Pin – Three Bin – Sock – Tin – Win Cat – Star – Bat – Fat 3. Name fun – Literacy, Physical Development & Expressive Art and Design

Below are some different ways of helping your child learn how to write their name. Cut a kitchen roll or toilet roll holder. On each section encourage your

child to write the letters in their name. They could decorate each section. You could then mix all the sections up for your child to form their name. If you have Duplo or bricks, allow your child to write on them, or to stick pieces of paper on it to write the letters in their name. Mix the letters up for your child to order the letters correctly. 4. Piet Mondrian – Mathematics, Physical Development & Expressive Art and Design

Mondrian often used colour and composition. (A composition is the arrangement of shapes and images in a picture). He is best known for his abstract paintings made from squares and rectangles. The link below provides you and your child more information about Piet Mondrian. https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/who-is/who-piet-mondrian I would like you to create your own piece of art using squares and rectangles. Use could use paint, felt-tip pens, cut out shapes or masking tape to make the lines.

https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/who-is/who-piet-mondrian






What happens in the beginning, middle and the end of the story? Who was the main character? Why did the character do that? How do you think they felt? Extension – Encourage your child to either act out part of the story or draw a picture of their favourite part. They could also make up a new ending. 2. Phonics - Literacy & Communication and Language

Phase 1 – Aspect 1 (General sound discrimination – environmental sounds) Talk about sounds you like and sounds you don’t like and why. Draw some pictures of things that make sounds that you like – for example, birds talking to each other, the sea or a person singing.

3. Stepping Stones – Literacy & Physical Development

Using cushions or pillows, ask your child to place them on the floor to create stepping stones. Encourage your child to jump/hop/walk/crawl from one step (cushion) to another. Now place a letter from their name on each step (if your child recognises and can name each letter in their name, you could place different letters on the cushions – start with the letters s, a, t, p, i, n). You then shout out a letter, your child has to jump to the cushion with that letter on it. They should then jump on the spot shouting out the letter. Repeat this till you have called out each letter. You will need to help your child find the letter if they do not know them. That is ok. They will enjoy you playing this game too. Your child could then shout a letter for you to jump/crawl/hop to, making it a nice turn taking game.

4. Matching socks – Mathematics, Physical Development &

Expressive Art and Design Using 5 -10 pairs of socks, mix them all up and place them on the floor. Your child has to match the socks up correctly. You could use different coloured/patterned/sized socks. Encourage them to talk about what they see. Use the language long/longer and short/shorter to describe the different lengths. To extend this activity, you could also create a washing line for your child to peg the socks up on. I made a washing line by taping some string to two chairs. My son loved being able to use the pegs to hang his socks up.


1. Story time – Literacy & Communication and Language (Story websites are on the useful website document on the nursery class page. Northside staff are also uploading stories in the video centre -https://northside-primary-school.primarysite.media/ )




What happens in the beginning, middle and the end of the story? Who was the main character? Why did the character do that? How do you think they felt? Extension – Encourage your child to either act out part of the story or draw a picture of their favourite part. They could also make up a new ending. 2. Phonics - Literacy & Communication and Language Phase 1 – Aspect 7 (Oral blending and segmenting)

With a grown-up, play a listening game about a visit to a farm. ‘I went to the farm and I saw…..’ – Instead of saying the animal name, mummy or daddy needs to sound out the word. Your child needs to try to join the sounds together to work out the animal name. For example: Parents/cares say – ‘I went to the farm and I saw a c-a-t.’ Child – ‘It’s a cat!’ Now say: ‘I went to the farm and I saw a d-o-g.’ ‘I went to the farm and I saw a p-i-g.’ ‘I went to the farm and I saw a h-e-n.’ ‘I went to the farm and I saw a c-ow.’

https://northside-primary-school.primarysite.media/

3. Fishing Game – Literacy & Physical Development

Pour some rice (or lentils/flour/salt/sugar/shaving foam) into a tray or bowl. Hide magnetic letters in the rice (If you do not have magnetic letters, you could write letters on different objects or on cardboard). Tape a fridge

magnet to some string to use as a fishing rod (If you do not have a magnet to do this, you could use tweezers/cooking tongs/pegs to pick up the letters). Once your child picks out a letter, see if your child can name that letter and match it to the letters on a piece of paper. Do not worry if they can’t name the letter. You can tell them what it is. Hide the letters in their name first.

4. Shape pictures – Mathematics, Physical Development & Expressive Art and Design On the next page, are different ways your child could make a shape picture.

Use cotton buds to make different 2D shapes (Triangle, square, rectangle, and rhombus).

Cut out different 2D shapes for your child to join together to make a picture (you could use paper, card, newspaper, magazines to make the shapes).

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Nursery Home Learning th 11 May 2020 · What happens in the beginning, middle and the end of the story? Who was the main character? Why did the character do that? How do you think