Mrs Christie Nursery Home learning planning: Commotion in the ocean Week: 8/6/20

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WednesdayUofW

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Superstick Challenge

Watch, ‘commotion in the ocean’ by Giles Andreaea on youtube. Talk about the ctreatures that live under the sea.Challenge 1Can you draw a sea creature using circles and lines. Can you hold your pencil using a tripod grip. Challenge 2Draw a picture of a creature that lives in the sea. Can you use your phonics to write its name.Challenge 3Draw some creatures from the story. Can you use your phonics to write a list of creatures that live under the sea.

Watch the ‘one more’ powerpoint.Draw an octopusChallenge 1Number the tentacles 1-8. Stick the matching number of sequins on each tentacle.Challenge 2Number the tentacles 1-8. Stick the matching number of sequins on the tentacles- can you say the number that is 1 more. Challenge 3Use 2 different colours of sequins- how many different ways of making 8 can you find. Eg. 1 blue sequin and 7 red sequins.

Share the under the sea habitats powerpoint. Demonstrate the cut and stick sorting activity- animals in the sea and animals on land. Why can’t the sea creatures live on land? Why can’t the land animals live in the sea?

Freeze some sea creatures in ice- use warm water and calpol syringes to set them free!

Enjoy the ‘commotion in the ocean’ yoga session by cosmic kids on youtube.

Practice your cutting skills and make the octopus.

Practice your pencil control using one of the sheets.

Imagine that you are a diver in the ocean. What do you need to help you to breathe under the water. What will you see?Make an under the sea picture- here is an idea!

Phonics Challenge 1Play the interactive, ‘under the sea what am i?’ game on Twinkl. Challenge 2Have a collection of phase 2 set 1/2 letters- s,a,t,p,I,n,m,d- you could use magnetic letters/ make letter cards/ write letters on pebbles or would slices. We are going to do a letter sort. How fast can you sort the letters? Challenge 3Complete a cvc word and picture worksheet

Challenge 1Play a listening and attention game. Place some plastic sea creatures on a tray and cover with a blanket. Take one away- can they guess which is missing?Challenge 2Complete the letter formation ‘a’ sheet.Challenge 3Play a phonics play game

Challenge 1Play a describe and find it game with sea creatures. Look at the creatures on a tray- describe a creature- it has flippers and a hard shell, it has stripes and is orange. Can they find the correct creature. Can they describe a creature to you for you to find. Challenge 2Complete a phonic activity sheetChallenge 3Complete an eye spy and read activity sheet from your pack

Challenge 1Sing the 5 little fishes song.Challenge 2Use your collection of under the sea creatures or pictures of under the sea creatures and your magnetic letters/ letter cards. Say the name of each creature- can you find the initial letter that it starts with. Challenge 3Use your phonics to complete the matching pictures to captions worksheet.

Challenge 1Share an under the sea story together and talk about it. Challenge 2Use a shallow tray with sand and practice forming s,a,t,p,I,n,m,d with your finger.

Challenge 3Visit phonics play and play the buried treasure game. Can you use your phonics to read the cvc words. If they are real words post them in the treasure chest, if

Mrs Christie Nursery Home learning planning: Commotion in the ocean Week: 8/6/20

they are rubbish words then put them in the bin.

Other learning oppotunities

Visit 10 town Make a toilet roll octopus

Make an under the sea small world in your water tray.

Use a fork to paint a puffer fish

Play with waterbeads (these are a fab sensory resource that you can buy very cheap from amazon- fab for counting or sorting by colour/ scoops/ fish in the watertray.

Make a paper plate jelly fish

Make a paper plate porthole