Monday
To complete today’s activities, you will need:
something to draw on
something to draw with
socks
a basket, bucket or container
optional - a mirror
optional - two spoons or two sticks
Stretching
Learning goal: Children understand that stretching and moving is part of being healthy.
Stand on your toes and stretch up like this meerkat.
Count ten big breaths.
Have a rest and then try again.
Lay on the floor and arch your back like this lizard.
Count ten big breaths.
Have a rest and then try again.
Sit on your bottom and push your feet together like this baboon.
Count ten big breaths.
Have a rest and then try again.
Now it’s time to rest.
Curl your body up like this sleepy cat and stay very still.
Close your eyes and purr like a cat.
Which other animals can you stretch like?
Shared story - Belinda
Learning goal: Children are able to talk about and recall what has happened in the story.
This story is set on a farm.
Do you live on a farm or have you visited one?
Listen to the story.
When you see a picture you like, pause the story and talk with someone about what is happening in the picture.
Who are the people and animals in the story?
Why do you think Belinda kicked Old Tom?
How do you think Old Tom felt after being kicked?
'Belinda'
Duration: 9:29
Want to learn more?
Draw a picture of each of the story characters (the people and animals in the story).
Ask someone to write the name of each of the characters for you. Read and copy each of the names.
Face drawing
Learning goal: Children recognise similarities and differences.
"Grace - Mirror" by phil41dean is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Think about one of your friends or someone in your family:
Which features or parts of their face are the same as yours?
Which of their features or parts of their face are different?
Draw your face:
Look at your face in the mirror.
Look carefully at your hair, skin, ears, eyes, mouth and nose.
Draw the outline of your head first.
Draw each of your features to complete your face.
Other ways to make your face:
draw with chalk on cement or a big rock
flatten out sand or soil and then draw with a stick
gather leaves and small sticks from the ground and arrange them
use a computer drawing program, such as 'Paint'.
Sock throwing
Learning goal: Children are able to count a group of objects and name the number.
What you need:
a big container such as a box, bucket or washing basket
socks rolled into balls
paper and pencil.
What to do:
Put your container on the floor or ground.
Count your sock balls. How many do you have?
Take two steps back from the container.
Underarm throw each sock ball into the container.
Count how many sock balls landed in the container.
How many sock balls missed the container?
Watch this video to see how the children do an underarm throw.
NSW Health (14 June 2017) 'Underarm throw - Munch & Move' [video], NSW Health Channel, YouTube, accessed 10 August 2021.
Do you want more of a challenge?
Stand further away from the container.
Use a smaller container.
Every time a sock ball lands in the container, draw a tick on a piece of paper. Count how many ticks you have and write this number down.
Ask someone else in your house to have a try. How many sock balls did they throw into the container? Who got the most sock balls in the container?
Singing
Learning goal: Children engage with rhyme and rhythm through singing.
Join Julia singing the 'Hello' song and then 'This Old Man'.
When Julia asks you to, find groups of objects.
Julia will also ask you to tap the song's rhythm with her. You can use spoons like Julia, or something else such as sticks or your hands.
This Old Man
Duration: 19:49
Extra learning activities
For more learning experiences exploring identity refer to the resource booklet Knowing me, my family and community.