Tuesday
To complete today's activities, you will need:
dice
Lego, Duplo or building blocks
a container or tray filled with rice, water, small pebbles or something similar
small toys or containers
Acknowledgement of Country
Learning goal: Children develop a deeper understanding of Aboriginal culture.
Watch this episode of Play School. In it, Luke, Miranda and Hunter give an Acknowledgment of Country celebrating Australia’s First Peoples.
2. Do you know how to say 'hello' in an Aboriginal language?
3. Learn how to say 'hello' in Dharug language in this lesson.
Jacinta Tobin (17 January 2017) 'Dharug language lesson 2' [video], ABC Radio Facebook, accessed 29 August 2021.
Shared story - Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy
Learning goal: Children listen to and respond to rhyme in context.
Listen to the story.
Listen out for the rhyming words. Rhyming words end with the same sound, for example:
- Maclary and dairy
- morse and horse
- pots and spots.
Penguin Books Australia (6 July 2020) 'Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley Dodd | Read Aloud by Morris Gleitzman' [video], YouTube, accessed 29 August 2021.
3. Ask someone to read you this poem:
I have ten little fingers and ten little toes.
Two little arms and one little nose.
One little mouth and two little ears.
Two little eyes for smiles for tears.
One little head and two little feet.
One little chin and that's me complete.
4. Say and point to the words which rhyme. Remember, rhyming words end the same.
Too hard?
Ask someone to listen to the story with you. Listen for the rhyming words together.
Too easy?
Think of pairs of words that rhyme, for example, bat and hat; mug and bug; ham and Sam. How many pairs can you think of?
From now on, whenever you hear a story, keep an ear out and listen for rhyming words.
Skipping
Learning goal: Children develop the fundamental movement skill of skipping.
Watch this video which explains how to skip. Have a try!
NSW Health (14 June 2017) 'Skip - Munch & Move' [video], NSW Health Channel, YouTube, accessed 29 August 2021.
2. If you have someone to play with, play a skipping game of, 'Red light, green light'. Watch the video to learn how to play or follow the steps below.
How to play:
One person is the traffic controller. They hold two cards (or objects), one red and one green.
Everyone else stands back behind a marker.
When the traffic controller shows the green card, everyone else skips towards them.
When the traffic controller shows the red card, everyone must freeze.
The first person to touch the traffic controller becomes the new controller and the game starts again.
NSW Health (14 June 2017) 'Skip red light green light - Munch & Move' [video], NSW Health Channel, YouTube, accessed 29 August 2021.
Too hard?
Instead of using the red and green signal, use the voice signals of 'stop' and 'go'.
Instead of skipping, everyone walks or runs towards the traffic controller.
Too easy?
As the traffic controller shows the green signal, they call out how everyone must move towards them, for example, crawl, tip-toe, two-footed jump.
If anyone moves after the controller has called out 'freeze', they must go back to the beginning.
Take a break
Here are some things you might like to do:
have a drink of water and a healthy snack
play or have a rest
go to the toilet and wash your hands.
"Boy with glass of water, 2000" by Seattle Municipal Archives is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio. pexels.com
"Washing hands" by magnusfranklin is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
Drama
Learning goal: Children use drama to express themselves and make meaning.
Watch this video.
In it, Charlotte will show you how to play emotional mirrors, action mirrors and do this/do that.
Follow along and have a go.
Count and build
Learning goal: Children explore counting and measuring.
What you need:
someone to play with
something to build with, for example, Lego, Duplo or blocks
dice.
What to do:
Each person takes a turn to:
roll the dice
count the dots on the dice
count out that many pieces of Lego, Duplo or blocks
start building a tower with those pieces of Lego, Duplo or blocks.
Continue taking turns rolling the dice, counting and then adding that many blocks onto your tower.
After both people have rolled the dice five times, measure whose tower is the tallest.
The person with the tallest tower is the winner.
Too hard?
Ask someone in your family to help you count the dots.
Too easy?
Rather than just one dice, roll two or three dice at the same time.
Include the rule that the tower has to be in a colour pattern.
Science and sensory play
Learning goal: Children use their senses to explore properties of natural and man-made objects.
What you need:
A medium sized container filled with something, for example, water, sand, small pebbles or rice.
Various small objects or toys, for example, containers, spoons, toy cars, animal figurines or stones.
What to do:
Run your hands through the container. How does it feel? What can you hear?
Play with the small objects or toys in your container.
Extra learning activities
Learn about the lives of children living in different countries.
Open Where in the world? or view the document below.
