Tuesday
To complete today's activities, you will need:
something to draw on
something to draw with
two sticks or pencils that you can tap together
small toys
paint; red, yellow, blue and white
paintbrush
Overview of today's activities:
Activity 1: Rhythm and movement (20 minutes)
Activity 2: Ordinal numbers (20 minutes)
Activity 3: Car safety (10 minutes)
Break
Activity 4: Tigers (20 minutes)
Activity 5: Colour mixing (20 minutes)
Please note, these times are an approximation only.
Rhythm and movement
Learning goal: Children move rhythmically and develop self-regulation.
For this activity you will need two sticks or pencils that you can tap together.
Watch this video and follow the instructions to get your brain ready for learning today.
The QUTube (20 April 2020), 'Rhythm and movement for self-regulation (RAMSR) at home - episode 1' [video], YouTube, accessed 13 September 2021.
Too hard?
Listen to the music and move a body part in time.
Sing a favourite song. As you sing, tap or clap the beat.
Too easy?
Use your tap sticks to compose your own rhythm patterns.
Make a tapping rhythm to go with your name.
Ordinal numbers
Learning goal: Children describe position using ordinal numbers.
Watch this video.
Choose one or more of these activities to practice using ordinal numbers:
Option one - Line up six toys. Who is 1st in line? Who is 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc.?
Option two - Race your toy cars. Which one came 1st? Which one came 2nd?
Option three - Draw what you do when you first wake up. Next, draw what you do second after waking up. Finally, draw what you do third after waking up.
Too hard?
Line up three toys. Point to each and listen to someone say 1st, 2nd, 3rd.
Line up three toys. Point to each and echo someone to say 1st, 2nd or 3rd.
Too easy?
Line up 10-20 small toys. Say which position each is in.
Make labels for positions and put them next to the right toy.
Car safety
Learning goal: Children show an increasing awareness of how they can keep themselves safe.
Listen to this song.
Kids and Traffic (21 April 2016) 'Going for a drive in the car today' [video], YouTube, accessed 13 September 2021.
Where do you go in the car?
Who helps you click clack your seat belt?
Draw yourself in the car with your seat belt on or talk to some about why it is important to buckle up safely.
Listen to this story to hear who is buckled up safely.
Kids and Traffic (17 February 2016) 'Look who's buckled up!' [video], YouTube, accessed 13 September 2021.
Too hard?
Arrange some chairs or boxes to make a pretend car. Before you start driving, make sure you buckle up your seat belt.
Ask someone to play the game with you or get some teddy bears. Make sure everyone buckles up their seat belt before the driver drives.
Too easy?
How else do you keep yourself safe in the car? (keep your arms and hands inside the car, get out the door on the footpath side of the car).
Make up a song that will help children to remember the safety rules.
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
Tigers
Learning goal: Children gain meaning from a factual text and respond through the creative arts.
What did you learn about tigers?
Choose how you would like to make a tiger. You can draw, paint or use playdough or craft materials.
Make your tiger, remembering that tigers have striped fur, shining green eyes and a very long tail.
If you want to learn more about tigers, watch this video.
National Geographic Kids (23 March 2016) 'Tiger' [video], YouTube, accessed 13 September 2021.
Too hard?
Look at pictures of tigers.
Roar like a tiger.
Pretend to be a tiger with a long tail and sharp claws.
Too easy?
Read ten terrific tiger facts.
Tell someone which fact you found most interesting.
Colour mixing
Learning goal: Children make predictions and investigate to complete a challenge.
For this activity you will need some blobs of paint; red, yellow, blue and white. You will also need something to mix your paint on, such as a plastic lid or plate.
Mix a little bit of blue and red together with your brush. What new colour did you create?
How can you make green? Have a try. Were you successful? What colours did you use?
Now try and make light blue.
What colour do you think you will make if you mix yellow and red together? Have a try and see.
After all your work, have fun painting a picture.
Too hard?
On a tray or bench, mix shaving cream and one colour of paint together with your hands.
Try adding different colours and watch the changes. Food colour is great for this.
Too easy?
How many different shades of blue can you create?
How many different shades of green can you create?
Extra learning activities
Learn about the lives of children living in different countries.
Open Where in the world? or view the document below.
