Friday

To complete today's activities, you will need:

something to draw on

two red, two blue and two yellow pencils

coins, large buttons or small beanbags

rice, beads or small stones

large paintbrush

container or bucket and water

Overview of today's activities:

  • Activity 1: Rhythm and movement (25 minutes)

  • Activity 2: Shoes in Gamilaraay (10-15 minutes)

  • Activity 3: Kolap (10-15 minutes)

Break

  • Activity 4: Water painting (10-15 minutes)

  • Activity 5: Percussion (15-20 minutes)

Please note, these times are an approximation only.

Rhythm and movement

Learning goal: Children move rhythmically and develop self-regulation.

  1. Find six pencils. You will need:

  • two red

  • two yellow

  • two blue.

  1. Watch this video and follow the instructions to get your brain ready for learning today.

QUT Education (20 April 2020), Rhythm and Movement for Self-Regulation (RAMSR) at home – episode 2, YouTube, accessed 23 September 2021.

Too hard?

  • Watch only the first half of the video.

  • Watch along and do some of the movements.

  • Use just one body part such as your hand or foot to keep the rhythm.

Too easy?

  • After the video, try to remember some of the rhythms and movements and show a family member.

Shoes in Gamilaraay

Learning goal: Children learn about the world they live in and respect different ways of being and doing.

  1. Listen to this podcast from Gamilaraay Country.

  2. Practice saying the word 'shoes' in Gamilaraay language - 'Mundhuis'

  3. Put on your favourite Mundhuis and go for a walk outside.

  4. Now take your Mundhuis off and feel the earth between your toes. How does it feel?

Too hard?

  • Sit or lay on the grass or sand. Notice how it feels.

Too easy?

  • Explore different parts of nature with your bare feet and describe how it feels.

Kolap

Learning goal: Children develop the fundamental movement skill of an underarm throw.

  1. Follow the link to the instructions on how to play Kolap.

  2. Have a go at playing the game with people in your family:

  • Line up behind the mat.

  • Teams face each other.

  • First thrower ready. Go.

  • Underarm or sidearm throws. Be careful. Aim for the target. Bend the knees a bit.

  • Good throw. Watch the target.

  • Point your hand and follow through.

  • Next turn. Keep playing.

Image from Kolap instructions of children playing the game.

Australian Sports Commission (2008) 'kolap', ausport.gov.au/isp, PDF accessed 23 September 2021.

Too hard?

  • Throw an object onto a target on the ground.

  • Different family members could throw from different distances.

Too easy?

  • Keep score on a piece of paper by making a tally.

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.

Water painting

Learning goal: Children use their creativity as they develop gross motor skills.

  1. Fill a container or bucket with water and a get a big paint brush.

  2. Go outside and paint with the water on the balcony, footpath or on a brick wall.

You might want to paint a picture, a pattern or your name.

Silver water bucket, filled with water.

This photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY

Too hard?

  • Use your sense of touch to explore the water.

  • Use a large sponge on a concrete path. Try dabbing, splatting and sliding the sponge.

Too easy?

  • Take a photo of your water painting before it dries.

Percussion

Learning goal: Children use play to investigate and explore sound.

  1. Your challenge is to make a percussion instrument that you can shake or tap.

    • To make a shaking instrument you will need a container and some small things to fill it with, such as rice, beads or small stones.

    • You can make a tapping instrument by finding something you can use to tap something else, like a tin and wooden spoon.

  2. When you have finished your instrument, play it.

  3. If you are not happy with the sound, try something different.

  4. When you are happy, play your favourite music and shake or tap to the beat.

Child with a homemade tin drum, using sticks to tap on the drum.

This photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC


Too hard?

  • Make sounds with your body.

  • Make sounds with different things around the house.

  • Have someone help make the instruments and explore the sounds.

Too easy?

  • Find different things to use for tapping and explore the different sounds they make.

Extra learning activities

EC literacy and numeracy resource one grey elephant.docx

Child voice