Tuesday

To complete today's activities, you will need:

paper and cardboard

something to draw with

family photos

map of your local area

sticky tape

scissors

Overview of today's activities:

  • Activity 1: My family (15 minutes)

  • Activity 2: What chickens need to be happy (15-20 minutes)

  • Activity 3: How do you feel today? Peace (15 minutes)

Break

  • Activity 4: Where is my school? (20 minutes)

  • Activity 5: Crown making (10-15 minutes)

Please note, these times are an approximation only.

My family

Learning goal: Children explore their own identity within the context of their family.

There are two ways you can create your family tree.

Option 1

  1. Find some photos of your family.

  2. Have a look at the photos and talk about who is in your family and your extended family.

  3. Arrange the photos as a family tree to show how everyone is connected.

Option 2

  1. Draw or print out a picture of a tree like the one in the image.

  2. Draw your family members or write their names. Cut them out in the shape of tree leaves.

  3. Add the tree leaves to your tree.

A drawing of a tree representing the branches of a family. Names of people are on the leaves and roots.

"family tree" by rick is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Too hard?

  • Ask someone to tell you a story about your family.

  • Draw a picture of yourself and your family members.

  • Ask someone to write the names of your family members on the family tree.

Too easy?

  • Draw lines on your tree to show how the family members are connected.

  • Talk about what is the same and what is different between your family and other families you know.

What chickens need to be happy

Learning goal: Children explore what chickens need to thrive.

Yesterday we thought about what chickens need to be healthy.

To be really healthy, all living things need the things that make them happy.

  1. What do you think makes chickens happy?

  2. Look at the pictures and the video to see what chickens love doing.

Ankes World (7 July 2019) 'Happy chickens enjoying the free range' [video] YouTube, accessed 29 September 2021

Dirt bathing

A chicken rolling in dirt - called a dirt bath.

This picture by clango is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Flapping

Two chickens flapping their wings

This picture by CarbonNYC [in SF!] is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Pecking

A chicken pecking at the ground

Exploring

A chicken in the bush with leaves and flowers around it

This picture by Peggy2012CREATIVELENZ is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Too hard?

  • Pretend to be a chicken going exploring.

Too easy?

  • Write or draw a list of all the things you know chickens love to do.

  • Read or describe your list to another person.

How do you feel today? Peace

Learning goal: Children explore their feelings and consider what helps them feel calm.

  1. Watch the video.

  2. Think about a place where you feel peaceful or calm.

  • What do you like about it?

  • What does it look like?

  1. Draw a picture of this place.

  2. Think about things that make you feel calm. They might include: breathing deeply, having a cuddle, listening to music, having a stretch, being with your friend, reading a book.

  3. Ask someone to help you write a list of those things.

Too hard?

  • Sit in a quiet space outdoors:

  1. Look and listen.

  2. Breathe slowly.

  3. How do you feel?

  4. Tell someone.

  • Sit and have a cuddle with someone, get them to tell or read you a story:

  1. How do you feel?

  2. Tell the person.

Too easy?

  • Design a calming space.

  1. What would it look like?

  2. What would it sound like?

  3. What would it smell like?

  4. What would it feel like?

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.

Where is my school?

Learning goal: Children use technology to investigate maps of their local area.

  1. Ask an adult to help you find a map of your local area from Google maps

  2. Find your home and school on the map.

  3. Answer the following questions:

  • How will you get to school?

  • Is it a long way from home?

  • Will you walk or take a bus?

If you can't access Google maps, you could draw a map of your local area.



Too hard?

  • Ask a grown up to drive or walk with you from your home to your school. Notice things along the way that you pass. For example, shops, park or signs.

  • Draw your home and your school (if you have been there, or driven past) and make a line between the two.

Too easy?

  • Map out the route between your home and school on Google Maps.

  • Print the map and follow it to your school.

Crown making

Learning goal: Children use the creative arts to express ideas.

Let's make a crown like Max wore in the story 'Where the wild things are', by Maurice Sendak.

Follow the steps and photos below to make your crown:

  1. Draw zig zags for the top of the crown.

  2. Cut the crown out.

  3. Tape sections together to make it long enough.

  4. Tape the ends together to form a crown.

  5. Now you can wear your crown and pretend to be Max - King of the Wild Things!

Hand drawing zig zag lines on a piece of paper
Scissors cutting the zig zag lines lines on a piece of paper
Taping the crown together using sticky tape
A finished homemade crown

Too hard?

  • Have someone help you make a crown and decorate it.

  • Draw a crown and add colour to it to make it special.

  • Pretend to be Max.

Too easy?

  • Find pictures online of other crowns. Now add special details to your crown including jewels or sparkles.

Extra learning activities

ABC TV Education resources-Story Time_play-school-story-time-red-hen-early-childhood.docx

Child voice