Monday
To complete today's activities, you will need:
something to draw on
something to draw with
bulding blocks, lego or duplo
optional- recycled containers and packaging
optional- playdough
Overview of today's activities:
Activity 1: The school library (20-25 minutes)
Activity 2: Build an animal shelter (10-15 minutes)
Activity 3: Prepare some food (10 minutes)
Break
Activity 4: Counting in Swahili (10 minutes)
Activity 5: Story time from space (30-45 minutes)
Please note, these times are an approximation only.
The school library
Learning goal: Children identify differences and similarities between home, their early childhood service and school.
When you go to primary school, there will be a big library full of books. You will be able to borrow some of these books to read at home.
You might have borrowed books before from your preschool a street or community library.
1. Look at these photos of school libraries.
2. Talk to someone about what you see.
3. Do you see anything you already know about?
4. What questions do you have about your school library?
Kellyville Public School Library
Pymble Public School Library
Too hard?
Have someone read you a book.
Look at the pictures in a book.
Draw the front cover of your favourite book.
Do you think your school library will have this book?
Too easy?
If you have visited a library, draw some things you remember seeing.
If not, ask someone to help you look for a photo of your school library on the school's website or social media.
Make a library with books you have at home.
Build an animal shelter
Learning goal: Children develop an understanding of what animals need to be healthy and safe.
Watch this video to remind yourself of what chickens need to be healthy and safe.
What chickens need.movThink about what other animals need to be healthy and safe.
Use building blocks, Lego or Duplo to build an animal shelter or hutch. This could be for a chicken or for your favourite animal. Make sure you include somewhere for the animal:
to exercise
to rest and sleep comfortably
to be protected from other animals, the sun and rain
to access food and water.
If your shelter is for a chicken, you will need somewhere for them to lay their eggs.
Too hard?
Build a house for one of your soft toys.
Too easy?
Sometimes foxes break into chicken coops. Design a chicken coop that will keep the chickens safe from foxes.
Explain to someone why your design will work.
Prepare some food
Learning goal: Children help prepare food for themselves and others.
Ask someone in your family how you can help them to prepare a meal today.
It might be breakfast, lunch, dinner or a snack!
Before you start helping, remember to wash your hands! You can watch the handwashing song.
The Wiggles (15 October 2019) 'The Wiggles:The Handwashing Song'' [video], YouTube, accessed 5 October 2021.
Some ways you might help:
wash the fruit or vegetables
count out the ingredients
mix the ingredients
serve the food
Too hard?
Find each ingredient from the fridge or pantry.
Too easy?
Try helping with something harder such as:
- measuring out ingredients
- making a sandwich
- cutting up fruit for a fruit salad.
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
Counting in Swahili
Learning goal: Children understand that they can construct meaning in different languages.
Watch this video.
ABC Kids (27 December 2019) 'Counting in Swahili Owl Pals' [video], YouTube, accessed 5 October 2021.
Practice counting from one to five in Swahili.
There are many different languages in the world. Does your family speak another language?
Practice counting from one to five in your home language. As you count, point to each of these numerals:
Families - tell us what you think about that activity
Story time from space
Learning goal: Children explore aspects of space discovery.
We are going to be learning about space. Space is everything in the universe beyond the top of the Earth's atmosphere.
Listen to this story being told by an astronaut in space.
Story time from space (24 July 2021) 'Story time from space presents- Give me some space!' [video], YouTube, accessed 5 October 2021.
Watch these rockets launching into space. As you watch, imagine you are going on a space mission. Prepare for your mission by drawing:
what you will wear
the food you will take
the equipment you will need.
Think about:
How will your rocket take off into space?
How will you eat while wearing your space suit?
Use building blocks or recycled boxes to build your rocket.
Dark space (7 October 2017) ''10 Amazing space rocket launch videos!' [video], YouTube, accessed 5 October 2021.
Activity shared by Little Scientists Australia.
Too hard?
As you sing, imagine you are an astronaut zooming amongst the planets and stars.
Too easy?
Tell someone the names of the important features of your rocket; wings, fuselage, nose cone, windows, streamlined body.
Explain to someone the features and how they are important in the build of the rocket.
Extra learning activities
The Learning Potential website helps families support their child's learning with some great play ideas.