Monday
To complete today's activities, you will need:
something to draw on
something to draw with
bag
small rocks
sticky tape
toy cars
Overview of today's activities:
Activity 1: My school bag (20 minutes)
Activity 2: Setting the table (15 minutes)
Activity 3: Road signs (30 minutes)
Break
Activity 4: Exploring environments (15 minutes)
Activity 5: Painting with natural materials (20 minutes)
Please note, these times are an approximation only.
My school bag
Learning goal: Children select and pack items into their school bag.
You will take a bag with you to school each day. This activity will help you practice packing your school bag.
Watch this video.
Pevan & Sarah Music ( 27 July 2018) 'How to for kids: Give it a go- How to pack your bag' [video], YouTube, accessed 12 October 2021.
Practice packing your school bag:
1. Find all the things that need to go in your bag.
2. Unzip and open your bag.
3. Place the biggest thing at the bottom of your bag.
4. Put your drink bottle in the side pocket.
5. Fold your jumper and put it in your bag.
6. Place smaller things on top.
5. Zip your bag up and you are ready for school!
Image owned by the NSW Department of Education under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)​
Too hard?
Ask someone to hold your bag open as you pack the things into it.
Too easy?
Check you have your name on your lunch box and water bottle.
Draw a list of the things you will take to school in your bag each day.
Families - tell us what you think about that activity
Setting the table
Learning goal: Children cooperate and work collaboratively with others.
Watch the video.
Washing up
Duration: 06:08
Help your family set the table for a meal:
1. Count how many people will be at the table.
2. Put one bowl or plate on the table for each person.
3. Put one cup or glass on the table for each person.
3. Decide which cutlery (knives, forks or spoons) will be needed and put these on the table.
4. Put sauce on the table, if it will be needed.
5. Put a jug of water on the table.
Too hard?
Ask someone to help you count out the bowls or plates and cups.
Do one or two of these jobs while someone else helps to set the table.
Too easy?
Choose one or more of these extra tasks to help set the table:
add some table decorations, such as a bunch of flowers from the garden
make a place card with each person's name on it
help serve the food.
Road signs
Learning goal: Children use signs and symbols to create meaning in their play.
We see many road signs when we walk or drive around our community.
Think of some that you have seen recently.
Talk with someone about what each of these signs means:
"stop sign" by Clover Autrey is licensed under CC BY 2.0
"walk sign, give way sign, road, trees in background" by Matthew Paul Argall is licensed under CC BY 2.0
"A couple of red traffic lights against a blue sky" by Horia Varlan is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Give way" by Kevin-Cheng is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
How to make a road with signs
1. Create a long road. There are many different ways to do this, for example:
draw it outside with chalk
place strips of tape on the floor
draw it on large paper or an opened out cardboard box
place long blocks or sticks together.
2. Draw road signs to add to your road. If you want, you can cut these out and tape them onto sticks so they stand up like real ones.
3. Drive your toy cars on the road. Make sure they follow the road rules!
Too hard?
Ask someone to make you a 'stop' sign. As you drive your toy cars, make sure they stop on the stop sign.
Too easy?
Next time you are walking or driving in your community, count how many road signs you see.
Can you find a sign you haven't seen before?
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
Exploring environments
Learning goal: Children use their senses and technology to explore natural and built environments.
Watch the video.
Gibberagong Environmental Education Centre (11 August 2021) 'Local paces introduction' [video], YouTube, accesed on 12 Octobe 2021.
1. Look out your window.
2. What natural things can you see?
3. What things can you see that have been made by people?
4. Look at the interactive photo below.
5. Touch your screen or use your mouse to move it around.
6. Look for objects that are natural and ones that are built by people.
Too hard?
Gather five things from your yard. Talk to someone about what things are made by people, and what things come from nature.
Too easy?
Divide a piece of paper in half. Write 'man made' at the top of one half, and write 'natural materials' on the other half. Cut pictures of man made or natural things from a newspaper or catalogue and paste them on the correct side of the paper.
Draw your own pictures of man made and natural things.
Painting with natural materials
Learning goal: Children show an increasing appreciation of the natural environment.
For thousands of years Aboriginal people have made paint using natural materials. This painting on rock is of 'Bungil'. It is a very important painting to the Jardwadjali people of Victoria.
Follow these instructions to make your own paint from rocks.
What you'll need:
some small rocks
something to paint on (rocks, bark, leaves, your hand)
something to use as a brush (a stick, leaf, feather or your finger)
water.
What to do:
Grind a smaller rock on a harder, larger rock to create a powder.
Mix a little water into the powder to make a paste.
Use this paste to paint.
Too hard?
If you have no rocks available, paint using the colours of the natural environment (shades of yellow, orange and brown).
Too easy?
Try mixing a little bit of cooking oil into your paint. How did this change the paint?
What other natural materials can you use to make paint? Have a go!
Extra learning activities
Explore the life cycle of a butterfly through the creative and performing arts.