Wednesday
To complete today's activities, you will need:
something to draw on
something to draw with
optional- paint
optional- paint brush
optional- playdough or clay
Overview of today's activities:
Activity 1: We're going on a bear hunt (15 minutes)
Activity 2: The platypus (20 minutes)
Activity 3: The school playground (10 minutes)
Break
Activity 4: Weather symbols (10 minutes)
Activity 5: Sharing with others (10 minutes)
Please note, these times are an approximation only.
We're going on a bear hunt
Learning goal: Children respond to music and storytelling through movement and drama.
1. Watch the video and do the actions.
Walker Books (11 December 2018) 'We're going on a bear hunt performed by Michael Rosen' [video], YouTube, accessed 13 October 2021.
2. Watch Tash on her bear hunt.
Going on a bear hunt
Duration: 01:09
3. Go on your own bear hunt. Look at these pictures to remember where to go:
long, wavy grass
deep, cold river
thick, oozy mud
big, dark forest
swirling, whirling snow storm
narrow, gloomy cave
It's a bear!
4. Draw or paint your favourite part of the bear hunt.
Too hard?
Do as many of the actions as you can.
Make a surprised face.
Make a scared face.
Growl like a bear.
Too easy?
Draw a map showing where the family went on their bear hunt.
The platypus
Learning goal: Children learn facts about the platypus and make a hypothesis about its features.
1. Watch the video.
Don Spencer Music (9 April 2020) 'Feathers, fur or fins...platypus' [video], YouTube, accessed 30 September 2021.
2. Think and talk about the platypus:
What are its features?
What's special about the platypus?
How do you think the platypus' tail helps it to swim?
"File:Wild Platypus 4.jpg" by Klaus is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
3. Invent your own animal, by combining features of other animals. For example, the head of a tiger and the body of an emu.
4. Draw your creature or make it out of playdough.
5. Give your creature a name. Where does it live? What special features does it have?
Facts about the platypus
The platypus:
lives in rivers and is a very good swimmer.
uses its long claws to dig burrows in river beds.
has a bill and webbed feet like a duck.
lays eggs like a bird.
produces milk to feed to its young.
Too hard?
Tell someone your favourite thing about the platypus.
Too easy?
What do you think the word 'streamlined' means? How is a platypus streamlined?
The school playground
Learning goal:
When you start school you might find the playground is different from what you are used to.
1. Look at the photos below of school playgrounds.
2. Talk to someone about what you see in each photo.
3. Do you see anything in the photos that you already know about?
"School Playground" by dwight_parker is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Image owned by the NSW Department of Education under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)
Image owned by the NSW Department of Education under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)
Image owned by the NSW Department of Education under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)
4. Have you seen your school playground? If so, draw some things you remember from your visit.
5. If you haven't visited, ask someone to help you look for a picture of it on the school's website.
Too hard?
Think about the games you like to play.
Tell someone what games you want to play in the playground at school.
Too easy?
Design a school playground that includes fun activities and is safe.
Families - tell us what you think about that activity
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
Weather symbols
Learning goal: Children explore symbols used to represent the weather.
1. Listen to this story about weather forecasting.
2. Weather forecasters or meteorologists forecast what the weather will be like.
They use special equipment to help them.
They also use symbols to tell us what they forecast the weather will be.
"iPhone Weather Forecast" by SoQ錫濛譙 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
3. Look at each of these weather symbols and say what you think each means.
Too hard?
What is the weather like today?
Point to the symbol showing today's weather.
Too easy?
Create a symbol that means it will snow.
Create a symbol that means there will be a storm.
Make a chart to record each day's weather. Under each day draw one or more symbols to show what the weather was like.
Sharing with others
Learning goal: Children develop an understanding of the importance of sharing.
Watch the video, Keeko: Episode 2- Sharing.
ABC Kids (2021) 'Keeko: Series 1, Episode 2: Sharing' [video], ABC iView, accessed 21 September 2021
1. Keeko, bird and dog find a way to share the log and play together.
2. How do you feel when someone doesn't share with you?
3. What words can you use to ask someone to share?
Too hard?
What are you good at sharing?
What are you not so good at sharing?
Too easy?
Why do you think it is important to share?
Extra learning activities
Explore a world of play and imagery with this drama and visual arts resource: When is a stick not a stick?