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To complete today's activities, you will need:
something to draw on
something to draw with
soft toy
book or journal to write in
paper or plastic cups
small toy or Lego piece
Overview of today's activities:
Overview of today's activities:
Activity 1: Wanda's literacy and numeracy walk (45 minutes)
Activity 2: Memory game (10 minutes)
Activity 3: Aerobic activity (20 minutes)
Break
Activity 4: My likes (20 minutes)
Activity 5: Shared story - Hello and welcome in Gamilaaray (15 minutes)
Please note, these times are an approximation only.
Wanda's literacy and numeracy walk
Wanda's literacy and numeracy walk
Learning goal: Children engage with literacy and numeracy in their community.
1. Watch the video of Wanda going for a walk in her local community.
Words and numbers walk
Duration: 05:55
2. Choose your own travelling buddy to take on a walk with an adult.
3. As you walk, look for symbols, writing and numbers. Talk with the person you are walking with about what each means.
3. Draw or take photos of what you see.
4. When you are back home, ask someone in your family to write what you say about your walk in your journal.
5. Let your teachers know what you and your buddy have been up to when you get back to preschool or daycare.
6. Did you see any symbols, writing or numbers like the photos below on your walk?
Too hard?
Too hard?
Point to the photos that show things you have seen before. Talk with someone about what each means.
Too easy?
Too easy?
When you see a new sign or symbol, challenge yourself to read and understand what it means.
Think of an important thing people need to know and create a sign for this.
Memory game
Memory game
Learning goal: Children develop cognitive skills through a memory game.
There are new things to learn and remember when you start school, so it's good to play memory games as practice.
What you need:
3 paper or plastic cups
a small toy or Lego brick.
How to play:
1. Ask someone to play this game with you so you can take it in turns.
2. Place 3 cups upside down on a table.
3. Put a toy or Lego brick under one of the cups.
4. Ask the other person to watch closely as you move the cups around (make sure you remember which cup you put the toy or Lego under).
5. Stop after a couple of moves. Ask the other person to guess which cup the toy or Lego brick is under.
Too hard?
Too hard?
Play the game with 2 cups.
Too easy?
Too easy?
Play the game with 5 or more cups.
Aerobic activity
Aerobic activity
Learning goal: Children show enthusiasm for participating in active, physical play.
Aerobic activities are good for your heart and make you stronger. They make your heart beat faster so you pant and puff.
1. Watch this video to see children doing different aerobic activities.
2. Pick an aerobic activity to get your heart beating faster, for example:
running
skipping
climbing
dancing
bike riding
soccer
basketball.
FirstCry Parenting (30 May 2019) ' Top 7 Aerobics Exercises for Kids ' [video], YouTube, accessed on 14 October 2021.
Too hard?
Too hard?
What activity can you do to get your heart beating faster? Do this aerobic activity.
Too easy?
Too easy?
Combine 2 or more of the aerobic activities into one fun game, for example, do ten skips and then kick a ball at a target.
Take a break
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
My likes
My likes
Learning goal: Children recognise and identify the things they like to do.
1. Watch this video to see and hear about the things Sylvana likes to do.
My likes
Duration: 01:05
My likes.wmv2. Make a picture collage (an artwork made up of lots of smaller pictures) of the things you like to do and that make you happy. Use photos or small drawings of yourself doing things you like.
Too hard?
Too hard?
Tell someone what you like to do.
Too easy?
Too easy?
Ask an adult if you can use their mobile phone or another device to take a picture of all the things you like to do. Use these photos to create a picture collage on the device.
Shared story - Hello and welcome in Gamilaraay
Shared story - Hello and welcome in Gamilaraay
Learning goal: Children engage with a range of texts and gain meaning from them.
1. Listen to the story.
Penguin Books Australia (2 March 2021) 'Hello and Welcome by Gregg Dreise' [video], YouTube, accessed 12 October 2021.
2. Did you hear Gregg say some words in Gamilaraay, an Aboriginal language? Practice saying these words in Gamilaraay:
Yarma (Yaama) = hello
Gurra = welcome
Too hard?
Too hard?
Talk with someone about the story.
Too easy?
Too easy?
Investigate how the didgeridoo makes its amazing sounds.
Extra learning activities
Extra learning activities
Enjoy Grandpa Honeyant story time: Molly the grey kangaroo and the bush cleanup crew and then complete these literacy activities.
Child voice
Child voice
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