Monday
To complete today's activities, you will need:
something to draw on
something to draw with
plant cutting
container or jar
a board or card game
Overview of today's activities:
Activity 1: Playing games (10 minutes)
Activity 2: Shared story - Owl babies (15 minutes)
Activity 3: Grow a plant (20 minutes)
Break
Activity 4: Dancing (25 minutes)
Activity 5: Symbol hunt (10 minutes)
Please note, these times are an approximation only.
Playing games
Learning goal: Children develop skills of focus, persistence and cooperation.
At school you will play games with other children which require you to concentrate and try hard. You will also need to follow game rules, wait your turn and cope when you are not the winner.
1. Choose a game you would like to play, for example:
dominoes
hopscotch
bingo
memory
snap.
2. Ask one or two other people to play with you.
3. Talk about the game rules to make sure everyone understands them.
4. Play the game, making sure you concentrate well and follow the rules.
"Hopscotch Sidewalk 6167 B" by jim.choate59 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
"Morning brain exercising - the memory game with dinosaurs of course" by cdorobek is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Too hard?
Play in teams, so everyone has someone playing along side them to help them.
Too easy?
Choose a different game to play, perhaps a game that takes longer or is harder.
Families - tell us what you think about this activity
Shared story - Owl babies
Learning goal: Children identify the feelings of a story character.
1. Watch the video.
ABC Kids (21 December 2017) 'Owl Babies read by Jimmy Giggle and Hoot' [video], YouTube, accessed 22 October 2021.
2. How did the owl babies feel when they woke up?
3. Why do you think they felt like this?
4. How did the owl babies feel at the end of the story?
5. Why do you think they feel like this?
Too hard?
As you enjoy the story, talk with someone about what you can see in the pictures.
Too easy?
How do you think the mother owl felt about leaving the owl babies?
How do you think the mother owl felt when she returned to the owl babies?
Grow a plant
Learning goal: Children show an increasing understanding of how things grow.
Plants are always growing and changing. Watch the video and follow the instructions to grow a new plant from a cutting.
Growing a plant from a cutting
Duration: 01:35
Growing a plant from a cutting (2).movTake 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
Action song
Learning goal: Children perform actions to match a song.
Join in singing and doing the actions for this song.
Raising Children Network 'If you're happy and you know it - with lyrics' [video], The Australian parenting website, accessed 25 October 2021.
Too hard?
Focus only on copying the actions.
Too easy?
Create a new verse for the song, for example, 'If you're happy and you know it spin around'.
Symbol hunt
Learning goal: Children know how symbols work and recognise them in the environment.
Watch the video. Follow the instructions to look for symbols around your home.
Too hard?
When you see a symbol, talk with someone about what it means.
Too easy?
Create a symbol for:
your favourite food
a pet
each room in your house
warning people of loud noise.
Extra learning activities
Explore and create based on the story of, We're going on a bear hunt.