Tuesday
To complete today's activities, you will need:
long stick
vines and leaves
big bowl and spoon
various natural items
Overview of today's activities:
Activity 1: Make a wind sculpture (30 minutes)
Activity 2: Using the sick bay at school (5 minutes)
Activity 3: Learning new skills (10 minutes)
Break
Activity 4: Alliteration animals (10 minutes)
Activity 5: Make a pretend stew (30 minutes)
Please note, these times are an approximation only.
Make a wind sculpture
Learning goal: Children understand how natural materials can be used to observe the wind.
1. Watch the video.
Watch the wind blow
Duration: 02:55
Watch the wind blow (1).mov2. Make a wind sculpture.
What you need:
a stick
large leaves
vines or thick grasses.
What to do:
1. Find a long, thick stick.
2. Collect different kinds of leaves.
3. Tie the vines or long grass onto the stick.
4. Tie leaves onto the other end of the vines.
5. Weave thick leaves and hang these from the stick.
6. Hang the stick so the leaves and vines blow in the wind.
If you don't have any leaves, make your sculpture by hanging strips of paper, fabric or ribbon from a ruler or stick.
Too hard?
Collect some leaves or grass and throw them in the air. Watch how they float back to the ground.
Too easy?
Observe the movement of natural things around you and describe how the wind moves them. Use interesting words such as dance, flutter and sway.
Using the sick bay at school
Learning goal: Children understand what will happen if they are sick or injured at school.
If you are sick or injured at school you might need to spend time in the sick bay. The sick bay is a small room for children to rest in.
1. If you feel sick or hurt yourself at school, you need to tell a teacher.
2. The teacher might ask a friend to walk with you to the school office.
3. Someone working in the office will help you. They might take you to the sick bay.
4. You will rest in the sick bay until you feel better or someone takes you home.
5. If you go to preschool or daycare, what happens if you feel sick or hurt yourself?
Learning new skills - Part 1
Learning goal: Children persist when faced with challenges.
1. Watch the video.
CoComelon Nursery Rhymes (20 March 2020) 'You Can Ride a Bike' [video], YouTube, accessed 23 September 2021.
2. The girl in the video was learning to ride her bike. She was scared but tried and tried until she could ride with her friends.
3. Is there something you are learning to do?
4. Was it hard the first time you tried?
5. Have a go at trying again now.
Too hard?
Think about something that you couldn't do and can now do. Celebrate that and think about how you learnt it.
Think about something that you would like to learn how to do.
Talk to someone about how could you could learn that skill.
Too easy?
Pick a new thing you would like to learn. Ask someone at home to help you get started.
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
Alliteration animals
Learning goal: Children develop an awareness of sounds.
It is fun to name our pets and toys. We can make up silly names using alliteration. Alliteration is when words start with the same sound. Ask someone to read you these animal names.
Make up some names for these animals. Make sure each name is two words and that the two words start with the same sound.
"Koala" by renedrivers is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
"emu" by Jon Bunting is licensed under CC BY 2.0
"Galah" by 0ystercatcher is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
""Red-bellied Black Snake 090430-3377" by Tony Rodd is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Too hard?
Say the name of each of the animals pictured.
Have someone say the alliteration and copy them.
Too easy?
Use alliteration to create names for all your soft toys.
Make a pretend stew
Learning goal: Children participate in an inquiry-based experience.
Watch this video if you want to see a mouse cook a stew!
The School Magazine (28 July 2020) 'Stew for you' [video], YouTube, accessed 29 October 2021.
Watch this video if you want to see some pirates cook a stew!
Ciara Pictureboksnob (19 September 2021) 'Neil Gaiman reads Pirate Stew for international talk like a pirate day' [video], YouTube, accessed 29 October 2021.
Make your own stew.
What you need:
a big mixing bowl or cooking pot
an outdoor area to "cook" in
natural materials like sand, dirt, leaves, small sticks, gumnuts, flowers or small stones.
What to do:
1. Fill your cooking pot with water.
2. Add in the ingredients you think will sink.
3. Stir your stew.
4. Add in the ingredients you think will float.
5. Stir your stew again.
6. Collect and add more ingredients if needed.
7. Serve and pretend to eat your stew!
Too hard?
Get a saucepan and spoon and do some pretend cooking.
Use your hands to play in a sand pit or to explore natural materials.
Too easy?
Use pictures and words to record the recipe for your stew.
Extra learning activities
Enjoy Play School story time: Where the forest meets the sea and then complete some literacy activities.