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To complete today's activities, you will need:
something to draw on
something to draw with
cereal box
egg carton
4 toilet rolls or cardboard rolls
scissors
strong tape or glue
Overview of today's activities:
Overview of today's activities:
Activity 1: Fire safety (20 minutes)
Activity 2: Would you rather? (10 minutes)
Activity 3: Make a junkyard robot (40 minutes)
Break
Activity 4: Learning new skills - Part 2 (15 minutes)
Activity 5: Story telling (10 minutes)
Please note, these times are an approximation only.
Fire safety
Fire safety
Learning goal: Children learn to stay safe in the event of a fire.
1. Watch the video and do what the fire fighters say.
Fire and Rescue NSW (20 May 2020) 'Kids fire safety awareness pre-ed (ages 3-5)' [video], YouTube, accessed 17 November 2021.
2. Practice being safe one more time:
get down low and go, go, go outside to safety
stop, drop, cover your face and roll around
say the emergency phone number - 000
with an adult, run outside to your emergency meeting place
remember, fire fighters are our friends!
Too hard?
Too hard?
Talk with someone about what you see in the video.
Too easy?
Too easy?
Draw a map that shows how to get from inside your house to your emergency meeting place outside.
Would you rather?
Would you rather?
Learning goal: Children develop speaking and listening skills.
1. Watch the video, follow the instructions to answer each question.
2. Give 3 reasons for your choice.
Would you rather?
Duration: 05:59
Too hard?
Too hard?
Answer only the questions, without giving reasons why you chose the option you did.
Too easy?
Too easy?
Make up some of your own 'would you rather?' questions to ask people.
Make a junkyard robot
Make a junkyard robot
Learning goal: Children learn to follow detailed instructions.
1. Watch this story about a robot.
Mashable (12 October 2019) 'Carlos' robots go to Mars! [kid stories]' [video], YouTube, accessed 17 November 2021.
2. Get what you need to make a robot:
a cereal box for the robot's body
an egg carton for the robot's head
4 toilet rolls for the robot's arms and legs
scissors and masking tape.
3. Watch the video and follow the instructions to make a robot.
NSW Department of Education 'Art Bites - Operation Art - 01. Junkyard robots'
Too hard?
Too hard?
Draw your robot, rather than making it with boxes.
Make a robot using shapes such as magnets, collage or on an iPad.
Too easy?
Too easy?
Decorate and add accessories to your robot.
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
Learning new skills - Part 2
Learning new skills - Part 2
Learning goal: Children take considered risks and cope with frustration.
1. Listen to these kids talk about trying new things.
Sesame Street (8 June 2013) 'Sesame Street: Kids talk about new things' [video], YouTube, accessed 26 October 2021.
2. Listen to Tash talking about learning new things.
Learning something new
Duration: 04:59
3. Think about what you would like to learn:
Why do you want to learn it?
What equipment will you need?
How do you feel about learning this new thing?
Is this new thing safe to try?
Who will need to help you?
How much do you think you will need to practice?
4. Try the new activity.
Story telling
Story telling
Learning goal: Children learn about world languages through story telling.
Stories are told all over the world. There are roughly 6,500 languages spoken in our world, and each one has unique and special stories. 'The lightning and thunder' is a story from Nigeria, in Africa.
1. Listen to the story told in English.
The lightning and the thunder - English.m4a2. Listen to the story again, this time told in Hausa, a Nigerian language.
The lightning and the thunder - Hausa.m4aToo hard?
Too hard?
If anyone in your family is able to speak a language other than English, ask them to tell you a story in this language.
Too easy?
Too easy?
Ask someone to look at a world map with you. Talk about which languages are spoken in which countries.
Extra learning activities
Extra learning activities
Visit real animals, go to a fire station, and explore faraway places when you take these virtual field trips.
Child voice
Child voice
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