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To complete today's activities, you will need:
something to draw on
something to draw with
large book
a container to hold flowers
flowers
measuring tape
magnifying glass
crayon
Overview of today's activities:
Overview of today's activities:
Activity 1: Responding to feelings (10 minutes)
Activity 2: Pressing and preserving flowers (30 minutes)
Activity 3: Stretching for relaxation (10 minutes)
Break
Activity 4: Explore a tree (30 minutes)
Activity 5: Water flows down (45 minutes)
Please note, these times are an approximation only.
Responding to feelings
Responding to feelings
Learning goal: Children think about how they respond to different feelings.
1. Watch the video and copy the actions.
Soundplay Australia (16 June 2016) 'Dinosaur song - Children's song about feelings' [video], YouTube, accessed 7 October 2021.
2. What did the dinosaur do when it was:
angry
frightened
happy
sad
tired?
3. What do you do when you are:
angry
frightened
happy
sad
tired
hungry?
Too hard?
Too hard?
Pause the video after each dinosaur feeling so you can talk about it with someone.
Too easy?
Too easy?
What other feelings might the dinosaur have?
What might the dinosaur do when it feels each of these feelings?
Pressing and preserving flowers
Pressing and preserving flowers
Learning goal: Children are curious participants in their learning.
Fresh flowers look lovely in a vase. Eventually though, they will dry and the petals will fall off. Did you know that you can preserve flowers?
1. Read the book about pressing flowers.
2. Ask an adult to help you pick some flowers.
3. Pick enough to use some for preserving, and some to keep in a vase at home.
4. Follow the instructions in the book to preserve some of the flowers.
5. After four weeks compare the flowers in the vase to the ones you pressed. What do you notice?
Stretching for relaxation
Stretching for relaxation
Learning goal: Children use stretching and balancing activities to recharge and relax.
Stretching makes our muscles feel nice and loose. It is a good way to warm up before exercise, or to cool down after exercise. Watch the video and copy each stretch.
Too hard?
Too hard?
Try one or two stretches from the video. Watch the video again on another day and do a couple more stretches.
Too easy?
Too easy?
Stretch each morning or afternoon as a part of your daily routine.
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
Explore a tree
Explore a tree
Learning goal: Children develop skills of investigation.
2. Pick a tree you would like to investigate and draw.
3. Use a tape measure to measure how tall it is. Measure around the trunk of the tree.
4. Use a magnifying glass to look carefully at the tree's leaves.
5. Use a crayon to create a bark rubbing.
6. Draw a picture of the tree.
Water flows down
Water flows down
Learning goal: Children explore properties of the natural world.
1. Watch the video.
Water flowing down
Duration: 02:43
2. Go outside with an adult and find somewhere you can make your own river. An area of dirt or a sandpit would work well.
3. Use a garden trowel or stick to make a path for water to follow.
4. Pour water gently onto the ground.
5. Watch where the water flows. What did you notice?
Too hard?
Too hard?
Find a little slope and gently pour water at the top. Watch where the water flows.
Too easy?
Too easy?
Use your trowel along with stones, banked up mud, or items from nature to build a pathway for the water. Build features such as dams, lakes, streams, islands and water falls.
Extra learning activities
Extra learning activities
Develop literacy concepts through story: We're going on a bear hunt.
Child voice
Child voice
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