Monday
Week E – Early Stage 1
Happy Monday!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a workbook
coloured pencils
a collection of 10 things (e.g. pegs)
5 soft items (e.g. pair of socks)
a puppet or toy
paper
scrap cardboard or a sponge
paint and paintbrushes
different types of materials (e.g. clothing)
Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends
You will need:
A tricky challenge!
Let's get started!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pair of socks.
Keepy uppy
Duration: 0:45
English
You will need:
Vocabulary – 'Quilt'
Let's practise our vocabulary skills!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
What do you think the word quilt means?
Here it is in a sentence: ‘The quilt on my bed was purple and pink’.
Draw what you think quilt means.
Are there other words that mean the same as quilt?
Vocabulary – 'quilt'
Duration: 2:58
Is this too hard?
What do you think the word blanket means?
Is this too easy?
Write a sentence using the word quilt.
Reading and viewing – 'My Spaghetti ABC'
It's storytime!
Listen to the story 'My Spaghetti ABC' by Deborah Niland.
My Spaghetti ABC
Duration: 8:24
Watch the video and join in the activity.
There were lots of things in the story made from spaghetti.
In your workbook:
Draw and label the things made from spaghetti.
What else could you make with spaghetti? Draw these things.
My Spaghetti ABC
Duration: 2:45
Is this too hard?
Listen and draw the things made from spaghetti.
Is this too easy?
Write a list of other objects that could be made with spaghetti.
Write down 3 reasons why spaghetti is good for making things.
Share your work with your teacher.
Brain break
You will need:
Let's recharge!
It’s time for a brain break so we can recharge for some more learning!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
paper
pencils, crayons or textas.
Brain break
Duration: 1:29
Phonics
Phonemes and graphemes – h, b, f, ff
Let's practise some phonemes and graphemes.
Watch the video and join in the activity.
How many sounds do you know?
Explicit phonics instruction
Duration: 12:35
Education Live
Useful waste
Join us for today's episode of Education Live!
Today we are joined by Professor Veena Sahajwalla who shares some excellent tips for recycling and reusing items around the house.
Mathematics
You will need:
Subitising
Let's practise our subitising skills!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a collection of 10 things (e.g. blocks or pegs).
Subitising – Match my collection
Duration: 9:47
Splat!
Let's practise our subitising skills some more! Make sure you have your subitising eyes ready to look for meaningful chunks.
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
coloured pencils
your workbook.
Splat!
Duration: 7:06
(Adapted from Steve Wyborney)
Draw a collection of dots and play 'Splat!' with someone at home.
The number 4
Let's explore the number 4!
Watch the video.
Numberblocks – Four
Duration: 5:00
GetActive@Home
You will need:
Striking
Are you ready to move?
Watch the video and join in.
You will need:
5 soft items (e.g. pair of socks, soft toy).
Striking – part 1
Duration:18:58
Creative Arts
You will need:
This week we are going to learn another nursery rhyme. You may know it! It was first sung about 500 years ago and tells us about how important wool is!
You can choose if you would like to do Activity 1 or Activity 2. You might like to do both!
Nursery rhyme mayhem – Singing
Sheepish Behaviour – Activity 1
Listen to the instructions.
You will need:
space to move around.
Activity 1 – Instructions
Duration: 1:56
Watch the video and join in the activity.
We are going to sing and move like different types of sheep!
Hint: You can change the sound or tone of your voice, make it higher or lower (pitch) or change the volume (dynamics) to match each type of sheep.
Baa baa
Duration:18:44
Nursery rhyme mayhem – Painting movement
Sheepish Behaviour – Activity 2
Listen to the instructions.
You will need:
a puppet or a toy
paper
scrap cardboard or sponge
paint and paint brushes
space to move around.
After you listen to or sing the nursery rhymes:
pretend to be the sheep or the man asking for wool.
draw in the air with your finger or a puppet, showing how you imagine the music moving.
Activity 2 – Instructions
Duration: 4:34
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Draw how the song moves on a piece of paper. You can use lines or something different!
You could print these lines using some cardboard and paint.
Print it straight up
Duration: 2:23
Look at these examples.
How are you going to draw the music?
Sample print 1
Sample print 2
Check-in survey – Creative Arts
Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.
Environmental Education
You will need:
A clothes map
Thank you to the staff at Field of Mars Environmental Education Centre for creating and sharing these activities.
Let's make some maps!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
different types of clothes.
A clothes map
Duration: 3:28
Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.