Today we are looking at all the special friends that we have learned about this week. Can you remember the sounds? Let’s practise them together:

sh th ch qu ng nk

Fred talk words:

• sh-o-p shop

• th-r-ee three

• ch-a-t chat

• qu-ee-n queen

• s-i-ng sing

• w-i-nk wink

Blending words to practise:

cot

up

bat

Learning Objective: To use your imagination and literacy skills to create a short story

Children have so many stories to tell, and only need help writing it all down.

You will need

• Paper

• Stapler

• Mark making tools

Learning activity:

• Fold paper in half and staple at the crease to make pages

• Support your child to choose the subject of the story

• Start off the story with a short sentence. take turns with your child building the story together.

• Write down the sentences on the pages as you make them up together.

• When the story is complete, go back and read it to the child.

• support your child to illustrate / decorate each page.

Play dough soap

Ingredients

• 3 cups water

• 1-2 cups Johnson’s and Johnson's No More Tear Moisture Wash (or any other soap)

• Non-stick oil spray

• 4-6 cups of flour

• Gel Food Dye (or paint)

Instructions

• Pour water into a large bowl and bring to a boil in the microwave.

• Remove from microwave and add in Johnson’s & Johnson's No More Tear Moisture Wash.

• Portion out into separate bowls and add colours. If you are only adding in one colour you do not need to create separate bowls.

• Add in one cup of flour into each bowl of 1 cup of water/soap and stir. Slowly add in up to one cup more.

• At about two cups of flour per one cup of water/soap mixture your play dough will still be sticky but this is okay. Remove it from the bowl and place it on a flat surface where you will have room to knead. Coat your play dough in non-stick oil spray, kneading it in and adding more, until it no longer sticks to your hands.

• Play!