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Week 1
Day 1:
Knock the letter Cup (Name Edition)
(Language & Literacy, Gross Motor Development)
Learning Goals
Respond to adult prompts regarding directional awareness e.g. moving front and back, left and right.
Demonstrate control of their arm muscles.
Objectives
Child will be able to recognise the letters in their name.
Child will be able to use their under arm throw.
What do you need?
Plastic Cups
Permanent Marker
Soft ball
Tape
What's next?
Extension 1:
Increase the distance between the cups and the starting line.
Extension 2:
Place the cups in a wide circle and have the child be in the centre of the circle.
Call out the letters and invite your child to knock down the targeted letter cups with the soft ball.
Source: giftofcuriosity.com
How can you work with your child?
Take a stack of plastic cups and write a single letters of your child’s name on each cup.
Stick 2 lines of tape on the floor 1.5m apart from each other.
Line the cups on top of one of the tapes, with the letters on the cup facing the child.
Invite your child to read out the letters on the cup and help him/her realise that it spells his/ her name.
Inform your child that he/she will be playing a game called Knock the Letter Cups.
Encourage your child to pick up a soft ball.
Stand on the other line of tape, use an underarm throw to knock down the cups and learn the letters one by one.
Whenever the cup falls, shout out the letter on it.
Continue the throws till all the cups have been knocked down.
Day 2:
Popping Popcorn
(Cooking Experience)
Learning Goals
Listen to and identify sounds in the environment.
Listen for a purpose and follow simple ‘instructions’.
Objectives
To experience cookery with their 5 senses.
To be able to listen to instructions to keep themselves safe.
What do you need?
Pan/ Pot with a transparent lid
Popcorn kernels
Butter/ Oil
A small bowl
A large bowl
How can you work with your child?
It’s popcorn making day! Create a space safe enough for your child to watch but not get in touch with the heat of the stove.
Invite your child to prepare the popcorn kernels with you by scooping the kernels out from the bag and into a small bowl.
As you follow the instructions in the video, bring awareness to your child’s 5 senses when you invite your child to
watch how the pan fills up, emphasized on how the kernels grew,
listen to the popping of the kernels in the pan.
smell the aroma.
When most of the kernels are done popping and have cooled down (a temperature safe for touching!) invite your child to touch the popcorn and fill it up in the large bowl.
Finally, taste the popcorn and enjoy them together!
Day 3:
Going on a bear hunt
(Music & Movement)
Learning Goals
Actively seek opportunities to be engaged in/initiate literacy experiences.
Listen for a purpose and follow simple ‘instructions’.
Objectives
To use their imagination for pretend play.
To listen to the instructions within the song
What do you need?
Space within the house
What's next?
Extension 1: Create scenes like wavy grass, mud, river, forest and cave through art experiences with your child.
Extension 2: Go on a bear hunt at a nearby park.
How can you work with your child?
Invite your child to join you on a bear hunt.
Ask: What do we need to go on a bear hunt?
Your child might suggest wearing a hat, bringing a water bottle and/ or binoculars.
Find these things within your house and dress up for the bear hunt.
Play the video (you may choose to let your child watch the visuals or not, the video comes with the suggested actions for each segment.)
Listen and follow the instructions in the video.
Move about your house as you and your child go on a bear hunt together!
Day 4:
Nature Accesories
(Art)
Learning Goals
Strengthen the child’s grip and small muscle control.
Objectives
To be able to thread through holes.
To be able to operate a hole puncher.
What do you need?
Basket/shallow tray
Leaves
Hole puncher
Yarn/ ribbons
Clear tape
How can you work with your child?
Pre-Activity:
Collect fallen leaves outdoors and place it in a basket/ shallow tray.
Cut the yarn/ ribbons to about 30cm. Tape the ends with clear tape.
During the activity:
Present the fallen leaves in the basket/ shallow tray.
Introduce the hole puncher and ask your child, ‘what do you think this is?’
Show them how to use it by punching holes into the leaves.
Teach your child how to handle the hole puncher safely.
Invite your child to try making holes with the hole puncher.
After making holes on the leaves, use the yarn/ ribbons that you have prepared to thread through the leaves to make necklaces and bracelets that can be worn.
What's next?
Extension 1: Draw patterns on the leaves before punching holes in them.
Extension 2: Challenge them to cut the leaves with a blunted edge scissors.
Day 5:
Thread my Name
(Language & Literacy, Fine Motor Skills)
Learning Goals
Display creativity and resourcefulness in the innovative use of ideas and materials.
Display flexibility and small muscle control over tools which support participation in learning experiences.
Recognise own name.
Objectives
To be able to create their own designs with the coloured yarn.
To be able to thread in an up and down movement.
Child will be able to recognise the letters in their name.
What do you need?
Cardboard
Pencil
Yarn
Clear tape
Fine sized screw driver
How can you work with your child?
Pre-Activity (Create the threading cards):
Cut the cardboard to a uniformed size (10 cm by 8cm)
Prepare enough to ensure that each letter of your child’s name is accounted for.
Use a pencil to outline the alphabets. (You can choose to follow the sample shown in the picture (Known as bubble letters) or write the letter(Regular writing).
Use the fine screw driver to poke holes at regular intervals along your outline.
You have just formed your personalized threading card!
Cut yarn of various lengths (30 to 40cm). Tape the ends with clear tape.
During the activity:
Present the threading cards in a basket/ shallow tray.
Encourage your child to recognise the letters and help he/ she realise that it form their name.
Tell your child that the alphabets have lost their colours and we need to help them gain back their colours.
Invite your child to use the yarns to thread through the holes in an up one hole and down the other hole movement.
After the activity, you can put the letters up in your child’s room.
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