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Week 2
Day 1:
Build my Name
(Language & Literacy)
Learning Goals
Eye hand coordination.
Strengthen the child’s grip and small muscle control.
Recognise own name.
Objectives
To be able to put together and take apart the connector.
Child will be able to recognise the letters in their name.
Children will attempt to form the letters in their name.
Source: theimaginationtree.com
What do you need?
Lego (any other connector toy)
Clear Tape
Permanent Marker
How can you work with your child?
Identify a connector toy within your home that can support this experience.
Stick clear tape on the side that you would like to write on
Use the permanent marker to write the letters of your child’s name (as seen in the example on the left).
During the experience:
Present the connector toy with the alphabets in a box.
Invite your child to explore and build with them.
Draw your child’s attention to the letters on the individual connector and help he/ she realise that it form their name.
Guide your child to form his/her name.
What's next?
Extension 1:
Use other connector toys you can find in your home to replicate the experience.
Day 2:
Let’s count around the house
(Math)
Learning Goals
Group items together and forms a set.
Count by rote.
Objectives
To sort and classify things by their similar properties.
To do assisted rote counting from 1 to 5
Source: Natalie Lynn Kindergarten
What do you need?
Existing items in your house, such as pillows, blanket, chairs, tables, doors, bowls, spoons, cups, etc
Paper
Markers/ crayon
How can you work with your child?
Pre-activity:
On an A4 paper, draw the image of the things you intend to count with your child and a box beside your drawn image.
During the Activity:
Pick an object (eg, a pillow) and invite your child to count the number of pillows you have in your house.
After counting, support your child in writing the number within the box that you have drawn.
Go on to the next item on the list and celebrate with a happy dance when you have filled up the list.
What can you do next?
Extension 1:
Revisit the experience by inviting your child to decide what to count next.
Extension 2:
You can also do it outdoors or at a different environment.
Day 3:
Spray the Shapes
(Gross Motor Skills, Math)
Learning Goals
Display flexibility and small muscle control over tools which support participation in learning experiences.
Demonstrate awareness of spatial relationships and shapes
Objectives
To work on their fine muscle control while using the spray bottle.
Child will be able recognize shapes.
What do you need?
White board marker
Paper
Spray bottle with water
Corridor/ open space
How can you work with your child?
Pre-activity:
Draw shapes on each A4 paper.
During the activity:
Invite your child to join you in a game of Spray the shapes away.
Put up the shape sheets along walls of the corridor or an open space. (Space the sheets apart)
When you say the name of the shape, invite your child to identity the shape.
Pass on the spray bottle to your child.
When your child identified the shape, use the spray bottle to spray the shape sheet until it becomes unrecognizable.
Move on to the next shape until all the shapes have been sprayed.
What's next?
Extension 1:
You can do this activity in the shower by using whiteboard marker to write on the tiles. The ink will come off when it is in contact with water.
Extension 2:
Replace the shapes with numbers, alphabets or other drawings.
Day 4:
Ice Painting
(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.
Source: powerfulmothering.com
What do you need?
Ice tray
Food coloring of different colours
Ice cream stick
Drawing block
Tray (large enough to place the drawing block in)
How can you work with your child?
Pre-Activity (How to create Ice Paint):
Pour your water into your ice cube tray evenly.
Add just a tiny drop of red, yellow, blue and green food coloring to different cubes (1 colour to 4 cubes) and mix well.
Place a popsicle stick into each of the ice cube mold.
Let it freeze overnight.
During the activity:
Lay the drawing block in the tray.
Take the frozen ice cubes out and offer it to your child to paint and explore.
During the session, explore the sensation of ‘cold’.
Ask the child ‘How does it feel?’, ‘What is happening to the ice cube?’
Watch the change in state as it turns from ice to water (solid to liquid).
Day 5:
Popsicle Making
(Cooking Experience)
Learning Goals
Demonstrates awareness that they have a responsible role to play in caring for the natural world e.g. placing rubbish into a bin; using recyclables
Develop eye-hand coordination and control in fine motor skills
Develop awareness that every object or action has a corresponding name.
Objectives
Engage in life skills, to be able to pour and tidy up.
Be exposed to vocabulary such as pouring, stop, and the names of the fruits.
Source: onelittleproject.com
What do you need?
Popsicle containers/ mini containers
Small Plastic pitcher/ jug
Ice cream stick
1 flavor of fruit juice
Chopped fruits (berries, watermelon, etc)
How can you work with your child?
It’s popsicle making day! Invite your child to prepare popsicles with you.
Whenever possible, verbalise your actions and introduce new vocabulary.
Set up the popsicle containers within your child’s reach.
Offer fruits to your child and invite them to place 3 to 5 fruits in each container.
As your child place the fruits in, count together.
Assist your child to manage the small plastic pitcher and help him/her get used to the grip.
When you think your child is ready, you can pour the juice into the small plastic pitcher.
Assist your child in pouring the juice into the popsicle container.
Once it is filled, close the popsicle container and put it in the fridge for 8 hours.
Invite your child to help with tidying up. At this age, they are capable of tasks like cleaning the table with paper towel/ cloth, picking up food bits and throwing them away.
Enjoy your popsicle!
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