Home Learning
This week we are looking at the nursery rhyme “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”. We will read the nursery rhyme and talk about what happens in it.
Monday 22nd February 2021
Maths |
Representing number with marks. Play a simple ball game, it could be throwing a small ball into a box. Make a tally chart of how many times each person gets the ball into the box. Encourage your child to make a mark every time the ball goes in the box. See example below.
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Theme/ Literacy |
Watch the video about the nursery rhyme “ Old McDonald Had A Farm”. Sing the nursery rhyme with your grown up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6HzoUcx3eo Talk about some of the animals, can you remember what sounds they make? |
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Name writing |
Help your child to continue to try to write their name. Concentrate on one letter if they are finding it difficult.
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Phonics |
Odd One Out. Before half term we were looking at words that rhyme. Watch the video with your grown up. Go through what pictures you can see and try to work out which is the odd one out (the one that doesn’t rhyme). |
Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Maths |
Representing number with marks. Find some things around your house you can count (fruit, tins, toys), make a tally chart to keep count of them. Here is an example using fruit.
Encourage your child to make the marks on the chart. Count each group and write the number.
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Theme/ Literacy |
Old McDonald Had A Farm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6HzoUcx3eo Draw some of the animals that are in the song and label them. |
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Gross Motor |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBY4SkT7AGM Have a go at the dance moves on the video! |
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Phonics |
I know a word https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDd2SqBFnnI Watch the video with your grown up. Can you find some things around the house to play the same kind of game? |
Wednesday 24th February 2021
Maths |
Exploring shapes in the environment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYtEmJ2TzOQ Watch the video with your grown and talk about the different shapes. |
Theme/ Literacy |
Old McDonald Had A Farm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-K9DhMhyrw Watch the video with your grown and try to guess what the farm animals like to eat. |
P.E |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlg052EKMtk Do some Frozen yoga with your grown up. |
Phonics |
I Spy game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzUz41TjAmg Watch the video with your grown up. You will need to pause it to give time to answer the “I Spy” question. |
Thursday 25th February
Maths |
Exploring shapes in the environment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0PQMH7Vr70 Read the online story with your grown up and talk about what you have read. |
PSHE |
Its ok to feel angry. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08n2cyq/patchwork-pals-series-1-23-ram Why is Ram angry? What do his friends do to help him? Talk to your grown up about the last time you were angry, what happened? What should you do when you get angry? |
Theme/ Literacy |
Old McDonald Had A Farm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZtjnJvt6yg Watch the short video with your grown up. Talk about the things that we get from farm animals and go on a hunt to find some!! |
Phonics |
Alliteration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDX7bYiiBPg Watch the video with your grown up and have a go at coming up with your own alliteration ideas. |
Friday 26th February
Maths |
Shape Hunt. Go on a shape hunt around your house, identify as many shapes as you can. Take some pictures of what you find and send them to us. |
Theme/ Literacy |
Old McDonald Had A Farm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fRF2toXEeE Watch the real life video showing us what life at a farm is like. Talk about what you see. |
Talking activity |
Read a story with your child or if you prefer you can watch a bedtime story https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bnb997/cbeebies-bedtime-stories-653-arthur-darvill-the-bot-that-scott-built Talk about what the story was about. Get your child to draw a picture and label it for them. |
This week we are looking at the nursery rhyme “1 2 Buckle My Shoe”. We will read the nursery rhyme and talk about what happens in it.
Monday 8th February 2021
Maths |
Positional Language. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F0NYBBKczM Watch the video with your grown up. Talk about “on”, “in” and “under”. Use your favourite toy (bear, dinosaur) and play a game with your grown up where you have to place it “on” “in” and “under something. Take some photos and send them to school. enquiry@hawthorn.bham.sch.uk |
Theme/ Literacy |
Watch the video about the nursery rhyme “ 1 2 Buckle My Shoe”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otf4_UEvnQ8 Sing the nursery rhyme with your grown up, see how fast you can sing! Can you get your grown up to write the numbers 1 and 2 on a piece paper, then can you draw a picture of a shoe. Describe your shoe (is it a shoe, boot, flip flop?, what colour is it?)and get your grown up to write down your ideas. |
Name writing |
Help your child to continue to try to write their name. Concentrate on one letter if they are finding it difficult.
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Phonics |
Today we are looking at syllables. A syllable is a part of a word that contains sounds (phonemes) of a word. It usually has a vowel in it. A syllable is also called a 'beat' and teachers often teach children to identify syllables by clapping the 'beats' in words. Watch the video and have a go! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKxAjCqc3wU |
Tuesday 9th February 2021
Maths |
Positional Language. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niPyVnC6W5g Watch the video with your grown up. Talk about “in front”, “next to” and “between”. Use your favourite toy (bear, dinosaur) and play a game with your grown up where you have to place it “in front”, “next to” and “between”. something. Take some photos and send them to school. enquiry@hawthorn.bham.sch.uk |
Theme/ Literacy |
Can you get your grown up to write the numbers 3 and 4 on a piece paper, then can you draw a picture of a door. Describe your door (how big/small it is, what colour it is, what is the handle like) and get your grown up to write down your ideas. |
Gross Motor |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLaJ4jyKBUY&list=PLZg6hsDZaXYHWko8nbgmwIlnB3DhWO0jQ Have a go at the movements as you watch the video. |
Phonics |
Play this rhyming game with your grown up. You will have to register (all it asks for is an email address and to create a password. IT IS COMPLETELY FREE) https://www.education.com/game/match-rhyming-words/ |
Wednesday 10th February 2021
Maths |
Positional Language. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftLIV92ovgk Watch the video with your grown up, can you help Steve find his ball? |
Theme/ Literacy |
Can you get your grown up to write the numbers 5 and 6 on a piece paper, then can you draw a picture of some sticks. Describe your sticks (are they all the same size? Where would you get sticks from) and get your grown up to write down your ideas. |
P.E |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpUqY2bCcxk Watch the video and copy the yoga poses from your favourite cartoon characters. |
Phonics |
https://www.education.com/game/rhyming-words-match-up/ Play another rhyming game with your grown up. |
Thursday 11th February
Maths |
Positional Language. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cllQxy7I5as Watch the video with your grown up. Can you play a similar game together.
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PSHE |
Its ok to feel sad. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b046ts21/bing-series-1-2-bye-bye Why is Bing sad, what has happened? What do you do when you are sad to make you feel better? |
Theme/ Literacy |
Can you get your grown up to write the numbers 7 and 8 on a piece paper, then can you draw a picture of some sticks lying in a straight line. |
Phonics |
Sing some of your favourite nursery rhymes with your grown up. Can you pick out some of the words that rhyme? |
Friday 12th February
Maths |
Positional Language. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idJYhjGyWTU Watch the video with your grown up just to remind you of everything we have been learning about this week. |
Theme/ Literacy |
Can you get your grown up to write the numbers 9 and 10 on a piece paper, then can you draw a picture of a big fat hen. Can you put all the pictures you have drawn in order of the nursery rhyme? |
Talking activity |
Read a story with your child or if you prefer you can watch a bedtime story https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000266l/cbeebies-bedtime-stories-683-greg-james-a-couch-for-llama Talk about what the story was about. Get your child to draw a picture and label it for them. |
Friday 29th February
Maths |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/puzzles/school-of-roars-monster-maths-quiz?collection=numbers-and-letters Play this monster maths quiz with your grownup |
Singing |
Learn a new song! Get your grownup to teach you a new song! “I’m a Little Fishy” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO_5kaV_5WE |
Talking activity |
Read a story with your child or if you prefer you can watch a bedtime story https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b069x9cs/cbeebies-bedtime-stories-510-gemma-hunt-ten-little-pirates Talk about what the story was about. Get your child to draw a picture and label it for them. |
This week we are looking at the nursery rhyme “Row Row Row Your Boat”. We will read the nursery rhyme and talk about what happens in it.
Monday 2nd February 2021
Maths |
Number Watch the video and talk about different ways to sort the shapes (by colour and by shape). Can you find some things around your home and have a go at sorting. |
Theme |
Watch the video about the nursery rhyme “ Row Row Row Your Boat”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rafox-9P3r8 Play a game with your grown up, pretend you are in a row boat and act out the nursery rhyme. |
English |
Help your child to continue to try to write their name. Concentrate on one letter if they are finding it difficult.
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Phonics |
Action hands. Watch the video with your grown up https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/this-is-me-60t36d?activity=video&step=1 |
Tuesday 3rd February 2021
Maths |
Matching activities. Collect some different types of socks from your sock drawer (different colours, patterns) mix them all and then sort them back into matching pairs.
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Theme |
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-understand-what-floating-and-sinking-is-74w6ct?activity=video&step=1 Watch the video and fill the sink or bath with water, find some objects around the house and have a go at guessing whether they will sink or float. |
Gross Motor |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUeHKKL-SNY Have a go at some of the activities that you have watched on the video. |
Phonics |
Talk to your grown up about when you need to be quiet and when you can be loud. You need to be quiet if someone is asleep or if you are in the library, talk about why. You can be loud at the park or at a party, talk about why. |
Wednesday 4th February 2021
Maths |
Number https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/matching-objects-in-to-equal-sets-68rp2t?activity=video&step=1 Talk about the video with your grown up, have a go at doing the activity. |
Theme |
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/build-a-boat-that-floats-cgwk0r?activity=video&step=1 Watch the video and have a go at building your own boat, see if it floats. |
P.E |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XCQfYsFa3Q Can you follow the video and make animal yoga poses? |
Phonics |
Listen to the song with your grown up and follow the actions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUXk8Nc5qQ8 |
Thursday 5th February
Maths |
Number https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/comparing-sets-without-counting-cgvpac?activity=video&step=1 Talk about the video with your grown up, have a go at doing the activity and making a tea party. |
PSHE |
Things that make us happy. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06z9h6m/something-special-were-all-friends-series-10-14-happy Talk to your grown up about things that make you happy. Draw a picture and get your grown up to label it. |
Cooking |
Make something to eat with your grownup. It could be as simple as putting the bread in the toaster and talking about the changes that happen when the bread changes to toast. Don’t forget to have a go at buttering your toast!! |
Friday 6th February
Maths |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/puzzles/andys-aquatic-spot-the-difference Play spot the difference game with your grown up. |
Singing |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls2RJUsBx4o Watch the video of Blippi singing about different types of boats. Can you remember the names of any boats they talk about? |
Talking activity |
Read a story with your child or if you prefer you can watch a bedtime story https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000fzt0/cbeebies-bedtime-stories-743-dermot-oleary-charlie-cooks-favourite-book Talk about what the story was about. Get your child to draw a picture and label it for them. |