Monday 23rd March
Good Morning Pegasus Class.
Hope you are all well. You should all have a learning pack and if you don’t it can be picked up from school.
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Traditional Tales and Nursery Rhymes Topic
Our Book of the Week this week is: The Three Billy Goats Gruff (You can view the book here.)
Read this book with your child every day – making sure they repeat key phrases of it or even the whole book, and by the end of the week they will know it off by heart and will be able to retell it back to you.
Our Song/ Rhyme of the Week – This Old Man
This old man, he played one
He played knick-knack on my thumb
With a knick knack paddywhack give the dog a bone
This old man cam rolling home…
Two… on my
shoe
Three… on my
knee
Four… on my
door
Five… on my
hive
Six… on my
sticks
Seven…up to heaven
Eight… on my
gate
Nine… on my
spine
Ten… once
again
Sing this song with your child across the day throughout the week.
Daily- Sing the Alphabet song & say the numbers up to 10/20
Also why not have a go at making your own playdough. Here is the recipe.
Play dough is a really quick, easy and satisfying thing to make. The actual making experience with the ingredients and how they react can support children’s learning. It can be used in all kinds of learning activities. It needs to be stored in an airtight container or bag if you are going to reuse it.
Play Dough Ingredients
2 cups of plain flour
¾ cup salt
2 cups of warm water
Food colouring (optional)
Equipment Cup Bowl Spoon
Method
• Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and warm water.
• Measure out 2 cups of plain flour and pour into the bowl.
• Measure out ¾ cup of salt and pour into the bowl.
• Measure out 2 cups of warm water and pour into the bowl.
• You can add food colouring if you wish. (Just a drop of your favourite shade).
• Stir the mixture together. It will become sticky. Continue stirring until the mixture has all come together.
• Once the mixture has come together, use your hands to knead the dough.
• If your play dough is too sticky you can add in extra flour.
• Knead the dough into a smooth lump.
This is a great opportunity to learn about language, science and maths. It is a shared experience. Start off by exploring the different ingredients together. Do they have the same texture, same colour or consistency? What happens when you add the flour and salt together? Is it dry or wet? What happens when you add in the water? Use words such as liquid, dry and wet. Encourage your child to make observations about the changes throughout the process. Once they have started stirring you can talk about the texture. Is it sloppy or sticky? This is learning about the properties and ingredients. Encourage the children to use the language of texture and other descriptive words.
Can you make the three Billy goats Gruff using the play dough? Please upload to Class Dojo.
Have fun with these activities & let me know how you get on by sending us a photo or video.
Cheryl, Susan & Viv