Activities to do at home
Reading
- Use drawing tools e.g. chalk, pencils, crayons, pens, paint
- Looks at pictures together e.g. in a book
- Make appropriate animal sound when presented with a picture (SEE RESOURCE)
- ‘Act’ out a character e.g. stomping like a giant (SEE RESOURCE)
- Sings the alphabet
- Recognise own name in writing
Writing
- Use writing in play situations e.g. play 'restaurants' together and write a 'menu'
- Ask your child to tell you what they would like to write e.g. write a story/diary together
- Write a list e.g. a shopping list (SEE RESOURCE)
Maths
- Pour sand/water out of a container
- Help an adult count objects e.g. socks, pegs, bricks
- Make groups of objects e.g. cars and dinosaurs
- Counts to 5 (SEE RESOURCE)
- Sequences numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Join in with counting
Science
- Watch birds flying
- Help water plants
- Points to main features on a person’s body when asked e.g. nose, leg, head (SEE RESOURCE)
- Compare flowers (SEE RESOURCE)
- Takes photos of plants
- Talk about where you are likely to find common animals/birds e.g. duck= pond