Hornbeam Class
Hornbeam Class - Spring 2 Overview
“I wonder what is happening now that it is spring?”
| Core Texts and Rhymes | Ideas for Home Learning |
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Could you make a healthy snack together? Could you try any fruits from the story? Can you go on a bug hunt? What can you find? Can you see a caterpillar? Be a butterfly- run around and flap your arms up and down Can you spot all the food in the story when you are shopping? Could you paint a butterfly by painting one side and folding the paper to make it symmetrical. Link to story narrated with Makaton signing- |
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Take a walk around the local area, park or gardens – What can you find growing? Can you do some planting together and watch it grow? Could you help an adult in the garden – water the plants with a watering can? Sing the days of the week and say today is Monday…today is Tuesday… Can you find any slugs or snails in your garden, on your way to school or at the park? Link to story being narrated- |
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Can your child start to show awareness of the number 4 in the indoor/outdoor environment e.g. house numbers, car registrations, in shops and on buses. Match shapes that are the same and begin to categorise – square/rectangle e.g. shapes in your house e.g. coasters or picture frames Notice patterns and start to arrange things by pattern |
Rhymes Sleeping Bunnies |
Sing/ recite rhymes at home: use resources from home learning packs to do this. Watch Ganneys Meadow Staff Recordings of rhymes on Tapestry |
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Useful Links: Pre Phonics and Phonics www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/#tabnametabSupportForPhonics Sound Discrimination and Listening www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/eyfs-listening-skills/zbc4y9q Number www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/joinin/numberblocks-help-your-child-with-maths |
Hornbeam Class - Spring 1 Overview
“I wonder what we can learn from traditional stories”
| Core Texts and Rhymes | Ideas for Home Learning |
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Go for a walk and collect some sticks and build a house Use a battery-operated fan to blow cold air onto your children as they join in with huffing and puffing. Visit a local farm and find the pigs Look out for the number 3 when out and about, pointing out the number or three objects the same. Link to story narrated with Makaton signing: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p08lc7jz/mr-tumble-tales-the-three-little-pigs |
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Make some gingerbread cookies or a different sweet treat or even something for lunch or dinner. Play chase and use the repetitive language ‘Run, run, as fast as you can, you can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Man’ Count three buttons on your coat, top or cardigan Link to story being narrated with Makaton signing: |
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Cook porridge together, to taste or use for sensory play Talk about size eg big chair, middle size chair, little chair Link to story being narrated with Makaton signing: www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/curations/something-special-mr-tumble-tales |
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Talk about how the snow / ice melts Enjoy ice lollies and link this to melting Explore edible snow using desiccated coconut Make ice / ice lollies in the freezer, showing the children the water before you put it in. Make snow men in real snow or improvise with play dough, recipe shared on Tapestry. Use twigs, buttons etc. Point to and name different objects such as hat, scarf, gloves. |
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www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b08bzfnh/numberblocks When singing rhymes, present numbers on fingers, showing fingers decreasing and re-counting when we take one away or add one. |
Rhymes Three Little Men in a Flying Saucer Three Blind Mice Jack and Jill Went Up the Hill |
Sing/ recite rhymes at home: use resources from home learning packs to do this Watch Ganneys Meadow Staff Recordings of rhymes onTapestry |
Pre Phonics and Phonics www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/#tabnametabSupportForPhonics Sound Discrimination and Listening www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/eyfs-listening-skills/zbc4y9q Number www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/joinin/numberblocks-help-your-child-with-maths |
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