Maple Class
Maple 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. Could you explore sensory water using chopped up fruits from the story? Join in at home with our very hungry Join in at home with our very hungry caterpillar rhyme on tapestry. 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 digging/ planting together and watch it grow? Could you help an adult in the garden – water the plants with a watering can? Can you find any slugs or snails in your garden, on your way to school or at the park? Join in at home with our days of the week rhyme on Link to story being narrated- |
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Can you go on an egg hunt? Can you use positional language such as in or under? Could you watch Pepper’s Easter Hunt and sing the new rhyme with your child? Why don’t you visit a farm and see if there is any baby chicks or other baby animals? Join in at home and watch and listen to our rhyme on |
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Can you count to four in all opportunities. Can you point out 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 – square/rectangle e.g. shapes in your house e.g. coasters or picture frames |
Rhymes Their’s a tiny caterpillar on a leaf Days of the week song |
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 |
Maple 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 Play with toy animals from the story such as cow, fox, horse. 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 Go for a walk/explore in the woods and see what you can notice. Link to story being narrated with Makaton signing: www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/curations/something-special-mr-tumble-tales |
Non-Fiction Texts linked to Winter and the weather |
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. |
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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. Jump in muddy puddles |
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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 on Tapestry |
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 |
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