Language and writing activities Sing some Spring themed nursery rhymes with your child. You can find

different rhymes on you tube. Here are few Spring Rhyme ideas:5 little speckled frogs, Mary Mary quite contrary, It’s raining it’s pouring, Mary had a little lamb, Chick chick chicken lay a little egg for me.

Sing along and join in with the actions to ‘Spring Is Here’ song using this link: https://youtu.be/DobrRgD5aOU

Join Justin from CBeebies to sing Chick Chick Chicken song: https://youtu.be/BUBq5RsIYDg

Read /listen to familiar stories and traditional tales.

LINKS TO GET YOU STARTED The Three Billy Goats Gruff https://youtu.be/3QzT1sq6kCY The Three Little Pigs https://youtu.be/W-WLnxbvMyw The Gruffalo https://youtu.be/s8sUPpPc8Ws

Watch the story of ‘Peace at Last’, using https://youtu.be/9U9y35kWBvM Can you retell this story to an adult?

Read stories with your child and change your voice for different characters. What type of voice will a giant have? Will it be loud and deep? Ask questions about the story - who were the characters? What happened? What did you enjoy about the story? Stop at different parts of the story and ask what might happen next?

Read the story Jack and the Beanstalk https://youtu.be/W5rxfLRgXRE Then work together with an adult to plant your own seed, following the instructions attached.

Practise your Makaton signs with Justin.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03qkx5p/something-special-were- all-friends-series-9-3-fire-station

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03tc8yh/something-special-were- all-friends-series-9-11-seven-stories

Physical activities

Sing the ‘Tommy Thumb’ song to warm your fingers up. Turn some music on and using playdough, have a dough disco! Follow the moves below to give your fingers a good workout 😊

Practice your fine motor activities at home: Can you thread some pasta onto string or straws to make a bracelet or a necklace, Help your grown up to peg out some washing, or snip around the top of an old toilet or kitchen roll to create hair, decorate by adding eyes nose and mouth 😊 .

Ask your child to practise copying the letters of their name or tracing over their name – make sure you pick up on letter formation. Practise one letter at a time. If you’re super at writing your first name, why not try practicing your surname?

Here are our ‘One-Armed Robot Letters’. Can you practice writing any? You could use pencils, chalks, felt tip pens, mould them with playdough, draw them with a paintbrush and water outdoors. There are lots of different and fun ways to practice our letters! 😊

Can you practice moving around at different speeds- super slow, slow, normal, fast, super-fast. Be careful not to bump into anything, maybe practice this in your garden with an adult.

Practice moving your body in different ways, star jumps, jumping on the spot, running on the spot, hopping, crawling, rolling etc.

Try joining in with some Zumba. This one is Minions Zumba and it is very funny… I think you will enjoy this 😊 0wwwwww9w://./

Go ‘Under the sea’ with Andy’s Wild Workouts! Can you join in with all the actions? https://youtu.be/TCrFUD98U_Q

Phonic activities Place lots of different noisy objects from around your home in a bag. Such

as keys, crisp packets, money, squeaky toys. Anything that makes a noise. Show the objects and make the noises for your child to hear. Hide them back into the bag. Secretly make a noise from one of the objects. Can they guess what sound you have chosen without looking? Why don’t you swap and you can guess the noise your child has chosen?

Make some listening bottles. Using your empty bottles, add rice, pasta, pulses, poms poms, cotton wool etc into the bottles. Make sure there is

two of each. Cover/decorate the bottles in paper or tin foil. Can you match the correct bottles together using just the sounds?

Practice clapping the syllables in your name. What about practicing clapping your families’ names? Can you clap the syllables of everyday objects around you?

Practice rhyming words. Can you think of words that rhyme with cat, tree, dog, fox, frog, ball? Can you think of any different rhyming words? Can you match the rhyming words below?

Play the ‘Rhyming word game’ with Jack Hartmann on YouuTube https://youtu.be/3Cc1TL-0bXo

Use www.new.phonicsplay.co.uk Username: march20 Password: home to do some phase 1 phonics activities.

Maths Activities

Go on a number hunt – spot numbers on gates, cars, posters, road signs, clocks, watches, coins., shops, footballers etc.

Watch some numberblock episodes to help you to learn about numbers 1 to 5 https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b08bzfnh/numberblocks

Practice counting forwards to 15 and backwards from 10. Use this number line to help you.

Use a range of jugs/ cups/ mugs/ spoons/ anything you can collect water with. Talk about if the cup is full/empty/half full etc. To make it even more exciting, you could add some paint or glitter to your water to change the colour 😊

Can you create your own numbers using natural materials from your garden or the park? Have a look at the example below.

Kim’s game – Chose 4 or 5 objects and name them. Cover them with a cloth. Can you remember what’s under the cloth? Or shut your eyes and take turns to remove on object. Open your eyes, what’s missing?

Can you guess which has more or fewer in these pictures? You could collect items from around your home e.g. put some bananas/oranges on plate which plate has more, which plate has fewer? You can do this with lots of objects around your home. Socks, pasta, toys, blocks.

Create a number guessing game like the one below. You could use paper cups or bowls if you haven’t got plastic eggs. Can you guess what number the chick or toy is hiding under? Ask your grown up to help play this game with you.

Get creative

Here are some Easter/Spring creative activities you can have a go at making with your grown-ups.

. Draw some pictures of your family, your favourite food, your favourite

animal or even your favourite character from a story. Can you tell your grown up about your picture?

Can you help make an edible caterpillar for lunch? You will need some grapes or apple slices to make the body, a cherry tomato or strawberry slice for its face, and either edible googly eyes or raisins for the eyes. Then enjoy reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar afterwards!

Here’s the link to the Very Hungry Caterpillar story on uTube https://youtu.be/RqMM793Kpys

Follow the recipe to make some Easter Nests

225g/8oz plain chocolate, broken into pieces.

2 tbsp golden syrup

50g/2oz butter

75g/2¾oz cornflakes

36 mini chocolate eggs

Method1. Line a 12-hole fairy cake tin with paper cases.2. Melt the chocolate, golden syrup and butter in a bowl set over a saucepan

of gently simmering water (do not let the base of the bowl touch the water). Stir the mixture until smooth.

3. Remove the bowl from the heat and gently stir in the cornflakes until all of the cereal is coated in the chocolate.

4. Divide the mixture between the paper cases and press 3 chocolate eggs into the centre of each nest. Chill in the fridge for 1 hour, or until completely set.

Understanding of the world

Head out for a family walk together and see what signs of Spring you can find together. It could be buds on trees, new flowers appearing, baby lambs or might see some frog spawn in a pond. 😊

Make a bird feeder. https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/makes/bird-feeder?collection=easy-craft-activities-for-kids

Ask questions: What day is it today? What month is it? What season is it? What happens in Spring? Talk about what clothes you would wear. Make your own weather chart.

Complete some of the Spring activities below.

Talk about the celebration of Easter with your grown up. Watch this video on cBeebies to help. Can you remember any of the things the children did to celebrate Easter with their family? https://www.bing.com/videos/search?view=detail&mid=56F2D4098667C0564F3E56F2D4098667C0564F3E&q=celebrating+easter+eyfs&shtp=GetUrl&shid=56e68eeb-e8ea-48e0-8512-774ab3544f33&shtk=Q0JlZWJpZXMgfCBDZWxlYnJhdGluZyBFYXN0ZXIgfCBMZXQncyBDZWxlYnJhdGU%3D&shdk=Q0JlZWJpZXMgLSBXYXRjaCBUb2J5IGNlbGVicmF0ZSBFYXN0ZXIgYXMgaGUgZ29lcyB0byBjaHVyY2ggd2l0aCBoaXMgZmFtaWx5IGFuZCBnb2VzIG9uIGFuIEVhc3RlciBlZ2cgaHVudC4gVmlzaXQgQ0JlZWJpZXMgYXQgaHR0cDovL3d3dy5iYmMuY28udWsvY2JlZWJpZXMgdG8gZmluZCBldmVuIG1vcmUgZnVuIGdhbWVzIGFuZCB2aWRlb3MgZm9yIHlvdXIgcHJlLXNjaG9vbGVyIGluIGEgc2FmZSBjaGlsZCBmcmllbmRseSBlbnZpcm9ubWVudC4gQ0JlZWJpZXMgaXMgZGVkaWNhdGVkIHRvIGRlbGlnaHRpbmcgYW5kIHN1cnByaXNpbmcgaXRzIHByZS1zY2hvb2wgYXVkaWVuY2UgYW5kIGl0IHJlbWFpbnMgLi4u&shhk=b%2Ba%2BXPtBtQp2J%2BJIz8URI31XetldwqbaLXn1xGArjuo%3D&form=VDSHOT&shth=OSH.IVy9lyOkGhViPOzfBasfig

Can you draw some pictures of the life cycle of a Butterfly? Here is a picture to help you. Can you follow the life cycle in the correct order? Follow the arrows to help you.

Use some pots/ pans, spoons, baking trays to create your own drums/instruments. Can you sing along to some of our Easter songs at the top of the sheet and play your own music along to them. Can you play loudly/ quietly, fast/Slow?

Other activities

Play some turn taking activities, such as board games, rolling or throwing the ball to your grown up or siblings.

Can you guess how these children are feeling? Use a mirror to practice these feelings using your face.

Have a movie, pyjama and duvet day. Share your favourite movies. Talk about what you like about it. Make some popcorn and mix your favourite drinks. Maybe even draw and write about it.

Treasure hunt around your home.

Create a map of your home and hide small items around it. Mark each piece of hidden treasure on the map. Explain the map to your little one and offer your support for the hunting game in case they need it. Even once they have found all the treasure, why not get them to organise their own hunt? They could draw their own map!

Decorating eggs  is another Easter-inspired craft, for these, all you need is some hard-boiled eggs and then all the crafts you can think of - from paint and pens to stickers or glitter. 😊