Rockets and Stars

Good morning Rockets and Stars! 🚀💫

Yoga 🧘‍♀️ – Time to start our morning with yoga!

Phonics – Can you recognise the sounds below? Point and say the sounds.

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Say the sounds and blend them together to read the sentences below. Write the sentences in your purple book.

Number 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ – Number formation. Practice writing numbers 1-10.

Money 💰 – It’s important for children to experience play scenarios more than once. Showing an awareness of money. ‘I can play shops.’ Set up your own shop at home (toy/food/sweet). Use coins and notes to pay for items in the shop. You could make price tags and label the items 1p, 2p, 3p etc. Have fun playing shops!

Book of the week 📚🦖 – Dinosaurs Love Underpants

Creative 🎨🦕🦖 – Footprint Dinosaurs. Paint your foot/dip your foot in paint. Print on paper. Turn your foot into a dinosaur! After you have made your dinosaur, you could give him some underpants!

Have a fabulous day! Keep in touch 🌈🥰

Happy Half Term everyone! Here are a few activity ideas you can enjoy with your families 🥰🌈

Good morning Rockets and Stars! 🚀💫

Yoga 🧘‍♀️- Lets start our day with yoga!

Dough Disco 🕺💃🏼 – Grab your dough or sponge and get ready to head to the dough disco boys and girls!

Phonics – Look at the phase 2 sound mat. Create your own letter cards. Spread the cards out and play ‘splat’. Shout out a letter sound for your child to point to. Challenge – use the letter cards to find the sounds you can hear in the words below.

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Writing ✏️ – Keyword write. Have a go at writing the today’s phonics words in your purple book. Some children may need you to write the words and let them trace over the letters.

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Reading 📚 – How the Brontosaurus got his tail.

Number 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ – More and less. Sort your snacks (crisps/carrot sticks/sweets/cereal) into 2 piles. Which pile has more? Which pile has less? Mix them around into different piles. Count how many are in each pile and have a go at writing the number. Which number is bigger?

Physical 🏓 – The magic bean game. Ask the children to show you what the different beans look like (broad, runner, string, jumping and jelly). Play music and let the children move around the room in different ways (or dance). Pause the music and shout a bean.

Have a wonderful day everyone! 🥰🌈

Happy Wednesday Rockets and Stars! 🚀💫 I hope you enjoy playing in the sunshine today. Try out some of our activities in the garden. ☀️

Reading 📚🦖🦕 – Listen to Mr Littlewood’s story. Try creating your own story cards to help you retell the story.

Shape 🟢🔺🟪 – Recognising shapes. Draw the shapes in the garden with chalk or put down shape cards and spread them out. Shout out different shapes and hop/jump to that shape.

Take a look at these 3D shapes below. Talk about the different names of the 3D shapes. Can you spot anything in the garden that looks like the shapes?

Yoga 🧘‍♀️ – Safari yoga

Picnic 🧺🍓🥪🍏 – Lay out a blanket and invite your teddies and toys for a picnic in the garden.

Creative 🎨 – Bubble painting! Have fun creating your own bubble painting. Here are some simple instructions.

1. Add three tablespoons of bubble solution/washing up liquid and two tablespoons of paint to a cup.
2. Mix the paint and bubble solution/washing up liquid together.
3. Place a piece of paper on the grass or a table.
4. Dip the bubble wand or a straw into the bubble paint and then blow out bubbles so they land on the paper.

Have a fabulous day Rockets, Stars and grown ups! Miss Mullen 🥰🌈

Good morning Rockets, Stars and grown ups! 🚀💫

A huge well done and thank you to everyone sending in photos of their lovely activities. We love to see them! 🌟

Phonics 🦒 – Join in with Geraldine the Giraffe and recap the sound ‘sh’. What begins with the sound sh? Practise writing the sounds. Say the words below. What sounds can you hear? Blend the sounds together to read the words. Write the words in your purple books.

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Reading 📚 – How the Brontosaurus got his tail. Talk about the story. Can you remember how many dinosaurs came to help? What were they called?

Number 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ – More or less. Look at the picture below or grown ups draw your own. Which group has more? Which group has less? Count how many shapes in each group. Have a go at writing the number. Talk about the number that is the most.

Space Breathing 🪐🧘‍♀️ – Time to relax and breathe.

PSED 🗣👂🏻 – Talking time. Look at your feeling puppets. How are you feeling today? Talk about things that make us feel happy, sad and worried.

Understanding the world ⛵️ – Floating and sinking. Collect different objects around the house to experiment with. Drop them into a bowl of water/the bath/paddling pool to see which items float and which items sink. Let me know what you discover!

Creative ⛵️🎨 – After your floating and sinking experiment, it’s time for a challenge! Can you create a boat that floats on the water? Use things from around the house to make your boat. Let me know if it worked!

Have a fabulous day! Keep in touch. Miss Mullen 🥰🌈

Hello everyone! I hope you had a fabulous weekend! 🚀💫🌈

Reading 📚 – Listen to Mr Littlewood’s story of the week ‘How the Brontosaurus got his tale’. Talk about the story. Can you remember how the other dinosaurs helped?

Name Write ✏️ – Practice writing your name in your purple book. If you can write your first name independently, write your surname. If your child can write your full name independently, draw a straight line and ask the children to write on the line.

Phonics 🦒 – Join in with Geraldine the Giraffe as she learns the digraph ‘sh’. Can you think of anything that begins with the sound ‘sh’? Practice writing ‘sh’ in your purple books. Have a look at the words below. Say the words. What sounds can you hear? Blend the sounds together to read the word. Write the words in your purple book.

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Number 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ – More and less. Collect different objects. Sort them into 2 piles. Ask your child, which pile has more? Which pile has less? Which has the most? Which has the least?

Space Yoga 🪐🧘‍♀️ –

Creative 🎨🦕🦖 – Can you create a 3D dinosaur? Here are some ideas below.

Opposites – Can you remember different opposites from the opposite song?

Tip of the day 💡 – to reduce anxiety in young children Try to establish, make and share a simple visual routine together that works for you for the morning, day or week. Congratulate each other when you complete any activity and comment on what a good team you make together 😀

Have a fabulous day Rockets and Stars! Miss Mullen 🥰🌈

Happy Friday Rockets and Stars! Let’s have some fun today. 🚀💫

Dough Disco 🕺💃🏼 – Grab your dough (or a sponge) and get ready to dance with your fingers!

Writing ✏️ – Now your fingers are feeling nice and strong, it’s time for our key word write. Write your keywords in your purple books. Some parents may need to write the words for children to trace.

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Reading 📚 – Time to create your den again. Build a den/fort using blankets and pillows. Then get cosy with your favorite book! Maybe your favourite teddies want to join you.

Shapes 🟪🔺🟢 – Recognising shapes. Spread out pictures of different 2D shapes on the floor or draw the shapes with chalk outside. Grownups shout out a shape for the children to jump or hop to.

Yoga 🧘‍♀️🌈 – Rainbow Yoga

Creative 🎨🌈 – Grow your own rainbow.

You will need:

• Kitchen roll/paper towel
• Felt tip pens
• 2 small bowls of water
• Paperclip
• Thread

Dance 🕺💃🏼 – Stomp your feet and have fun dancing like dinosaurs!

Have a fabulous Friday everyone! 🥰🌈