31 Mar 2020 - Ideas for Home Learning
Date: 20th May 2020 @ 10:53am
These are ideas to help you support your child's learning and are not to be completed all at once. There will be updates from Mr Garth frequently, so please keep checking this page for new ideas and resources.
Home learning ideas for parents and Pre-school children
Nursery Rhymes
In Pre-school we enjoy listening to a variety of nursery rhymes, the children love watching these in class. You can use the Youtube kids app to make sure your children are not exposed to inappropriate advertisements.
Click each link below to find suitable videos for your child :
Mr Tumble — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyIDg6m4gA0
The Wiggles — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se5XcrG4S8s
Phonics
In Pre-school the children are looking at environmental sounds and discovering the sounds we can make with our bodies using body percussion, all of these are aspects from phase 1 phonics.
For advice on doing phase 1 phonics at home with your children please click on the links below :
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/member-only/ParentsMenu.htm
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/member-only/PreSchool.htm
These websites are excellent for playing phonics games with your child :
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ — This website is currently free for parents to use. Username: March20 Password: home
https://www.phonicsbloom.com/ — This is currently not free however some games are free without a subscription.
Maths
The children love watching Jack Hartmann and numberblocks. You can use the Youtube kids app to make sure your children are not exposed to inappropriate advertisements.
Click on the links before for these videos :
Jack Hartmann — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJMfmGU4VMY&list=PLQK2XiUY9C2grTkHc4Kv0496_5bTt9RYv
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGL7xYEVeaY
Numberblocks — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPlwvN0w4qFSP1FllALB92w/videos
Moving and handling
The children enjoy taking part in different yoga and exercise activities in class, below are links to videos your children will be familiar with :
Patty Shukla — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmclP1Qh09A&list=PL1C312DEA6B4206E6
Joe Wicks — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3LPrhI0v-w&list=PLyCLoPd4VxBvPHOpzoEk5onAEbq40g2-k
Cosmic kids yoga — https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
Reading
Alongside the books in your child's book bag, here are a few links to other high quality texts :
https://www.gruffalo.com/world-of/books/gruffalo-books
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gyI6ykDwds
