Our Learning Blog
We are working really hard in school to develop all of the skills we need to have before we learn to read. These skills develop in children at different stages and you can help at home by having fun with books and language. Here are some ideas of things you can do at home.
Just wait for it…
Look how tidily we can get changed for PE! Thought you would be impressed.
We have been learning to be active and healthy! We have been jumping in style and hitting and stopping the ball for Shinty Skills (twice in one day for some: ) )
We are learning to identify and say the numbers in order to 10, 20 and even as far as 100! 🙂
We have been learning to count/draw to match an amount.
We have been working hard at forming our numerals correctly.
Here are some games to try at home. Find the level that suits your child and have fun!
Balloon Pop to 10 https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/earlymath/BalloonCount10.htm
Balloon Pop to 20 https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/earlymath/BalloonCount20.htm
Give the dog a bone – number to 100 https://www.interactive-resources.co.uk. In interactive resources use the Username: crownprimary and Password: crownprimary to access the folders. Scroll down to Mrs Fowler and Ms MacMillan and find the game ‘Give the dog a bone’. Launch to play.
We will be learning the sounds ‘s’ and ‘I’ this week. We have been learning to identify the sound, say the sound, draw something beginning with that sound and we have started to practise writing the sound! Phew – busy week.
Here are some of the songs and actions we have been using to help us learn.
Play I spy at home! Can you find the objects beginning with…?
Rights Respecting Russel (AKA Humpty Dumpty) helped us this week with our skills. We are developing a really important skill – ‘working together cooperatively with others’.
The challenge was to build Humpty Dumpty a new wall! To be really successful working together we can:
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