Sunday, 5th April

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Please watch the following morning greeting:

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Activity 1:

Language & literacy / Fine motor skills: Playdough letters

Duration: 10 minutes 

Materials: playdough

Beginning: Tell your child that today we are going to use playdough to make our first letter.

Middle: Give a piece of playdough to your child and have a piece for yourself. Imitate your child’s actions and use the following vocabulary: straight, curve, roll, squeeze

End: Give your child 3 minutes warning to end the activity.

Extension: Let your child make all the letters of his/her name, both upper and lower case.

Vocabulary words: Letters, alphabet, play dough, roll, squeeze, flatten, line, curve

Brain Break

How many of the following yoga poses can you do?

Activity 2:

Science / Creative Art: Aluminum foil sculpture

Duration: 15 minutesMaterials: Aluminum foil

Beginning: Tell your child that today we will sculpt the foil into something. Describe the word ‘sculpture’: an object that is made by molding, bending, twisting materials into something (model it).  

Middle: Have a piece of foil for yourself and a piece for your child. Talk about the texture, see both sides of the foil and hear the sound. Use vocabulary: shiny, flat, rough, smooth, squeeze, twist, press, fold, bend, sculpt

End: Your child may sculpt. Encourage him/her to describe what he/she made. Give 3 minutes warning to end the activity.

Extension: Your child may paint the foil using a paintbrush or cotton bud.

Vocabulary words: Aluminum foil, mold, shapes, sculptures, bend, twist, etc.

Sample Pictures:



















Materials needed for tomorrow's activities:

Activity One:

Bowl
soap
straw

Activity Two:

2 A4 size papers
Pencil/marker
Scissors
Glue