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Westfield Nursery School
Westfield Road Dunstable Bedfordshire LU6 1DL Tel: 01582 608650 Email: office@westfieldnursery.co.uk Head Teacher - Mrs Elizabeth Collins |
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Learning at Home- other ideas
Early Years Resources for Learning at Home
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zks4kmn
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/znsmxyc
The Early Years Alliance have a Youtube channel with ideas including:
Dear Zoo Story Sack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ASy_yQLm0&list=PL-ErGYJogHAQDfJNCsVenZixbX4xBrMFi
(11.09 minutes)
Monkey Puzzle story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqkrw_1VBQU&list=PL-ErGYJogHAQDfJNCsVenZixbX4xBrMFi&index=3
(12.14 minutes)
Making up stories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwgoHQXIs08&list=PL-ErGYJogHAQDfJNCsVenZixbX4xBrMFi&index=1
(11.29 minutes)
Making your own kitchen band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohNaw9UTLRs&list=PL-ErGYJogHAQDfJNCsVenZixbX4xBrMFi&index=28
(7.10 minutes)
Nature Songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s9HPuh8-y8&list=PL-ErGYJogHAQDfJNCsVenZixbX4xBrMFi&index=10
(7.18 minutes)
Scarf Dancing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSGDEY_VvbY&list=PL-ErGYJogHAQDfJNCsVenZixbX4xBrMFi&index=60
(5.48 minutes)
Family Meditation session
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9QFNCkBn5Q&list=PL-ErGYJogHAQDfJNCsVenZixbX4xBrMFi&index=46
(12.13 minutes)
Early Years Resources for Learning at Home
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zks4kmn
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/znsmxyc
The Early Years Alliance have a Youtube channel with ideas including:
Dear Zoo Story Sack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ASy_yQLm0&list=PL-ErGYJogHAQDfJNCsVenZixbX4xBrMFi
(11.09 minutes)
Monkey Puzzle story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqkrw_1VBQU&list=PL-ErGYJogHAQDfJNCsVenZixbX4xBrMFi&index=3
(12.14 minutes)
Making up stories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwgoHQXIs08&list=PL-ErGYJogHAQDfJNCsVenZixbX4xBrMFi&index=1
(11.29 minutes)
Making your own kitchen band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohNaw9UTLRs&list=PL-ErGYJogHAQDfJNCsVenZixbX4xBrMFi&index=28
(7.10 minutes)
Nature Songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s9HPuh8-y8&list=PL-ErGYJogHAQDfJNCsVenZixbX4xBrMFi&index=10
(7.18 minutes)
Scarf Dancing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSGDEY_VvbY&list=PL-ErGYJogHAQDfJNCsVenZixbX4xBrMFi&index=60
(5.48 minutes)
Family Meditation session
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9QFNCkBn5Q&list=PL-ErGYJogHAQDfJNCsVenZixbX4xBrMFi&index=46
(12.13 minutes)
Activity Ideas:
Sensory Play
-Explore dry pasta- Can you fill and empty? Can you thread (penne)?
-Explore rice- Can you fill and empty? Can you make patterns?
-Explore flour- What marks can you make?
-Explore cornflour- Gradually add water, what happens?
-Explore shaving foam- Can you make patterns? What marks can you make?
-Mix some ingredients from the kitchen cupboard to make a magic potion.
Creative Play
-Use recyclable materials- What can you make?
-Do some vegetable printing. (If you have no paint try yoghurt!)
-Making tracks- run different toy cars through paint to make tracks; walk different toy animals through paint to make tracks; add a marble/ ball to a tray and roll it in paint to make tracks.
-Use a large cardboard box- what will it become (a space ship? A boat? A bus?)
-Use different fabrics/ buttons- what patterns or pictures can you make?
-Use old magazines/ catalogues- what patterns or pictures can you make?
-Use blankets to make a den.
-Use old clothes for dressing up.
Speech and Language Play
-Read, read, read! Use a range of Books: Fiction, non-fiction, rhyming books, nursery rhymes + songs, lift the flap, textured books, counting and alphabet.
-Order pictures e.g. life cycle of butterfly/ getting dressed.
-Magnetic Letters- Use the letters to write the letter shapes in sand/ rice/ shaving foam, make the letters out of play dough. Learn the sounds, learn the letter names, spell your name, make simple three letter words, order the letters.
-Find a picture- Talk about who the characters are, what they are doing and why they are doing it. There is no right or wrong- use your imagination!
Physical Play
-Blow up a balloon- play balloon badminton using a flat hand.
-Make a balance beam and practice walking along.
-Make your own lacing cards. (Make some holes in a piece of card and thread a shoelace.)
-Go for a walk and collect some leaves/ petals. Once home make a pattern/ picture.
-Play hopscotch.
-Practice throwing and catching. (Use a ball or bean bag or make a ball with a ball of socks!)
-Enjoy a disco!
Mathematical Play
-Make a collection (Buttons/ shells/ coins) and sort the objects; Count the objects.
-Use straws and marshmallows what shapes can you make?
-Go on a shape hunt e.g. what shape is the light switch? What shape is the window?
-Count and measure with blocks such as Duplo.
-Draw around the feet of everyone in your household cut them out- order them by size; use feet to measure different things around the house.
-Measure whilst you bake/ cook together.
-Fill some tubs with a range of objects- order them by mass.
Understanding the World Play
-Use an empty corner. Make a den using chairs and a blanket. Add a torch or toys which light up- explore light and shadows.
-Add toys with on/off switches can your child make them work independently?
-Make a video to send to a loved one.
-On your daily walk discuss similarities and differences such as new flowers, flowers which are now dying. Discuss changes in the weather.
Sensory Play
-Explore dry pasta- Can you fill and empty? Can you thread (penne)?
-Explore rice- Can you fill and empty? Can you make patterns?
-Explore flour- What marks can you make?
-Explore cornflour- Gradually add water, what happens?
-Explore shaving foam- Can you make patterns? What marks can you make?
-Mix some ingredients from the kitchen cupboard to make a magic potion.
Creative Play
-Use recyclable materials- What can you make?
-Do some vegetable printing. (If you have no paint try yoghurt!)
-Making tracks- run different toy cars through paint to make tracks; walk different toy animals through paint to make tracks; add a marble/ ball to a tray and roll it in paint to make tracks.
-Use a large cardboard box- what will it become (a space ship? A boat? A bus?)
-Use different fabrics/ buttons- what patterns or pictures can you make?
-Use old magazines/ catalogues- what patterns or pictures can you make?
-Use blankets to make a den.
-Use old clothes for dressing up.
Speech and Language Play
-Read, read, read! Use a range of Books: Fiction, non-fiction, rhyming books, nursery rhymes + songs, lift the flap, textured books, counting and alphabet.
-Order pictures e.g. life cycle of butterfly/ getting dressed.
-Magnetic Letters- Use the letters to write the letter shapes in sand/ rice/ shaving foam, make the letters out of play dough. Learn the sounds, learn the letter names, spell your name, make simple three letter words, order the letters.
-Find a picture- Talk about who the characters are, what they are doing and why they are doing it. There is no right or wrong- use your imagination!
Physical Play
-Blow up a balloon- play balloon badminton using a flat hand.
-Make a balance beam and practice walking along.
-Make your own lacing cards. (Make some holes in a piece of card and thread a shoelace.)
-Go for a walk and collect some leaves/ petals. Once home make a pattern/ picture.
-Play hopscotch.
-Practice throwing and catching. (Use a ball or bean bag or make a ball with a ball of socks!)
-Enjoy a disco!
Mathematical Play
-Make a collection (Buttons/ shells/ coins) and sort the objects; Count the objects.
-Use straws and marshmallows what shapes can you make?
-Go on a shape hunt e.g. what shape is the light switch? What shape is the window?
-Count and measure with blocks such as Duplo.
-Draw around the feet of everyone in your household cut them out- order them by size; use feet to measure different things around the house.
-Measure whilst you bake/ cook together.
-Fill some tubs with a range of objects- order them by mass.
Understanding the World Play
-Use an empty corner. Make a den using chairs and a blanket. Add a torch or toys which light up- explore light and shadows.
-Add toys with on/off switches can your child make them work independently?
-Make a video to send to a loved one.
-On your daily walk discuss similarities and differences such as new flowers, flowers which are now dying. Discuss changes in the weather.
Homework @ Nursery
We do not send 'formal' homework each week but we do encourage children to continue learning through play at home.
We want all children to develop their love of books and reading. To this end we have a library which is situated in the entrance hall. There is a good range of books; There are fiction (story) books and non-fiction (information) books, we try and cater for all likes and interests that children are invited to borrow. We just ask that books are signed out and in.
Each child in Ladybirds, Caterpillars and Butterflies classes can take a 'Reading book' every week to encourage them to enjoy sharing a book at home; discussing the pictures, sequencing the story and even predicting what might happen. This helps them get into good reading practices ready for school. Parents are encouraged to choose and change these.
We also have a
-story of the week
-a sound of the week and
-a shape of the week
(We also have an adult library for parents and carers. For this, we ask that you bring and leave a book as you take another.)
Each term we send home a learning challenge- this is a curriculum based activity for children to enjoy completing with their grown ups. Children bring the results into Nursery to celebrate and share with their class.
We do not send 'formal' homework each week but we do encourage children to continue learning through play at home.
We want all children to develop their love of books and reading. To this end we have a library which is situated in the entrance hall. There is a good range of books; There are fiction (story) books and non-fiction (information) books, we try and cater for all likes and interests that children are invited to borrow. We just ask that books are signed out and in.
Each child in Ladybirds, Caterpillars and Butterflies classes can take a 'Reading book' every week to encourage them to enjoy sharing a book at home; discussing the pictures, sequencing the story and even predicting what might happen. This helps them get into good reading practices ready for school. Parents are encouraged to choose and change these.
We also have a
-story of the week
-a sound of the week and
-a shape of the week
(We also have an adult library for parents and carers. For this, we ask that you bring and leave a book as you take another.)
Each term we send home a learning challenge- this is a curriculum based activity for children to enjoy completing with their grown ups. Children bring the results into Nursery to celebrate and share with their class.
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