Nursery Stars of the Week!
This week, the Sunbeam Stars of the Week are Harlie and Saadat!
Harlie has been a super boy this week and has been trying very hard with his home learning! Saadat has been working hard this week on our dinosaur theme. Well done.
This week, the Rainbow Stars of the Week are Evie and Harlen!
You have both been working so hard at home, well done.
Harlen was also a birthday boy this week. He turned 4 on Thursday - Happy Birthday Harlen!
Well done and keep up the amazing work!
Mrs Jones & Miss Thompson
x x
This week's theme - Dinosaurs
This week we are going to be learning some interesting facts about dinosaurs, through lots of exciting activities and stories. Have fun!
Friday
Let’s start the day with our tricky word song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvMyssfAUx0
Activity 1
I thought today we would do some counting, ordering and writing numbers up to 10.
Let’s remind ourselves of the numbers up to 10 by following the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKnp50mn1Yc
Now we are going to go on a dinosaur hunt in your house or garden. You can make your own dinosaur, footprint number trail. Make a set of dinosaur footprints and number them. You can then go and hide one of your toys and set out the footprints for your brother, sister or grown-up to follow, to find the hidden toy. Make sure you place them in the correct order! You can go as high as you want with your numbers.
Let’s continue to practise our counting and number recognition by following the link below:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/ladybird-spots
Activity 2
Create your own dinosaur fact file and include lots of pictures and facts that you have learnt about dinosaurs this week. You could make your own book or use your home learning book. You could include:
Let’s finish off the day with a dinosaur bedtime story - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og9xn8WoyDs
Have a lovely weekend!
The Nursery Team x
Thursday
Let’s do a workout to letter sounds today. Follow the link below to go over your sounds and have a dance too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFa0b_IIRac
Story of the Day - Tyrannosaurus Drip by Julia Donaldson
This story is about a dinosaur who ends up in the wrong herd.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfvv9GLmaUM
Grown-ups – after your child has heard the story you could ask the following questions:
Activity 1 – The story tells us about some hatching dinosaur eggs and I thought a fun activity would be to make your own hatching dinosaur egg.
If you follow the link below there are instructions on how to make a frozen, hatching dinosaur egg.
https://theimaginationtree.com/frozen-dinosaur-eggs-sensory-play/
Follow the instructions and watch your dinosaurs hatch from their frozen eggs.
Activity 2 – You could create your own hatching dinosaur egg picture using paper and colouring crayons.
You can count the spots that you put on either side with a simple addition sum:
Now to have a go at some more addition sums just follow the link below:
Wednesday
I thought this morning we could go on a dinosaur adventure with Andy. If you are ready to learn some more amazing facts about dinosaurs and go on an exciting adventure, then follow the link below:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/curations/dinosaur-facts
Now you can go and play an exciting adventure game with Andy. Just click the link below:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/games/andys-dinosaur-adventures-game
Choose any of the following activities or complete them all if you have the resources.
Activity 1 – I thought it would be fun today to make your own salt dough dinosaur fossil. If you don’t have dinosaurs you can use another toy. Follow the link below for instructions: A fossil is the remains of plants and animals that lived a long time ago.
https://www.kiwico.com/diy/Science-Projects-for-Kids/3/project/Salt-Dough-Dinosaur-Fossils/543
You can also follow this CBeebies link to hear an explanation all about fossils:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/makes/presenters-making-a-fossil
Activity 2
Your grown-up can help with tricky words like dinosaur, or you can just write the sounds that you can hear when you say the word.
Activity 3
Watch the video on CBeebies where Andy shows you how to make a dinosaur sock puppet. If a grown-up says that you have a spare sock that you can use, we would love you to make your own dinosaur sock puppet!
Tuesday
I thought today we could go on a Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure, with Tiny the T-Rex.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnlDBKD2S78
Now follow the link below to listen to one of our favourite stories, Bumpus Jumpus Dinosaurumpus! You will hear the names of many different types of dinosaurs that lived a long time ago. See if you can remember some of their names. They are very tricky names to remember!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_gk8KE8D8w
Activity – If you have some paint you can make your own dinosaur picture using a handprint. This can be a little bit messy so make sure you do this with your grown-up. If you don’t have any paint then you can just draw and colour your own picture. Remember to show us your work at reception@mostonlane.manchester.sch.uk
Can you write any words around your picture that describe your dinosaur?
Monday
Let’s start the day off with the Dinosaur Stomp. Just follow the link below and start moving like a dinosaur.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzesbQaqhCY
Have a look around your house to see if you have any dinosaur books you can look through. You might also find some dinosaur toys that you can play with!
Follow the link below to learn ten interesting facts about dinosaurs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L2K-zVQ-uo
Can you remember any of the facts about dinosaurs?
Activity – I thought it would be fun to start our topic with your own paper dinosaur hat.
If you follow the instructions below your grown-up can help you make the hat. If you don’t have all the materials, don’t worry, you can create your own unique dinosaur hat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09grQ02lHZ8
Don’t forget to send us a picture of your hat to reception@mostonlane.manchester.sch.uk