01-06-2020 Bees and the environment

Weekly Reading Tasks Weekly Phonics TasksMonday- Read/watch the story together The honeybeehttps://youtu.be/8XWAyeRrRcY

Monday- Play games on https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk Username - march20 password- home

Tuesday- Can you make a bee lifecycle? You can print off the picture of have a go at drawing your own

Tuesday-

- Practice your letter formation.https://www.sparklebox.co.uk/literacy/writing/letter-formation/worksheets.html

Wednesday-Read and sing a variety of nursery rhymes. Do any of the rhymes have the same rhythm? Which is your favourite and why? See resource folder for some activities.

Wednesday- Play Buried Treasure-https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/buried-treasure . Can you say which words are real and which nonsense?

Thursday- Can you use the internet to find out how many types of bees there are in the UK

Thursday Alpha blocks story time https://youtu.be/XEI9QWcX2aA

Friday Friday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvMyssfAUx0have fun learning the tricky word song

Have a go at writing the tricky words too

Weekly Writing Tasks Weekly Maths Tasks- Shapes

Monday- Can you describe a bee? What colours is it how many wings and legs does it have?

Monday-

Power point song to join in.Daily maths for you to do, paste the link or click on it to go to the

pagehttps://www.thenational.academy/reception/maths/counting-actions-and-objects-up-to-10-reception-wk1-1

Tuesday Can you draw a picture of a bee Tuesday- https://www.thenational.academy/reception/maths/placing-number-cards-in-order-1-10-reception-wk1-2

Wednesday can you have a go at shadow drawing? What can you find to make a shadow?

Wednesdayhttps://www.thenational.academy/reception/maths/finding-one-more-than-a-given-number-reception-wk1-3Can you measure lengths with your feet? How many of your feet is the table in your house?How many of your feet is your grown up?

Can you find other things to measure with your feet?

Thursday- Can you make your words disappear? Write some words on the floor outside with chalk, take a cup of water and a paint brush, and write over the words with the water and paintbrush. Watch them disappear.

Thursday https://www.thenational.academy/reception/maths/finding-one-less-than-a-given-number-reception-wk1-4

https://youtu.be/Wbh1vOwI2YoNumber blocks 1-10 song

Friday- Can you write your name in large writing and then decorate it with pasta, flowers coloured paper buttons or whatever you can find

Friday- https://www.thenational.academy/reception/maths/solving-a-mathematical-problem-an-investigation-at-home-reception-wk1-5

https://youtu.be/uGL7xYEVeaYCount to 10 with Jack

Other fun activities.

Play shops- Using toy food or old packaging, set up a food shop for your child to act out being the shopkeeper and customer. You could introduce coins to support their developing knowledge of money. Give them a notepad to use as a shopping list to encourage in the moment writing and money recognition.Potato/ Vegetable Printing- Using a selection of vegetables available in your kitchen, support your child to print and explore the shapes and patterns created.

Physical/creative activities

Can you join in with some meditiationFollow the link https://youtu.be/bRkILioT_NA Bring it down

Can you move like a mini beast?Buzz like a beeFlutter like a butterflySlide like a snailWriggle like a caterpillar

Make a paper plate bee Friday Can you make a bee out of a paper plate? If you don’t have a paper plate can you cut out a circle

Use play dough to make your family members- Use ready-made play dough or make your own using this recipe: 2 cups of plain flour, one cup of salt, a tablespoon of oil, a cup of water (add gradually), a couple of drops of food colouring (optional), a teaspoon of cream of tartar (optional, but will make it last longer)