Oral Language- Would You Rather...
Ask your child a question eg Would you rather be the size of an ant or the size of an elephant?
Ask them to choose one and explain their choice to you.
Depending on the age of your child your questions could be more or less complex eg would you rather be a cat or a dog? OR would you rather live without your sense of sight or your sense of hearing?
Early Readers- Cup Tower
What you will need:
1. Paper cups
2. Pen/Pencil
Using paper cups from the supermarket, write some commonly used words that your child has been practising at school. Your child must then read the word before they can add the cup to their tower. The aim of the game is to build the tallest tower!
Rhyming Words
What you will need:
* paper
* pencil
Provide your child with a word eg cat, house, car etc and ask them share any rhyming words they know for that word. You may like to get them to write the words down or draw pictures.
Early Writers Activity
Allowing children, especially younger children, to experiment and use a range of different ways to write is a wonderful way to get them interested in practising writing.
You could mix some shaving cream and a bit of food colouring in a sandwich bag and then tape it to a table. Then your child would use a cotton tip to practise writing letters or words as below. (Be careful not to put too much shaving cream in the bag and ensure it is securely closed).
You could also use things like sand, flour, powder or salt on a tray or plate to allow your child to experiment with the formation of letters and writing words they know. They use their finger to write letters or words and then gently shake the tray or use their hand to smooth over the mixture to reset and have another turn.
Rocket Writing
You will need:
- a piece of paper
- a pencil
- a timer, watch etc
When you try this activity again try a different topic or picture to write about!
Shapes, Shapes, Shapes!
Shapes treasure hunt
Ask your child to look around the house and identify items that are specific shapes eg circle, square, rectangle, triangle, rhombus, pentagon, hexagon etc. Ask your child questions like- how do you know this is a circle? What can you tell me about this shape?
Students could write the name of the object, draw it or collect it and place them in groups of like shapes.
** You can also try this activity with 3D objects including a cube, cylinder, cone, sphere, pyramid etc.
Shapes Sort
What you will need:
* paper
* scissors
Create giant shapes out of paper and place on the table. Show these shapes to your child as a guide. Shapes could include- triangle, square, rectangle, circle, rhombus, pentagon, hexagon etc.
Allow your child to use old catalogues, magazines, newspapers or paper to cut out shapes similar to the ones you have provided. Ask them to talk to you about the shapes as they cut them out.
** Alternatively you may already have shapes of different sizes already cut out and ask your child to sort them to the correct group.
Shapes Pictures
What you will need:
* paper
*pencils
Provide your child with some paper and ask them to draw a picture using 2D shapes. Once finished ask your child to share and talk about their picture with you.
You may like to ask them to colour all the squares one colour, all the circles another colour etc.
Maths- Card Game
Make 10
You will need:
* 1 pack of playing cards
Maths- Card Game
KNOCKOUT
For 2 players
Ages 6-11
AIM: To place all your counters on the gameboard before your opponent.
TIPS: To ‘KNOCKOUT’ your opponent’s counters off the gameboard and replace with your own.
YOU WILL NEED:
1 gameboard (as pictured below)
12 counters: 6 of one colour, 6 of another
1 deck of cards, (picture cards removed (King, Queen, Jack), Ace = 1
KNOCKOUT
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HOW TO PLAY:
ADAPTING FOR ALL STUDENTS
FOR YOUNGER STUDENTS: When adding or subtracting, use the pictures (hearts, diamonds, spades, clubs) count to add and subtract.
TO EXTEND FOR OLDER STUDENTS: In their efforts to knockout their opponent’s counters, students can begin to be creative with the operations they use on each card turned over. The more confident they become with +, -, and ÷, doubling, tripling, halving, etc, the more calculations they will be able to use.
For example: Students can:
e.g. they turn over 3 and 4, they can double 3 = 6, then add 4 = 10 and record: (2 x 3) + 4 = 10.
e.g. they turn over 3 and 4 they can triple 3 and record: (3 x 3) + 4 = 13
Place Value Scavenger Hunt
You will need:
Ask your child to find numbers that have a specific amount of hundreds, tens or ones by finding the numbers in a magazine or newspaper and cutting them out. For example, 5 in the tens place means a number between 50-59. A number that has 3 in the hundreds place could be any number between 300-399 etc.
You may prefer just to ask your child to point out the number if they see it rather than cut it out OR ask them to tell you a number they know that matches the specific place value.
Alternatively, you may like to play the game differently by asking them to tell you about any numbers they see around them. For example, I see the number 56 on our letterbox and that is made up of 5 tens and 6 ones.
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