Author: SianD

Literacy Challenges

• Writing your child’s name using a variety of resources/equipment – chalk/pens and paper/shaving foam/playdough/iPads/paint/water and paintbrushes outside/sand/pasta etc.

Support and encourage your child with their ‘pincer grip’ of holding the pencil/pen when writing/forming the letters.

• Letters and Sounds  – please use the following website to find letter and sounds activities, resources and sets of ‘sounds’ and ‘words’ you can use at home. We are currently working at ‘Phase 2 Sounds’ but please feel free to work on ‘Phase 1’ too.

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com 

• Jolly Phonics – listen to the following link on youtube to sing along to the letter sounds. They are in a different order to the ‘Letters and Sounds’ sounds but please do not worry about this, as the encouragement to sing and recognise the letters sounds is the important aspect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y03uiPd-JTc 

• ‘I spy letters’ game – can you find objects around the house that begin with different letters? e.g. s = smelly sock, a = apple, t = torch ect.

 

• Handwriting Practise  – We are using the cursive handwriting in school – find formation sheets on Twinkl or look at the pack sent out to you at the end of Summer Term.

Numeracy Challenges

• Number formation practise
• Count objects around the house
• Object hunt – how many apples can you find?
• Addition – can you add objects together to find out how many altogether?
• Online activities;
• Click on the following link and choose Foundation or Key Stage 1 in the left hand column. Choose an area of learning in the top middle box and then decide upon the activity below.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=1 

 

Please take photographs of the children’s work and upload it onto your child’s Hwb account or email them to me.

Have Fun!!

Many Thanks,

Miss Davies