Week 5

This week our new letter sound is the letter sound, 'i'. You can play some games where you ask your child to find some objects beginning with the letter sound 'i'. You can use the links below to support your child in learning how to sound out and recognise the letter sound 'i'.

Alphablocks- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IUDMNK7cug

Geraldine the giraffe- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gi8OBhl11U

If you would like to have a try at writing the letter sound 'i' you can follow this- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UapRIdsWvpc

There are some other letter sounds that we have been looking at that you can have a try at writing.

This weeks story is- Spinderella. A story about a spider who wants to learn to count.

You can listen to the story here- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjgp3YiaKJw

This weeks dance and movement is our Cosmic Yoga Spider Power.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnO-lGEMOXk

Our song this week is Incy Wincy Spider- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAJynCIsNUg

You can have a try at making your own spider using toilet rolls. 

You can make spiders using your hand prints and turn them into puppets.

You can also have a try at making spiders with play dough. This will also encourage great fine motor skills and finger exercises which we love to do in nursery with our play dough.

Mrs Thompson and I would love to see your own spiders and you can even give them a name.

Email- alice.quiles@waverley.newcastle.sch.uk

We hope you have a fun week with these activities :)

Week 4-

This week our new letter sound is the letter sound, 'p'. You can play some games where you ask your child to find some objects beginning with the letter sound 'p'. You can use the links below to support your child in learning how to sound out and recognise the letter sound 'p'.

Alphablocks- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0Weosk4s6A

Geraldine the giraffe- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0akp_j1nbc

Our story this week is Polly Parrot Picks a Pirate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwEHeNyfEsQ

We also have a new story about pirates and numbers. Ten Little Pirates.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiLySC_emj0

This weeks song is over the deep blue sea. See if your child can do the actions of going left, right, forward and backwards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCPJhybHBkA

This weeks Cosmic Yoga is Popcorn and the Pirates.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_0P5grVoyg

If you would like to try and make your own treasure map with your child you can ask your child to draw a picture of a pirate, a trail to the treasure chest and pictures of what the pirate would come across on the journey.

Mrs Thompson and I hope you have a great week :) 

Week 3

This week our new letter sound is the letter sound, 't'. You can play some games where you ask your child to find some objects beginning with the letter sound 't'. You can use the links below to support your child in learning how to sound out and recognise the letter sound 't'.

-Alphablocks-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqGX5lZQ5Nk

-Geraldine the Giraffe-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmlzzMTqBxo

Our story this week is the tiger who came to tea. 

You can role play having a tea party and even pretend a tiger has joined you.

You can design your own plate of food that you want to share with the tiger and you can even make your own tiger masks making a circle or using a plate, paint it orange and use some black paper or crayons to decorate and make stripes.

This weeks dance and movement is our cosmic yoga, jungle safari.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4CaR0syf1g

We will also learn a new pose, The Tiger pose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2-7NftSJlA

Mrs Thompson and I have enjoyed seeing what you have been up to these last few weeks and if you would like any support please get in touch.

Mrs Quiles

Alice.Quiles@waverley.newcastle.sch.uk

Week 2-

This week our new letter sound is the letter sound, 'a'. You can play some games where you ask your child to find some objects beginning with the letter sound 'a'. You can use the links below to support your child in learning how to sound out and recognise the letter sound 'a'.

-Alphablocks-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMegstUNaj4

-Geraldine the Giraffe -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6fxDt4nV64

Our new story is 'The Star of the Zoo'. The animals are settling down for the night when a shooting star falls out of the sky. Each animal tries to help however it is a clever Ant that comes up with a wonderful plan of using teamwork to help the little star get back home in the sky.

Here is a link to listen to the story- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVWpSJzJRnc

This weeks dance and movement will be Cosmic Yoga, 'Arnold the Ant'. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWowDC3x0hE

We are also learning the song, The Ants Go Marching. This song supports number order and can emphasize our letter sound 'a'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S__fbCGwOM

If you would like to have a try at supporting your child to write down the letter sound 'a'. First of all ask your child to do it in the air using a pointed finger, say the sentence 'around the apple and down the leaf'. Then after a few times your child can have a try at writing it on paper. Let your child trace over the letter sound 'a' and then have a try at writing it themselves, all the time saying, 'around the apple and down the leaf'. 

Here is a link to help support this for you- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiSNwYhBf28

Mrs Thompson and I hope you have a great week :) 

Mrs Thompson and I hope you all had a lovely Easter.

To start this week off we will begin with some Easter 'Cosmic Yoga' 

This supports your child's physical and mental well being, as well as being fun!

This week is about Mr Hoppit the Hare and being kind to our friends.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN7M-uQSOYE

This week we will be concentrating on the letter sound 's'. 

You can play a game where you ask your child to find an object that starts with this letter sound.

Once you have a few objects that start with the letter sound 's' you can hide them under a blanket, remove an item and ask what object is missing.

There is a great website called 'Topmarks' where your child can play some interactive games to support their phonics recognition.  https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/3-5-years/letters-and-sounds

Alphablocks is another great website where your child can learn the letter sounds. This one is for the letter sound 's'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2f9Hp3WksU

To help support your child's fine motor skills and to have some fun along the way you can complete a jigsaw with them, use some chalk and let your child draw on the concrete in the garden and you can also have a try at painting the fence using a paint brush and a bowl of water.

You can even dress up to make it even more fun!

We love stories in nursery and to encourage your child to listen, handle and look through story books you can make a little story den with blankets and cushions. If your child has especially enjoyed a story with you please let us know your favourite.

If you need any support my email is alice.quiles@waverley.newcastle.sch.uk