Show and Tell next week is: Yellow group.
Thank you to those of you who donated cakes and came along to our Macmillan Coffee afternoon. We raised over £200 for Macmillan and are delighted with this.
Thank you to those of you who donated cakes and came along to our Macmillan Coffee afternoon. We raised over £200 for Macmillan and are delighted with this.
This week we have continued to focus on learning phonics
through:
- · Environmental/instrumental means - this week the children explored different sounds made with drum sticks
- · Using voice sounds and body percussion- we played chain games
- · Rhythm and rhyme- fast, slow, skipping, marching rhythms
- · Alliteration- objects from the sound box
- · Oral blending and segmenting - playing 'I spy' focusing on a tray of objects.
In maths we have focused on the number 2 and the
semi-circle. We recapped the number 1 and we talked about parts of
the body and how we have 1 head and 1 nose. We then thought about what we have 2 of. We have 2 hands and need 2 gloves, we have 2 feet and need
2 socks and 2 shoes. The children then dressed their teddy finding the correct number of clothes and sticking them on to their bear.
The children have been learning about animals and their babies. They have looked at similarities and differences between animals and
their off spring as well as learning the correct names. The children went on an
animal hunt and all found a picture of one animal. We asked
them to put their hand up if their animal had the following features:
· it is furry,
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it has four legs,
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it has horns,
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it has feathers
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your animal has a tail
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your animal has a beak
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if your animal has a mane
The children then had to find a partner- someone who had a
card with the same animal so that adults and their babies were matched. The
children then compared the two pictures and discussed what was the same and
what was different. Most of the animals
looked very alike but were perhaps different sizes. They noticed that some of
the animals were very different. For example: A caterpillar and butterfly; a
tadpole and frog. The children need lots poor practise learning the names of baby animals-cub, calf, kid.
In literacy this week the children have been using alliteration. They were introduced to two clay aliens with alliterative names Mig Mag Mully Mo and Fo Fi Fandle Fee. The children then made their own clay models and named them using alliteration. See if your child can remember what they called their alien.
Small groups have taken turns playing games with an adult. The children have been working on their listening skills and understanding the importance of taking turns and that we can’t always win! These games have also been maths or literacy based.
Please continue to play ‘I spy with my little eye’ using the
letter sounds to help your child develop a good understanding of initial
sounds.
When you read to your child see if your child can identify the rhyming
words in the text. Can they think of any other rhyming words to continue the
rhyming string?
Focus on the number 2, counting 2 objects e.g. wheels, stones, conkers, leaves, sticks, put them into groups of two as well as finding the numeral.
Look at numbers in the environment for example on the houses as you walk along the street, in the aisles in the supermarket. Ask your child to get the cutlery out at dinner- ask them to work out how many knives, forks and spoons are needed. Ask them to count the stairs as you climb up them and can they count backwards as you come back down? Sing lots of number rhymes.
Games are fantastic way to practise listening skills and encourage your child to recognise number patterns on dice/dominoes and build on basic literacy skills. Please try to play board games with your child at home.
Go on an autumn walk and find leaves and conkers and sticks and bring them in for us all to use as we learn.
Have a lovely weekend,
The Reception Team
