Nursery

Hello everyone! 
I am posting 2 weeks worth of news in one, including what we learnt last week and what we will be learning this week.

Squiggle

Last week we learnt the last squiggle in the series called 'Straight, bent, cross, happy'. The squiggle combined a mixture of straight lines and right angles, curves and dots and dashes.

We will continue with Squiggle Whilst You Wiggle during the shorter teaching sessions before lunch and at the end of the day and will revisit these skills regularly.

Phonics

We have started Aspect 5 Alliteration where the children learn to recognise words that begin with the same sound. Here are some activities you can do at home to support this learning.

Top tips for listening:

Don’t worry if your child cannot tell you the beginning sound in a word, just make sure you have gained their attention  before you look at objects beginning with the same sound or sing tongue twisters so that they can experience the initial sound pattern as you say it.

 

•  Have a look through your children’s toys and find the ones that begin with same sound. eg bus, ball, book, baby, balloon.

•  Do not add an ‘uh’ to the end of sounds:

              ‘ssss’ not ‘suh’

              ‘mmm’ not ‘muh’

              ‘t’ not ‘tuh’

              ‘sh’ not ‘shuh’

 

Come and speak to a member of staff if you want to know more about this! 

Think of alliterative ways to positively  describe your child such as: Amazing  Anna,  Beautiful Bella, Cool Kacey, Excellent Edward, Happy Henry, Caring Kate, Juicy Joel, Icing Isaac, Nifty Nathaniel,  etc 

Make up your own silly alliterative questions: Do you like beetles in your bed? Spiders in your spaghetti?” Peas on your plate? Jelly in your ‘jim jams’? Beans in your bath? Hamsters on your head?

When walking to school or driving to places, play I spy something beginning with….. and talk about things that begin with the same sound.

In the bathroom, talk about things that begin with the same sound such as bath, bubbles, boat or toothbrush, teeth, toilet, taps, and towels.

Tongue Twisters

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?
If Peter Piper Picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

She shells sea shells on the sea shore.

I’m sure that she sells sea shells for sure.

 

Tongue Twister Website

www.fun-with-words.com tong_poems.html

Maths

Digit Dancing/Digit Doodling! We have returned to recognising and writing numerals. Last week we covered 1, 4 and 7. Next week we will be doing 6 and 9. Watch Shonette Bason's video clip to get a taste!