Here are some suggestions for learning ideas for you all to work on at home.
Get cosy with a good book and enjoy some reading.
Some ideas for reading:
Click this link for a google folder of activities.
* Make your own books for younger family members to read
* Visit David Walliams’ site – he’s reading stories each day David Walliams Elevenses
Some ideas to get writing during isolation:
- Keep a journal
- Make a scrapbook of all your favourite things – draw diagrams and label them
- Write emails to family members
- Find a special place to leave little notes for your child – encourage them to write back
- Draw a treasure map and label it
There are lots of things that you can do at home to practice maths.
- Cooking – measurement
- Preparing food – fractions
- Going for a walk – measurement
- Playing board games – great for counting and strategy
Check out NZ Maths Supporting School Maths for hints of how to help with maths at home.
Teachers will be assigning tasks on Mathletics and Mathseeds for your children at their personalised level.
Here’s some other sites that might be worth exploring together –
Whaea Hollie has shared the following Garden to Table recipes for you to try at home. We would love to see photos of any of you creating G2T dishes.
Beetroot and Chocolate Cake Recipe
Fudgy Chocolate Pear Brownie Recipe
GTT recipe – Beetroot Yoghurt Dip
GTT recipe – Quick Pizza Dough
GTT recipe Egg Vegetable Fried Noodles (1)
Click on the links below to practice our assembly songs.
* Lots of fun ideas at Raising Dragons
* Make cloud dough with only two ingredients – click here
* Check out Nanogirl for great science ideas https://www.nanogirllive.co.nz/
* Search for The Great Te Atatu Peninsula Bear Hunt on Facebook.
* Author/Illustrator Mo Willems (Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus) runs daily drawing lessons Mo Willems Lunch Doodles
* Art Ideas – a range of art based activities and some printables.
* Just Dance Kids – fun led dances
* Great active activities on Go Noodle
Cosmic Kids Yoga – lots of fun yoga lessons