Homework
Homework - Summer Term
Here are some ideas and activities that you can do with your child to support their learning in school.
Literacy
- Reception children should read their library books and phonics book each day.
- Practise their phonic sounds with them using the little green/yellow book and any phonics sheets that are sent home.
- Read our Talk for Writing books together - The Gruffalo, What the Ladybird Heard
- Play a phonics game from the websites given (Useful website links)
- Go to the library to find books that match our topic 'Habitats'.
Maths
- Recognising numbers around the local area
- Writing numbers in different media such as sand, shaving foam or in chalk outside
- Recognising amounts without counting (dice games/dominoes) etc
- Adding two sets of toys/ sweets etc by counting altogether and then to be able to add by counting on.
- Counting backwards from 10 or even 20
- Practise doubling/ halving and sharing by playing games.
- Play a board game such as snakes and ladders
- Cooking - bring attention to reading instructions in order and weighing ingredients
Topic - Habitats
- Go on a nature walk - what can you see? Hear? smell?
- Make different types of habitat in a shoe box
- Look at google earth to be able to see different places and compare them to where we live
- Find insects in your garden using a magnifying glass.
- Make an animal footprint trap to see what animals live in your local area
- Feed birds in your garden
- Make a bug hotel