Phonics

Start with this dinosaur alphabet song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw-ioazcmmA
Today you’re going to be using your new tricky words, there and were to write simple sentences for the pictures below. We’d really like you to use at least one of the tricky words in each sentence and next to the pictures are some suggested sentences but as always, feel free to come up with your own.

There were bugs on the plant.

The bees were getting honey.

There are lots of bugs.

Maths

Start your maths today with this fun song What’s the Time

Remind yourself of yesterday’s maths session and talk about what you’ve already done today and what you’re planning on doing later. Encourage your child to talk in the correct tenses (past and present). 

Look at the pictures of Billy Bear and talk about what is happening in the pictures. Are they similar things to what you do in your day? Explain that they are all a bit muddled and not in the correct order. Can the children verbally put them back in the right order? Can they explain their choices e.g, breakfast comes before we’re at school, bedtime comes after we’ve had dinner. Focus on using words like ‘before’ and ‘after’.

If you feel like your child is ready to start using an analogue clock to tell the time (to the nearest hour) then feel free to teach them. At this stage of the year the children need to be able to talk about the sequence of time rather than tell the time specifically.