Learning Through Play & Resources 

As a guide, choose two 'Learning Through Play' activities each day, alongside the daily Phonics and Maths tasks. Daily learning should also include name writing and/or handwriting, reading (including adult read stories) and outdoor learning (see suggestions in the resources below). 

Monday 4th January

INSET

Tuesday 5th January 

Tuesday English 

Listen to the story and choose an activity from the Learning Through Play grid.

Tuesday Phonics 

Can you learn the alphabet song? Remember that in this song we sing 'letter names' - can you match them to the letter sounds you know?

Have a go at reading a 'Phase 2' comic on the link below. 

Tuesday Maths

Watch the Session 1 video on the link and complete the activities below. 

Can you make 'Five Little Men' using tin foil to help you sing the song as you count backwards from five? 

** Challenge **

Can you record what's happening as you take away by writing a number sentence? Remember how to use our mean 'minus' symbol who takes things away!

Wednesday 6th January

Wednesday Phonics 

Watch Miss Skoll introducing the new phoneme and complete the activities below. You will need something to write with.

Have a go at reading the following words: 

jug 

Jill

Jack

Can you sound out and write these words?

**Challenge**

Have a go at reading these sentences:

Jack and Jill jog up on the hill. 

Jog to get the jam.

A man can jog to get fit.

Wednesday Maths

Watch the Session 2 video and complete the activities below.

**Challenge**

Can you use plates or bowls to put different amounts of objects in from 0-5? Can you put these amounts in order? What does zero look like? How is it different to the other numbers?

Thursday 7th January 

Thursday Phonics 

Watch Miss Skoll introducing the new phoneme and complete the activities below. You will need something to write with.

Thursday Maths

Watch the session 3 video and complete the activities below. 

Friday 8th January 

Friday Phonics 

This week we have learned two new sounds: 

Watch the videos below of Geraldine the Giraffe finding things around the house that begin with these sounds. Can you find anything in your house that begins with these sounds? 

**Challenge** 

Can you find these sounds in any of your stories at home? 

Once you have re-capped your new sounds, practise the sounds we learned at school last term by choosing one activity mat to complete.

Friday Maths 

Watch session 4 and complete the activities below.