Learning at Home

Here are some of the activities that are posted on Seesaw:

1.  Draw and Write:
Draw a picture of your house.
Then write a story about the people that live in your house.
You could start your story like this:
"In my house is.."
Don't forget you can use the words in the flowers, and the words at the bottom of the flowers.  Ask Mum or Dad to help you.

2.  Build a Hut:
Pick a spot in your house where you can build a hut.
Use items from your home to build your hut.
You can read, draw, play games, or just hang out in your hut!
Take a photo of your hut with you inside reading your favourite book.
You could also draw a picture of your hut.

3.  Helping Around the House:
Taking care of yourself is important.
This week see if you can:
- make your bed
- hang your clothes on the line, and then fold them neatly when they are dry
- wash or dry the dishes, or put them away.
Take a photo of your mahi to share with me.

4.  Make a Leaf Rainbow:
See if you can make a leaf rainbow with all the beautiful leaves that are falling off the trees.
Don't forget to take a photo to share with me!

Learning Through Play

Some more ideas about learning through play at home.

How to sign into mathletics

How to sign into Sunshine Classics and Sunshine Online

Leaf Art

Here is some gorgeous work from the Leaf Art activity.

Arielle's work

Lachie's work

Levi's work

If you want to create some leaf art, here is the poem.  You can post your work on your Seesaw journal.

Wednesday 22 April

KiaOra, here are some activities for you:

Maths Around Home
Finding Shapes:
Find the following shapes in your home -
square
triangle
rectangle
circle
I would love to hear what you have found.  You could take a video, or a photo, or draw a picture.

Draw and Tell
My Favourite Thing:
Tell me about your favourite thing at home.
Use these questions to tell me about your favourite thing -
What does it look like?
What does it feel like?
What does it smell like?
Why do you like it?
You can draw a picture of your favorite thing, or take a photo.  Then tell me your story on Seesaw.

Monday 20 April

KiaOra Koutou
Here is today's mahi.  I have enjoyed seeing all your work and hearing your voices!

Letter Sounds
Hear it, then say it!

Practice the letter sounds of the alphabet. You can find the sounds here on the blog: https://welearnthroughplayhes.blogspot.com/p/writing.html

Practice finding the beginning sounds of things you can see around you - b-b-bed, t-t-table. Make a collection of some things and record yourself saying the beginning sounds.

Floating and Sinking
Find some different things to put in water.
You might have a tennis ball, a marble, a pencil, a toy car, a shell a leaf... you can choose your things.
Now let's see which one floats and which ones sink!
Tell me about what you discover about what floats and sinks.
You can take a photo and post onto Seesaw, or you can record your ideas.

Learning at home

Kia Ora whanau
Today we begin our online learning.  This is as new for me as it is for you and your child.  I aim to provide one or two activities each morning, you can do as much or as little as suits your family and your child. 

There will be other activities on the blog that you can access at your own pace as well.
Today also sees the launch of Home Learning TV.
From approximately 9 - 10.30am is for younger learners. 

Nathan Wallis

Here are a few videos from Nathan Wallis, a neuroscientist and educator who influences my practice, and that of many other teachers, especially of younger children.
He is also well known for his expertise in brain development, early education, and parenting.

This korero is in regards to our current situation of learning at home. 

Well worth a listen. 

video 1

video 2

video 3

You can also search on YouTube for other Nathan Wallis videos.