My Favourite Thing

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 favourite thing and send it to me. 

Letter Sounds

Letter sounds

Hear it! Say it! 

Practice the letter sounds of the alphabet. 

You can find the sounds here on the blog under the Writing heading.

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.

The Tiger who Came to Tea

Here are some of the drawings of the tiger.  Aren't they fantastic! 

Robots

Robots
Do you remember when we played being robots, and we gave our robots instructions to follow? 

Today, you could teach a robot how to do a job. It might be making breakfast, making your bed, or feeding the cat. 

Your instructions for breakfast might be: 

Get a bowl 

Get the cereal 

?? what is next? 

You might like to make a robot out of a box or other bits and pieces you have at home.

The Tiger Who Came to Tea

Here is another of our favourite stories - The Tiger who Came to Tea.

Listen to this story… What would you do if you answered the door and a tiger was standing there? 

Can you draw a picture of the friendly but hungry tiger in this story?

Herbert the Brave Sea Dog

 Here is one of our favourite stories, Herbert the Brave Sea Dog.

Herbert the Brave Sea Dog

Bubbles

 Here are some drawings of family bubbles:

Sorting and Ordering

Sorting and Ordering objects:

 Find a pile of objects around your house to order. Can you put these in order from smallest to biggest? These could be blocks, lego, sticks from outside, or anything! See if you can order them. Send me a photo or video of your objects. Sorting objects over and over, and in different ways helps our maths brain grow!

Find a Shape

Shapes: 

Here's an idea for maths learning that you can do around your home. 

Find the following shapes in your home: 

square 

triangle 

rectangle 

circle 

hexagon

I would love to hear what you have found. 

You could take a photo or a video or draw a picture.

Who is in your bubble?

Who is in your bubble?
This afternoon you may like to draw a picture and share with me who is in your bubble. 

You can either draw directly on Seesaw, or you can draw on paper and take a photo and share it with me that way. 

If you can write the names of the people who are in your bubble that would be awesome!

A fun and active game to learn letters:

Alphabet Hop:
This game can be played inside or outside. 

If you are playing outside you will need some chalk. 

If you are playing inside you can write the letters on some pieces of paper. 

Ask Mum or Dad or a big brother or sister to help write the letters. 

You can write capital letters and lowercase letters. 

Mum, Dad, or your brother or sister then calls out the sound of the letter, and you need to hop on it.  

You can also play this game with numbers or mix up numbers and letters.

Monday 23 August - Home Learning

 Kia ora all,

Today we begin our learning online.  This is probably new for you and your child, and the second time around for me, so I am still learning!

I will provide one or two activities each morning, please note that you can do as little or as much as suits your family and your child.

There will be other activities on this blog that you can access at your own pace as well.  If you just want to share with me a photo of something you have drawn or made, or your play, I would love to see that too. It is completely up to you.

Now is also a great time to be learning life skills such as looking after a pet, helping the family with daily jobs or projects, and connecting through fun and cooperative activities.  Our tamariki need to feel safe and loved through this time of lockdown and uncertainty.  

Thank you for your support as we launch into this distance learning.   I will use both the blog and Seesaw for activities.  It will be helpful for me to know which platform suits you best. Please feel free to be in contact as I would appreciate any feedback about how things are going.

Te Rā writing

 Our writing about Te Rā:

Maui caught the sun. He travelled a long, long way to get that sun.

By Thomas.

The sun is sad because Maui caught him. 

Maui said, “I was not going to kill you but make you go slow.”

By Radian.

Maui caught the sun so we can have some daytime.

By Beauden.

Te Rā is so hot and bright.

By Scarlet.

Maui punished the sun.

By Kyani.

Te Rā is the god of the sun.

By Charles.

Te Rā went to sleep and the moon came up.

By Samson.

The sun got hurt.

By Tatianah.

The sun saw Maui trying to slow him down.

By Clayde.

Maui slowed the sun.

By Alexis.

Maui punched Te Rā in the nose with the magic jawbone.

By Keiva.

The brothers caught Te Rā with the magic jawbone.

By Jashan.

Tama-nui-te-Rā was sad because Maui hit him.

By Jacob.

Te Rā slowed down because the day was short.

By Ella.

Te Rā has sharp, sharp teeth.

By Aurora.

Tama-nui-te-Rā slowed down when he slept.

By Ramses.

Tama Nui te Rā

Our Kowhai Operetta this year is based on Maui and the Sun.

Children have draw beautiful Te Rā (the Sun) pictures with sharpies and then used orange and yellow dye over the top. 

We have also been writing about and drawing Te Rā in our Home Books.