Nursery Remote Learning Week 10 – w/c 15.06.20

Dear Nutmeg friends, parents and carers,

How are you Nutmeg friends? I hope you are enjoying June and keeping happy and safe. We've been enjoying all the 'moving and grooving' this term and hope you have too. Perhaps you can email us a photo or video of you doing your own special dance moves!

Lots of love, Miss Parnell and Miss Amma

Stay in touch. Send your feedback and work to: eyfs@bevington.rbkc.sch.uk

Our new topic this term...

Exploring Summer - Move and Groove

Miss Parnell’s book of the week

‘Giraffes Can’t Dance’

by Giles Andreae In our story this week, a friendly cricket encourages Gerald the Giraffe to create his own unique dancing style and he surprises

everyone with his elegant movements.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZjsLK5vwNU

This week's book is by a local Notting Hill author, Giles Andreae. Giles is an award-winning children's author who has written both fiction titles and bestselling picture books, such as Pants and The Lion who Wanted to Love. He has won the Federation of Children's Book Award and the Book Trust Early Years Award, but he is probably most famous as the creator of the successful Purple Ronnie, Britain's favourite stickman.

Why not also check out some of his other books…

Elephant Me - www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsbLk9bI-as

Rumble in the Jungle - www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmq9PkLUBlI

The Lion Who Wanted to Love - www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3hU_aR71M0

Commotion In The Ocean - www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pRhgZ8Jffs

Monday

Wake up, shake up Time to get our bodies moving and start the day...

www.youtube.com/watch?list=RD7zySLpeEUcM&v=1gUbdNbu6ak

Literacy - Story Time and Phonics Our groovy story of the week, ‘Giraffes Can’t Dance’ by Giles Andreae

- Let's read / listen to 'Giraffes Can’t Dance’ at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZjsLK5vwNU

- What did you think of the story? Let's talk about it. Who are the characters? What happens in the story?

- Let's read it again slowly and talk about the words in the book.

- Chat with your adult about what the following words / phrases mean - lots of them are action words. Try acting out the meaning of these words / phrases...

munching shoots buckled at the knees skip and prance

froze up leapt up twizzled round

- What other action words can you find in the story?

Mind Up and Yoga Time - Brain Break deep breathing exercises to help calm down and relax: https://mindup.org.uk/mindup-activities/

- Cosmic Yoga - Lulu the Baby Lioness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvJH8Kbzj54

- Feelings talk: Feeling frustrated or angry, like Lulu the Baby Lioness, can be hard. Sometimes when we aren't feeling our best, it can help to breathe deeply and slowly count to 10. It can sometimes help to talk and share our feelings.

Think about what helps you feel better when you are feeling frustrated, sad or angry?

Monday continued...

Maths 2D Flat Shapes

- Let's start with a 2D shapes song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElQoMOCJw8w

- Which 2D shapes can you remember from the video?

- Let's list their names and see if we can carefully draw each shape.

- Let's look carefully at the shapes. Which ones have curved sides and which ones have straight sides?

- How many sides do each of the shapes have?

STEM and Expressive Arts & Design

Today we are going to learn a bit more about giraffes and why they have a long neck.

- First. let's listen carefully as we watch:

www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/z4vfb9q

- Why did the video tell you about why giraffes? Did they always have long necks? Why do they now?

- Would you like to have a long neck? If you did, what would you do? Perhaps you could use it to see things that are high up.

Draw your own giraffe using your hand

- Watch and follow along at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKDYx6X5jzM

- How will you colour it in? You could use paint, pens, pencils or crayons.

- Remember to put your name on your picture.

- While we work let's try and see giraffes live on the watering hole webcam:

https://explore.org/livecams/africam/tau

(N.B. Please supervise when watching the webcams, to make sure the content is child/age appropriate, as they are live)

Singing (and dancing!) - Let's sing and dance along to the 'Giraffes Can't Dance' song:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzb5Acl-n70&feature=youtu.be

- What are your favourite dance moves?

- What music do you like to move to the most? Is it fast or is it slow?

Tuesday

Wake up, shake up Time to get our bodies moving and start the day...

www.youtube.com/watch?list=RD7zySLpeEUcM&v=1gUbdNbu6ak

Literacy - Story Time and Phonics Alliteration and rhyme time with our story of the week 'Giraffes Can’t Dance’

- Let's warm up with 'Exercise, Rhyme and Freeze' - www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSPmGPIyykU

- Can you remember the difference between alliteration and rhyming words?

N.B. Alliteration is a repetition of letter sounds between multiple words, where as rhyme is when two or more words share larger sounds, typically based on a matching vowel and the sound that follows it.

- Let's read / listen again to 'Giraffes Can’t Dance’ at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZjsLK5vwNU and as we listen let's make a list of all the animals from the story. How many can we remember?

- For each animal, let's try and think of some alliterations or silly rhyming words or sentences, for example...

alliterations (same first letter)

rhyming (shared larger sounds)

giraffe good giraffe

greedy giraffe giraffe in a bath

giraffe likes to laugh

warthog

rhino

lion

baboon

Mind Up and Yoga Time - Brain Break deep breathing exercises to help calm down and relax: https://mindup.org.uk/mindup-activities/

- Cosmic Yoga - 10 poses! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho9uttOZdOQ

- Feelings talk: - Watch the story of Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang at:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wylzbbSL668 What did Monkey need?

- Can you think of a time when you felt grumpy? What helped you to feel better?

Maths 2d Flat Shapes

- Let's watch the Numberblocks Series 3 Episode 'Flatland' at: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bp2qlb/numberblocks-series-3-flatland

- There were a lot of flat shapes in the video. The Numberblocks carefully counted their sides.

- Let's work together to count the sides of the shapes in the video and say their names.

STEM and Expressive Arts & Design

Using 3D shapes to stamp and print 2D flat shapes!

- Have you got some 3D blocks (shapes) at home that you can get messy with paint and use to stamp some flat shapes to make your own 2D shapes picture?

- What picture will you create using lots of shape prints?

Singing - Let's enjoy the 'Alice the Camel' number song again:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM7Jnetdf0I

Wednesday

Wake up, shake up Time to get our bodies moving and start the day...

www.youtube.com/watch?list=RD7zySLpeEUcM&v=1gUbdNbu6ak

Phonics - Today we are going to learn the letter 't' and the sound it makes:

Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdsTJHr8K9o

- Let's make the 't' sound together, t-t-t-t! This is a short, bouncy sound...t-t-t-t-tower.

- What other words can we think of that start with the 't' sound? Let's make a list of 't' words.

- Can you use your finger pen to draw a big 't' in the air like an apple - down the tower, across the tower

- Watch the Alphablocks t episode at:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCENrK5RJRA

- Watch Mr Thorne and Geraldine the Giraffe Episode t at:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmlzzMTqBxo

- Can you go on a treasure hunt like Geraldine the Giraffe to find 't' objects?

Mind Up and Yoga Time - Brain Break deep breathing exercises to help calm down and relax: https://mindup.org.uk/mindup-activities/

- Cosmic Yoga - Mr Hoppit the Hare: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN7M-uQSOYE

- Feelings talk: Let's talk about why it's important to make people feel welcome. How can we do this?

Maths Using colours and shapes to make patterns

- Let's start by watching the Numberblocks Series 3 Episode 'Pattern Palace' at:

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bp2t8d/numberblocks-series-3-pattern-palace

- Now let's make our own patterns! We can use different coloured unifix, Lego, Duplo or other blocks to build a pattern or we could paint or stamp a colour pattern to make a snake pattern picture.

- Start using just two different colours to make a 'A B' colour pattern.

- If that is easy, next try using three colours to make a more complex ' A B C' colour pattern.

STEM and Expressive Arts & Design

Let's use shapes to make animals!

This is a time to get creative and use our imaginations to make our own shape animals. What animal would you like to draw? Is it long or short, wide or thin? Which shapes could you use?

- If, you need some inspiration why not watch: Drawing Animals from Squares... www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZG704D-6O0

How to Draw with Triangles... www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4DI9m_cQjY

Singing (and moving!) - Let's take a walk in the jungle - 'Walking in the Jungle' www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoSq-yZcJ-4

Thursday

Wake up, shake up Time to get our bodies moving and start the day...

www.youtube.com/watch?list=RD7zySLpeEUcM&v=1gUbdNbu6ak

Phonics - Remember our letter 't' and the sound it makes. Let's make the 't' sound together again.

Remember this is a short, bouncy sound... t-t-t-t-tower. - Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdsTJHr8K9o

- Today we are going to practise writing the letter 't'.

- First, can you use your finger pen to draw a big 'a' in the air like a tower...

down the tower, across the tower

- Now let's get some big paper and see how many 't' letters we can write!

- You could also paint your 't' or write it in sand or sugar.

Mind Up and Yoga Time - Brain Break deep breathing exercises to help calm down and relax: https://mindup.org.uk/mindup-activities/

- Cosmic Yoga - Let's practise our 10 poses again! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho9uttOZdOQ

- Feelings talk: Sometimes it is hard to find the words to describe our feelings but drawing a picture might help to show how we feel. You could draw a happy or sad face or use colours to express your mood.

Try drawing a picture to express how you feel today?

Maths Using colours and shapes to make patterns

- Yesterday, we watched the Numberblocks making colour patterns.

- Now let's make use colours and shapes to make patterns!

- Look at the pattern below.

- Can you make your own shape patterns?

Expressive Arts & Design

Making a card for Father's Day to give to our Dad or someone else special

- This Sunday will be Father's Day. This is a special day, a bit like a birthday. We use this day to say thank you to our dad or another special person in our life, like a grandad or uncle, or who helps us.

- Today let's make a special card and decorate it to say thank you!

- Who would you like to make your card for? Think about what that person likes and what their favourite colour is to help inspire your design.

My Dad loves buses and his favourite colour is blue so I am going to draw him a big blue bus that says thank you on it!

- Can you write their name and your name inside the card?

Singing - Show and Share: Take turns to sing a favourite song.

What shape will come next?

What colour will it be?

Funday Friday Fine Motor Cutting Challenge Can you use your scissors to carefully cut out and stick shapes to make some super shape animals?

Story Time

To celebrate Father's Day why not read / listen to Timothy Knapman's super story, 'Superhero Dad' at:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5twE6OmfhxU

Celebrate and Party You might also like to have a special Father's Day (or other special person day!) party or celebration on Sunday.

To get ready to party, like Gerald the Giraffe and the lions, you could practise your own cool dance moves!

It's great to hear from you!

Please email your work, photos and videos or questions to Miss Parnell at

eyfs@bevington.rbkc.sch.uk