Jack and the Beanstalk Home Learning

• Can you do any planting together? Do you think it will grow small or tall? How long do you think it will take to grow?
• Can you build your own castle together big enough for a giant! You could use blocks, junk modelling, lego or playdoh.
• Could you visit the library and find any other Jack and the Beanstalk books/alternative texts to read e.g. Jasper’s Beanstalk.
• Can you visit the local farm and find the cows?
• Can you join in with the Talk for Writing shared via tapestry at home. Can your children show you the actions?
• Link to the story being narrated with Makaton signs
  www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p08lc99s/mr-tumble-tales-jack-and-the-beanstalk

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Home Learning

• Could you make a healthy snack together? Could you try any fruits from the story?
• Can you go on a bug hunt? What can you find? Can you see a caterpillar?
• Can you talk about what day of the week it is? Talk about your own family’s routine and what you do on different days of the week.
• Could you make a fruit smoothie using all the fruits in the story?
• Can you spot all the food in the story when you are shopping?
• Can you make your own caterpillar? Maybe from an old egg box or tubes.
• Could you paint a butterfly by painting one side and folding the paper to make it symmetrical.
• Visit your local library- can you find out any information about caterpillars turning into butterflies that you can share with the teachers in Willow Class.
• Join in at home with our story telling on tapestry- can the children retell the story for you? You could even create your own puppets to retell the story.
• Link to the story being narrated
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NQK-Sm1YY

• Can your child retell you the story at home?
• Look at the pictures in the book. Does Kenya look similar or different to where we live? Why? Maybe you could show your child where Kenya is on a map.
• Can you make your own clay animals?
• Can you paint your own animals from the story.
• Can you go on a nature walk? Can you see any animals on your walk and can you count them.
• Join in at home with our story telling on tapestry- can the children retell the story for you?
• Can you visit the local farm and find any of the same animals?
• Link to the animated story being narrated
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfaR6NvwJ2A

Nursery Rhymes Home Learning

Our nursery rhymes this term are; I’m a Little Teapot, The Grand Old Duke of York and Sleeping Bunnies. Join in with the Willow Class Team recordings on tapestry!

Maths Home Learning

Our focus for Spring Term is the number 4, squares and rectangles, measurement, and positional language.

• Can your child identify the number 4 in the environment, e.g. house numbers, car registrations, in shops and on buses.
• Can your child find squares and rectangles in the environment such as signs, windows and doors.
• Can your have a toy hunt around the house. Use positional language such as under the chair, on the bed, behind the box to describe the location of the toys.
• Can your child fill different size jugs/cups during bath time?
• Number blocks on BBC IPlayer is also a great resource.

Knowledge and Understanding of the World Home Learning

• Can you talk about what the weather is like each day?
• Can you see any signs of spring? E.g. baby animals, plants growing etc.
• Can you look at different family pictures? What changes can you see?
• Talk about different jobs you might see. What would you like to be?
• Can you cook/bake and share your favourite foods and share on tapestry.

• Can your child retell you the story at home?
• Can you make your own potions?
• Could you make your own wand?
• Can you make your own puppets to help you retell the story?
• Can you see any of the animals from the story when you are out?
• Can you visit the library and find any other rhyming books or Julia Donaldson books to share?
• Can you join in with the Talk for Writing shared via tapestry at home. Can your children show you the actions?
• Could you junk model your own broomstick? You could even use natural resources!
• Link to the animated story
  www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0102qfj/room-on-the-broom

• Can you visit the library and find any space books?
• Can you make your own junk modelled rocket? Maybe for your own bear to visit the moon!
• Explore more about what astronauts do. What might they wear? How do they get too space?
• Talk about day and night and what we might see in the sky at different times of the day.
• What would you take to the moon? Could you make a shopping list and have your own picnic?
• Could you sing songs together such as 5 little men in a flying saucer and twinkle, twinkle little star.
• Could you make your own rocket out of blocks or lego?

• Dear Santa
• The Very Helpful Hedgehog
• Bear stays up for Christmas

This half terms Nursery Rhymes:

Our core nursery rhymes this half term are:

• Incy wincy spider
• Twinkle twinkle little star
• Pop goes the weasel
• Two little dickie birds

Please join in with the Willow Class staff singing these at home, these will be sent out via tapestry.

Maths Home Learning:

Our Focus number this half term is 2 and we will also be exploring pattern. Here are some ways to support your child at home:

• Can your child identify numbers in the environment?
• Can your child start to copy/write any numbers they see?
• Can your child find shapes in the environment?
• Can you create your own simple AB pattern, for example, using two natural resources; leaf, conker, leaf, conker- what would be next?
• Number blocks on BBC IPlayer is also a great resource.

Knowledge and Understanding of the World Home Learning:

• Can you talk about what the weather is like each day?
• How many animals can you find around your local area? What animals do we see in the day? What animals might we see at night?
• Can you go on a litter pick around your local area to help make sure the animals don’t eat it?
• Can you explore and find out some more about different festivals that are being celebrated over the coming weeks e.g. bonfire night, Remembrance Day, Diwali, Christmas. My first Festivals is a great way to explore this: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000qp30/my-first-festivals
• Can you cook/bake and share your favourite healthy foods and share on tapestry.