Caterpillar Class – Home Learning Pack – Week beginning 29.6.20

The Farm

Dear Parents and Children of Caterpillar Class,

I hope you enjoyed last week’s activities based on ‘Nursery Rhymes’. This

week’s activities are based around ‘The Farm’. Across the week, there are

activities that cover all areas of the EYFS curriculum. As always, the

activities are to help support you and your child while you are learning

together at home. Please have fun with the activities and enjoy them!

Books suggestions for this week:

Farmyard Hullaballoo written by Giles Andreae

(watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqL6docsaPc)

A Squash and a Squeeze written by Julia Donaldson

(watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkdX73Onf04)

Farmer Duck written by Martin Waddell.

(watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gug6P8l1q6c)

The Pig in the Pond written by Martin Waddell

(watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsB6t8E_Lao)

Rosie’s Walk written by Pat Hutchins

(watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3kNUTwJhf8)

Thank you for all your efforts working at home. Remember to let me know

how you are getting on and post some photos on Class Dojo if you can.

Mr Whines

Monday 29th June

Activity 1:

What am I?

Guess the farm animal. Use the

‘What am I?’ PowerPoint (see

resources) to click on the tractor for

clues. Can you guess the animal

without using all three clues?

Activity 2

‘This Little Piggy’ Rhyme

Activity 3

Muddy Pigs

Add cornflour, a little brown food

colouring and water to a large

activity tray to create muddy-

coloured gloop. Add some toy pigs

and roll them around in the ‘mud’!

P.E.

Tuesday 30th June

Activity 1:

Cracking Eggs

Draw some zigzag shapes onto

paper egg shapes. Practise using

scissors to cut along the drawn

lines to crack open the eggs.

Activity 2

Farmyard Peg Animals

Have a go at decorating some wooden

pegs and turn them into fantastic

farmyard animals!

Activity 3

Farmyard Yoga

Have a go at making these four

yoga poses … sheep, pig, cow

and horse (see resources).

P.E.

Wednesday 1st July

Activity 1:

Movement on the Farm

Can you ….

Gallop like a horse?

Roll in mud like a pig?

Waddle like a duck/goose?

Peck like a chicken?

Stand still like a scarerow?

Charge like a bull/billy goat?

Stomp like a cow?

Strut like a rooster?

Kick like a donkey?

Scurry like a mouse?

Activity 2

What is in the Box?

Play a ‘What is in the box?’ initial

sounds game. With an adult’s help,

find a selection of toy farm animals

(or photos of farm animals) whose

names all begin with different initial

sounds. Add them to the box. Then,

ask the adult to say the initial sound

of one of their names and see if you

can work out the chosen animal!

Activity 3

Mark-making

Fill a shallow tray with flour,

coloured rice or grains. Use your

finger or hold a stick to mark-make

in the tray. Can you write any of the

letters in your name? Can you copy

any of the letters below to write the

names of some farm animals?

P.E.

Pig

Cow

Hen

Thursday 2nd July

Activity 1:

Edible Mud

Follow the instructions (see

resources) for an edible sensory

recipe – chocolate mud!

Activity 2

Design a Scarecrow

Design a scarecrow to keep the birds

away from your crops! (see

resources)

Activity 3

Changing Seasons

Discuss what happens on a farm at

different times of the year, e.g. if a

farm grows crops, when are the

crops sown and when are they

harvested? Are baby animals born

at particular times of the year? Does

anything special happen on a farm at

Christmas?

P.E.

Friday 3rd July

Activity 1:

Making Bread

Have a go at making your own

bread (see resources).

Activity 2

Making Butter

Have a go at making your own butter

(see resources) to put on your home-

made bread. It’s easier than you

think!

Activity 3

Animal Alliteration

Look at pictures of farm animals.

Can you think of ways to describe

the animals using the same letter

sound as the animal begins with?

For example, a cow: a clever cow, a

clumsy cow. Or a horse: a happy

horse, a hungry horse.

P.E.