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Nursery Home Learning Grid Week 10 beginning 22ndth June 2020

Monday 22nd June:

Activity: Read/listen to the story of The Very Lazy Ladybird. Why is the Ladybird

lazy? What animals did the Ladybird meet on the way?

Maths Activity: Can you use the template below or make/draw your own ladybirds?

Can you colour them red and add 7 spots?

Literacy Activity: Where do ladybirds live? What shape are the spots on a ladybird?

back? How many legs do they have? What colours and patterns can you see?

Extension: Listen to the ‘t’ sounds video. Can you sing along as well as join in with the

actions? What can you find in your home beginning with the sound ‘t’? Example, table,

tent, tie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adyr1MpwXSg

(URL for The Very Lazy Ladybird)

QR Code for the Very Lazy Ladybird

QR Code for ‘t’

sound video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTrSe0pGe6w URL

For ‘t’ sound video.

Tuesday 23rd June:

Activity: Watch this short clip about ladybirds. Can you make a ladybird home? What

materials could you use? Could you use cardboard, sticks or rocks? What do ladybirds

eat?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl7KqpqoN9o&

t=32s

(URL for ladybird clip)

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Maths Activity: Can you go on a minibeasts hunt? You can use the recording sheet

below to count up how many of each minibeast you can find! Can you spot patterns on

them or count how many legs they have?

Literacy Activity:

What minibeasts were you able to find today? What did they look like? Were they big

or small? Round or long? What colours were they? Can you draw/paint your own

minibeast? What will it look like and what colours will you use?

Extension: Listen to the ‘t’ sounds video. Can you sing along as well as join in with the

actions? Can you tap the table whist making the ‘t’ sound? Can you tap your toes? Can

you remember the actions to the ‘t’ song?

QR Code for ladybird clip.

Wednesday 24th June:

Activity: Can you make up a dance and move like the different minibeasts you have

spotted this week? Wriggle like a worm or fly like a ladybird, what can you come up

with? Can you remember how the ladybird moved around before she learnt to fly?

How did the animals in the story move?

Maths Activity: Pictures for ant counting below. How many ants are in the blue

square? How many ants can you see in the green circle? How many ants can you spot in

the red triangle?

Literacy Activity: Can you sing along to the ‘a’ song. Wriggle your fingers above your

elbow, pretending ants are crawling up your arm as you sing.

Extension: Can you sing by yourself and repeat the actions?

What ‘a’ am I thinking of? It is a round shape, can be green or red, grows on tree’s,

can be quite crunchy and we like eating them!

QR Code for ‘a’ song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMCPJMIkR5

M URL Code for ‘a’ song.

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Thursday 25th June:

Activity: Have a look at some pictures of spiders webs, there are some below. Can you

make a spider’s web? You could draw one or make one using some string or wool. Can

you make a pattern like a web? What shapes can you see?

Maths Activity: How many legs does a spider have? Can you draw your own spider and

draw the correct number of legs? You can also use the template below.

Literacy Activity: Can you sing along to the nursery rhyme ‘incy wincy spider’ can you

follow the actions?

Extension: Can you remember the song and action for the ‘a’ song? Can you find some

things in your house beginning with ‘a’?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7flW0xEIak

URL for Incy Wincy Spider and QR code.

Friday 26th June:

Activity: What is your favourite minibeast? Can you pretend to be your favourite

minibeast and make yourself a den? You could use cushions and blankets. What could

you use from outside?

Maths Activity: Have a look at the butterfly picture, (down below) how many

different colours can you name? How many red butterflies can you see? How many

green butterflies can you spot? How many blue butterflies can you spot? How many

yellow butterflies can you spot?

Literacy Activity:

Read/listen to the story of The Very Lazy Ladybird. This time can you act out the

story, what do the animals do to make the ladybird hop away? What movements and

noises do the animals make?

QR Code for

The Very Lazy

Ladybird.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adyr1MpwXSg

(URL for The Very Lazy Ladybird)

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Extension: Recap the ‘a’ and ‘t’ song with adult. Adult can miss our words in the songs

to encourage learning of the song.

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