22nd March, 2020 - Sunday

Please play the following morning greeting message from Ms. Najla:

Song of the day: here 

Activity 1:

Language & Literacy / Fine motor skills 

Materials: Flour, serving tray

Beginning: Cover the tray with flour and ask the child what he/she can do with the flour on the tray

Middle: To prompt the child ,start writing a few letters in the flour on your side of the tray with your index finger. Ask the child if he/she can write his/her name. 

End: Encourage the child to write the beginning letters of his/her family member’s or friend’s names and then let them write whatever they want to write (Writing for some children is just scribbling, while for others, it could be a few random letters or their names or some other short words). Give them a 3-5 minutes warning before the end of activity.

Extension: Let your child write letters that are not in his/her name on a paper with a pencil.

Purpose: This is a multi-purpose activity that helps children develop their skill of writing different letters and also helps them develop their fine motor muscles.

Duration of the activity: 10-15 minutes

Brain Break Activity:

Activity 2:

Mathematics / Fine motor skills: Play dough pizza

Materials: play dough, rolling pin, shape cookie cutters ( If you don’t have shape cookie cutters you could find different shaped objects at home to make the same impression or make different shapes using play dough), rollers/plastic knife . 

Beginning: Prepare the materials to ensure you also have a set of materials and tell the child that today they will be making a shape pizza, “I wonder what shapes you will use?” (The child may say what shapes he/she will need then say what he will make.)

Middle: Demonstrate rolling the playdough out, adding shapes, cutting the playdough into pieces. Tell the child that you want to give a slice to all members of the family, ask them if they know how many slices you need, they may say 5, (if they give a random number you can ask them to count with you) count out loud and cut the same number of pieces then encourage them to do the same. If they want to do something else you can support them by noticing them and asking them questions.  

End: At the end of the activity, give the child 5 minutes warning by explaining after 5 mins we will clean up, then encourage the child to pack away the materials.

Duration of the activity: 15-20 minutes

Purpose of the activity: It helps the child identify shapes, count by one to one correspondence and strengthen their hand muscles and develop control over fingers needed for writing.