25th March, 2020 - Wednesday

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

Song of the day: here


Activity 1: 
Mathematics: Numbers

Materials: two baskets, recycle paper

Beginning: Let your child help you to put two baskets and make small balls out of recycle paper ( you may use any other item. )

Middle: Let him/her shoot into the basket. 

End: Once finished, let your child count in each basket how many are there in each basket. Then compare and identify which one has more or less.  

Purpose: It helps in counting and recognition of written numbers.  

Extension: Child could count the balls which fell out of the basket and compare how many went in and how many out.

Duration of the activity: 15 mins

Brain Break activity:

                   

Activity 2:

Science: Sink or Float

Materials: pick any item from the house like spoon, rock, scissors, feather, paperclip, small car, cotton , bowl ( half filled with water )

Beginning: Place the bowl and items in front of your child. Talk about different sizes and shapes of the items. Then talk about sink and float. 

Sinking: Item goes down

Floating: Item stays on top

Middle: Let the child put one item at a time. Let him/her experiment and share ideas. Encourage them to tell you if an item is sinking or floating. 

End: You may challenge your child by letting them predict before they place an item in a bowl. Ask them, “I wonder if the item will sink or float?”   

Use vocabulary: sink, float, up, down, top, bottom, predict, experiment  

Purpose: This activity helps the children understand the properties of different materials. 

Duration of the activity: 15 mins 

Extension: Let your child sort. Let him/her put items that sink in one basket and items that float in another basket. Let him/her count.