Our week: Ready for Class 1, week 2
Dates: to · Try one activity on a day that suits you. Repeat or pause any part.
Reading & talking
Do: Compound word pairs. Join two cards to make a new word: rainbow, sunflower, football, toothbrush. Draw a picture of each.
You need: Cards: rain, bow, drop, sun, flower, foot, ball, tooth, brush
Talk: How many syllables are in 'morning'?
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Game (optional): Word Builder
Writing & pencil control
Do: Copy a poem. Copy two lines of the poem neatly, then illustrate it. Put it on the wall.
You need: The poem of the week
Talk: Which letters have a tail that goes below the line?
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Game (optional): Trace It
Numbers & shapes
Do: Greater or smaller. Each of you makes a two-digit number from two cards. Whose is bigger? Compare the tens first.
You need: Number cards 0–9
Talk: Which is greater, 38 or 83? How do you know?
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Game (optional): Number Train
Science & our world
Do: Same and different. Compare hand sizes, hair colour, eye colour and height. What is the same about everyone? What is different?
You need: Family members
Talk: How are you different from your brother or sister?
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Game (optional): Five Senses
Thinking & feelings
Do: Help ladder. When stuck, your child can pause to think, try another way or ask for help. They can ask at any point. Practise choosing what would help with a manageable task, and offer support when needed.
You need: A card with three choices: think, try, ask
Talk: What can you try next?
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Game (optional): Focus Farm
Moving & making
Do: Arrange the play space. Place the target on the floor. Ask your child to describe a safe waiting place beside or behind it, clear of the ball's route. Practise taking turns from a nearby spot. Move the waiting place if it gets in the way.
You need: A large soft ball and a checked open cardboard box
Talk: Where can the next player wait safely?
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Game (optional): Pattern Parade
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A possible rhythm: one or two strands a day, on the days that suit you. Swap days freely. Games are optional and never replace the home activity.
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