Our week: Ready for Class 1, week 28
Dates: to · Try one activity on a day that suits you. Repeat or pause any part.
Reading & talking
Do: Glossary game. Read a word's meaning without saying the word. Your child guesses which word it is.
You need: The glossary of an information book
Talk: What does a glossary tell us?
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Game (optional): Living World
Writing & pencil control
Do: Write three useful steps. Say three actions in order, then write them together: put the prepared banana in a bowl, mash it with a fork, stir in yoghurt. Share spelling, leaving spaces between words. Number the steps and state that any cutting is an adult's job.
You need: The card and a pencil
Talk: Which step should come first?
We noticed:
Game (optional): Story Steps
Numbers & shapes
Do: Exchange desk. Swap coins for a note of the same value: two 5s for a 10, five 10s for a 50. Both sides must be worth the same. If your money has no 5 or 50, choose swaps that work with it. How many different ways can you make 20?
You need: Coins and notes chosen by an adult, or large pretend money cards
Talk: Which is worth more, three 10 coins or a 20 note?
We noticed:
Game (optional): Pay and Change
Science & our world
Do: Then beside now. Beside the memory drawing, draw one way your family sends news now. Find something alike and something different, if there is a difference. The same method may appear twice. Explain that other families, even at the same time, may have used different methods.
You need: Paper and crayons
Talk: What is alike in our two examples?
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Game (optional): Helper Heroes
Thinking & feelings
Do: Return with help. When your child wants to return, use the marker to find the next part. Finish together, reduce the job or leave it for another day. Discuss whether the marker helped. Keep the aim on finding a next step, not working for longer.
You need: The marked sheet and a crayon
Talk: What help would make returning easier?
We noticed:
Game (optional): Focus Farm
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Moving & making
Do: Change one clue. Repeat the scene, changing one gesture to suggest another possible feeling or event. Pause briefly, then relax. Your partner describes what changed. Swap performer and observer, or direct each other's seated hand movements. No audience or correct guess is required.
You need: The same comfortable space
Talk: What changed when you moved your hands differently?
We noticed:
Game (optional): Feelings Friends
wasilearn.com/learn/class-1-ready/tell-a-scene-without-words
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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