Our week: KG 1, week 17
Dates: to · Try one activity on a day that suits you. Repeat or pause any part.
Reading & talking
Do: Sticky-note hide and seek. Write each tricky word on a note and hide them around a room. Your child reads each one as they find it.
You need: Sticky notes
Talk: Which word says 'the'?
We noticed:
Game (optional): Sight Words
Writing & pencil control
Do: Read and choose. Read the two lines aloud, pointing as you go. Ask whether your child wants to swap a word, perhaps bright for blue. Make their chosen change together. Add a drawing and share the poem with someone at home if they wish.
You need: The poem and crayons
Talk: Which words do you want us to keep?
We noticed:
Game (optional): Trace It
Numbers & shapes
Do: Which feels heavier? Offer one object for each hand while your child is seated. Ask which feels heavier, then swap hands and compare again. Choose objects they can comfortably lift. Try another pair and say heavier or lighter.
You need: Two light, safe household objects, such as a sock and a book
Talk: Which is heavier, the book or the pencil?
We noticed:
Game (optional): Size Safari
Science & our world
Do: A wheat roti journey. Draw wheat growing, wheat grains being ground into flour, and a finished wheat roti. Put the drawings in order together. Explain that adults also mix and cook the roti; the pictures show only a few steps. Help your child retell the journey.
You need: Paper and crayons
Talk: What can people make from wheat grains?
We noticed:
Game (optional): Helper Heroes
Thinking & feelings
Do: Choose my first step. Offer to fold a paper fan together. Let your child watch, hold an edge or help with one fold. Name a feeling only if they want to. Stay beside them and stop when asked; finishing the fan is optional.
You need: A sheet of scrap paper
Talk: Which first step would you like?
We noticed:
Game (optional): Feelings Friends
Moving & making
Do: Look before the first mark. Set the cup where your child can see it comfortably. Look at its colour and edges. Trace an imagined outline in the air, then draw one big shape on paper. Ask which part of the cup that shape represents.
You need: An empty unbreakable cup, paper and crayons
Talk: What colour can you see?
We noticed:
Game (optional): Shapes & Colors
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.
Something we would like to repeat: