Learning
to enjoy reading is important.
We hope that by sharing activities at home your child will be encouraged to:
Not a lot at this age please. An average of about ten minutes a day would be great, though don't ration reading if it's enjoyable... which we hope it will be.
Learning
to enjoy reading is important.
We ask that you regularly find time to read with your child. To begin with you do all the reading aloud. Your child listens (and absorbs more than you might imagine).
Gradually your child takes on a more obvious role, having a go at saying words, breaking them into sounds and making guesses. But not to start with.
When your child starts to become fluent that's not the time to stop reading together. Show a keen interest and continue to enjoy stories and other texts together. You can talk about all sorts of things: the plot, the characters, the facts in an information book… You can both share your opinions of the books you read too.
Carry on reading to your child.
Above all make this an enjoyable time.
If you manage ten minutes a night this will be truly valuable and will certainly make a substantial difference to your child's progress in school.
Children are invited to bring in objects to illustrate the sounds they are learning about in class. Join your child in finding objects for the 'Sound of the Week' table. Look on the classroom window to see what this week's sound is.
Some evenings you can learn the letter sounds and their accompanying actions with your Reception age child by looking at his/her 'Sound Book' instead of reading.
We send spellings home with older Key Stage 1 children most weeks. The routine
we encourage is SACAWAC:
Say the word
And
Cover the word
And
Write the word
And
Check.
It helps children to say the word as they write it. The final check is important of course. If the word has been written incorrectly, notice the bits that are correct and then try again...
Year 1 children are given a few spellings to learn on Fridays which they can also practise each morning in their 'Spelling Snake' book. Some Reception age children may be given spellings to learn in the summer term.
There's
almost no end to the games you can play that involve numbers: snakes and ladders,
board games of all sorts, dominoes…
Count objects. Count out coins and sweets when spending pocket money. Count up to 10, 20, 100… Count backwards from 10, 20, 100… Notice numbers and use them in conversations with your child.
When children start to learn number facts (5 + 5 = 10; 6 - 4 = 2…) practising them often helps make them stick for good. Work together to learn and rehearse pairs of numbers that total 10 or 20.
Class 1 children will have a mental maths task to practise each term.
Keep it all fun!
From
time to time children will have tasks to do at home such as collecting things,
making things or finding things out.
They are unlikely to be able to do any of these unaided and, anyway, it will be far better if you are involved too. Talking about what you are doing will double the benefit of any task… That's how young children learn!
Monday |
Reading |
Tuesday |
Reading |
Wednesday |
Reading |
Thursday |
Reading |
Friday |
Reading
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