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What colour are your eyes?
Let’s find out which eye colour is the most common amongst your family and friends! You can record your results on this pictogram.
Moving fish race
Can you move this fish across the carpet without touching it? Let's have a race...
Find the right mother
Can you draw a line to take each baby to its mum?
Sorting clothes
When it is time to change over your child’s wardrobe from season to season or you are having a big clear out, take the opportunity to involve them and look at what different clothes are made from. Talk about the materials the clothes are made from and together look at the labels showing their properties.
Observing the seasons: spring
As the seasons change, take the opportunity to go on an observation walk to see what’s happening! Here are some great hands-on Spring fun ideas.
Rewards resources pack
Achievement assemblies and teachers' gold stars may not be possible right now – but we've made it easy to reward your child for effort, perseverance and all-round excellence with our Home Schooling Rewards pack. There are a few "well done" stickers and certificates that adults can work towards, too – and who will win the Kindness Cup in your house this week?
Starting school scrapbook
If your child is starting school in Reception, what can you do to help them make the best possible start? Find out how to lay the foundations for a great transition with our Reception starters learning pack – it's bursting with activities that focus on early English, maths and science skills, as well as supporting your child's physical and social development.
Home education planning pack
If you've decided to home educate your child this learning pack provides guidance, templates and advice to get you started.
Write the initial sounds
Oh dear – Captain Clumsy has forgotten where she has hidden her treasure! Luckily she left herself a clue. Look at the pictures of the items below. What sound do they each begin with?
Understanding doubling
When each of these caterpillars turns into a butterfly the number of spots it has doubles. Can you match up these caterpillars with their butterflies?
Rhyming maze
Can you help the animals through the mazes? Follow the words that rhyme with your pencil to help them to their snacks.
Reception problem-solving
Four children have put some of their marbles into a dish. They each have different-coloured marbles. Using these clues, can you work out who has which colour marbles?
Read and Spell Game (Phase 2 phonics)
This fun game is designed to support your child’s progress in phonics and covers some of the Phase 2 sounds.
Number recognition and counting to 10
These five children each have a bag of marbles but the bags have been muddled up. Can you help them to find the right bags?
Marble Muddle: addition and subtraction board game
This game is designed to support accurate counting skills, reinforce the idea of “more than” and “less than” and develop an understanding of the maths symbols + and -.
Identifying patterns
Can you help Captain Clumsy cross the river to get to her treasure? Her map tells her she can only cross on the stones that create a repeating pattern. Can you spot the path she needs to take and colour the last two stones the right colour?
Five in a row: numbers 7-12
Help your child to count the spots accurately and then find the correct number on the game board.
Five in a row: numbers 1-6
This game is designed to support early number recognition and counting skills. Help your child to count the spots accurately and then find the correct number on the game board.
Counting to 10 practice
These children want to put their marbles in order, starting with the person who has the smallest number and ending with the person who has the most marbles.
3D shape Sudoku
Each column and row in the orange square must contain one of each 3D shape – a cylinder, a sphere, a cube and a cone. Cut out the spare shapes on the next page and practise different combinations to see if you can solve the puzzle.
Word sorting (Phase 3 phonics)
The words below include the vowel graphemes ‘ear’, ‘air’, ‘ure’ and ‘er’. Can you spot them? Cut out the words and place them face down on the table.
The vocabulary of weight
Mr Elephant wants to collect the heavier objects and his friend Miss Mouse wants to collect the lighter objects. Can you help them?
The /ai/ sound treasure hunt trail (Phase 5 phonics)
Cut out the words below and ask your grown up to hide them around the room for you to find. No peeking! When you have found all the cards, read them to your grown up. Sort each word into the table below. Which grapheme (‘ay’, ‘a_e’’, ‘ai’) has the most words? Which has the least?
Sorting words (Phase 3 phonics)
These words include the vowel graphemes ‘ai’, ‘ee’, ‘igh’ and ‘oa’. Can you spot them? Cut out the words and place them face down on the table.Turn a card over and read it aloud. Which sound can you hear? Write the word in the table. Which sound has the most words? Which has the least?