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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.
Phonics sentences art (Phase 2 phonics)
Read each of these sentences and then draw a picture that describes what the sentence says.
Phonics dominoes (Phase 2 phonics)
Play dominoes with these Phase 2 phonics cards. The winner is the first player to put all their cards down on the table
Phase 3 phonics tricky words practice (Phase 3 phonics)
Tricky words are ones that your child can’t sound out with their phonics knowledge but need to be learned and remembered. Here are some ideas to help your child learn tricky words.
Phase 2 phonics tricky words practice (Phase 2 phonics)
These are sight words that should not be sounded out before reading but just need to be memorised. Read the word out loud, then trace the word and finally try writing the word.
Phase 2 phonics bingo (Phase 2 phonics)
Cut out these word cards and play bingo with your child. Sometimes you can be the bingo caller and sometimes they should take a turn.
Pairs game: ‘z’ and ‘qu’ (Phase 3 phonics)
Play a game of pairs with these ‘z’ and ‘qu’ words. Each player takes it in turn to pick up two words and read them out. If they find the same word, that is a pair and they get to keep them. The winner is the player with most pairs
Making words that end in ‘ss’ (Phase 2 phonics)
Which of these words end in ‘ss’? Colour in the pictures of the words that have an /s/ sound at the end.
First letter I spy (Phase 2 phonics)
The adult chooses a letter from this list and says: “I spy with my little eye something beginning with...”; the child has to find all the pictured objects that start with that letter. Then pick a different letter and swap roles.
Double consonant pairs (Phase 2 phonics)
Print and cut out these words with double consonants and play a game of Pairs.
Building Phase 2 phonics words (Phase 2 phonics)
Cut out the letters below. Can you think of a word that starts with each one? Now listen to these words – can you hear the sounds in the word? Can you find the sounds to build the word?
Rhyming memory game: 'oi' words (Phase 3 phonics)
Play this fun memory game and see how many 'oi' words you know.
First 100 high-frequency words list
Children learn to read and spell high-frequency words, the most common words in English-language texts, throughout primary school. Download a list of the first 100 high-frequency words to use for at-home spelling practice and revision.
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.
Natural and man-made objects
Have a look at these objects. Do you think they are natural or man-made? Can you draw a line to match them to the right shelves?
Moving fish race
Can you move this fish across the carpet without touching it? Let's have a race...
Materials: similarities and differences
This activity is designed to encourage your child to observe the similarities and differences between different materials.
Make your own wormery
Fancy some pet worms? Discover the amazing life of worms by making your own wormery.
Investigating sound
Fill a glass or some empty glass bottles with water halfway to the top. Now tap the side of the glass with a teaspoon. Can you describe the sound that you hear?
Introduction to habitats: animal homes
There are many different animals living all over the world.They all like to live in different places; some animals like it hot, some like it cold, some like it wet and some like it dry. Cut out the animals on the next page and stick them back into their home environments. Why do you think each animal is suited to living in its home?