Year R - Thursday's Home Learning - Langstone Infant Academy

Year R – Thursday’s Home Learning

Year R Home learning for Thursday 25th June

Subject focus	What we need to learn:	How we might learn it:
Literacy – high frequency words	Children read some common irregular words.	Play the ‘sighties’ game from the teach your monster to read website: https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/sightwords. (note this is a new game and is still in testing mode, when we played it here it worked ok but be prepared for glitches!) Offline alternative: Write out at least 10 tricky words on paper and hide them around the house. Ask your child to hunt for them and read each one as they find them. How many did they get right? Play the game again and see if your child can beat their previous score.
Maths – 2D shape	Children explore the characteristics of everyday objects and shapes and use mathematical language to describe them.	2D shape picture Ask your child to create a 2D shape picture of the circus. Talk to them about the different shapes they have used? What shapes have you used? How do you know this is a square? What can you see on a square? Mathematical language: 2D flat shape, side, corner, triangle, square, rectangle, circle, round, curved, straight.
Other: Understanding the World – The World	Children make observations and explain why some things occur, and talk about changes.	Materials needed: small water bottle, balloons, vinegar, baking soda and a small funnel. With support, ask your child to put a teaspoon of baking soda in the bottle. Pour 1 inch of vinegar into the bottle quickly. Then the adult will need to put a balloon over the top of the bottle and then ask your child to observe what happens and talk about what they see. (The gas created by the vinegar and baking soda will inflate the balloon – The children do not need to talk about the actual science, but what they can see happening.) What happened to the balloon? Why do you think the balloon went up?