Number line to 20, Number line to 100,  100 Square, Number bonds to 10

Number cards to 20, Number cards to 30

Caterpillar number ordering to 20, helicoptor rescue number ordering to 20

Balloon counting to 20

Number Formation Rhymes

2D Shape Names,  Properties of 2D Shapes

3D Shape Names,  Properties of 3D Shapes

British Coin Word Mat

Online clock to learn to tell the time

Days of the week

Months of the year

Snakes and ladders game to 100 printable, online snakes and ladders game

Numicon cut outs

Physical Development 

It is really important to help young children to develop their gross and fine motor skills.  This will support them with moving around confidently and holding a pencil to write effectively.  Some activities that you can do with your child are listed below:

• Threading string onto objects or through holes, e.g. beads, pasta shapes, hole punched card
• Using tweezers to move objects
• Using a pencil to make marks,  draw and colour
• Painting
• Screwing and unscrewing nuts and bolts
• Doing up and undoing shirt buttons
• Using playdough

• Going for a walk or having a run around
• Climbing trees or park equipment
• Playing physical games, e.g. tag, stuck in the mud
• Catching balls and beanbags of different sizes
• Joining in with an exercise video:-

  https://www.jumpstartjonny.co.uk/home

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py4fhsx3Ct4 (Superhero song)

Scissor Skills

In FS, we have found that many children need extra help with their cutting skills.  Please click here to find a diagram of how to hold scissors correctly and would be grateful if you could help your child to use scissors correctly and safely.  The scissor chant below may help them to remember:

Scissor Chant

Open, shut. Open, shut

That’s the way we cut, cut, cut.

Fingers on the bottom, thumb on top,

Do not let the paper drop.

Open, shut. Open, shut

That’s the way we cut, cut, cut.

What are the characteristics of effective learning?

The characteristics of effective learning play an important part in the Early Years Foundation Stage as they address how the child learns rather then what the child learns. There are three characteristics of effective learning outlined in the non-statutory guidance 'Development Matters'. These are Playing and Exploring, Active Learning and Creating and Thinking Critically. Each one of these is then divided into three further elements. Each element plays an important role in enabling your child to learn successfully. 

Click here to find out more about the characteristics of effective learning.

What to expect, when?
For guidance to your child’s learning and development in the early years foundation stage, please click here.  This document include how you can support your child's learning at home and has other useful sites to find out more information.

What are the Early Learning Goals?

The aim is for every child to be securely working in the Early Learning Goal (ELG) by the end of the year in each of the seven areas of learning: 

• Personal, social and emotional development
• Physical development
• Communication and language
• Literacy
• Mathematics
• Understanding the world
• Expressive arts and design

 To find out the aspects of each area of learning, click here.

Helping your child at home

Below are some ideas for games and activities to use at home:

• Playing ‘I spy’ at home, in the garden or when you are out for a walk will help your child hear sounds in words
• Doing puzzles together, talking about the pictures you create will help improve your child’s vocabulary – checking if you have the correct number of pieces before you start is a good way to practise counting
• Playing dominoes, snakes and ladders, snap and any pairs games is good for your child’s maths and memory
• Creating cards, using scissors and glue will help improve your child’s fine motor skills
• Making up songs and silly rhymes together will help your child to hear alliteration and rhyme
• Share books together - you can read the words and your child can talk about the pictures and the characters
• Draw pictures and write about places you have been, things you have seen, people you know etc.
• Count everyday objects e.g. cars that pass you on the street, how many dogs you see on a walk, children you see in the supermarket. What if two more children came along, how many would there be then?
• Make games together and play them e.g. your own themed dominoes or snakes and ladders type games
• Set challenges e.g. by the end of the day can you show me 10 different ways of moving from one side of the garden to the other
• Have a number/letter/sound hunt – hide letters, digraphs or numbers around the house/garden
• Get a clipboard and do an audit – estimating and counting e.g. How many lights do you think are in our house? How many are there? (count and check) Can they use a tally to record the number?
• Write shopping lists/diaries of your day/letters and cards together

To support your child’s growing independence:

• Please ensure your child brings his/her own belongings into F.S. in the mornings and puts them away themselves
• Encourage your children to dress, undress and be able to zip/button up their own coats
• Help your children to use a knife and fork independently at mealtimes
• Involve your children in household chores, such as, tidying their bedrooms and helping with the washing-up