My home

All of these activities can be done at home with the help of your computer or books, however if you can get out and about there are some interesting walks and visits to do

Communication and Language

Talk about

I can - Describe my home.

I can - Tell you what colour my front door is., and what colour I would like it to be.

I can - Tell you how many rooms there are in my house 

I can - Draw my home. Add a word or sentence about it

You can draw your child a simple plan of your home to give them an idea of the space. This would be hard for a small child to do on his own

I can - Pretend to be a reporter and use a pretend or real tape recorder or microphone to tell people on my pretend TV all about my home 

I can - Talk about my address. Tell you my address. Copy it. Take care over my letters

I can - Play houses and make a den.

Mathematics

Numbers on doors

I can - read the low numbers on front doors in my street. I can - count the houses on my street

I can - draw six little houses, throw a dice and put the number that comes up on each house door in the right order 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Understanding the World. Science

I can - find and name different materials on buildings

I can - point to bricks, breeze blocks, a roof tile, drain pipes etc.

What holds the bricks together?

What are the window frames made of?  Feel the materials. 

I can - describe a window

Windows, why are they made of glass? Can you find other materials you can see through around the room? 

I can - find other different materials in my home

Expressive Arts. Design 

Opening doors

Look at your door in the kitchen. Look at the hinges that enable us to open and close the door.

I can - fold a piece of card so that I can open and close it

I can - draw a door on the front of the card

Talk about different hinges

ICT (CTS)

Keyboard skills

I can - find my favourite game on the computer

I can - tell you my home town

Understanding the World. History

Homes in the past

Talk to a grandparent or older person. Ask them to show you some photographs and pictures, and talk about their homes when they were young. Did they have a television? Did they have a computer or a mobile phone? 

I can - see that things change

Understanding the World. Geography

The building site

Find a photo or visit a building site. Look at the buildings in progress. Look at the materials, bricks, window frames, doors.

Look at types of homes such as terraced, detached and bungalow. 

I can - point to different types of houses

Expressive Arts. Art and Design

Wallpaper designs Look at some sample wallpapers. Look at the patterns and colours

I can - create my own patterned wallpaper.

I can - draw/paint different sorts of houses