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3 to 6 yearsHealth and Wellbeing, Literacy and Numeracy –GiveyourChild aGreatStart

everyday’s a

learningday



Every Day’s a Learning Day Page2



This book for parents and carers of children aged 3–6 years, is designed to

highlight that daily life is bursting with many learning opportunities for your

child right from the moment of birth. Whether you are tidying up, getting

dressed, going shopping or preparing a meal, you can find valuable learning

possibilities for your child everywhere you look. This book will help you to see

and make the most of these possibilities so that every day becomes a learning

day. Even the most routine tasks can lead to learning which is not only

enjoyable, but helps to give your child the very best start in life!

As a nation, Scotland recognises the importance of health and wellbeing,

literacy and numeracy as key to building positive lives. As a parent or carer,

this book is to help you maximise your child’s life chances now and in the future.


All children develop at different rates, so don’t worry unduly if your child is not doing the same thingsas your friend’s child. However, if you are concerned at any time that your child is not progressing as youthink they should, then do not hesitate to speak to the staff in the nursery, or teacher in school, aboutyour concerns. You can also contact your Health Visitor or GP for reassurance and support.

WVAbout this book



Health and Wellbeing is about learning how

to lead healthy and active lives, becoming

confident, happy and forming friendships and

relationships with others that are based onrespect. It is also about managing feelings and

having the skills to meet challenges, make

good choices and manage change.

Pages12– 19

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Literacy is an essential part

of our everyday lives. It helps us

to understand and interpret our

world through what we hear, see,

say, write and read. Early literacy

skills start with babies discovering

that they can communicate their

needs through their first sounds,

facial expressions and bodylanguage. Literacy is also about

using and making sense of

technology, films and other media.

Pages20– 29

Numeracy is

about counting and

numbers as well

as understanding

measurement, money,

weight, an awareness

of time and how tohandle information.

It is important, from

simple tasks like

pairing your socks

to paying for your

shopping.

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These are exciting times for you and your family,whether your child is attending nursery or has

already started primary school. While at nurseryor school, your child will learn throughCurriculumforExcellence. All the experiences you havealready shared with your child will have helpedprepare them for this new stage. As a parent orcarer you continue to have a critical role to play inworking with your child’s nursery or school tosupport learning. Children do better when parents,carers and staff work closely together.

TheParents asPartners fact file and other information

aboutCurriculumforExcellencecan be found on theEducation Scotland website.

http://bit.ly/zkWjc6




CurriculumforExcellence placesa strong emphasis onhealth

andwellbeing, literacy and numeracy and highlights that it is

the responsibility of all staff workingwith children topromote

these areas of learning.By looking out formeaningful

learning opportunities in everyday routines and tasks, you can

build on the learning that ishappening innurseryor school.

This book aims to support you to make every day a learning day by assisting you to:

See how easily you can turn daily life and normal routinesinto valuable, enjoyable learning experiences.

See how much of a difference you can make to your child’slearning and development by building these experiencesinto your daily life.

See how important health and wellbeing, literacy and numeracyare for your child’s condence, happiness and successful learning.



Including your child in everyday tasks andmaking themfun.

Making opportunities for choices, taking responsibility,makingdecisions

and solving problems.

Showing you are interested in your child’s learning. Ask questions, listen

and give praisewhen it is appropriate.

Using new and familiar words toextend and enrich your child’s vocabulary,

knowledge, awarenessof soundsand languagedevelopment.

Remembering that your child will learn lots by imitating you... sobeaware

of what you do and say!




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Health and wellbeing,

literacy andnumeracy– taking a

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Health and Wellbeing



Health and Wellbeing ...is about learning how to lead healthy and

active lives, becoming confident, happy and

forming friendships and relationships with

others that are based on respect. It is alsoabout managing feelings and having the

skills to meet challenges, make good

choices and manage change.

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RPreparing food together will help your child tryout lots of different taste experiences aspreparation and cooking are taking place.

REncourage your child to talk about likes anddislikes while offering as many healthy choicesas possible.

RHaving meals together as a family, when you can,

allows you to talk together and develop relationships.RCreate opportunities for your child to have

responsibility, such as setting the table.

RInvolve your child in helping to tidy the kitchenand keep it clean. Talk about why this is important.

You can foster your child’s health andwellbeing during everyday activities.Just think about mealtimes:




Healthy





LifeInvolveyour child inshopping forhealthy foods–many food labelshavecolourcodesthat let you know howmuch sugaror fat is in food. Help your child to spothealthy products.

Encourageyour child toexperiencedifferent tastes, coloursandsmells.Your child will becomefamiliar witha widerangeof foodsand eat a variety of things.

Whenyou travel together, talkabout how tokeep safe.Lookatways tocrossthe road safely byusing pedestriancrossings and traffic lights. If you travelbycaryou can discuss the importance ofbooster seats and seatbelts.

At the shops, talk to yourchildabout what todo if they get lost.Help themto learntheir address and telephonenumberso that they could tell a responsible adult andask forhelp.

Make your child aware ofemergency servicesand how tophone the police,ambulance or fire brigade for help.

Learn together all about staying healthyand well. Help your child to develop anunderstanding of a healthy diet andhow this helps us to grow strong andimproves our concentration when

learning. Encourage your child to learnabout ways to keep safe, how to cope inan emergency and travel safely.


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Get ActiveTaking part in regularphysical activityindoors andoutdoors isessential for goodhealthand canbe anenjoyable part of life.Encouraging children tobeactivenowwillhelp themcontinue todevelopa healthyactive lifestyle as theygrow.

Set a good example. If youare active thiswill encourage your child tobeactive too.Try towalkwherever possible instead oftaking the carorbus.Bepositiveaboutbeing activeand your child will be too.

Involve your child inhousehold activities,

suchas taking the rubbish out, sweepingand dogwalking tokeepphysicallyactive.

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Childrenoften enjoy playingalongsideothersbefore they are readytoplay together.Childrenreachdifferentstages at

different times.

Youcanhelpyourchild tounderstandallabout theirownandotherpeople’s feelings.

n Talkabout feelings andencourageyour

child toexpress feelingsand chat freely.

A goodopportunity for thismay bewhenyou are havinga quiet time, suchas

cuddles and stories before bed.

n If your child isupset, provide reassurance

that everyone feelslike this at times. Talk

about the reasons, and also the strategies,thatmay beused tomakethingsbetter.

n Create opportunities foryour child

tomix withother childrenand tobuildfriendships.

n Encourage yourchild to respect and

value others’ opinions. Help your child

understand that everyone isan individualand has different needs.

n Get out and about withother adultsand

children. Seeingyou spending timewith

othersand enjoying their companywillshowyourchild that friendships arespecial.

Feelings andFriendships


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Literacy



Literacy ...is an essential part of our everyday

lives. It helps us to understand andinterpret our world through what

we hear, see, say, write and read.

Early literacy skills start with

babies discovering that they can

communicate their needs throughtheir first sounds, facial expressions

and body language. Literacy is also

about using and making sense of

technology, films and other media.

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Literacy



Have fun togetheras your childdevelops literacy

skills, throughthe things you doand places you go.


Literacy



Encourage yourchild to listencarefully toall the sounds

around themand talk about themtogether. Good listening

skills are important for recognising the soundsneeded

for reading.

Explore the different signs you see in the street about

litter, cyclists and dogs. Talk together about what the

signsmeanandwhy they are there.

Indoors oroutdoors, playword games suchas I-spy.Thiswill encourageyourchild to think about the sounds

at the beginningofwords andwill ultimately help your

child to learn toread.


Literacy




Literacy



Evenbefore children learntoread themselves, theycanenjoy booksandbecomeaware ofmanyother texts onsigns,notices,phonesandother

screens.Reading is importantfor finding the informationweneedinour daily lives, andasatool for learning.

ReadingMake looking at books, magazines, comics or newspapers partof your daily routine, for example reading a newspaper at homeor the notice board in the doctor’s surgery. This will help your

child to understand what different texts can be used for.

Read inside and outside. Have fun reading shop signs, labels onitems in the supermarket, the menu in the restaurant and mailthat comes through the door. Your child will start to recognisewords and letters that they see regularly.

Encourage your child to explore the sounds different lettersmake as you tidy up together by saying for example ‘Let’s putaway somethingbeginningwith d’ . This will help your child torecognise sounds and match them to the object. Rememberto say the initial letter sound and not the letter name.


Literacy



Writing


Literacy



Encourage your child to write in everyday situations.This will help your child to understand the purpose ofwriting. Involve your child as you write shopping lists,notes, birthday cards or appointments on the calendar.

Carry pens and paper in your bag so that your child canhave fun using them in different situations, such as atthe bank or post office.

There are different ways we can write to our friends andfamily. If you are writing emails or text messages talkabout what you are doing and involve your child.

Ensure there are plenty of writing materials aroundthe house for your child to experiment with and enjoy,such as pens, pencils, crayons and paper. Old diaries,calendars and notebooks make useful paper forwriting on.

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Talk to your child about the routines andevents of the day, like breakfast time, gettingready for nursery or school, setting the table fordinner or getting washed before bed. This will helpto order thoughts and increase vocabulary.

Encourage your child to be imaginative and tell youstories about things that have happened during the day.Show that you are interested and take time to ask questions.

As you walk along the road, ask your child to identify thesounds they hear and describe the things they see. This will helpyour child to develop good observation and listening skills.

Try to establish the habit of making sure you read, talk and listen to yourchild every day. Sometimes adults talk to their children to give instructions

but forget to be the listener and develop good conversations.

Make up shopping lists together. When you get to the shops, ask your childto recall some of the items on the list. This will help to improve listeningand memory skills.

Talking and listening is part of literacy and of almosteverything we do. Ensuringthat you spend time talkingand listening will helpyour child to build anunderstanding of wordsand the use of language

and communication.


Numeracy



Numeracy ...is about counting and

numbers as well as

understanding measurement,money, weight, an awareness

of time and how to handle

information. It is important,

from simple tasks like

pairing your socks to paying

for your shopping.

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Numeracy



You can think about numeracy as yougo about many aspects of daily life.

Think about when you are travellingshort or long distances with yourchild; walking, cycling, travelling bytrain, car, bus or plane.

Opportunities to count and usenumbers are all around you!




Play I-spy and spot numbers as you go. This will help your childrecognise lots of numbers and become more familiar with thesequence of numbers. You can also encourage your child to count

the number of yellow cars, carriages on a train or wheels on a lorry,bus or car.

Talk about the distance you have travelled in a way that your child canunderstand. For example: ‘We are two streets away from home’ or‘Three more stops on the bus and we will be there’ or ‘Let’s count howmany steps until we reach the front door’.

Look for notices and signs when you are out – how many are the sameor different? Talk about signs that are different shapes, colours or havedifferent numbers on them.

Look at coins together and involve your child as you pay for bus

and train tickets. This will help coin recognition, counting andunderstanding that more coins may not mean more value.

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1 Count out loud with your child – counting forwards andbackwards builds confidence in number order.

2 Count real objects as you go about your daily routine– cups, socks, shoes, packets. As your child becomes

confident in doing this, begin to add and take away.For example ‘If I add 3, how many will I have?’

3 Play number spotting games at home or at the shopsand look for numbers on packages, clocks, coins, busesand car registrations.

4 Have fun with numbers and make sequences and patternstogether, grouping items into 2s, 5s or 10s.

5 Use words such as first, second or third to help yourchild understand and describe the of order of things.For example ‘Who will be first to be dressed for going out,who will be second?’

Encourage yourchild to explorenumbers, and tounderstand that

each numberrepresents aspecic amount.

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Gathering andorganising

information




1 Involveyour childwhenrecyclingandsortingrubbish orold

things– talkabout the shape and sizeof the objects asyou sort.

2 Encourageyourchild tohelpyouwith thewashing,perhaps

bysortinglight anddarkclothes andprogramming thewashing

machine. Your childcanalsoorganise theclean clothesby

matchingthe itemto the owner. Bydoing these kinds ofchores

together, yourchilddevelopsnumeracyskillsas theymake

judgementsand estimatesabout size.

3 Involveyourchild asyou look ata timetable toplanyour journey. Decide togetherwhat time you should leave home,

whenyou are likely toarrive, andwhatnumberofbus you

needtotake.

Encourage your child tocollect, organise, match and

sort objects in different ways.Try organising by shape,colour, size or purpose.

Create opportunities for yourchild to use time, number and

technology to make choicesand decisions, like selecting

favourite TV programmes, orusing programme recordingfunctions.


Numeracy



Experimentingwith differenteveryday objects

around the homeencourages yourchild to learnabout measurement.


Measurement



Measurement

At bathtime, talk together with your child about the water level rising as youfill the bath. As your child plays in the bath, use different sizes of plastic tubsor containers to compare sizes, for example by asking, ‘How many little tubsof water will you need to fill the big tub?’

Involve your child when you are baking and cooking by measuringingredients using spoonfuls, cupfuls or scales. Use language such as moreand less /fewer, heavier and lighter to compare amounts.

As you tidy up, encourage your child to arrange toys or books in order ofsize, width or height, and clothes in order of length or size. As you sort outthe toy box together, ask your child to find things that are shorter, longer,or about the same size.

Encourage your child to guess which glass will hold more juice and thentry it out, as this will be fun and increase understanding about volume.Your child will soon discover how containers that are short and fat can holdthe same amount as glasses which are much taller and thinner.


MNumeracy



Helping children to become awareof money is a very important partof developing good numeracy skills.

MoneyTalk about the names, value, shape, size and colourof coins as you use them.

When shopping, draw your child’s attention to thedifferent ways you can pay for things such as usingbank cards both in shops and online.

Take an interest in your child planning how theywill save or spend pocket or birthday money as thiswill help to begin, build on, and develop moneymanagement skills.





Numeracy



Help your child to becomeaware of the seasons, months

of the year and time of day.Learning about time is animportant part of numeracyand an essential life skill.

TimeAs you go about your routines and tasks, use wordsthat help your child to understand time, such asyesterday, tomorrow, next week, last year and so on.

Point out the time on the clock, particularly atbreakfast, dinner or bedtime by noticing and chatting

about where the big and little hands are. As your childunderstands more, they will want to know more.Use a clock with clear and familiar numbers.

Through everyday use and conversation, your child willunderstand what calendars are used for. Talk about theday, date, month and year. Record appointments on thecalendar together and count how many sleeps, days or

hours until a birthday or other important event.

Help your child to become aware of time passing,by encouraging your child to notice seasonal changesall around.




Learning abouthealthandwellbeing, literacy andnumeracy will equip your child with essential skills for life. You and yourchild are on an exciting learning journey together with every dayfull of learning opportunities that naturally present themselves

– so make the most of them and make every day a learning day!

The QR code and link above will take you toan onlineversion of this book and links toother helpful resources.

If English is not your first language you can use the ideas and suggestions in thisbook with your child in your home language. All children will benefit from supportand encouragement from parents and carersto develop their skills in health andwellbeing, literacy and numeracy.

This book is also available in Gaelic at the above web address.

EducationScotlandTheOptima58 Robertson StreetGlasgow G2 8DU

www.educationscotland.gov.uk

http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/earlyyears/resources/everydaylearning.asp

© Crown copyright, 2012

ISBN978-184399-196-0

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