St Ninian’s Primary School

A Very Special Activity Grid for our New Primary 1 (Grid 2)

LITERACY~

Talking and Listening

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NQK-Sm1YY

You can listen to this story with your grown-up and have a chat.

Have you seen a caterpillar or a butterfly? What do you like about their shapes and colours? How do

they move?

Mark MakingCan you draw The Very Hungry Caterpillar?

Look at his shape and the shapes of the foods he eats.

Can you use pencil/pens/crayon to make long lines, round shapes, wiggly lines, triangular shapes or zig

zags?

NUMERACY~

One to One Counting

Use boxes, an egg box tubs, pots, cups or any containers you have as ‘homes’ for small items such as toy cars,

characters, bricks, buttons or pompoms.

Ask your child to place one item into each home. Model placing one item into each home and count as you do

this.Now ask your child to place one item in each home and

you can count for them.Children can also use tongs to pick items up. This will

help with motor skills.

Counting Stations

SENSORY~

Finger Painting

Painting can be a really soothing activity and helps little ones to imagine. You can paint with

your fingers. A grown-up can draw a shape or item that you

like and you can use finger tips dipped in paint to decorate and add colour (above). Or you can use

fingers to spread and ‘draw’ your own shapes, colours, patterns and ideas (below).

You can use paint on paper or packaging or use mud outside or even ketchup on a plate! If you

can’t keep your artwork you can take a photograph so that you can still see it later.

Make little collections of items for your child to count with you. For children who are beginning to count, use a few items, between 1 and 3 or 5 and for more confident counters, up to 10 or 20 items.

St Ninian’s Primary School

A Very Special Activity Grid for our New Primary 1 (Grid 2)

HEALTH AND WELLBEING~

Physical Development

Obstacle Course: We miss our playparks just now but you can create exciting adventures at home. With your grown-up find things inside or outside which you can go UNDER, OVER, ROUND or THROUGH. Make your own little route to try. Always check that things are safe to use first 😊 then have great fun!

Top Tip: Talk together about the different ways to move: walk, run, tiptoe, crawl, slide, wriggle. This

helps to build creativity and vocabulary!

Jump Start JonnyStart your day with lots of energy and try one of Jump Start Jonny’s workouts. He is live on Youtube

CREATIVITY~

Nature FacesGo outside and find leaves, twigs, stones and flowers. Make faces with the natural items.

Here are some ideas from @LeafyTrailsFSMusic Time

Use Music to help you to remember to learn and remember colours. Try this fun rhyme and

adventure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3S1FwlbN-4

Now go on a colour hunt! What can you find outside or at home of each colour? Which is your

HEALTH AND WELLBEING~

Emotional Development

How are you feeling?

It’s great to feel happy but sometimes we have other emotions too. We might feel sad, cross, worried or tired. It helps to know how we feel and be able to name our feelings so that our

grown-ups can help.

St Ninian’s Primary School

A Very Special Activity Grid for our New Primary 1 (Grid 2)

at 9 am each day and has lots of saved workouts too!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8PDFwCV0HHcl08-1SzdiBw

favourite? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYEHMQ2Q1zA