TROON PRIMARY SCHOOL & EARLY YEARS CENTRE

Home Learning: Early Years Centre

We are learning to cope with new situations.

We are learning about the people who are there to help us.

As we approach the summer break we are looking towards our return to

nursery and school in August. This will be a period of blended learning,

incorporating learning and play in the Early Years Centre and a home

learning programme of activities and experiences. At this point, the most

important thing is to talk to your child about what they can expect. Discuss

who their new teacher or key worker will be when they return, what will

happen each day and what might be a little different. This information can

be found in the booklet issued by the school last week. We will work to make

sure that each child feels welcome, happy and settled when attending

nursery in August.

In order to support your child at home over the summer and

when we return in August, it may be useful to collect some

flexible, open-ended resources which can be used in the

house or garden and which can support many different

activities. Mrs Law has compiled a list of items which can be

collected from the house or from the local environment.

They are all free and are useful for literacy, numeracy, art

and technology activities.

We are looking forward to our Graduation

celebrations for our pre-school children on

Tuesday 23rd June! The EYC staff will be visiting

your doorsteps with a little surprise between

9:30am and 11:30am, unless you have

requested a separate time. We hope your

party clothes are ready and that you have

looked out your teddies for your Teddy Bear’s

Picnic in your house or garden!

We will continue to send stories from the EYC staff about

starting school for pre-schoolers, and stories from the

ladies to all our new starts so they can familiarise

themselves with the staff and with their key worker.

Mrs Law has also compiled a list of nursery rhymes for

you to keep practising. Knowing simple rhymes and

songs can help greatly with early literacy skills.

Loose Parts and Exploratory Play

As we head into blended learning you will be provided with ideas and activities

for your child to work on at home which link to the curriculum. To complete

some of these activities it would be useful to have a variety of resources at

home. You will find a list below with some everyday household and local

environment items. If you like, you could start collecting these in preparation

for the home learning element of our blended learning approach in August.

Please do not feel the need to buy any items or find all the items. A selection

of these that you already have will be more than enough as many activities

can use more than one resource.

Household

• cotton reels

• curtain rings

• buttons

• bangles

• pegs

• milk bottle tops

• nuts and bolts

• lollipop sticks

Natural

• stones

• shells

• feathers

• pine cones

• sticks

• conkers

• corks

Fabrics

• scarves

• ribbons

• laces

• pom poms

• scrunchies

Outdoors

• drain pipe cut offs

• tyres

• wooden plank

Sensory Play

Messy play is an important part of childhood as it allows exploration in a way

that interests young children. As most toys have a specific use, loose parts play

and messy play allow children to use the materials as they wish. Please find

some ideas below with recipes which can all be made using everyday

products.

Modelling

• playdough

• kinetic sand

Messy Play

• moon sand

• gloop

• puffy paint

• coloured rice

• clean mud

Playdough

Kinetic sand

Moon sand

Gloop

Puffy paint

Coloured rice

Clean mud

Scavenger Hunt

Try to find as many items on the list as you can in your home

and on your daily exercise. Point to the items to count them

as you go. Remember to send pictures of your scavenger

hunt and super counting. Most importantly, have fun on

your adventure 😊

1 Crab

2 Milk bottle

tops

3 Tins

4 Cups

5 Leaves

6 Pencils

7 Scarves

8 Pine

cones

9 Sticks

10 Shells

1 Ring

2 Find a

house

number 2

3 Straws

4 Cushions

or pillows

5 Teabags

6 Red

Lego

7 Pasta

shapes

8 Pegs

9 Buttons

10 Stones/

rocks

Nursery Rhymes

Songs and rhymes are a lovely way to spend quality time

with your child. Singing rhymes and songs helps to develop

their speech, confidence and understanding of rhyme.

Along with actions, your child can improve their

concentration, sense of rhythm and motor skills. Some

rhymes can also help to develop early counting, ordering

and number recognition. The most important part about

rhymes is that you have fun with your child.

Here is a small selection of rhymes and lyrics that you can

share with your child.

Useful websites/ apps

https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/bookbug

https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading-and-

stories/bookbug/bookbug-app

Hey Diddle Diddle

Hey diddle diddle, the cat and

the fiddle.

The cow jumped over the moon.

The little dog laughed to

see such fun,

And the dish ran away with the

spoon!

Hickory Dickory Dock

Hickory Dickory Dock... the

mouse ran up the clock.

The clock struck one...

the mouse ran down.

Hickory Dickory Dock.

Humpty Dumpty Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.

Humpty Dumpty had a

great fall.

All the King’s horses and all the

King’s men...

Couldn’t put Humpty

together again.

Incy Wincy Spider

Incy Wincy Spider climbed up the water spout.

Down came the rain and washed the spider out.

Out came the sun and dried up all the rain,

And Incy Wincy Spider climbed up the spout again.

Little Bo Peep Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep,

and doesn’t know where to find

them.

Leave them alone and they’ll

come home, wagging their tails

behind them.

Little Miss Muffet

Little Miss Muffet, sat on a tuffet,

eating her curds and whey.

Along came a spider, who

sat down beside her,

and frightened Miss Muffet away!

Row, row, row your boat,

Gently down the stream.

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,

Life is but a dream.

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

This little piggy went to market.

This little piggy stayed at home.

This little piggy had roast beef.

This little piggy had none.

This little piggy went wee, wee, wee

all the way home.

This Little Piggy

Went to Market

Two Little Dickie Birds Two little dickie birds

sitting on a wall.

One named Peter,

one named Paul.

Fly away Peter, fly

away Paul.

Come back Peter,

come back Paul.

Twinkle, Twinkle,

Little Star

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are.

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are.

Number and counting rhymes

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Once I Caught A Fish Alive

One, two, three, four,

five, once I caught a fish

alive. Six, seven, eight,

nine, ten, then I let it go

again.

Why did you let it go?

Because it bit my finger so.

Which finger did it bite?

This little finger on my right.

Five Little Ducks Five little ducks went swimming one day...

...over the hill and far away.

Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack, quack!” But only four little

ducks came back.

Four little ducks went swimming one day...

...over the hill and far away.

Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack, quack!” But only three

little ducks came back.

Three little ducks went swimming one day...

...over the hill and far away.

Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack, quack!” But only two little

ducks came back.

Two little ducks went swimming one day...

...over the hill and far away.

Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack, quack!” But only one little

duck came back.

One little duck went swimming one day...

...over the hill and far away.

Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack, quack!” But none of the

five little ducks came back.

The sad Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack!”

And all of the five little ducks came back!

Five Little Monkeys Five little monkeys swinging in a tree.

Teasing Mr Crocodile... you can’t catch me.

Along comes Mr Crocodile, as quiet as can be...

SNAP!

Four little monkeys swinging in a tree.

Teasing Mr Crocodile...you can’t catch me.

Along comes Mr Crocodile, as quiet as can be...

Three little monkeys swinging in a tree.

Teasing Mr Crocodile... you can’t catch me.

Along comes Mr Crocodile, as quiet as can be...

Two little monkeys swinging in a tree.

Teasing Mr Crocodile... you can’t catch me.

Along comes Mr Crocodile, as quiet as can be...

SNAP!

One little monkey swinging in a tree.

Away swims Mr Crocodile, as full as he can be!

Ten Green Bottles Ten green bottles hanging on a wall,

Ten green bottles hanging on a wall,

And if one green bottle should accidentally fall,

There’ll be nine green bottles hanging on the wall.

Nine green bottles hanging on a wall,

Nine green bottles hanging on a wall,

And if one green bottle should accidentally fall,

There’ll be eight green bottles hanging on the wall.

Eight green bottles hanging on a wall,

Eight green bottles hanging on a wall,

And if one green bottle should accidentally fall,

There’ll be seven green bottles hanging on the wall.

Cont….

There were ten in a bed and the little one said “Roll over, roll over.” So

they all rolled over and one fell out.

There were nine in a bed and the little one said “Roll over, roll over.” So

they all rolled over and one fell out.

There were eight in a bed and the little one said “Roll over, roll over.” So

they all rolled over and one fell out.

There were seven in a bed and the little one said “Roll over, roll over.” So

they all rolled over and one fell out.

There were six in a bed and the little one said “Roll over, roll over.” So they

all rolled over and one fell out.

There were five in a bed and the little one said “Roll over, roll over.” So

they all rolled over and one fell out.

There were four in a bed and the little one said “Roll over, roll over.” So

they all rolled over and one fell out.

There were three in a bed and the little one said “Roll over, roll over.” So

they all rolled over and one fell out.

There were two in a bed and the little one said “Roll over, roll over.” So

they all rolled over and one fell out.

There was one in a bed and the little one said “Good night!”