Activity 1
Creative Art Activity: Making a toilet roll man
Duration: 20-30 minutes
What do I need?
- Toilet roll holder
- Pipe cleaners
- Old pieces of fabric
- Scissors
- Glue
- Hair pompom
- Marker
What to do:
- Have your child make holes in a toilet roll *(parents/ caregiver to assist with punching holes)
- Then instruct your child to cut the pipe cleaner in half with a scissor and thread the two halves through the holes for arms and legs
- Have him/her glue the hair pompom to the top of the toilet roll
- Allow them to cut up the old pieces of fabric for clothes
- The child then uses a marker to draw the face
- They can make a whole family, if there are enough resources.
- Encourage a puppet show using the completed characters.
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Activity 2
Mathematics- Matching Activity
Duration: 20-30 min
What do I need?
- Bottle tops or Foam Cups
- A4 white paper
- Marker /Crayon
What to do:
- On a A4 sheet of paper allow your child to draw 10 circles on the paper with a crayon **(Parent please ensure that circles drawn a big enough for you child to draw many dots in)
- In the 10 circles, the child then has to draw dots in each circle from 1 dot to 10 dots ( the last circle should have 10 dots)
- On the bottle tops or foam cups, the child then writes the numbers 1 -10 on the top of each one.
- Let the child then match the bottle caps or foam cups to the correct number of dots on the page
- Your child can then finally write the amount done next to each circle.
Activity 3
Physical motor: Playing Tennis
Duration: 10-15 minutes
What do I need?
- Tennis racket or Paper plate
- Tennis ball or any other small ball or balloon (if you are using a paper plate)
What to do:
- Explain to your child that he/she will hitting a ball using different types of shots/techniques/styles. *Remember the use of more complex language with your child, will allow for greater learning opportunities.
- Next, caregiver is to throw the ball to the child. This should allow for practice opportunities for the following: forehand swing, backhand swing and overhead serve. Discuss the terms as they naturally happen or for future reference.
- This exercise allows for good midline crossing integration to take place.
If you do not have a tennis racket or it is too difficult for the child, make paper plate paddles and use a balloon practicing the same swings.