Course 4

Activity 1

Fine motor creative: tearing and pasting a classroom pet snail

Duration: 10-15 minutes

What do you need?

• Paper plate
• Construction paper (2 colours, preferably) 
• 2 x googly eyes/or pre-cut out paper/black marker to draw in eyes  circles
• Glue
• scissors

What to do:

1. Have you child cut up or tear construction paper into little square pieces/snips as shown.
2. Next have your child apply glue to paper plate and paste the pieces of cut paper onto the back of the paper plate.
3. *Caregiver is to cut a circle out of colour paper (beforehand) and have your child paste on the side of the paper plate as shown. Your child should be able to start cutting out along curved lines, allow him/her to do it by themselves, if they wish to try.
4. Finally have your child paste eyes onto the circle/ or use a marker and make small circles for eyes. A PET SNAIL

Activity 2

Physical motor midline crossing activity 

What do you need?

• A tennis ball 
• A bat/rolled up newspaper wrapped with masking tape

What to do:

   Have your child hit a tennis ball using different angle shots. (This happens naturally as he/she tries to hit the ball). (Each shot encourages a different trajectory across the body midline)

1.  Practice a forehand swing, backhand swing, and overhead serve. 
2.  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.

Activity 3

Language/Music

Duration: 10-15 minutes

Sing (Mary had a Little Lamb) and/or Use the following link to access the song 

What to do: 

1. Make sure to sing along and dance with your child as this song as an awesome rhythm.
2. Expand on your child’s vocabulary and language by considering the words in the song and teaching them to your child: example: lamb-baby sheep; fleece –wool; following- going after; against the rules- not allowed; etc. 
3. Do the above after your child knows the song and has sung it many times.