Course 4

Course 4

Activity 1

This is me drawing

Duration: 5-10 minutes

What do you need?

  • Thick wax crayon 
  • Face shape template or circle drawn on to a page

What to do?

  1. Demonstrate to your child that they need to draw eyes, nose, a mouth and hair onto the circle to complete their face.
  2. This is a free drawing activity. Allow your child to be creative on their own.
  3. At the end show your child that you write his/her name on the page, indicating whose face it is.

Activity 2

Mathematics

Duration: 5-10 minutes

What you need?

  • Fingers
  • Small toys (or your child favourite toys)

What to do: 

  1. Count aloud with your child on their finger 1,2,3,4,5
  2. Put out as many of your child’s favourite toys and ask them to choose 3
  3. Now count with your child 1,2,3
  4. Sing the following song to create further awareness of numbers 1 – 10 as you work with your child https://youtu.be/WoKJSN-H4NU

Children learn things faster if they associate them with something enjoyable. Music is one of the best ways to teach numbers to toddlers, because it’s easy to memorize songs. Sing nursery rhymes related to numbers such as ‘1-2, buckle my shoe’, ‘5 little monkeys jumping on the bed’, and ’This old man’. Hold up your fingers for the number of characters in the rhyme. It’ll give your child an understanding of the concept of less and more.

Activity 3

Physical activity: obstacle course

Duration: 5-10 minutes

What do you need?

  • Pillows and blankets (optional)
  • Table 

What to do:

  1. Have your child pack pillows in a various shapes starting with a square; then rectangle and then a triangle shape, followed by a trial of pillows or blankets under a table
  2. Instruct your child to walk over pillows starting at one point, and crawl through under the table
  3. Have your child build various shapes with the pillows by themselves.
  4. Talk to your child about what they are doing, i.e. walking over and crawling under and through. Try singing to a familiar tune while emphasizing the spatial concepts and have him/her pretend to be walking over rocks while crossing a huge river! (Allow their Imaginations to run wild) 

*An obstacle course is a fun activity that doubles as a functional exercise to enhance your child’s motor and sensory skills.