Course 4
Activity 1
Creative Activity: Painting a Feeling Picture
Duration: 15-20 minutes
What do I need?
- Paint
- Paint brush
- A4 Paper
- Any crayons or markers
What to do:
- *Caregiver is to explain to learner that he/she is to paint a feelings picture on the A4 page. Your child may decide on any emotion to paint
- Caregiver then asks learner to name the picture using a feeling (emotions) word
- When done, caregiver can ask questions such as: How were you feeling when you painted this picture?
Activity 2
Social emotional development: Building feeling faces
Duration: 20-30 minutes
What do I need?
- Play dough
- Buttons
- Macaroni
(*Best Ever No-Cook Play Dough Recipe*)
You need:
- 2 cups plain flour (all purpose)
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil (baby oil and coconut oil work too)
- 1/2 cup salt
- 2 tablespoons cream of tartar
- 1 to 1.5 cups boiling water (adding in increments until it feels just right)
- food colouring (optional)
- A few drops of glycerine (optional secret ingredient for stretch and shine!)
Method:
- Mix the flour, salt, cream of tartar and oil in a large mixing bowl
- Add food colouring to the boiling water then into the dry ingredients
- Stir continuously until it becomes a sticky, combined dough
- Add the glycerine (optional)
- Allow it to cool down then take it out of the bowl and knead it vigorously for a couple of minutes until all of the stickiness has gone. * This is the most important part of the process, so keep at it until it’s the perfect consistency*
- If it remains a little sticky then add a touch more flour until just right
What to do:
- Have your child draw some basic faces on sheets of paper (consisting of a head, ears and hair)
- Provide your child with some play dough and have him/her use it to form specific expressions of emotions on the empty faces.
- Avail the beads and macaroni to form additional details.
- Allow your child to be creative.
*It is important to begin teaching your child about his emotions as early as possible since his feelings affect every choice he makes. Children who understand their emotions are less likely to act out by using temper tantrums, aggression, and defiance to express themselves.
Activity 3
Fine motor Development: Tearing and pasting the first letter of name.
Duration 10-15 Minutes
What do I need?
- Pre- traced first letter of your child’s name (large/bold print on A 4 paper)
- A crayon
- Colour paper
- Glue/Glue stick
What to do:
- * Caregiver is to write first letter of child’s name. Make sure to write it out in big bold print (using full space of the page)
- Next have your child take his/her finger to move over the outline of the picture. Remember to have your child start at the top of the letter as he/she moves over the letter.
- Talk about the sound it makes by referring to the phonics sound (example C as in Camden) and not “see” as in the alphabet song. *Nb. If your child’s name is Philip, use the p sound in pot as reference as instead of the ‘f’ sound. Make this letter the phonic sound awareness focus. Then simply explain that he/she has a special name where two sounds form the sound of his/her name.
- Have your child do a tearing and pasting task next by tearing the colour paper and then pasting pieces onto the outline of the letter.