Course 4

Activity 1

Fine motor activity: Tearing and pasting over their name 

Duration: 10-15 minutes 

What do I need? 

  • Colour paper 
  • Glue 
  • A4 White page 
  • Crayons 

What to do:

  1. Have your child writes his/her name on the A4 page horizontally with a crayon. Encourage your child to write using big letters across the page. (*Parent to assist with spacing)
  2. Next your child then tears the colour paper into small pieces 
  3. Finally have your child paste the colour paper over their name. 

Activity 2

Fine- motor activity: Child creates a story book for themselves 

Duration: 15-20 minutes 

What do we need? 

  • A4 white paper 
  • Scissors
  • Stapler (optional)
  • Crayons and pencils

What to do:

Watch the short video clip by clicking on the link provided to assist with an easy sample of how to make a booklet.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=21qi9ZcQVto%3Fwmode%3Dopaque
  1. Parents to assist learner with making a little booklet by folding paper, (stapling is optional) *Easiest way is just to fold 2, A4 pages in half and positioning them to fit one into the other.
  2. Your child can then be creative and draw his/her own picture story.
  3. When done the child then tells their parents the story 

**Ask questions. Point out details. Encourage them to tell you about their pictures. Here are a few questions to ask:**

  • Point out the characters
  • What are their names?
  • What are they like?
  • Describe them to me.
  • Where is this? or Where is “character’s name” right now?
  • What is it like there?
  • Ask about “plot”
  • What is the character doing right now? Why? What do you think will happen next?

Activity 3

Mathematics: Washing line number activity 

Durations: 15-20 minutes 

What do we need?

  • 10 Hangers 
  • Pegs 
  • Rope 
  • 10 square cardboard cards
  • Prestick 
  • 2 Poles (some distance apart)

What to do:

  1. Parent/ caregiver ties a rope from one pole to another and hangs the hangers on it.
  2. Learners then writes numbers 1-20 on the 10 square cards and then sticks it onto each clothing hanger (as shown on image provided)
  3. Parent/ caregiver then asks your child to hang the correct number of pegs on the number hangers according to the number on the hanger 
  4. Parent can proceed to ask your child questions about the number order (example: what number comes before or after another

**One-to-one correspondence is a concept that we don’t think about very often as adults and we take for granted that we have mastered this skill. This is such an important concept for young children to learn and is a precursor to almost every numeracy concept they will ever encounter. **
In early counting development one-to-one correspondence refers to the matching of one object or number word to another (corresponding) object or number.**