Course 5
Activity 1
Fine motor creative activity: Tearing and pasting in the letter A and coloring in the apple
Duration: 15 -20 minutes
What do I need?
- The letter ‘A’ written out on a large sheet of paper and an apple shape also drawn on the same sheet of paper. *(Parent to prepare beforehand)
- Green color paper
- Glue/glue stick
What to do:
- Have your child tear up green paper into small pieces (ensure that they use a correct tearing action with two hands working in a co-ordinated way instead of simply pulling the paper apart)
- Next have the learner apply glue to the letter A and begin to paste the pieces of paper onto it.
- Then color the picture of the apple using the green crayon.
- Remember to refer to the phonic sound of the letter ‘a’ as in the word apple, refraining from saying: ay as in the alphabet song. It is important for our learners to make the correct visual and auditory connections with letters as early as possible.
Activity 2
Language/ Fine motor Activity: Making a collage of items found in a classroom
Duration: 15-20 minutes
What do I need?
- Old magazines and newspaper.
- Scissors
- Glue
- A4 white paper
What to do:
- The child is instructed to look through magazines and newspaper to find items that might be used in classrooms.
- Have your child cut it out and then paste the pictures onto the A4 white paper.
- Encourage them to name all the pictures
Activity 3
Science Experiment: Fizzy Eruption
What do I need?
- Paper cups
- Baking soda
- Vinegar
- Green food coloring
What to do:
- Parents/ Caregiver to place a ¾ cup full of baking soda.
- Child can then add green food coloring followed by vinegar to the baking soda.
- Tell your child that he/she will see an exciting eruption/a small explosion
- Allow him/her to see and hear what happens
- It will create a fizzy eruption
- Talk about the concepts of: experiments; fizzing; combining; erupting; reacting and measurement.