Our Guide to Early Phonics
Here is our new 'top tips' guide for early phonics. We hope that you will find it useful in supporting your child in very practical ways at home through fun activities!
Our Guide to Early Maths
We hope that you will find these top tips for supporting children at home helpful and fun! Please do not hesitate to ask the Early Years team if you have any questions.
Seesaw: Learning at Home
Children use Seesaw to complete homework tasks. Below, you will find a guide to getting started with Seesaw, and answers to questions you may have. We hope that you will find it useful.
Please do not hesitate to contact the school office if you require any help in accessing your child's learning journal.
Listen to a Story
We have a growing library of stories that you may wish you to use with your child when learning at home. Some of them are familiar to children and link to nurture themes, such as anxiety, what to do with worries and other feelings and emotions. Others are well-known stories that children enjoy. We hope you enjoy sharing them together!
You can find the stories here:
Learning Resources
Below you will find some activities that will help you with your learning at home. The learning grids have been designed so that you can choose activities in any order. There are also links to websites that will help you with your learning.
Oak National Academy has been established to support learning at home, and you can find a link to the Reception content below.
We hope you enjoy completing the activities!
Useful Links
We hope that you will find these links helpful in supporting children's learning at home. You can create a library account using the link below, or use existing details if you are member of Lincoln Central Library. There are lots of e-resources available!
| Government Home Education Resources List | |
| Latest update April 7th 2020 | |
| White Rose Maths Early Years | |
| Videos and challenges (see downloads below) | |
| Oxford Owl e-books | |
| Reading scheme e-books | |
| Komodo Maths Resources | |
| Online maths activities | |
| ABCDoes | |
| Practical Resources for Early Years | |
| Lincolnshire Libraries Login | |
| E-reading and audio resources | |
| Developing Experts | |
| Science Activities | |
| Chatter Pack | |
| Home Learning Resources |
Maths Resources
Here are some resources you may find helpful. White Rose Maths have several home-learning videos and activities available to help support mathematical development. We have shared some of them below. You can watch the accompanying videos by accessing their website:
www.whiterosemaths.com
Virtual Maths Manipulatives
We use a range of practical resources in the teaching of maths, and you can learn more about our approach to teaching by following this link: http://www.themeadows.lincs.sch.uk/classes_and_learning/our_curriculum___assessment/maths.html
While at home, counters, small toys and dried pasta can be used for counting and representing numbers. You can follow the link below to access a range of counting resources on screen. We use physical versions of all of these in school, so we hope that they will prove to be a useful addition to maths learning sessions at home.
| Virtual Manipulatives for Maths | |
| On-screen representations of practical resources |
Alphabet Song
Number Blocks - Add and Subtract
Head and Shoulders
Count to 100
3D shapes song
2D shapes song
Language and Communication
We hope these resources will be helpful to families when practising reading, writing or spelling skills at home. They can be used as a reference and a guide.
Phonics Articulation Guide
This video is a helpful guide to the correct pronunciation of phonemes (sounds) when learning to read.