Maths

• Counting out sets of objects and matching to numerals
• Singing counting songs
• Counting actions e.g. how many jumps can we do?
• Comparing different sets of objects, saying when they have the same, more or fewer.
• Adding one more/ taking one away from a set of objects.
• Go on a shape hunt around your house.
• Talking about length, height, weight etc. e.g. which fruit is heaviest/ lightest?
• Capacity - playing with water and containers. Is it full/ empty?

Physical

• Running, jumping, climbing etc. Try out different ways of moving.       
• Dancing to music
• Threading (pasta on string, cotton reels, cheerios, buttons etc)
• Playdough - rolling, squashing, pinching, shaping etc.
• Cutting with child scissors (cut out old cards, magazines etc)
• Jigsaw puzzles
• Peg boards, aqua beads, hama beads etc.
• Building train tracks

Literacy/ Phonics

• Sharing story books/ poems/ rhymes/ non-fiction texts.
• Singing nursery rhymes and making up new rhyming verses
• Playing 'I Spy' with initial sounds e.g. I spy something beginning with 'b'
• Hunting for objects starting with the same sound
• Rhyming games and finding objects that rhyme.
• Writing own first name (and surname if ready) using correct formation.
• Writing other letters and saying the sounds (if ready)

Creative

• Drawing/ painting/ chalking pictures - think about the shapes and colours you are using.
• Role play activities - shopping, homes, hairdressers, vets etc
• Junk modelling
• Singing and dancing
• Playing with musical instruments (or pots and pans!)
• Sticking pictures, tracing, stencils, rubbings etc
• Dressing up and acting out stories