Additional activities to do at home with your child.

• Look at numbers/ shapes in the environment. 
• Count everyday items – stairs, socks, knives and forks, pointing to each one as a number is said.
• Practise putting shoes and socks on and off.
• Practise putting own coat on and fastening.
• Share the weekly Wednesday word Gospel reading with your child.
• Share a story with your child. Discuss the events, setting, characters. Ask questions such as 'What do you think will happen next?' Let your child turn the page. 
• Ask your child to retell the story from your memory? Do you have any questions about the characters or the story? Answer 'how' or 'why' questions based on the story. 
• Give your child a challenge. Can they follow more than 1 instruction? They could be silly things such as 'First, find a sock, then, put it on your hand, finally, sing a song with your sock as a puppet with a funny voice'! See if they follow more and more instructions at once! 
• When doing an activity, ask a 'how' or 'why' question and see if the children can answer them, e.g. 'why do you think the ball floats on the water?', 'why do these bugs hide under a log?', 'how do you think this character is feeling?', 'how do birds fly?'. The children's ideas can be so amazing!
• Can you follow two part instructions?
• Create and tell a story with your toys as the characters.