Story of the Month – August
To help families develop a love of reading every month we will be sharing a fabulous story video for families to share along with some activity ideas.
This month’s story is from BookTrust and is 1,2,3,Splosh! by David Mellor.
You can borrow more books about counting from your local library
Why not try one of these activity ideas:
- The ducks in the story like swimming what sport do you like to do?
- There are ten friendly ducks in the story taking different things to the pool draw a picture of what you would take to a swimming pool to have some fun
- Sing the nursery rhyme ‘5 Little Ducks Went Swimming One Day’
- Take a walk to the park and see what animals you can see, are there any ducks?
- The ducks are all a bit nervous about getting into the pool but they manage it in the end by doing it altogether, do you ever get nervous?
- Doing something new can be scary sometimes but sometimes that new thing can end up being your favourite thing. What new thing have you tried that you really enjoyed?
Duck Pond Water Play
Read this story to children as they are counting the ducks in the water, introduce loose parts play to encourage children to explore their senses (use age-appropriate loose parts when working with babies or very young children)
https://www.fantasticfunandlearning.com/duck-pond-sensory-play.html
Duck Painting
Have a selection of different coloured paints and encourage the children to print their ducks on a piece of paper. Ask children to count the ducks as they make marks on their paper.
For more great ideas of activities to try with your young children check out the Talk Listen Cuddle website
For more fun with numbers check out the Essex Year of Numbers website