Literacy:

• Read books, point to the words, encourage your child to help you to turn the pages and ask questions.
• Retell stories together. ( use props) 
• Sing songs and use actions.
• Practise name recognition and letter formation (focus on letters in your child's name).
• Summer term- watch our Read Write Inc clips on what sounds we are learning. 
• Spot rhyming words 
• Make up songs and rhymes 

Physical Development (gross motor skills):

• Throwing, catching and kicking balls.
• Riding a bike, trike or scooter.
• Running, jumping, hopping and skipping.
• Balancing on one leg.
• Dancing

Physical Development (fine motor activities to help strengthen hands and fingers):

• Playdough (pinching, rolling, using rolling pins, cutters or scissors).
• Threading (you could use string and pasta tubes).
• Drawing, painting, writing and colouring.
• Playing with small fiddly toys like lego or small figures.
• Finger rhymes (Incy Wincy Spider).
• Make sandwiches allowing children to use knives to spread butter.
• Using clothes pegs ( building dens) 

Maths:

• Play board games counting the spots on the dice and moves along the board (Orchard games are good).
• Sing number rhymes and use fingers to represent the amounts.
• Look for numbers on packets, in books and on doors.
• Name shapes and find shapes.
• Practise counting 
• Cook together (weighing ingredients).

Other experiences:

• Visit the local library. If you aren't registered yet at the library, go to:

  https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/jointhelibrary

• Go for walks (discuss road safety, directions, seasons and senses).
• Visit the playground (play, exercise and socialise).
• Visit the shops (write lists together and pay using coins).
• Dance to music or even create your own music!
• Discuss senses (what can you hear, see, touch, taste and smell?)
• Dress up, create your own stories and imagine!
• Toilet training.
• Build models with construction toys or junk modelling!
• Play and have fun!