Grade R Activities

Suggested time schedule:

Morning ring Daily

Between 30 and 45 minutes each day, discuss the planned activities for the day and when eating and playing time will take place.

Mathematics or Language activity

Choose between a Language or Mathematics activity. Do only one per day and repeat these activities. This should take around 30 minutes or less.

Break Daily

Take a small break to eat a snack or enjoy some time playing with toys.

Gross motor activity Do some gross motor activities inside or outside the house, depending on the type of activity. You can also enjoy playing a game with your child during this time Spend 45 minutes to an hour on this section.

Break Daily

Take a break to rest and get some fresh air or do daily chores.

Fine motor activity

Sit down for some quiet time and do a few fine motor activities. The Colouring in activities can be repeated. Spend about 30 minutes each day on this.

Story time Daily

Read a story to your child and ask them questions about it afterwards. Questions should start easy and become more difficult later on. For example:

1. Who was the story about?

2. What did they do in the story?

3. Why do you think they did that?

Language:

Activity 1:

Phonics:

Ask your child to draw a picture to match the sound given:

Ask your child to tell you what they drew and write the correct word in the same block as

the picture like the example given.

Example:

l

lion

m

b

h

s

t

f

o

Language:

Activity 2:

Ask your child to trace the lines from left to right. Ensure that your child is holding

the pencil correctly.

Mathematics:

Activity 1:

Shapes and colours:

Ask your child to colour each number the correct colour. This activity will help your

child to develop their visual skills whilst looking for the numbers as well as

knowledge of colours.

Mathematics:

Activity 2:

Ask your child to connect the number to the number name and the correct picture.

l 2 4 3

four three

two two

one

Gross motor activities:

1. Throw and catch a ball

2. Hop like a bunny with two feet together from one wall to the other

3. Hop like a Froggie with bent knees from one wall to the other

4. Jump over larger objects like and empty ice cream container, ten times

5. Skip with a skipping rope for 5 consecutive jumps

6. Stand on one leg for 10 seconds (alternate legs)

7. Walk in a straight line, heel to toe

8. Do 10-star jumps

Fine motor activities:

1. Threading:

Give your child macaroni or beads with some string. Let them make a necklace in a

specific pattern.

2. Prestik:

Give your child a small piece of Prestik to put on their thumb. Press down on the

Prestik with the index finger, middle finger and so on. Do this with both hands for at

least 3 minutes at a time. You can also use playdough for this activity.

3. Playdough: (Playdough recipe attached)

Use playdough to make animals, numbers, letter or shapes. If you have child safe

scissors your child can roll snakes and cut them up using scissors.

4. Colouring in: (Colouring in pictures attached)

Any colouring in activities are good for fine motor skills. Make sure your child holds

the pencil correctly. Ask them to trace the lines on the outside and then colour in

one direction on the inside.

5. Writing:

Ask your child to write their name correctly. Capital letter for the first letter and

lowercase letter for the rest of their name. DO NOT let them write their name in all

capital letters.

Play games:

1. Rotten egg

2. Hide and seek

3. Touchers

Playdough Recipe

The Best Homemade Playdough Recipe

Prep Time5 mins

Cook Time5 mins

Total Time10 mins

Keyword: homemade playdough, playdough, playdough recipe

Servings: 1 batch of playdough

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour • 2 tsp cream of tartar • 1/2 cup salt • 1 tbsp cooking oil Olive oil or vegetable oil • 1 cup water • food coloring

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, combine all of your dry ingredients (flour, salt, cream of

tartar) and mix well.

2. Mix food coloring with your water first. Then add the vegetable oil and water

with food coloring to a large pot. Mix together.

3. Add the dry ingredients to your pot and mix well.

4. Cook over low to medium heat until the dough starts to form and becomes

dry.

5. Once it starts to form a ball together and looks fully cooked, take off the heat.

Let the dough cool first before touching.

6. Once cool, knead the dough for 5 minutes to make the dough soft.

Colouring activities: