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Talking about what you will eat for dinner and setting the table together helps children experiment with ways they can measure and compare their world. As you describe the food and how it will be served encourage your child to find differently shaped or sized cups and plates. As they do this they are learning about measurement and the ways they can compare or describe objects.
Once you have decided that as a family you are going to keep fish, go to the pet shop together to choose the type and number of fish you want. Will you be getting tropical fish that will require warm water and a heater or will you be getting cold water fish? How big is the tank you will be using? To figure out how many fish you can keep you will need to know the size of the
Shadows on the wall, shadows on the ceiling…you can make shadows too.Sit with your child and use a torch or a lamp to make shadows on the wall or ceiling.Can you make a shadow with your hand? What about your feet?Talk about the way shadows are made.Your hand blocks the light from reaching the wall. That's how it makes a shadow.
Crash, bang, play and sing. Let’s make an orchestra. Your home is full of things that you can use to make music. Your child can help you find all sorts of possibilities in the saucepan and plastics cupboards. Saucepans and large mixing bowls make fantastic drums. They could use a wooden spoon or their hands to make music. Two saucepan lids make a pair of cymbals. A funnel
Getting your child to help you with the shopping involves a little planning. What you would normally do on your own quickly will take more time when you work together.Make a list together before you go. You could use the junk mail. As you make the list talk about what items will be found.We need to get milk, cheese and yogurt. They’ll be in the cold section in the last row.
It is never too early to begin singing to your baby. You can even start before they are born.Sing songs that you know. Your baby won’t mind if you are not a great singer. You can sing about what you are doing or looking at. At bath time you could sing:Five little ducksWent out one dayOver the hill and far awayYou could make up songs or add your baby’s name to the song.Little
Often when you go to do the washing you will have a large basket of dirty clothing, towels, or sheets that need to be sorted before they can be put in the washing machine. Your child can help you to sort and group the items ready to wash. Talk to your child about the different ways that you can sort the washing, such as by colour, by material, and by function. Once you have
Splish splash, I’m in the bath and having lots of fun. Let your child play, exploring the water and how it moves as they swish their hands and legs. Let them try and scoop up the water with their hands, exploring what happens when they open their fingers. Does the water stay put or does it trickle out slowly and run back into the bath?
Winter is here and the oranges are ripe and ready to pick.Do you or a friend have lots of oranges that you don’t know what to do with? You could make fresh orange juice.Talk with your child about what you will need and how you will do it.We are going to squeeze the oranges by hand using a hand juicer. We'll need to cut the oranges in half before we can squeeze the juice out of
Star light, star bright, the first star I see tonight...As the sun starts to go down and night-time approaches talk to your child about what they might see and how the sky will change.It is very bright and sunny while the sun is in the sky. What will happen when the sun sets?When the sun disappears what appears instead?