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Next time you are travelling in the car or going for a walk with your child, point out the different traffic signs. Why are they there? What do they tell you to do?There are traffic lights outside the school. They tell us to slow down and drive at 25km.As you notice the different signs try and sort or group them into ones that are the same.Those are crossing lights. They help
If you are going on a bus, train or tram look up the timetables with your child before you go. Talk about how you are going to get there. Will it be on the bus, on a tram or by train?Show your child that each bus or train has its own timetable.Which number bus are we catching? The 224 or the 225?What time do we need to get there? How long will it take? What time do we leave
While you are waiting for the lift to come talk to your child about the number of the floor that you want to travel to.Is it a high number or a low number?Is it a number above the ground floor which means the lift will travel up or is the floor below ground level and so will go down?Talk about how the buttons have symbols on them that will provide directions and instructions.
There are many different ways you can travel to a place. You could go by bus, train or tram. Next time you are travelling by public transport with your child take some time to talk about the different things that you notice around you.Talk with your child about what you see inside the vehicle compared to outside. Inside there will be lots of different people to notice compared
Are you wondering what your family can do this weekend? You could visit the Botanic Gardens.Before you go to the gardens talk to your child about the different things you can do and see there.Explain that the garden is divided into different sections and each section tells a story of different types of plants and where they can be found. Explain to your child that the plants
Are you wondering what your family can do this weekend or during the holidays? You could visit an art gallery.Before you go to the art gallery talk to your child about the different things you will see.Explain that there are lots of different paintings, sculptures, statues and artworks from many different cultures. The art is grouped in different rooms or galleries and you can
“Miss Polly had a dolly who was sick, sick, sick . . .So she rang for the doctor to come quick, quick, quick.”Sometimes children can become ill very quickly and there is a quick rush to the doctor or the hospital. Other times it will be a planned visit – maybe for a check-up. When it is a planned visit you can talk to your child about what will happen at the doctor. Talk to
We went walking and what did we see?Windows - round ones, long ones, narrow ones, patterned ones and ones with writing.We went walking and what did we hear?Noises - birds chirping, bees buzzing, car horns tooting, people laughing, crossings beeping and lifts dinging.We went walking and what did we feel?Textures - rough and lumpy ones, smooth and slippery ones, sharp and
Have you ever noticed the number of different textures around us? The rug on the bed can feel soft and cuddly, the new wool jumper might be hard and scratchy and the window after the rain could be cold and slippery. Next time you are out or moving around the house talk to your child about how things feel. As you help your child dress you can talk about how the clothing feels.
Every day the weather is different and this will effect what we can do and wear. Talk to your child about the different ways that you can find out about the weather. You could listen to the weather forecast the night before on the radio, watch it on the news on the TV or read the predicted weather forecast in the paper. Looking at the predicted weather the day before will help