Learning at home resources

Learning at home resources

As salaamu alaikum and welcome to our learning from home page!

During the first lockdown in 2020, the Pre-school provided our families with general activity ideas that they can do at home with minimal resources required – these helped keep the children busy and engaged. These activities can still be used now and throughout the year. Feel free to explore the resources below for activity ideas.

Home learning packs

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School closure home learning pack

Ramadan learning pack

Shapes and measurement

Extra Resources

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Starting School Together Challenges leaflet

Learning Together Project

Activity cards

During the 2020 lockdown Waltham Forest’s Early Years and Childcare Team developed the Learning Together Project to support families across the borough whilst nurseries and schools are closed. The project includes top tips on how families can support their children with their development through fun activities at home. These simple activities can be as helpful now as they were during the lockdown, do have a look!

Counting, finding shapes, measuring together

Reading together and storytelling

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Let’s get measuring

Let’s go on a shape hunt

Let’s make some patterns

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Let’s make cosy reading spaces

Let’s create a story character

Let’s be story makers together

Mark making and creating together

Being together and playing games

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Let’s make lines and shapes together

Let’s make and trace shadows

What different colours can I use

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What’s in the Box

Splish and Splash

Talking and exploring Together

Moving and building together

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Lets make something tasty together

Lets play and chat together

Let’s go on a listening walk

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Lets learn some nursery rhymes

Building with sticks and leaves

Let’s draw tracks and build obstacles!

Counting and problem solving together

Reading and learning about the world together

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Lets solve problems outside together!

Lets solve problems inside together!

Lets solve problems using water!

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Lets make predictions!

Lets make puppets together!

Let’s look at the pictures!

Mark making together and sensory play

Starting school together

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Let’s Make Rainbows

Let’s Mix Colours Together

Lets make a sticky wall

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Let’s have a picnic

Let’s make binoculars together

Moving together

Counting together

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Let’s create a simple obstacle course

Let’s do some threading

Let’s go on a treasure hunt

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Let’s play games and keep score

Let’s listen to and sing counting songs

Let’s pretend to go shopping

Reading together

Mark making together

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Let’s tell and act out stories together

Let’s make a sock puppet

Let’s create a book together

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Let’s make big movements to make marks

Let’s use paints to make different marks

Let’s explore different textures to make marks in

Being together and exploring

Talking and Investigating Together

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Let’s make a board game together

Let’s make food art together

Going on a scavenger hunt

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Let’s talk and investigate all about you

Let’s talk about different life cycles

Let’s investigate why things change and what makes things grow