English
Keep going with that story writing! We know it’s tricky but writing longer pieces is a target in year 1. We know that you will impress us!
And if you’d like a little something extra then watch this alternative version of Jack and the Beanstalk called Jim and the Beanstalk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiizHAry5aU
![Jim and the Beanstalk (Puffin Picture Books): Amazon.co.uk: Briggs ...](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51WKXHPS0ZL.jpg)
Maths
Practice some number formation using some rhymes.
![Letter and Number formation rhymes - St Anne's C of E Lydgate ...](https://www.stannescelydgate.oldham.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Picture1.png)
Do it in the most creative way you can! Children often love the messiest ways!
On paper, in flour or sugar on a tray, in shaving foam, in hair gel, in the mud or sand, on the ground using water and a paint brush, squirting water in bottles on a wall.
![Crafts: 7 fun ideas for painting outside | Water play activities ...](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ed/08/a4/ed08a425ff1841c507bc6b8a5dcc5224.jpg)
![No mess painting: Mix paint and clear hair gel in a ziplock bag ...](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/11/38/a7/1138a72b90fd725ecc65fe21c6f8382d.jpg)
![Learning to Write - how we montessori](https://www.howwemontessori.com/.a/6a0147e1d4f40f970b01a73dd0f5e6970d-pi)
Now challenge you child to higher numbers. They will need to know which digits make those numbers first. What two digits are in the number 45. 4 and 5 because there are 4 tens and 5 units.
This video will help your child to understand the amount of tens and ones/ units in a number.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z8sfr82/articles/zw4g2nb
Be active
Play the Dinosaur Song – get up, move and sing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/nursery-rhymes-dinosaurs/zv7rf4j
![Dinosaurs - BBC Teach](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1280xn/p062gg18.jpg)
Project
Look at this Christopher Columbus PowerPoint. Ask your child to read some of the words and sentences. Discuss what you have found out!
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-h-023-the-story-of-christopher-columbus?sign_in=1
You can create your own Twinkl account for free at the moment.
![The Story Of Christopher Columbus PowerPoint (teacher made)](https://images.twinkl.co.uk/tw1n/image/private/t_630/image_repo/fb/c1/T-H-023-The-Story-Of-Christopher-Columbus_ver_1.jpg)