Ideas for Learning at Home

If the school is closed here are some ideas for learning at home.

  • Read every day – swap books if you can, use audio books too
  • Practise any sounds/words in your book bag
  • Practise spelling words – using different colour pens/pencils
  • Keep a diary about the weather/thoughts and feelings/news
  • Make your own story/cartoon strip about an adventure
  • Measure items around the house/garden and record the heights. Compare the heights. Display information in a graph/diagram
  • Make your own cards – thank you/birthday/Easter etc
  • Use letters and pictures from magazines to create your own art work, poster or notice
  • Follow a recipe and make something tasty. Cooking and baking are great opportunities for measuring, counting, reading and calculating time
  • Draw/sketch a famous building or person
  • Learn a new skill – knit or crochet, change a plug, use the washing machine, First Aid
  • Improve a skill
  • Digital skills – coding, make an iMovie, use apps like Book Creator, Chatterpix,
  • Play pencil and paper games – Hangman, Bingo, Beetle, Battleships etc.
  • Playing cards – play games, pairs, recognise number patterns
  • Top Trumps cards – put in alphabetical order, compare height/length etc.
  • Play a board game – Scrabble,Monopoly, Snakes and Ladders etc.
  • Write a review of a book or film
  • Listen to the radio or music
  •  Make a scrap book or personal project about an interest you have and use ICT (if you have access to it)
  • Improve or learn to play a musical instrument
  • Learn a new language or sign language
  • Clean around the house