Pam Buchanan Fun Learning Activities to Try at Home National Parents Council Conference 13 June 2015.

Pam BuchananFun Learning Activities to Try at Home

National Parents CouncilConference 13 June 2015

rock, paper, scissors

semut orang gajah

…from Sumatra

ANT MAN ELEPHANT

semut orang gajah

Worth doing…?

Do I want to share this? Does it inspire me to do something else…?

The hidden treasure…?

Some Maths…Size

ComparisonsPrediction

StrategyTiming

Counting

And there’s...Fine motor skillsSocial skillsEmotional skillsLanguage Skills

Ant-Human-Elephant inspired me to…

And then…

That starting point might lead me to…

Developed by NALA, working with…→ Early Childhood Ireland

→ Irish National Teachers Organisation

→ Library organisations

→ Irish Assoc. of Speech and Language Therapists

→ National Council for Curriculum and Assessment

→ Young Ballymun

And many more…

What’s on the website?

• Instructions for games• E-books • Apps• Videos to watch with your children• Links to other websites• Good tips on talking• Lots of interesting starting points!

TIP:

Don’t get sucked into the internet for hours…!

Music!

Make a themed Treasure Box….

Julia’s Maths Box

And finally…

Once upon a time….

Pam BuchananFun Learning Activities to Try at Home

National Parents CouncilConference 13 June 2015

Links

• www.NALA.ie• www.helpmykidlearn.ie

Links to images used:

• http://www.freegameaccess.com/play-rock-paper-siz.htm• https://vimeo.com/23100757 Inggy Yuliani’s video of students playing Semut, Orang, Gajah• http://kixcereal.com/kix-cereal-food-art-a-fruity-butterfly-snack/ • http://pinstake.com/butterfly-face-mask-for-kids-animal-theme-party/