EYFS 5 a day – Day 55 fun learning activities to do each day based on the Early Years

Foundation Stage (EYFS) Curriculum

Look at the PowerPoint and read the story yourself to your grown up. Try and put lots of expression in it to make it really fin to listen to!Be a detective and find these digraphs (remember this is two letters that make one sound. They may be there more than once!

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How many times did you find each one?

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Doing the Animal BopBy

Jan Omerod and Lindsey Garginer

Day 5 The Rhino

Today we are going to look at the rhino. Which slide is he on? (14)

Activity 1 Communication Language and Literacy - Talking timeTalk about:

What the word rhino is short for Why the rhinos might be grunting, groaning, roaring and

raging Why the words ‘stomp’ are in capital letters (to show that

they need to be read louder) How many rhinos there are and if they are all the same or

different Where the horns are on a rhino and what other animals have

horns What the word ‘romp’ and ‘stomp’ means (to play roughly

and with lots of energy) What is happening to little mouse Where the exclamation mark is and why we might have 2 on

that page (to show strong feeling – surprise, anger, joy. It’s like shouting or raising your voice)

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Activity 2 Personal, Social and Emotional Development - Our feelingsHow do you think the Rhino was feeling? He was doing a lot of grunting, groaning and stomping! The words say ‘roar and rage’ – I think he must have been in a bad mood! What do you think?

Use the PowerPoint or PDF ‘Feelings and Emotions’ and talk about other feelings and emotions that we might have.

Activity 3 Maths - Tens frameRhino loves maths. Use the PowerPoint or PDF ‘Rhino Tens Frames’ to see if you can do some maths thinking around the number 10.

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Activity 4 – Physical Development – Minute challenge

Let’s get active.Find a space – outside would be the best but you can do this with some space inside.See how many of these actions you can do in a minute. Get a grown up to set a timer and help you to count.

Stomps – like the RhinoJumps – like the MonkeyKicks – like the DonkeyFlaps – like the Ostrich

Waddles - like the Penguin

Can you think of some more actions that other animals might do?See if you can play again and try and do more in this time.Maybe you can write down how many of each you did?Challenge a grown up to see if they can beat you!

Activity 5 Literacy Reading – Read like Rhino Rhino is a really good reader but he needs help answering these questions about his animal friends. Play ‘The Yes/No game’ with a grown up to help him find out the answersYou be Rhino and read the questions and get the your grown up to answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’. You might like to make a card with the word ‘yes’ on and one with the word ‘no’ on so they can show you the correct answer. You could make them. Be warned - some of them aren’t that easy to answer! (NB purple- Phase 3, green - Phase 4)

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Maybe you can think of some different questions to ask? If you write them down remember they will need to end with a question mark.

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Can a cow moo?Will six ducks fit in a

car?Can we get wool from

sheep?Can a chicken sit on a

chair?Are the teeth of a shark

sharp?Can ducks see fish in

rivers?Can you hear bees buzzing

now?Can crabs clap hands?

Can frogs swim in ponds?Have you seen a trail left by a snail?

Do chimps come from Mars?

Do some dogs have black spots?