In Reception we have had another jam packed and exciting week. Not only did we carry on with our phonics, our maths and literacy but we also had a great time learning about Piet Mondrian.
The children are all making great progress with their phonics and it is evident in the way they are starting to blend their sounds to read CVC words. This week we have practised using our phonic knowledge to sound out words and to label pictures. They are also making good progress in learning how to form recognisable letters.
This week we continued with our subitising of numbers where we played our favourite game of “Fastest Fingers” where the children had to look at the number of fingers the teacher was holding up and say the number they see without counting. They are becoming very confident at this, feeling successful during these activities. We have also continued to work on accuracy when counting knowing the last number we said represents the amount of objects we counted.
For our art topic, we have been learning about Piet Mondrian , the famous Dutch artist. We looked at the colours and shapes he used to create his art pieces. The children had a great time exploring and experimenting with different ways to in an attempt to recreate some of his most well-known pictures. They did a great job printing squares and rectangles and adding thick and thin vertical and horizontal black lines to create their abstract art.
How you can help at home:
Do a letter hunt while out and about during the weekend and trying to see how many sounds your child can identify in the environment. As a challenge, could they possibly read some simple phonetically decodable words they come across? Or while playing board games, can your child identify the number on the dice without having to count the spots?
As always, we hope you have a fabulous weekend.
Best wishes,
The Reception team x