Day Two: Learning fun for five-year-olds
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FOR PARENTS
VIDEO: Alternatives to punishments and rewards
Teacher Tom explores how punishments and rewards work in a child’s mind and the concept of ‘natural consequences’.
FOR KIDS
ACTIVITY: Monster crafts for balance
It’s not a big stretch for most five-year-olds to become little monsters! Combining imaginative role play, fine motor skills like cutting with scissors, gross motor skills like balancing and an opportunity to build confidence through mastery, this one’s got it all.
ACTIVITY: Hopscotch
Retro and fun, we reckon hopscotch is making a comeback. You heard it here first! A great exercise for learning numbers, counting, hand-eye coordination and balance, with the potential to build some trickier physical skills like hopping and jumping in specified areas.
Get Active: Muffin Songs: Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
To extend on the idea of learning the correct names for body parts, we’ve found this old favourite that seems to be utterly adored by kids everywhere. To take it even further, try playing a game of Simon Says once you’ve watched the video.
STORYTIME: Play School Story Time
This one’s entertaining for young and old! Not only do they choose some truly excellent books to showcase in this segment, the Play School Story Time features Aussie celebs like Hamish Blake, Richard Roxburgh and Claudia Karvan doing their best read-aloud voices. And, Benita! Remember Benita?
