• https://www.gonoodle.com/ –GoNoodle helps parents get kids moving with short interactive activities

• https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/ free phonics app that follows the same phonics we teach in class
• https://www.storylineonline.net/ storytelling website
• https://www.vooks.com/ – storytelling website
• https://www.starfall.com/h/index-kindergarten.php
• https://www.getepic.com/ Students have access to an online library of 1000’s of books.
• Glenavon Youtube – Watch videos of Glenavon online and talk to your family about it
• https://readworks.org – Reading comprehension instruction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvAYUvQUrGo Jolly Phonics videos – sing the song and then think of different words that start with that sound.

• Read books together as a family – Ask questions about what you are reading, make predictions, discuss characters and ask why they behave the way they do.
• Retell favourite stories changing the character and where it takes place. 
• Act out a favourite story 
• Make puppets of the characters 

Games

• I spy… I spy something that starts with a
• Clap a pattern… I clap a pattern then you copy
• Snap 

Music

• invent clapping games with different rhythms
• find a bottle (plastic, glass) and try and create different tones blowing into them
• sing a song together
• collect sticks and create drum beats on hard surfaces (upside down bins, outdoor seats, old boxes)
• turn on the radio and invent movements to go with different songs
• kitchen band – make instruments and music with pots and pans.

• Write about http://www.pobble365.com/: Students to complete the writing activities on the website
• http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/
• Writing an email/message to a family member
• www.twinkl.co.uk/offer and enter the code NZLTWINKLHELPS – this will give you free membership for one month.

• keep a gratitude list
• write instructions for something
• write an alternate ending to favourite story or movie
• write a story
• keep a book of facts
• Help write a shopping list

Practice writing your name starting with a capital letter and the rest  lowercase: 

• With a pencil
• In sand with your finger
• In shaving cream with your finger
• With a paintbrush 
• Using Playdough

• Create a tally chart with things like cars going past
• Go for a walk and read numbers on letterboxes
• Add sets of objects together. (I have 2 apples and you have 4 bananas. How many all together?)
• Play board games and card games (snap, go fish)
• Baking – measuring and counting
• Get children collecting twigs. Once they have plenty, their challenge is to make the numerals 1-9.
• Can they make number 2 with 2 twigs? What about number 3 with 3 twigs, and so on?

• Do yoga, play catch, play Frisbee, kick a soccer ball or shoot hoops
• Go outside, walk, run, bike, most outdoor activities keep you at least 10m away from other people

Spend time with your kids

• Talk to them  and ask them about their hopes, dreams and fears.
• sing songs together – grab an instrument, or write a rap about all the things you can see around the room! See who can rhyme the most words!
• play i-spy with words and colours

Set out a challenge for your children 

• build a tower, boat, bridge, hut out of random materials around the house

Play games 

• board games, snakes and ladders, cards, bingo, connect four or charades

Make playdough 

1 cup of salt

3 TBS cream of tartar

4 TBS oil

Food colouring

2 Cups of boiling water

Mix together then add 2 cups of flour

Playdough is great for imagination, strengthens fingers for writing. Make 2 colours that will mix to make a new colour. Roll out letters and numbers. Make balls and create 2 sets and add together. Who can make the longest snake? 

Make different facial expressions.

Follow a recipe/instructions

• 5 minute craftshttps://www.facebook.com/5min.crafts/
• Tasty Junior https://www.facebook.com/tastyjunior/
• Tasty https://www.facebook.com/buzzfeedtasty/ 
• Anzac Biscuits – https://www.freshchoice.co.nz/recipes/edmonds-anzac-biscuits/ 
• Weetbix slice – https://www.chelsea.co.nz/browse-recipes/weetbix-slice/

Create a time capsule 

• Write a letter to themselves – Including their age, friends, favourite tv show, song, book.Tell their future selves how they are feeling.
• Cut out an article from a newspaper that they think would be important for their future selves.
• Draw a picture of their family as it is now
• Take some pictures of today, print them out and include them in the box
• Put it all together in a scrapbook or a lunch box and bury it in your garden 

Build fine motor skills 

• Drawing
• Colouring
• Knitting
• Crochet
• Sewing
• Weaving

Help out with household chores

• making your own bed
• helping with the dishes
• helping prep dinner
• vacuuming 
• unload the dishwasher and learn where everything goes away

• https://justdancenow.com/ – Just Dance youtube videos to dance to