Suggested Activities for over Easter Junior Infants

Academic - no obligation Revise sound names and actions using flash cards and sound copy. Look up Jollyphonics songs and stories for each letter on YouTube. Practice blending wordboxes. Build words from wordboxes using your flash cards. Reading small sight word stories and other books your have at home. Search for numbers 1-5 around your home. How many times can you see each number? Search for circles, squares, rectangles and triangles in your home. How many can you see? Sort items into sets of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Sort objects into sets by colour, number, size, length, weight. Practice counting 0-5 and 5-0. Practice number and letter formation in sand, with playdough, using a paint bag, on

someone's hand and back, rainbow writing and in small practice books.Fun Stuff

See bingo activity board on class dojo. Make an Easter card. Do some bunny hops and hopping races. Have an egg and spoon race with a family member. Cut out egg shapes from cardboard and different coloured paper. Decorate them and make

an Easter wreath. Design your dream Easter egg. Create a COVID-19 time capsule. See template on class dojo. Write letters or draw some pictures for a loved one in isolation/the elderly in nursing

homes/staff in the hospital and post it to them. Watch a new movie and discuss your favourite part with a family member. Try to complete some of the 'how to draw' activities on https://artprojectsforkids.org/my-

drawing-tutorial-portfolio/gallery/ Complete a jigsaw. Play board games. Make crazy creations with lego and playdough. 50 fun play ideas with lego https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItincwrwWhA Complete 10@10 kids workout at https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/ Mini-beast hunt - sheet attached at bottom. Mini-beast art - painting egg cartons, adding pipe cleaners and googly eyes to make lady

birds/caterpillar/bees etc.

Snail Craft

Alphabet Scavenger hunt - hunt around your house for an item for every letter.

Toy shadow tracing - use a pencil to trace the shadows of your toys

Milk/Juice Carton Bird Feeder

Decorate eggshells or paint an Easter egg rock Make some rice krispie Easter nests

Ripped paper Easter egg collage

Youtube

Alphablocks - Phonics https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_qs3c0ehDvZkbiEbOj6Drg Numberblocks - Numeracy

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPlwvN0w4qFSP1FllALB92w Debbie and Friends - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8t3AI5041G9vMV71-9TBDw Seasons song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZjpI6fgYSY Clean Up Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY-H2WGThc8 Days of the week song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIQsyHoLudQ Tricky word songs

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvMyssfAUx0 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R087lYrRpgY

Blending videos from Epic Phonics1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ovJIxTQpsU&t=30s 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAbhtD5atI0 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-YFRYSHtQc 4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skKpz1Xi1iw

Cosmic Kids Yoga https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga National Geographic Kids https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXVCgDuD_QCkI7gTKU7-

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