"Draw a Story" by drawing a picture for beginning, middle and ending of favourite story.
Cover the words up in a storybook and make up a new story from the pictures.
Read a story but make up a new ending.
Make a paperbag puppet from a storybook character; use the puppet to tell story to Dad.
Cut out a magazine picture and write a story to match.
Cut out letters from a magazine to spell your name.
Use playdough to spell your name.
Write your name in flour, in sand or in birdseed.
Use glue to write your name on paper; press into a tray of birdseed, sand, rice, tealeaves, coffee or cocoa.
Make word cards for items around the house e.g. fridge and blutac to the items.
Choose a letter of the alphabet and cut pictures of objects starting with the letter.
Put 10 assorted items on the table and look at for 1 minute. Close eyes while another person removes an item. Can you remember what was there?
Numeracy
Sort clothes pegs into colours.
Sort Lego or pencils into colours or size.
Make a sorting book by stapling together 4 pieces of paper. Label a page with houses, plants, food, people, and clothes and cut out magazine pictures to paste on appropriate page.
Match socks into pairs.
Match knives and forks into pairs.
Set the table counting plates, cups and cutlery.
Use pegs, Lego, pencils etc to make groups for a given number.
Make a group bigger than 5.
Make a group less than 8.
Make a group between 3 and 7.
Use playdough to make shapes.
Draw around household items to make shape pictures e.g. use tinned food to make circles.
Cut out paper circles to make a circle robot. Repeat with other shapes.
Use 2 colours of pegs or Lego to make patterns e.g. red, blue, red, blue.
Make a complex pattern e.g. red, blue, green, blue, red, blue, green, blue etc.