Welcome to Primary 3 general activities page
If you do carry out any of the activities we suggest (or any fun things that you are doing generally), please take a photo and send it in to the school office where it could be published on Social media if you are happy with this… office@theviewtrust.org.
Don’t forget that all of your children learn through a total communication and sensory approach which is probably quite difficult for you to replicate at home however below are some suggestions that you could try out… don’t put too much pressure on yourselves doing this… try to enjoy this time with your child.
Website ideas
Pinterest - The Imagination Tree - Activity Village - ABC does - Twinkl (who are offering free access to parents at this time) - Youtube (for animated stories as well as songs and sounds related to any activity you are doing)
This is not a full list and I’m sure many of you will already have other sites where you go to get ideas as well as links from the many suggestions coming through social media at this time.
As previously mentioned, these continue to be some of the best websites I would suggest for you to search for activity ideas are…
Weather and seasons – RUVDTG
Weather songs – MNGJWP
Shapes – HKYKUG
Simple objects – FQCGBY
Fruit and vegetables – NCBJWD
1 key word naming – CBVUQN
2 key word naming – LYJPJX
Colours – FKFLQK
Body parts – FBYFFX
Help Kidz Learn is a fantastic website which is currently offering a range of free activities. If you have an iPad or tablet and can download the Choose it maker 3 app then you can use the following codes to redeem interactive actvities.
“Springtime” will continue to be a great sensory topic in the coming weeks as all around us there are sights and sounds of new life.
As I said, try to make it as sensory experience as possible. Your children learn best through their senses and so anything you can find to look at, touch, taste, smell and hear will help with their understanding. Here are some ideas of things I might try to include in a sensory exploration tray …
Spring = smelling lovely flowers (or enjoying a massage with flowery smelling handcream ?), exploring the touch of a feather or of grass cuttings, tasting lovely fresh fruits listening to bird song (Youtube if not outside) and looking at all of these things and more!!
Squishy sensory bags often help when you don’t want too much mess!! I would advise you get some strong zip lock bags and then you can add either shaving foam, rice, hair gel with sensory bits linked to spring. A bit of glitter can add a shine to the bag too!
This is a lovely activity for a spring walk… if your child would not tolerate wearing the sticky tape then you could always wear it?!
Wake and shake in the morning!
Sensory day and sensory weather
In P3 we also do a sensory day , where each day of the week has a colour attached to it…
Monday – red, Tuesday – orange, Wednesday – yellow, Thursday – green and Friday – blue.
We listen to songs about the colour on Youtube, explore objects of that colour, play with balloons and smell or taste things of that colour.
Each day we talk about the weather to and explore it as much as possible with our senses… a water spray when it rains, sunglasses and suncream when it is sunny, a fan when it is windy, an ice cube when it is frosty etc. You could also have a go at making sensory weather bottles with your children as shown here.
Symbols
I have attached a number of Communicate in Print symbols which may be of use to you. Please contact me through the main Tor View office if there are any specific symbols that would be helpful for you to have at home. If you have no printer at home then please let us know and we will find a way to get them to you.
Gross and fine motor activities
Here are some ideas for you try with your child to help promote their fine and gross motor skills. These are activities that we might try do with your children, and are obviously adapted to each individual child.
P3 Fine motor activities
There are many great songs on Youtube which will promote great gross motor activities too… “Shake your sillies out” is a popyular one in Primary 3!
Recipe for salt dough
Here a couple of lovely ideas for making a family hand image… to celebrate time together.
P3 Art and craft ideas
Reading and online stories
Michael Rosen reading “We’re going on a bear hunt” is a great sensory story with repeated phrases and sounds.
Peace at last by Jill Murphy is well loved by everyone in Primary 3. We enjoy the sounds and the repeated phrase “Oh no, I can’t stand this!!” from Mr. Bear!
The very hungry caterpillar by Eric Carle – tells the story of the caterpillar munching his way through lots of different foods. It is great for naming and recognising different foods as well as working on the days of the week. Again… there is a repetative phrase “… but he was STILL hungry!” that is fun to join in with.
Number and counting activities
We use number songs to help introduce and support number activities within Primary 3. If you possibly can you could try to collect a little bag of objects or symbols so that your child can select the song they would most like… eg a plastic duck for 5 little ducks, a toy frog for 5 little frogs. We try to ensure the pupils in Priamry 3 amke their own choices about what they would most like.
Again… the internet can provide many ideas for activities that you can do practically to explore and talk about number with your child. The key thing is to make it fun and for you both to enjoy what you are doing. Try to use as much language about the activity as possible, naming shapes, numbers, sizes and colours
P3 Number and counting activities
This week we are thinking about “healthy lifestyles” and “well-being” and I have included some ideas for activities you could have a look at with your children! Enjoy!
P3 Healthy bingo!
P3 Healthy bingo!
