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What colour are your eyes?
Let’s find out which eye colour is the most common amongst your family and friends! You can record your results on this pictogram.
Moving fish race
Can you move this fish across the carpet without touching it? Let's have a race...
Find the right mother
Can you draw a line to take each baby to its mum?
Sorting clothes
When it is time to change over your child’s wardrobe from season to season or you are having a big clear out, take the opportunity to involve them and look at what different clothes are made from. Talk about the materials the clothes are made from and together look at the labels showing their properties.
Observing the seasons: spring
As the seasons change, take the opportunity to go on an observation walk to see what’s happening! Here are some great hands-on Spring fun ideas.
Finger strength drawing
Here is a fun activity to help get your fingers ready for writing when you start school.
Finger paint sounds
A fun (and messy!) activity that focuses on the initial sounds /t/ (as in toast) and /p/ (as pizza).
Describe and find specific items
A fun animal activity to help your child practise focused listening, a key skill they will need in the classroom
CVC blending game
Listening to and breaking up words into their sounds is how children begin to read and spell. Here is a fun game to help your child start blending CVC words.
Collage sounds /i/ and /n/
Use stickers, pom-poms or any other collage materials you have to hand to fill in the letters i and n in these objects.
Changing sounds hide and seek
Listening to the way sounds change, for example by getting louder or quieter, can help children develop their focused listening skills. Here is a great game to help develop these skills.
Body percussion
Body percussion is all about making beats and music with your body. Have a go at some body percussion patterns and see how long can you keep them going.
Blending practice
Here's a great game to help your child to hear the different sounds within words and then blend them together to make a word they recognise.
Reception worksheets taster pack
Find out what your child will learn in Reception English, maths and science, try out a few learning activities and read our top tips about how to support their learning and development in our free, downloadable Reception Taster Pack.
Understand and use the vocabulary of distance
This activity is designed to help your child understand and use the vocabulary of distance and to practise solving practical problems.
Symmetry sorting
Help your child sort the objects into a symmetrical group and an asymmetrical (non-symmetrical) group to consolidate their knowledge of symmetry.
Symmetrical pairs game
This butterfly playing cards game will help your child to recognise when items are symmetrical.
Sharing problem-solving
This worksheet is designed to help your child practise their division problem-solving skills.
Sharing a group of objects equally
Sharing is a practical skill and is your child’s first step towards understanding division. In Reception, children are expected to be able to share a group of objects equally.
One Less Board Game: numbers 0-20
This game is designed to help your child practise the skill of finding one less than a given number.
One and two more and less game
This game is about looking at numbers and getting used to moving along a number line / ladder. Don’t worry about the vocabulary of adding and subtracting, just count on and back and discuss the numbers as you go. It’s a race to the stars!
Measuring: heavy or light?
This worksheet is designed to help your Reception child solve first weighing and measuring problems.
Making numbers to 20: part / whole number challenge
This activity is designed to consolidate your child’s understanding of numbers, addition and subtraction and gently introduces the concept of number bonds.