EY Home Learning - Week Focus Activities (22.6.20)

Aug 27, 2026

Weekly EY home learning activities for children across personal, social and emotional development, communication and language, physical development, understanding the world, literacy, maths, and expressive art. Includes story-based learning featuring “The Singing Mermaid,” guided discussions, online resources for reading, phonics, and number recognition, and practical play ideas like underwater stories, ball throwing, and map-based conversations. Encourages creativity, mindful movement, balanced screen time, and regular breaks.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryHealthcare

FormatPDF

Pages6

Reading Time15 min

AccessFree to download

Personal, Social and Emotional development

Communication and Language

Physical Development

Understanding the World

Literacy-Reading

Literacy-Writing

Maths

Expressive Art and Design

Characteristics of Effective Learning

| Personal, Social and Emotional development | Communication and Language | | Physical Development | | Understanding the World | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 􀁸 Arrange a video call with one of your child’s friends.
Ask your child to draw a picture of their friend. Encourage them to talk about their friend and what makes them special.
What do they enjoy doing together? Can they think of some happy times that they have spent together?
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􀁸 | This week’s focus story is ‘The Singing Mermaid’ by Julia Donaldson. Listen to the story here:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzn](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzn)[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzn)vI5gnnvQ
Look the underwater photo below. Together with your child use sentences to describe what you can see. E.g.“I can see a yellow and blue fish.”
| 􀁸 | Cosmic Yoga (YouTube) or Andy’s Wild Workout (Cbeebies iPlayer), Joe Wicks: The Nations PE Teacher (Youtube) | 􀁸
􀁸 | Look at a map of the UK. Talk to your child about where you live and where it is on the map.
Talk about animals that live on land and animals that live in the sea. | | | | | 􀁸 | Throwing and catching with different sized balls. Ball games are great for | 􀁸 | Explain that England is an island and surrounded by the sea. | | | | | | developing hand to eye co-ordination. | 􀁸 | Look at the map: Where would you find a beach? | | | | | | | 􀁸 | Have you ever been to the beach? What was it like there?
| | Literacy-Reading | Literacy-Writing | Maths | | Expressive Art and Design | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Share a story book together every day. Can you colour in a smiley face for every story that you share?

This website has free online story books:
[https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and](https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and)reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-andgames/
􀁸 The Singing Mermaid story has lots of rhyming words in it. Listen to the story again, can you hear the words that sound the same and rhyme?
􀁸 Visit the website: Phonicsplay. Use the login-Username: march20/Password: home. Select resources and phase 1. Play the game:
[https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resou](https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resou)[rces/phase/1/hickory-dickory-dock](rces/phase/1/hickory-dickory-dock) | 􀁸 Continue with name writing practice.
􀁸 Visit the website: Phonicsplay. Use the login-Username: march20/Password: home. Select resources and phase 1. Play the game Super Smoothie.
[https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resource](https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resource)[s/phase/1/super-smoothie](s/phase/1/super-smoothie)
􀁸 Focus on the letter ‘o’ and the sound it
makes in the words: octopus, on, olive, ox, otter. Encourage your child to practice writing the letters that they have learnt so far: s a t p i n d g and o
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􀁸 | Watch the number blocks clip to focus on counting and recognising numbers to 10.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y)VbNY4rdDo

You can download some number blocks colouring sheets from this website:
[https://www.funhousetoys.org/numbe](https://www.funhousetoys.org/numbe)rblocks
If you have any blocks, cubes, duplo or lego at home you could use them to create your own set of number block characters.
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􀁸 | Mermaid art work: Can you make a mermaid with paint using only your hand? Here is an example…

Please send your finished work into [apsallstars@alexandra.hounslow.sch.uk](apsallstars@alexandra.hounslow.sch.uk)[ ](apsallstars@alexandra.hounslow.sch.uk)[Maybe you](Maybe you)’[ll](ll) get a certificate this week. | | | Characteristics of Effective Learning Playing and Exploring | Characteristics of Effective Learning
Motivation | Characteristics of Effective Learning Creating and Thinking Critically | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 􀁸 | If you have any sea creature toys or waterproof dolls/characters at home, you could take them in the bath with you and cre

FAQs

How should families balance online learning with well-being?

Balance home learning with activities that support well-being, take breaks regularly, and remember screen time should be managed like in school.

Aug 27, 2026

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