Learning Intentions:
- To know how to use big and small to describe the size of an object.
- To be able to sort objects into sets based on their size.
- To be able to find hard objects and soft objects around the house.
Step 1: Activity overview for parent, carers and pupils
In this activity there are two short video clips to support the learning. (Approximately five minutes in total.)The main activities can be completed offline and on different days.
Step 2: Introduction to the activity and additional information
Listen to the story and discuss.
- Which bear was the biggest?
- Which bear was the smallest?
- Why didn’t Goldilocks want to sleep in Mummy Bear’s bed?
Today we are going to learn more about opposites – big and small, hard and soft. Listen to the ‘opposites’ song below and join in. What is the opposite of small? What is the opposite of soft?
Step 3: Tasks to carry out for this activity
Activity 1
- Collect some items from around the house. A big spoon and a small spoon, a big bowl and a small bowl, a big crayon and a small crayon, a big box and a small box etc.
- Write the word ‘big’ on one piece of paper and the word ‘small’ on another piece of paper.
- Ask your child to sort the objects into two sets – big and small.
Activity 2
Goldilocks described Daddy Bear’s bed as too hard and Mummy Bear’s bed as too soft.
- Can you find some hard and soft objects?
- You could collect these and sort into sets as you did for the first activity or you could take pictures using an iPad or a phone and use the pic collage app if you have this to create a ‘soft’ pic collage and a ‘hard’ pic collage.
Activity 3
Choose some objects that you have used to complete your previous activities to play Kim’s Game this is a memory game.
- Place a few objects on a tray or a table. E.g. a big spoon, small spoon, feather, cotton wool, plate, phone etc. Ask your child to study the table/tray.
- Ask your child to look away/hide their eyes and you will then remove one item from the table/tray.
- Can they name the missing object?
Once you have completed the task you can email anything you create (photos, documents, screenshots etc.) directly to your teacher or directly upload it to any of the available places in Step 5.
Step 4: Look over the success criteria for this activity:
Success criteria #1: I can use big and small to describe the size of an object.
Success criteria #2: I can sort objects into sets based on their size.
Success criteria #3: I can find hard and soft objects around the house.
Look at the learning intentions ‘how well do you think you have done?’
Step 5: Upload your work
Click on the relevant link below if you have any work to upload to your online areas