Week Two Term 4

 Kia ora koutou,

I hope you all had a relaxing Labour Weekend.

For those who cannot get onto Seesaw to get to the activities we have been sharing, here are some ideas for keeping yourselves learning and stimulated at home:

Make some playdough.

Here's my tried and true recipe:

2 cups flour                1 cup salt

2 tablespoons of cream of tarter

1 tablespoon of oil

2 cups boiling water

Food colouring (add after water)

Mix together and knead.

keeps indefinitely if stored in an airtight container.

Write a story everyday.

Here are some topics to get you enthusiastic and to start a conversation about the story. If the story is a good one, you might want to add a bit to it each day and then put it all together in a book to share when we get back to school!

The day my bed grew wings.

Would you rather be invisible or be able to fly?

If I won a million dollars I would ....

I was digging in my garden and my spade hit something hard. I cleared away the dirt and there was .....

Make a miniature world outside in the garden. 

Find a little corner and create a city or a farm. Make buildings and fences and roads from things you can find - stones and sticks and bark and flowers.

Make a print.

If you have some cardboard from a cereal box or similar, you can make a cool print:

You will need: scissors, card, glue, paint, paper.

Cut out some shapes from the card and glue them onto a big piece of card. 

When the glue has dried, use a brush or an old toothbrush to spread paint over the card.

Put a piece of paper on top of the card and use a bottle or rolling pin to roll over the back of the paper to press the paint into the surface of the card print. 

Peel off the paper and voila! See the results.

You can make several prints, and add different colours.

You can also make a print using a potato. Cut a spud in half and carve a shape into the flat surface, apply paint and then print onto a piece of paper, like a stamp.

Have fun!