This week our home learning is all based on the story ‘The Tiger who came to Tea’ by Judith Kerr. This is a very old story.

It has recently been made into a lovely animation film that can be rented or bought from Amazon or Sky Store.

Here is Mrs Maltby reading the story.

This is another reading of the story, without props, but with sound effects!

This is a more modern version of the story.

Communication Language and Literacy.

In the story Sophie and her mummy are having tea when the tiger arrives. Here is Mrs Allcock having a tea party with Sophie and the Tiger.

Can you have a tea party with your child? Ask them to collect some favourite toys and lay the table using the correct number of cups and plates etc. Talk to them about plates, cups, cutlery etc. as they set the table for each toy. Count the items as they are placing them down. Ask them to check that there are enough places set for each toy.

Use the stick puppets from your resource pack to retell the story.

This song is all about black tiger stripes.

Go on a stripe hunt! Ask your child to find some stripy clothes (socks, scarves, hats and gloves are often stripy!)

The tiger in the story ate all the food! Talk to your child about their favourite foods. Emphasise what sounds each food start with (ppp pizza, or ccc cake etc.)

Can they ‘write’ a shopping list of favourite foods? Ask them to ‘read’ the list to you, write down what they say. Again, look for any marks that are beginning to look like letters.

Tiger starts with the ‘t’ sound. Here is Fred introducing this sound.

Mrs Maltby is playing ‘I spy’ with ‘t’ objects in this video – can your child play along?

Expressive Art and Design

Here is a lovely sing along song about ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’. Just a word of warning – you will be humming it for days!

This is a lovely animal song for your child to join in with.

 

If your child has a toy drum ask them to use this, if not they can use a saucepan and two spoons.

Explain they are going to make tiger sounds on their drum. Start by tapping slowly and steadily to represent a tiger walking along. Can they speed up their taps as the tiger starts running?

Emphasise the slow walking pace and the fast running pace of the taps.

Your child could explore drumming and beats by using a variety of pots and pans as a drum kit.

Perhaps your child could use orange and black paper to make a tiger mask, similar to this one? Can they prowl around like a tiger? Can they pounce like a tiger? I think they will be very good at roaring like one!

   

Or could your child make a tiger puppet, like this?

This link will take you to some instructions for making a tiger out of a cardboard tube.

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-t-17008-cardboard-tube-tiger-chinese-new-year-craft-instructions

Physical Development

Here is a short yoga session, based on our story.

 

Put some orange lentils into a black baking tray and encourage your child to explore the textures with their hands. You do not need many lentils, just enough to cover the bottom of the tray. I am sure your child will love the feeling of the lentils running through their fingers. Shake the tray slightly so the lentils cover the bottom of the tray. Can your child use their finger to make black stripes? Can they write letters from their name?

Can your child bounce around like Tigger?

 

Mathematical Development

Please make sandwiches for your tea party with your child. Cut the sandwiches into squares and triangles. Talk about the shapes with your child. How many sides does the shape have? How many pointy corners? Can they find any other squares or triangles in the house?

Ask your child to line up some toys or toy animals – can they count them? Can they give each toy a cup? Have they got enough cups or do they need more? Do they have too many cups?

Look at patterns with your child. If you can go to the shop please buy some Smarites to use. Look at the brown and orange Smarties – what shape are they? Can your child use the smarties to make a repeating pattern like the tigers stripes?

How many orange Smarties do they have? How many are brown ones? Which do you have more or less of?

You can also use Lego or Duplo to create patterns. Perhaps you could draw a pattern for your child to copy.

Bake some tiger cupcakes with your child.

Talk about quantities and measuring as you do so. Talk about time – how long the cakes will need to bake in the oven for.

Go for a walk in your local area – can you find any stripe patterns?

Follow this link to play lots of games featuring ‘Daniel the Tiger’

https://pbskids.org/daniel/games/guess-the-feeling