Week 3 Term 2

Numeracy at the Early Childhood Level

As your child’s first teacher, you play a key role in
developing their numeracy skills at an early age. The early
development of numeracy skills gives children a strong
foundation in their learning journey. It helps prepare
them for daily life, such as general problem-solving and
the handling of money. Numeracy (Mathematics) includes
recognising numbers, shapes, patterns, size, time and
measurement.
Incorporating numeracy into everyday experiences is easy
and fun. It is everywhere – in the playground, at the shops
and at home. Children need many experiences in making,
counting, drawing and talking about
numbers.
You may feel as though the
mathematics your child is doing at
his/her early childhood centre is
different from how you were taught,
but you can still support in many ways.
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Activities for three (3) and four (4) year old—PART 1

Monday
Creating a Jigsaw Puzzle with the Coat of Arms Physical Activity: Together We Aspire,
- Observe the Coat of Arms Together We Achieve: Three Legged
on any Trinidad and Tobago
Challenge
currency or a large picture
- Parent will prepare the line
of the Coat of Arms stuck
and place three ships at
unto Bristol board or
the end of the line
cardboard
- Parent and child stand side
- Discuss each element on the
by side with their legs tied
Coat of Arms
together (as in a three
- Cut the picture to create a
legged race)
jigsaw puzzle
- Parent and child will then follow the line to meet the
- Child will reassemble the puzzle
three ships at the end of the line
(4 year old)
- Write the word Coat-of-Arms

Tuesday
Hand Printing the
National Birds Remote Learning Daily Schedule
- Show pictures of the National
Birds- the Scarlet Ibis and the
Cocrico and discuss Time Activity
- Child will paint his/her palms,
Personal Awareness
one in red and the other in 9:00 – 9:30
brown and print both hands on
Preparation for the day
paper Circle Time (Online)
- Child can paint or draw in the beak, eyes and legs to create the 9:30 – 10:00 Discussion about values:
National Birds
reading stories
(4 year old)
- Write the names of each bird
10:00 – 10:15 Individual Activity (Online)

Physical Activity: Feather Blowing Race 10:15 – 10:30 Fruit Time

- Create a race line with a start and finish point
- Child will use a straw to blow a feather or cotton 10:30 – 11:00 Outdoor Play
ball to the finish

11:00 – 11:30 Stories/Rhymes

Lunch Prep
11:30 – 12:30
Lunch Break & Clean up
Recall - Discussions based
12:30 – 1 2:45
on the day’s activities
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Activities for three (3) and four (4) year old—PART 2

Wednesday
My Nature Chaconia Flower Collage Physical Activity: Coins Sorting Game
- Observe a photo of the Chaconia - Place 5 cents, 10 cents, and 25
and discuss cents coins in a container
- Discuss its significance to the - Stick corresponding coins on
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago three separate cups
- Child will explore outdoors to - Allow child to sort the money
collect natural materials and and hop, run or walk to place the
create a Chaconia flower coins in the respective cups
(4 year old)
- Write the word Chaconia

Thursday Friday
Making my play money National Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Biscuit
- Cut rectangle shapes the size of dollar notes on paper Treat
- Colour the notes with the matching colours for the $1, - Discuss what each colour of the
$5, $10, $20 and $100 currency National Flag represents
(4 year old) (red – fire, white – water and
- Write the corresponding number value on each note black- land)
- Discuss the purpose of money -Using a rectangle shaped
cookie/biscuit (wheat crisps/
Creating a Piggy Bank honey brand), raisins/crushed
chocolate cookies, icing sugar,
Parent Support
and red food colouring make a National Flag of Trinidad
- Follow the steps to
and Tobago
create a Piggy Bank
- Encourage child to
save extra money
given as gifts or
Physical Activity: Ribbon Dance (National
from chores in the
Piggy Bank
Colours)
- Tie three pieces of ribbon (red, white and black)
on the top of a stick or empty paper towel roll
Physical Activity: Dollar Dance
- Allow child to dance
- Stick currency (play money) of to any genre of local
varying value on different music while stating
parts of the child’s body the name of the
- Play music and call out varying National colours
money (currency) value
- Encourage child to move that
body part

Material: Paper, paint, paint brush, markers, crayons or coloured

pencils, twigs, flowers, stones, leaves, glue, sheet of paper, wheat
crisps/honey brand), raisins/crushed Oreo cookies, icing sugar, red
food colouring, strips of cloth, chalk or tape and tin
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International Day of Education

24 January
This year's theme is 'Recover and Revitalize Education for the
COVID-19 Generation'.
International Day of Education will occur in the wake of the COVID-19
pandemic that led to a global learning disruption of unprecedented scale
and severity.
Without inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong
opportunities for all, countries will not succeed in achieving gender
equality and breaking the cycle of poverty that is leaving millions of
children, youth and adults behind.
Education offers children a ladder out of poverty and a path to a promising
future.

Select the link below to listen to a song about Trinidad and Tobago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6HquEDkrIs&list=RDOmLebIt9Usw&index=8

Next, go to the links below to learn about some of the national symbols Trinidad & Tobago
The National Flower - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9NEW3dGk3k
The National Bird - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6QAogSbT3g
The National Flag - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJUrcqC-
T24&list=PLECcLJINsc7_LXujCADkdtleAka1Yvqol

Next, go to the link below to learn how to draw the National Flag of Trinidad & Tobago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cE5zD6jWN4

Following the video, allow the child to create his or her own National Flag of Trinidad and Tobago