Week commencing 4th May

All the activities this week are linked to 'The Little Red Hen' and will support children's understanding and motivation to learn the book.

Activity 1

Make red hens using hand print technique. Your hand could be the hen and your child's hand the little chicks.If you don’t have paint for the handprints, use the recipe from last week’s activity 1.

Handprint Little Red Hens

Activity 2

Did you know you can buy wheat in the supermarket? Wouldn’t be fun for your child to grow it like the little red Hen did? If you find difficult to read the small print, download the document.

Should you wish to print it

Science Experiment wheat.pdf

Activity 3

There is no need for a mill like in ‘The Little Red Hen’ story to make flour at home if you follow this simple recipe. If you find difficult to read the small print, download the document.

Should you wish to print it

Science Experiment flour.pdf

Activity 4

Nothing feels more fulfilling than baking bread and that is the last thing the Hen from this week’s story did. Follow the recipe to bake some bread today. Also encourage your child to knead the dough thoroughly to develop those fine motor skills.

If you find difficult to read the small print, download the document.

Should you wish to print it

Bread-Rolls-Recipe.pdf