Letter writing - mail box fun!
Letter writing - mail box fun!
Write/draw your own letter at home.
Materials Required
- Paper
- Envelopes
- Old Stamps
- Crayons or pencils
Craft materials
Play experience profile
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Ages:
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Min Playtime5 - 15 Minutes
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Skills
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Energy LevelQuiet Play
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Messiness Rating
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EYLF Outcomes
Play Experience Preparation
Find a clear space on the table for your child to createExperience Steps
- Talk about letters and posting letters with your child.
- Ask your child if there is a special friend or neighbour that they would like to make a letter for.
- Encourage your child to create a letter, drawing, picture for that special person.
- Encourage your child to fold the paper to place in the envelope.
- Assist your child to write the special person's name on the front of the envelope.
- If the special person lives close by, go for a walk and place it in their letterbox or post at the Post Office.
- Talk about the number on the letterbox.
- Have a look at the number on your letterbox and introduce the concept of an "address".
What to talk about, or questions to ask during the experience
- House
- Numbers
- Letters
- Writing/ Drawing
- Post/ Mail
- Post person
- Letterbox
- Stamps
- Ask questions like how will the letter get to the house? How will the post person know which house it is?
Build on this...
- Ask someone to send your child a letter to your house.
- Go for a walk and talk about the numbers your child recognises on the letterboxes.
- Visit your local Post Office and discuss the process with your child.
WHO guidelines for physical activity and sedentary behaviour
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This activity requires mild activity. It is important that your child has other physical activity also in their day.
If you go for a walk to point out letterboxes in your street this will add some physical activity.
EYLF Outcomes
The Early Years Learning Framework has been designed for use by early childhood educators working in partnership with families, children’s first and most influential educators.
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The Early Years Learning Framework has been designed for use by early childhood educators working in partnership with families, children’s first and most influential educators. View PDF
- Children develop knowledgeable and confident self identities
- Children feel safe, secure, and supported
- Children develop a sense of belonging to groups and communities and an understanding of the reciprocal rights and responsibilities necessary for active community participation
EYLF Principle
Principle 1: Secure, respectful and reciprocal relationships. Through a widening network of secure relationships, children develop confidence and feel respected and valued.
EYLF Practice
Practice: Learning through play. Play can expand children’s thinking and enhance their desire to know and to learn. In these ways play can promote positive dispositions towards learning. Children’s immersion in their play illustrates how play enables them to simply enjoy being.
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