Weekly Challenges Thanks to Mrs McKee for this week’s challenges focusing on emotions and our senses. As the lockdown continues, it is important to try and keep our spirits up and be kind to ourselves. We particularly liked this Meaningful May Calendar from the ‘Action for Happiness’ website. https://www.actionforhappiness.org/meaningful-may Remember to access the SLC Together We Can and We Will website for lots of information, tips and ideas to support you throughout the lockdown. The link to access the site is: https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/slccelcctest/ Challenge 26 Julia Donaldson Action Songs Click on the YouTube links to join in with the actions! ‘Pull a Funny Face Song’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yunCNf1zTNU ‘The Breathing Song’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVGednjC1P8 Now try making funny faces in the mirror! Can you make a happy, sad, angry, surprised or tired face? Talk about the features of your face: eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks, eyebrows. How do your facial features move with different emotions? Draw a self-portrait, include lots of detail. Maybe you could write a few words around the drawing to describe your emotions. Challenge 27 Make Playdough Faces Using the playdough recipe from Challenge 4 (Week beginning 30/3/20), make your own playdough and create playdough faces. The playdough can be divided up and coloured with food colouring or poster paint to make different colours of playdough, but don’t worry if you don’t have either, just use your imagination. https://www.pre-kpages.com/making-faces-play-dough- activity/ Look out your loose parts too and add these to your funny Challenge 28 Five Senses Our five senses are: sight, smell, touch, taste and hearing. Our senses help us to understand what is happening around us. Senses game You can play this inside or outside on a walk, or use your imagination and pretend you are somewhere different, maybe on the beach! Can you name? 5 things you can see. 4 things you can touch. 3 things you can hear. 2 things you can smell. 1 thing you can taste. Talk about the body parts we use to see, touch, hear, smell and taste. Challenge 29 If You’re Happy and You Know It Sing and perform the actions to the song ‘If You’re Happy and You Know It’! You can watch on YouTube by clicking the link below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wit7yN1-rig If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands If you’re happy and you know it and you really want to show it, If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands What other emotions and actions can you add? If you’re angry and you know it, stamp your feet! If you’re sad and you know it, have a cry! Have a go at making up your own verses. Why not download the Bookbug App from the App Store for lots of other songs and rhymes! Find out more here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=2ghpEE 6EpMs&feature=emb_logo Challenge 30 Make Pizza Pitta Faces Try making a happy face snack! Follow the instructions below. Find the recipe on the Change4Life website, which has lots of great recipe and activity ideas. https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/recipes/pizza-pitta-faces .