FREE CardEd Home-School Activities for you! (Set 1 – Card 1) Let’s not let Covid-19 Stop your Child’s Learning!

 

Remember ALL the CardEd resources are FREE to download until April 30th!

 

For those of you who have not tried CardED before, CardEd is a simple and easy-to-use resource, designed to develop and reinforce a range of knowledge and skills and suitable for children across a span of age ranges.

 

 

During these Covid-19 school closures, Dumond has made our entire CardEd range FREE to download from our shop. This includes sets 1 – 4 cards, the accompanying activity guide, our CardEd Workbooks, and our CardEd apps (available to download in the Play Store now). Learn more about our available CardEd resources plus other educational freebies here.

 

CardEd resources are totally FREE until the 30th April 2020! Just fill up your cart with the resources you want and then checkout using your email address – no payment, PayPal or Credit Cards required – your downloads will then be sent to you instantly!

 

To support you in using CardEd at home, we will regularly post a card together with activity suggestions and ideas suitable for children of a mix of ages. Some of the thinking challenges in our CardEd Workbooks may even stump parents and carers!

 

To begin with, familiarising yourself with the CardEd layout is helpful. CardEd cards are divided into 6 zones, and I relate the activities to particular ones. 

 

If you would like further suggestions for using the cards, our accompanying Bumper Activity Guide is packed full of general ideas.

 

 

You will notice the tasks are suitable for children of various ages. You may find your older children enjoy undertaking some of these activities with their younger siblings. In addition to being useful for upper primary children, our CardEd Workbooks are a brilliant resource for students learning English as an Additional Language (EAL).

 

Let’s begin with CardEd Set 1 – Card 1. To break up time between lessons and introduce a bit of fun, why not try some of the following challenges? These are all included in the attached PDF if you would like to print them. 

 

 

Colour Zone

• Identify the colour on the card. Have a treasure hunt for red things.

• How many red items can your child find in 5 minutes?

 

Symbol Zone

• What symbol is on this card?

• Can you think of alternative words for the operation represented, e.g. addition, add, plus, combine, how many altogether etc.?

 

Letter Zone

• Identify the letter on the card.

• What sound(s) can it represent?

• How many words beginning with ‘a’ can you think of.

• Play a game of I Spy looking for only things that begin with ‘a’.

 

Word Zone

• Read the words on the card.

• Can your child classify them as nouns, verbs and adjectives?

• Think of a rhyming word to go with each one. Put the words in a sentence that makes sense.

 

Number Zone

• Identify the number on the card.

• What number comes before or after it?

• Make various sets of 1, e.g., 1 car, 1 doll, 1 Lego piece etc.

• Ask your child to make up 5 subtraction word problems with an answer of 1, e.g. I had 2 sweets and I ate 1. How many had I left?

• Older children can investigate 1 squared, cubed, to the power of 4 etc.

 

Mathematics/Image Zone

Flash the card at your child for 5 seconds and then hide it.

• Can your child draw what was in the image zone?

• Can your child tell you exactly what they saw (yellow triangle etc.)?

Younger children need not recall this. Looking at the card discuss,

• How many shapes can you see?

• What are they?

• What colours are they?

 

Workbook Activity

• Try this page from our CardEd Activity Workbook 1. You can print it from the attached PDF if you like.

 

As tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day, check out our FREE St. Patrick’s PDF proving information about St. Patrick, the heritage, symbols and culture of Ireland, as well as some links to St. Patrick’s art and craft ideas for you to try.

 

Check out our blog for more hints and ideas about arranging a home-school schedule that works for you, ways to reduce stress and arguments when homeschooling, together with lots of information on useful educational resources freely available to parents and carers at this time.

 

Take care! Stay safe and healthy all!

 

Free CardEd Set 1 – Card 1 PDF