English Homework activities for Early Years: Animal sound families Hear and say the initial sounds in words and understand which letters represent those sounds by playing an animal card game (3 sheets). Dinosaur actions Hear and say the initial sounds in words and start to understand which letters represent some of the sounds looking particularly at dinosaur actions beginning with the letter sound ‘d’ (2 sheets). Dinosaur names Hear and say the initial sounds in words and start to understand which letters represent some of the sounds by looking at dinosaur pictures (2 sheets). How does a dinosaur move? Use imaginative role-play and movement to move like a dinosaur using the dinosaur pictures and action words for ideas (3 sheets). I-spy a dinosaur Use talk to organise and clarify thinking to describe dinosaurs by playing I-spy with dinosaur toys or pictures (2 sheets). Camel painting Learn about camels and practise writing simple labels for their own camel pictures. Explore colour and shape to paint a camel (2 sheets). Hello Mr Moose! What is your name? Practise alliteration in a fun animal card game. Hear and say the initial sounds in words and understand which letters represent the sounds (3 sheets). Living in the mountains Explore what it would be like to live and go to school in the Himalayas. Learn a Kumaoni nursery rhyme off by heart (3 sheets). Slippery snakes and leaping leopards Use alliteration to describe the way some animals move and the sounds that they make. Hear and say the initial sounds in words and understand which letters represent those sounds (3 sheets). Animal sequences Talk about, recognise and recreate simple patterns in a simple animal sequencing game (2 sheets). Dinosaurs on your way to school Express thoughts and ideas through talk to describe dinosaurs, how they look and how they move by comparing them with different kinds of vehicles. Practise number skills, counting to 10. Syllable slithery snakes Hear and say the sounds in words and count the syllables in animal names in a fun card game (3 sheets). Wanted! Draw and write a short description of a missing animal in a ‘Wanted’ poster (2 sheets).