One download for the whole week
Teachers who buy themed bundles on marketplaces get a fixed set of pages. A theme pack is made for your class: every page has a child’s name on it, the difficulty matches their grade, and you choose which activities go in.What each grade gets
- Preschool. Straight and zigzag lines, an easy maze, dots to 10, a 12 by 12 mystery picture, matching and colouring.
- Grade R. Waves and bumps, dots to 20, a 16 by 16 mystery picture and a picture word search.
- Grade 1. Loops, a harder maze, counting by 2s, a mystery picture coded with sums and a picture crossword.
Every tool on its own
Each activity also has its own maker with more choices: name tracing, tracing lines, mazes, dot to dot, colour by number and picture puzzles.CAPS links
- Grade RThe daily programme mixes ring time, theme discussions, teacher-guided activities and free play.
- Grade 1In a First Additional Language, children build a spoken vocabulary through themes the teacher chooses.
CAPS organises much Foundation Phase language work around themes, chosen by the teacher so words come back again and again. A theme pack gives one week of practice pages on the same topic. In Grade R, pair it with a story, a rhyme and an art activity on the same theme at ring time.
Pick themes that match the South African calendar. Back to school belongs in January, winter falls in the middle of the year, and spring starts in September. The animals, under the sea and space packs work in any term.
Summarised in our own words from the DBE’s CAPS for Mathematics, Foundation Phase, and Afrikaans Eerste Addisionele Taal (2011).
