W/c 14th November – Bear Hunt

16 Nov 2022Uncategorized
Nikki Wims

• Dark den: Investigate shadows with torches
• Read Bear Hunt with Rhythmic knee patting
• Put coats and shoes on independently
• Make binoculars using coloured cellophane and investigate colour mixing
• Order the story
• Children re-enact the story using props
• Make a Bear mask
• Watch about different bears and their habitats
• Sort the bears by colour/size/amount
• Dinosaurs in mud tuff spot – Add Dinosaur Hunt Story
• Hide bears and use positional language
• Sing bear themed songs, e.g The Bear went over the mountain
• Continue to talk about emotions
• Think about descriptive vocabulary “A deep, cold river” “Thick, oozy mud”

W/c 7th November – The Gruffalo

7 Nov 2022Uncategorized
Nikki Wims

• Share experiences of fireworks from weekend
• Sing songs about Bonfire night
• Read The Gruffalo, talk about the setting and characters
• Paint creatures from The Gruffalo
• Make a shadow puppet theatre
• Practice writing numerals on the Gruffalo pictures
• Build a forest in a tuff spot with small creatures
• Coloured water with leaves and conkers, pans, whisks and spoons to make soup
• Owl ice cream playdoh
• Forest cafe role play with scrambled snake and roasted fox
• Explore shadows in the dark den
• Use magnetic letters to match character names
• Play build your own Gruffalo game
• Practice moving like characters
• Draw a picture of a terrible creature
• Sequence pictures in order
• Talk about Remembrance Day and create poppy craft

W/c 31st October – Halloween/Fireworks

2 Nov 2022Uncategorized
Nikki Wims

• Fireworks number songs
• Make shape witches and rockets
• Explore rhyming words
• Listen to and share experiences of fireworks
• Dark den: use torches to explore
• Dance: moving like fireworks
• Write letters from names in sand
• Throw tea bags to make firework pictures
• Talk about the need for warmer clothes
• Read Room on the Broom and retell
• Mix primary colours to paint pumpkin pictures
• Hammer golf tees into pumpkins
• Mould dough into pumpkins
• Use musical instruments to make sounds like fireworks
• Make spider webs in salt
• Use tweezers to collect Halloween items from the web

W/c 17th October – Diwali

17 Oct 2022Uncategorized
Nikki Wims

• Talk about the meaning of Diwali
• Talk about good over evil
• Read the story of Rama and Sita with props
• Make clay Diyas
• Sweet shop role play area
• Draw shapes and add coloured sand to make rangoli patterns
• Build a bridge together for the monkeys
• Use shapes on the lightbox to make patterns
• Use torches to explore the dark
• Make barfi on snack table
• Read other themed stories e.g “Lighting a Lamp”
• Learn new language: rangoli, diya, Hindu goddess, barfi

W/c 10th October – Autumn

11 Oct 2022Uncategorized
Nikki Wims

• Autumn Walks: Tuesday & Thursday – 9:30-11:30am
• Talk about seasonal changes and what we might need to start wearing
• Share our Autumn collection bags from home
• Read seasonal stories e.g Leaf Man
• Learn new Autumn songs
• Find natural objects – count to 5
• Move like leaves/ animals: crawling, leaping etc
• Hole punch leaves and thread on string
• Autumn sensory tray
• Build homes for animals who hibernate
• Write letters in sand, mud on trays
• Scented playdoh: make pumpkins/leaves
• Create leaf and bark rubbings
• Use scissor skills to make hedgehogs
• Listen for sounds on Autumn Walk
• Listening games with musical instruments
• Den building outside

W/c 3rd October – Scarecrows Wedding/Harvest

3 Oct 2022Uncategorized
Nikki Wims

• What is Harvest?
• Read Scarecrow’s Wedding, Little Red Hen, The Enormous Turnip
• Role Play Area – Supermarket with enhancements
• Make a Scarecrow in large group
• Autumn themed songs: Dingle dangle Scarecrow, Autumn Leaves are falling
• Print vegetable pictures, look at colours
• Create leaf/bark rubbing
• Make initial letters from pulses
• Compare vegetables using scales
• Play musical scarecrows
• Create trees from train track and leaves
• Use playdough to imitate bread dough e.g rolls/plaits
• Make scarecrow faces using natural loose parts
• Build den using tyres, material etc
• Recreate the Enormous Turnip
• Natural Objects: Float and Sink
• Use magnifying glasses to explore fruit & veg

W/c 26th September – Healthy Foods/Supertato

26 Sep 2022Uncategorized
Nikki Wims

• Search the garden for Evil Peas
• Read supertato stories
• Supermarket role play area
• Food related number songs: 5 currant buns, 10 fat sausages
• Order fruit by weight/colour
• Make pitta pizzas
• Collage – healthy eating plate
• Rescue the super veg
• Threading cereal hoops/pasta tubes
• Float/sink: Fruit and veg
• Look inside fruit using magnifying glasses
• Write shopping lists
• Make supertato
• Feely bag with fruit and veg
• Make sounds with pots and pans
• Clap syllables of pictures
• Explore fruit frozen in ice cubes