All posts by Nikki Wims

Week commencing 16th May – Superworm

  • Read Superworm, Snail & the Whale, Twist and Hop
  • Dip spaghetti into paint and use to make worms
  • Superhero tuff spot
  • Notice differences between bugs
  • Make worms move using magnets
  • Make playdoh worms using hands
  • Sort the worms by size
  • Talk about being kind and gentle to mini beasts
  • Make masks for superheroes
  • Fill the pollen tray with nectar (pipette & water)
  • Make worms using cheerios and pipe cleaners
  • Move like different bugs, e.g buzz like a bee
  • Dancing worms using bicarb and vinegar
  • Silly soup with rhyming words
  • Make a wormery

Week commencing 9th May – What else comes from an egg?

  • Learn what comes from an egg
  • Watch the different animal life cycles
  • Matching egg game: beginning sounds
  • Show children how to use the café
  • Move things using the drain pipes
  • Check the caterpillars growth
  • Put the correct amount of frogs on lily pads
  • Sink or float – filled eggs with objects
  • Make a pond adding blue resources
  • Look at a chicken egg and put in vinegar
  • Use spray bottles with food colouring
  • Find the worms in the egg tray using tweezers
  • Use scarves to move like butterflies
  • Make marks with feathers
  • Make marks for café orders

Week commencing 25th April – Hungry Caterpillar/Mini Beasts

  • Retell the Hungry Caterpillar story with props
  • Introduce non-fiction books of the butterfly life cycle
  • Garden Centre role play with cafe
  • Look at symmetry – begin by making marks and folding paper
  • Make a garden in the tuff spot
  • Find and match rhyming objects in the sand
  • Put the right amount of spots on the ladybirds
  • Make caterpillars by printing with shapes
  • Make signs for the garden centre
  • Make a wormery
  • Continue to care for our seeds
  • Watch a video of metamorphosis
  • Move in different ways like bugs
  • Make letters from natural objects: leaves/twigs/grass
  • Record the fruits we like – which is our favourite
  • Threading caterpillars
  • Bug hunting outside

Week Commencing 21st/28th March – Mother’s Day/Easter

  • Learn the Easter Story
  • Talk about Spring/New Life/Eggs/ Plants
  • Read Easter themed stories
  • Fill the baskets with the correct amount of eggs
  • Make up Easter story using props
  • Make a card for Easter & Mother’s Day
  • Little Red Hen tuff spot
  • Make chocolate Easter nests
  • Make marks with wet soil
  • Roll balls in paint to make pictures
  • Find letters in the sand and match to objects
  • Paint the flowers (outside)
  • Easter Rhyming phonics baskets
  • Use tweezers to find things in the sensory tray
  • Talk about our family Easter traditions

Week commencing 14th March – Occupations – Dentist

  • Talk about what we need to keep our teeth clean and healthy
  • Share our experiences of the dentist
  • Talk about what might happen if we don’t look after our teeth, using a model
  • Dentist role play area
  • Learn new songs about teeth brushing
  • Visit from a dental nurse
  • Learn the names of different teeth
  • Make fruit kebabs
  • Letter hunt in the sand
  • Squirt letters on chalk board using spray
  • Gym/keeping fit area outside
  • Use mirrors to explore different sounds we can make
  • Talk about the tooth fairy and how we lose our milk teeth
  • Paint pictures of ourselves with smiley mouths

Week Commencing 7th March – Tiger who came to tea

  • Read the story and retell it in sequence
  • Play environmental sounds game
  • Set up a tea party and make up their own story
  • Play party games
  • Talk about who we could invite for tea
  • Tear strips of paper to create tiger pattern
  • Write cards and invitations
  • Make cakes in the mud kitchen using herbs/petals
  • Use pipettes to fill a teapot
  • Introduce book area outside for quiet time
  • Decorate triangle bunting
  • Chocolate cloud dough
  • Germ activity to show how they are spread
  • Whisk bubbles
  • Use milk bottle tops to copy names
  • Find and names shapes in the sack
  • Tea bags in the water tray with tea set
  • Make roads and talk about safety

Week Commencing 28th February – Bear Hunt

  • Read Bear Hunt story with rhythm using knee patting
  • Children to re-enact using props
  • Work as a team towards a task, e.g parachute
  • Make up stories in the dark cave
  • Build caves and homes for the bears
  • Write letters in the sand using sticks
  • Order the story
  • Count the teddies and match numeral
  • Dinosaurs in the mud tuff spot
  • Mark a path of milk bottle tops using letters from our names
  • Continue to talk about our feelings
  • Cars and road – including road safety
  • Make texture pictures using fabric
  • Large scale story map outside