- 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
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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
