- Talk about what we need to wear outside
- Look at our Autumn treasure bags
- Read pumpkin soup
- Cosy themed role play
- Create outdoor dens
- Make marks in soil and mud
- Tree finger painting
- Autumn sensory tray
- Loose parts pictures with natural resources
- Autumn objects float & sink
- Talk about seasonal changes
- Leaf & bark rubbings
- Playdough hedgehogs with spaghetti
- Autumn treasure hunt
- Initial letter with natural resources
- Thread leaves on string
- Make snips to create dough hedgehogs
- Cut out leaf shapes
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W/c 7th October – People who help the community
- Police station home corner
- Talk about road safety
- Make fingerprint pictures with ink pads
- Roll emergency vehicles to make paint tracks
- Learn the numbers of the emergency services
- Talk about fingerprints and how we are unique
- Use spray bottles to put out the “fires”
- Catch the fish from the gloop
- Talk about actions that could hurt – kind hands
- Follow shape outlines with Lego bricks
- Small world – village, road, crossings
- Use metal detectors in the sand
- Shopping game
- Make road signs
W/c 30th September – People who keep us healthy/Zog & the flying doctors
- Learn the role of a health professional
- Senses activities
- Label the doctor’s equipment
- Sort the objects by size
- Dragon play with castle and kings
- Build castles in the sand
- Move the water with syringes
- Potion mixing for medicines
- Doctor surgery role play
- Paint with our hands
- Germs: glitter experiment
- Order letters and write names
- Play ring games
- Make healthy food plates
- Make mud kitchen recipes
- Obstacle course
W/c 23rd September – Dentists
- Talk about what we do to keep our teeth healthy
- Memory game tray
- Mr Tongue story
- Talk about our dentist visits
- Superhero tuff tray
- Use brushes to clean teeth models
- Find letters in the sand
- Tower building outside
- Learn new songs for self care: Here we go round the mulberry bush
- Consider what food does to our teeth
- Clean chalk teeth with brushes and spray bottles
- Complete tasks with 2 minute timer
- Collect teeth from garden for tooth fairy
- Sort foods – happy/ sad teeth
- Dentist surgery role play
- Paint with toothbrushes
- Draw pictures of ourselves with lines & circles
- Toothpaste sensory tray
W/c 16th September 2024 – All About Me
- Look at baby photos and compare to what we look like now
- What makes me special?
- Baby clinic role play area
- Washing babies outside
- Make self portraits – colour for a purpose
- Write names and other words
- Share experiences of baby siblings
- Learn about our senses
- Use stacking cups with pictures of family members to order by size
- Build homes using shapes
- Sing songs including body parts
- Draw around each other on playground
- Read stories: Mixed, All About Me
- Trace over names
W/c 1st July – Olympics – Sports Day
- Read stories – The Frog Olympics, My first sports day
- Healthy café – outdoor role play
- Design a flag
- Musical rings game
- Find Paris on European Map
- Volleyball in sandpit
- Olympic rings threading
- Best sandcastle competition
- Talk about how to have a healthy diet
- Bring in certificates/medals to show from home
- Garden games: sack race, hoops and cones, track race
- Mini ice hockey – spoons & bottle lid
W/c 24th June – Holidays
- Share experiences of holidays
- Parachute beach ball game
- Read stories: Spot goes on holiday, Rosie’s Hat, What the ladybird heard on holiday
- Ice cream tuff tray with sand dough
- Airplane role play
- Make fruit smoothie ice lollies
- Write postcards
- Duplo planes
- Sandcastles – design and build
- Magnetic fishing game
- Make vehicles out of shapes
- Find characters in jelly using tongs
- Volleyball in sandpit
- Junk modelling – vehicles
- World map floor puzzles