This week we will:

• Vet role play area (UtW, PSED, EAD)
• Make animals using shape sponges (EAD, M)
• Sing animal songs (CL, EAD)
• Use patterns for animal prints (EAD)
• Link babies to animal mummies (UtW)
• Look at what comes out of eggs (UtW)
• Look at powerpoint to find out what farmers do (UtW)
• Use drawing programme to create animals (UtW)
• Read ‘Rosie’s Walk’, ‘Mrs Wishy Washy’, ‘Little Red Hen’ and a ‘Squash and a squeeze’ (L, CL)
• Sort the animals by size and colour (M)
• Colour by numbers farm pictures (EAD, M)
• Make animal homes using sticks to make shapes (M,PD)
• Make farm pictures with Tap-a-shapes (PD)
• Farm tuff spot (UtW)
• Scrub animals in Mrs Wishy Washy’s Tub (L, PD)
• Draw/paint favourite farm animal (EAD, L, PD)

This week we will:

• Talk about new life, recap life cycles and talk about how babies start life (PSED, UtW)
• Read new baby stories, Owl babies (L,CL)
• Baby clinic roe play area (EAD, UtW)
• Make ‘all about me flowers’ (EAD, L, PD)
• Wash babies in the water tray (UtW0
• Check seeds and discuss the changes (UtW)
• Move like a baby in obstacle course (PD)
• Measure children and order by height (M)
• Add candles to playdough cakes (M)
• Share experiences of babies at home (CL, UtW)
• Taste different foods, smells, textures (PD)
• Build homes with bricks (PD, EAD)
• Make self portraits, update our display board (EAD)

Week 1 – George and the Dragon

This week we will:

• Talk about England – share English traditions. (PSE)
• Think about the knights role (PSE)
• Learn new language – bold, honour, protect, lance, joust, sword, armour, learn new songs about England (CL)
• Play football, croquet, gross motor skills used (PD)
• Use spray bottles to put out flames (PD)
• Post the swords (PD)
• Pop up dragon (PD)
• Make afternoon tea invites (L)
• Make marks for story (L)
• Look at England fact cards and non-fiction (L)
• Counting sugar in tea (M)
• How many dragons? (M)
• Build bridges and castles – shapes (M)
• Look at the English flag (UtW)
• Colour a flag using the drawing programme (UtW)
• Make a fire breathing dragon (EAD)
• Make a hand print red rose (EAD)
• Dragon dancing with music (EAD)

This week we will:

• Read Easter stories (C, CL)
• The Little Red Hen tuff spot (L, EAD)
• Use magnifying glasses to look at different eggs (UtW)
• Use paper plats to make Easter Baskets (EAD, PD)
• Copy patterns on eggs (M, EAD)
• Easter craft (EAD)
• Hunt for numbered eggs in the garden (M, UTW, L)
• Life cycle of a hen (UtW, CL)
• Garden centre role play (EAD, M, PSED)
• Talk about Easter traditions (CL, UtW)
• Easter themed dominoes (PSED, CL)
• More planting!!!! (UtW, PD)

Easter party reminder – no normal sessions 09:00-11:00. Close for Easter break. Please ensure you have confirmed attendance with Zoë

This week we will:

• Use props to retell the story (L, CL)
• Talk about how Jack felt at different parts of the story (PSED)
• Use CD player to play stories (UTW, PSED)
• Measure each other and build beanstalks a stall (M, PD)
• Move in different ways around the garden to avoid the giant (PD)
• Build castles using various materials (PD, EAD)
• Sort and move beans using tweezers (PD)
• Read other stories including giants (L)
• Make shakers using beans (EAD)
• Trace over chalk marks with water (EAD, L)
• Thread leaves on to pipe cleaners (PD)
• Garden centre role play (EAD, CL, UtW)
• Play shopping game (PSED)

This week we will:

• Share stories, talk about being kind to insects (PSE)
• Retell a story, listen to other explanations. (CL)
• Look at non-fiction books (CL)
• Thread pipe cleaners to make caterpillars (PD)
• Move the ball in different ways (PD)
• Match the rhyming sounds (L)
• Order the story (L)
• Make the caterpillars find the missing numbers (M)
• Watch the life cycle of the butterfly (UtW)
• Start to plant (UtW)
• Draw and colour the life cycle (EAD)
• Tap and use instruments (EAD)