W/C 20th January 2025 – Cinderella / Castles

22 Jan 2025Uncategorized
Nikki Wims

• Make marks on invitations.
• Craft sword / shield / wand / crown.
• Read stories with puppets & props.
• Dig for jewels and count.
• Make castles from shapes.
• Threading to make jewellery.
• Obstacle course for knights.
• Tap a shape castles.
• Make themed recipes in mud kitchen.
• Attend a musical ball on stage.
• Create marks with feathers in sand.
• Mix potions in water tray.
• Explore magnetism with castle treasure.
• Knight’s battle tuff tray.
• Design and build sand castle.
• Treasure hunt for gold coins.

W/C 13th January 2025 -Winter / Frozen

13 Jan 2025Uncategorized
Nikki Wims

• Winter Walk – take in the environment for signs of Winter.
• Read themed stories – e.g. Stick Man, Pip and Posy, Polar bear and the Snow Cloud.
• Snow scenes painted on black paper.
• Cotton wool polar bear pictures.
• Make marks in glitter.
• Feed the penguins the correct amount of fish.
• Fishing game.
• Subsidising number hunt.
• Look at environmental impacts on the frozen parts of the world.
• Would you like Elsa’s powers?
• Is Elsa a good queen?
• Make paper snowflakes.
• Create Frozen stage shows – dressing up, musical instruments, singing, dancing.

W/c 6th January 2025 – The Gruffalo’s Child

7 Jan 2025Uncategorized
Nikki Wims

• Think about the weather in the story – what clothes should we wear?
• What helps you feel brave / scared?
• Read the story in small groups and join in if you can.
• Props from the bag, how does it relate to the story?
• Gruffalo number hunt.
• Paint creatures from the story.
• Make marks in faux snow.
• Make Gruffalo crispy cakes.
• Woodland small world play.
• Practise moving like animals.
• Measure footprints in flour and sort by size.
• Scrambled snake spaghetti, Gruffalo crumble porridge and Owl ice cream cloud dough sensory trays.

W/c 9th December 2024 – Gingerbread Man

10 Dec 2024Uncategorized
Nikki Wims

• Look at alternative story endings
• Use puppets to tell stories
• Play a game using senses
• Gingerbread man / water experiment
• Make Gingerbread man family
• Numbered Gingerbread man hunt
• Order men by size
• Build Gingerbread man houses
• Use tweezers to add buttons to men
• Re-enact story, taking on roles
• Use large blocks to build bridges
• Ginger / cinnamon scented playdough
• Move different objects down gutters with water

W/c 2nd December 2024 – Little Red Riding Hood

3 Dec 2024Uncategorized
Nikki Wims

• Retell the story with props/puppets
• Grandma’s Cottage role play
• Crime scene – where is Grandma hiding?
• Food theme Kim’s game
• Christmas craft
• Bingo dabber pictures
• Spray the chalk footprints
• Make pony bean candy canes
• Shape hunt in the sand
• Feely bag
• Make a map of the forest
• 1 minute movement challenge
• Make playdough trees
• Create small world with forest

W/c 25th November – Goldilocks & the three Bears

26 Nov 2024Uncategorized
Nikki Wims

• Retell the story using props
• Three Bears Cottage Role play area
• Crime scene: Who stole the porridge?
• Build junk modelling forest as a team
• Clay tree decoration
• Make bear faces using circles
• Make bears porridge in mud kitchen
• Make bear sandwich – talk about healthy fillings
• Sort bears, bowls, beds, chairs by size
• Porridge with spoons – sensory play
• Oats – pouring and filling
• Talk about feelings of characters

W/c 18th November – Three Little Pigs

19 Nov 2024Uncategorized
Nikki Wims

• Read the story using props.
• Make food for the pigs in the mud kitchen.
• Create A-B-A-B patterns.
• Design a house using different bricks.
• Make houses from lolly sticks.
• Make pigs from playdough.
• Use loose parts to create homes for pigs.
• Mark making in coloured sand.
• Work as a team to build houses.
• Order the story sequence.
• Three Little Pigs story map.
• Thread cheerios onto pipe cleaners.
• Number songs in the water.
• Use fans to blow down houses.