Red Class COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE AND LITERACY Spring 2016 o Match Banimal names to picture
Walking in the jungle! PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
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Different animal actions, moving like different animals, watch how animals move and then imitate
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Feely bag and guessing what’s inside from the feel of the objects
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Matching animals to their animal sounds (sound bingo)
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Guess the animals from the clues
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Colouring and mark making (to develop fine motor)
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Explore a jungle and animals homes (ppt)
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Cutting skills, cutting around animals,
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Animal/jungle/safari songs and rhymes (walking through the jungle etc)
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Tracing around animals
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Different stories about jungle and safari/rainforests
MATHEMATICS
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Use of ALI boards throughout to reinforce language
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Sorting animals-different colours (Big/Small, order by size)
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Matching animals to their initial sound (link with phonics)
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Counting animals-matching to numbers
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animal counting songs
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Matching (adult and baby animals
PERSONAL SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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Choose and talking about favourite jungle animals
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Matching adult and baby animals
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How do adults look after their baby animals
EXPRESSIVE ARTS AND DESIGN
UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD
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Sing songs/make sounds like jungle animals
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Re-enact stories/small world
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Explore small world jungle and animals
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Move like animals
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Use blocks/lego to a zoo
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Animal footprints
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Pretend play-being a safari explorer
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Dressing up-as the different jungle animals/explorer
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Butterfly life cycle (sequencing pictures)
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Zoo visit with yellow class
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Experience different animal coverings and match the animals to their markings
At home‌
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Match adult and baby animals
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Draw animals
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Look at pictures/read jungle themed stories
MESSY PLAY
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Brown cornflour
green jelly (with snakes like a swamp)
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Visit a zoo
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Mud
different cereals/oats/lentils/pasta etc
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Make animal sounds