April 2008 - Schedule
Dated: 14/04/2008
This month's theme is all about 'Minibeasts'. We will be observing the life cycle of real life butterflies, watching how worms move in the soil and how tadpoles develop into frogs. We will also be learning about how to recycle and why it is important. The activities that Stepping Stones 'Early Years Unit' will be doing to support the Foundation Stage curriculum are listed below.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- Taking care of living things
Communication, Language and Literacy
- Fiction and non-fiction books about minibeasts and recycling
- The Whole nursery will be involved in recycling
- Group discussions about development of minibeasts
- Rising 5's letter of the month and phonic books
Mathematical Development
- Counting ladybird spots
- Weighing out ingredients for baking
- Ladybird dominoes
Physical Development
- Using bug stilts to balance
- Using small stamper and ink sets
- Moving like bugs
Knowledge and Understanding of the World
- Watching life cycles of frogs and butterflies
- Solving cube pictures of minibeasts
- Recycling display and participation
Creative Development
- Role play at being bugs (classical music, bees and butterflies)
- Creating butterfly patterns
- Learning new songs
How Can you Help Your Childs Learning?
- Involve your child in recycling your household rubbish
- On walks, lok for spiders' webs and other bug related things