Group Activities

Here is a selection of activities and links to our curriculum.

Personal , Social and Emotional Development

• Imaginative Play Making a Halloween Den with Mr Liam.
• Role playing. Basic table top games (to reinforce turntaking, number and colour).

The Arts

• Firework pictures using paint and marbles in a tray.
• Autumn art activities using a range of sensory resources e.g. Junk Art, paint, glue, twigs, leaves and pumpkin seeds.

World Around Us at the Sand Tray

• Playing with conkers. Adding water to the sand. What will happen? Predicting change.

Physical Development and Movement

• Shape tunnel, trucks Climbing, balancing, catching and throwing a ball (strengthening gross motor skills)
• Dough play: using matchsticks and googly eyes to make hedgehogs (strengthening fine motor skills)

Early Mathematical Experiences at the Water Tray

• Bottles, funnels, pouring and filling.
• Using mathematical language eg empty, full, half full, over flowing.
• Using natural resources to develop and progress counting skills: conkers, pinecones, acorns.

Science

• Halloween Baking – Pumpkin Biscuits. Observing what happens when ingredients are added – when wet ingredients are added to dry.
• Colour mixing. Exploring green, red, yellow, orange and brown.

World Around Us

• Halloween safety (when holding sparklers), Season of Autumn, environmental changes (tress, weather)

Language Development at the Story Corner

• Meg and Mog. These books are a lovely way to introduce your child to independent reading. The pictures make the story easy to follow and “read”.