Books, Stories and Puppets

Green Sandy

• Verlag: David Fulton Publishers
• Jahr: 2013
• ISBN:
  9781135057015
• Auflage: 1
• Thema: Pedagogía
• Thema: Educación general

Part of the Ready, Steady, Play! series, Books, Stories and Puppets promotes visual storytelling and provides ideas for extending learning through a range of stories and characters that are well-known and much loved by children and adults alike. This book:

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• provides ideas and templates for visual resources that will enhance storytime

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• outlines fun ideas across all curriculum areas, linked to favourite stories

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• encourages the use of drama as a mode of story telling.

Containing simple but excellent ideas for creative play experiences for all early years practitioners and students on early years courses, this book is also recommended reading for parents looking for inspiration.

Activities

The following pages contain twenty-three different activities linked to eight well-known and much-loved books, together with some additional ideas to extend topics further. Each activity follows a standard format to ensure ease of planning and implementation:

• the resources needed

• the aim(s)/concept(s)

• the process

• group size

• health and safety

• discussion ideas/language

• extension ideas

• links to the Foundation Stage Curriculum.

Key to Foundation Stage Curriculum abbreviations:

SS	Stepping stones
ELG	Early learning goals
PSE	Personal, social and emotional development
CLL	Communication, language and literacy
MD	Mathematical development
KUW	Knowledge and understanding of the world
PD	development
CD	Creative development

The Giant Jam Sandwich

A delightful story in which the community pulls together to try to get rid of a swarm of wasps – the noisy, nasty nuisance. Written in amusing rhyme with busy and funny illustrations. A book which is great fun.

Weaving a checked tablecloth

Resources you will need

• Large rolls of two different coloured papers (green and white look good together)

• A small saw or old bread knife

• Adhesive tape and stapler

Group size

1–2

Aim/concept

• To develop hand-eye co-ordination by weaving.

Links to Foundation Stage Curriculum

PD	Engage in activities requiring hand-eye co-ordination (SS)
ELG	Handle tools, objects, construction and malleable materials safely and with increasing control

Process

• Using the saw or knife cut the coloured paper into strips about 6cm wide.

• Cut out a large square of white paper and fold it in half and show the children how to cut slits across the folded paper, starting from the fold, leaving a 6cm border at the open edge.

• Open out the paper and support the children in weaving, helping them fix the ends securely.

• Use as part of a wall display linked to the story, or for a table display for dolls or other small world play.

Vocabulary/discussion

• Use terms such as under, over, through, overlapping, weaving, in and out

Extension idea

Make individual mats for use at home or at snack table

Health and safety

Adult only to use saw and stapler

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