Crocodiles (WHERE?)

The children really enjoyed a story from a story-sack about a crocodile (The Selfish Crocodile) so, we decided to have a crocodile week.

Some of the learning intentions that we met included:

·         Lifecycles of a crocodile – crocs come out of eggs too! (UW)

·         Counting crocodiles – (math)

·         Crocodile Teeth - cleaning our teeth (Phy)

·         C is for Crocodile/A is for Alligator – (lit)

·         Going on a Crocodile Hung (Creative Arts)

·         Crocodile Game (pushing down teeth until it goes SNAP!) PSE

·         Crawling Crocodiles (Phy)

·         Snappy music – using castanets – (Creative Arts)

·         The Swamp – Small World Play – (KUW)

·         Thumbs up/Thumbs down – does this animal come out of an egg or not? (ICT)

·         Drawing circles (scales) and lines (teeth)

AND LOTS MORE

A couple of crocodile songs and rhymes –

emergent writing!

Snap, Snap went the little green crocodile

Snap, Snap went the little green crocodile

Snap, Snap went the little green crocodile

Snap-snap-snap-snap

BUT, we know crocodiles go swishy swishy swish

Swishy swishy swish, swishy swishy swish

But, we know crocodiles go swishy swishy swish

Not snap, snap, snap, snap

and,

...and then it went SNAP!

Crocodile, crocodile, turn around.
Crocodile, crocodile, touch the ground.
Crocodile, crocodile, dance on your toes.
Crocodile, crocodile, touch your nose.
Crocodile, crocodile, jump up now.
Crocodile, crocodile, take a bow.
Crocodile, crocodile, stomp your feet.
Crocodile, crocodile, take a seat.

 

 



Amazing – we found caterpillars in our garden!

The children (old and new) are beginning to settle into our routines once again.  It’s amazing how quickly our garden has grown.  Our beans are so tall now...We need new bean-sticks to support the weight of all the beans – they make quite a tunnel!

Our wild garden has flourished.  I don’t know where the nasturtiums came from (probably reseeded from last year) but, they seem to be popular food stuff for lots of caterpillars.  It’s been very exciting watching them grow.

The first topic of the term was based on the caterpillars that we found (our first interest).  Some of the learning intentions that we included:

·         Lifecycles of butterflies (UW)

·         Counting caterpillars (Math)

Caterpillars Galore are Munchin' in our Wild Garden

·         Matching butterfly wings (math – symmetry)

·         Sucking nectar (using straws) - Phy

·         Books (fiction & non-fiction) Literature

·         Caterpillar collages (Creative Arts)

·         Butterfly printing (Creative Arts

·         Lifecycle movement (physical)

·         IWB butterflies (understanding of the world -ICT)

·         Talking about butterflies – where do you find them etc. (Communication & Language)

·         Minibeast games (taking turns) PSE.

·         Story sack (various)

·         Butterfly and caterpillar drawings (Lit)