Every 2 weeks we focus on a story. When we look at a story we explain the vocabulary, name the different parts of the book and talk about the jobs of an author and illustrator. We retell the story multiple times using actions and drama whilst encouraging the children to join in with the words. During free play the children can use props such as puppets, masks and other tools to re-enact the story.
Boggity Bog is a repetitive story which encourages the children to join and remember the story. Throughout this story we have spoken a lot about vegetables, which vegetables we like or do not like and which vegetables we have not tasted yet. We have spoken why vegetables are good for you and then did our own vegetable tasting. After we took a vote of which was liked the most or least.
The Little Red Hen asks her farm animal friends to help her make some bread. Unfortunately the farm animals are reluctant to help her, so The Little Red Hen makes it herself. Throughout this story we talk about why it is good to help others and the benefits of this. The children will learn the process of planting a grain of wheat and letting it grow, to harvesting the wheat, taking it to the mill to make flour, to then being able to use it to make bread.
We will talk through the vocabulary using pictures and give a simple definition. During the second week the children will make their own bread rolls.
The Three Billy Goats Gruff try to get over to the other hillside to get to the sweet green grass but the big bad troll stopped them in their tracks, until the Great Big Billy Goat Gruff came along and knocked him into the river. Throughout the story we will talk about the new vocabulary they will come across using pictures and name the different parts of the book.
The children will take on the role of different characters to think about how they might have been feeling and why. They will also change the ending of the story to create a new one.
The Hungry Giant demands the villagers to find him some bread, butter and honey so he could make a sandwich. What the giant didn't realise is the villagers brought him a beehive so when he hit it with his bommy knocker (a mace) the bees zoomed out and the giant ran all the way home.
From this story we spoke through the vocabulary using pictures and with a simple definition. The children learnt about bees, how the make honey and why they need a beehive. They ordered the events of the story and spoke about the emotions of the giant and the villagers.
The second week we made sandwiches just like the giant and spoke about if we liked or didn't like the sandwich they had made and why. This activity also helped to improve the children's fine motor skills by spreading on the different ingredients and how to follow instructions to make a sandwich.
During this story we have looked at the role of the post man, why letters need to be put in an envelope with an address and a stamp and how to deliver a letter or parcel. The children were then able to write their own letters and Christmas lists during free play.
We have spoken about the traditions of Christmas and how families celebrate. We have also looked at Christmas from around the world. Focusing on the similarities and differences from the countries Poland, Lithuania, Romania and Russia.
To start off Spring we have looked at a series of books by Nick Butterworth. The stories we focused on were One Snowy Night, After the Storm and The Rescue Party. Throughout each of these stories we unpicked the vocabulary giving meaning with a picture or action.
When reading the story of One Snowy Night we named the different woodland animals and found out different facts about moles and foxes. We pretended to be different woodland animals and moved like them. Once we knew the story well we sequenced the events and spoke about what happens at the beginning, middle and end of the story.
In the story ‘After the Storm’ the animals wake up after a storm to their house being destroyed. We played storm music and imagined we were there and thought about how the animals might have felt. We enjoyed going through the park with Percy and for the animals to have a new tree house home at the end.
In ‘The Rescue Party’ story we looked at what a well is and how it is used. We spoke about the differences between a rabbit and a hare. During this story a hare gets stuck down a well, we made predictions as to what would happen at the end of the story and problem solved how we could get the hare out of the well.
Our next series of books are Mrs Wishy Washy, Wishy Washy Day, Mud Walk and The Scrubbing Machine. These books are set on a farm where Mrs Wishy Washy cares for the animals. These stories have repeated phrases in them to encourage the children to re-tell the stories independently.
Based on these stories we will learn facts about different farm animals and have the farm visit so the children will experience meeting some of the animals from the stories. The children will also have questions prepared to ask the farmer. When reading these stories we will think about how Mrs Wishy Washy is feeling, problem solve, talk about the features of the book, create story maps, read the story with actions and sequence events to then confidently say which events happened at the beginning, middle and end of the story.
Unfortunately not the ones with chocolate chips.
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