Witches And Magic

[blondie]

hi

a few of our girls are showing lots of interest in dressing up / being witches and i want to extend on this play with some adult led activities / free choice activities -any help would be great

thanks x

[Guest]

Hi sounds fun,

 

i would possibly make a witches shoe shop,

 

Write spells

 

Create potions outside (Mud & Sand)

 

you've got book links like winnie the witch, meg and mog

 

You could have a vets for the witches familier i.e cats and toads.

 

Make thier own props for play- hats, broomsticks

 

Hope some of these will help.

[Inge]

could adapt letters and sounds silly soup activity to silly spells, and put the items into a cauldron or magic pot..

 

 

have a selection of rhyming objects (e.g.rat, hat, cat) placed on the floor. Use a pot and spoon as props to act out the song.

Invite the children, in turn, to choose an object to put into the pot. After each turn, stir the soup and sing the following song to recite the growing list of

things that end up in the soup.

 

Sing the first part of the song to the tune of ‘Pop Goes the Weasel’:

I’m making lots of silly spells

I’m making spells so silly

I’m going to cook it in the fridge

To make it nice and chilly

In goes… a fox… a box… some socks…

 

 

the objects could be changed for their need or ability as appropriate.. same initial sound, same ending etc..

[purplewednesday1]

There's a fabulous page from a witch's catalogue in The Jolly Postman - that would make a great starting point for an imaginative activity: what would a witch need?, could you make that?

 

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