Guest Posted April 2, 2013 Posted April 2, 2013 Hi everyone! Hope you're enjoying the Easter half term! My next topic is Seaside. Does anyone have any suggestions for challenges linking to this topic for any continuous provision area (Year 1) Thanks in advance
Guest LornaW Posted April 2, 2013 Posted April 2, 2013 Ncmarsden is your school near the seaside? If so I would take a walk there for the day, regardless of the weather, and let them get a eal fell for the beach and the sea. Take masses of photos and let the children also take photos so these can be discussed back at school. Lots of curriculum aras covered I the seaside, history, geography jump to mind first of all and there is a great company called History off the page who do a wonderful seaside day http://www.historyoffthepage.co.uk/courses/seaside.htm Then you need as big a role play area as possible that is a sandpit and the children can get into it build sandcastle, measure weigh and discover the properties of sand. I did this a few years ago using a large paddling pool the childe loved it. We had sand, shells, pebbles water etc. You can also do lots of work on capacity wi water, make ice lollies, seaside gifts, look at artists who have used the seaside, design and pack a picnic for the beach the list goes on. It is a great topic good luck LornaW
finleysmaid Posted April 2, 2013 Posted April 2, 2013 ooh and then you can build a lighthouse and use ropes and pulleys to get the lighthouse keepers lunch to him!
zigzag Posted April 2, 2013 Posted April 2, 2013 We put a tarpaulin on the floor which we then covered with sand, we then put a windbreak around it and a sunshade umbrella. We added pebbles, stones, buckets, spades, starfish etc etc. We also had child sized deck chairs and a picnic basket, the children loved it.
Guest LornaW Posted April 2, 2013 Posted April 2, 2013 There are some great ideas in this article! http://booksforkeeps.co.uk/printpdf/issue/55/childrens-books/articles/other-articles/integrating-the-core-curriculum LornaW
Guest Posted April 2, 2013 Posted April 2, 2013 ah seaside........ gentle lapping of the waves, squawking seagulls circling the blue sky, warm sun gently caressing your skin, sand enveloping your feet whilst you sip on a little something ..........don't you just want to be there right now?.... take all them on a trip and bring it to life!
Guest Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 Bring in a couple of real fish for the children to handle and look at and compare. We usually put them in the builders tray on a bed of ice. Some children are really wary and others will open its mouth to look for teeth! They also don't realise that the fish in their fishfingers and fishcakes comes from a real fish! Lots of UW learning and a really fun activity :1b
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