klc106 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Hi our children have shown a big interest in the minions from the film despicable me. Any ideas how we can follow this interest? My mind is drawing a blank thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Yellow playdough or salt dough and get children to make models of them, painted and collage minions but that is all I can come up with. Sorry not a huge help!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueJ Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Some of my little crew are really into the music e.g., Happy (Pharrell Williams) (lots of links to exploring emotions) and this has also led to other musical interests particularly Disney based such as the Jungle Book (we have been marching around as elephants to Col Hatha), The Lion King, Aristocats and the Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast (Be our guest being a firm favourite for dancing around to). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucie Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 What about some invention type work? Create their own minion and send it on an adventure, could be recorded in exciting ways! Visual literacy; using the film to write descriptive sentences. You could watch some of the shorts on YouTube and they could recall and rewrite what happened. Addition/ subtraction of minions Counting eyes / counting in 2s or 1s depending on how many eyes they have. Minion hunt in the outdoor area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueJ Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 There is a minion cubecraft cut out from this site (discovered by son who is a big kid aged 24!) that might come in useful http://skgaleana.deviantart.com/art/Despicable-Me-Minion-with-One-eye-Template-429269393 also if you do cookery have you considered baking cakes and adding minion cake toppers - search amazon for these and quite a few come up at a reasonable price. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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