Guest Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 We are starting out growth topic after half term. We are goinf to begin with human growth and ourselves. Each year we seem to end up doing the same thing and we could do with some new inspiration for ideas. In the past we have looked at stages of growth, likes and dislikes, favourite things, people who are special to us etc.. Doeas any have any new and exciting ideas? Lola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Dear Lola We do all the normal things Create Height, weight, eye colour charts Bathing a real baby followed by doll washing and dressing etc - normally one of our mum obliges with a sibling Growing cress/sunflower seeds/carrot heads Skeleton bodies - children to stick straws on to a card person hand and foot painting with word charts of what we can do with hands and feet Doctors surgery - bandages and stethoscope - organise St. John Ambudlance to come in, children to listen to heart beats through stethoscopes Visit by dental hygienist to talk about teeth and growing My brain has gone now but I am sure others can o doubt add more than this Nikki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Some really useful ideas there. Thanks Nikki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Have you checked out Sue R's arcticle on growing? It has loads of fantastic ideas, especially in the PSED section, if you're specifically looking at human growth. In reception when we did the topic, we made mini books with What we could do when we were a baby, what we can do now, what we will be able to do when we're older. We also looked at baby clothes - had them on a line with numbers on for ordering. also ordered baby/children's clothes by size, discussing who they might belong to. Looked at children's baby photos & tried to guess who each baby was. Looked at age progressional photos of the same person & tried to put them in order. Our role-play area was a baby clinic. Sue's article is well worth a look - I will definitely be using the ideas after half term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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