Guest Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Hello all, Has anyone got any ideas they are willing to share based on the story of Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell. I would welcome any ideas for any area of the Foundation stage curriculum - Literacy, Numeracy, K+UW etc... I plan to do it after half term. Many Thanks Sharon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marion Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 literacy matters does a weeks lesson plan based on Dear Zoo Other things we have done is match mother and baby toy animals looked at animal patterns order by size wrote letters to the zoo looked at non fiction books write descriptions of different animals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 The Belair Early Years "Stories" book has a section with ideas for using "Dear Zoo." Anita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest AMP Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Hi Sharon Have you thought about creating your own book? It could be dear pet; dear farm or your own dear zoo. I made a writing frame that said "They sent me a .........(child fills in name of animal) Then at the bottom "but it was too .......(child thinks of problem - good for adjectives!!) I'm going to try sending an attachment but it may not work. Contact me if it doe not work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AMP Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Hi Sharon Have you thought about creating your own book? It could be dear pet; dear farm or your own dear zoo. I made a writing frame that said "They sent me a .........(child fills in name of animal) Then at the bottom "but it was too .......(child thinks of problem - good for adjectives!!) I'm going to try sending an attachment but it may not work. Contact me if it doe not work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AMP Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Hi Sharon Have you thought about creating your own book? It could be dear pet; dear farm or your own dear zoo. I made a writing frame that said "They sent me a .........(child fills in name of animal) Then at the bottom "but it was too .......(child thinks of problem - good for adjectives!!) Tried to send an attachment but it would not let me. Get in touch and I'll send you my writing frame. Anne Marie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alison Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 I love that story its a firm favourite of mine using the story as a starting point we have a theme of sorting and comparing we find as many animal toys (from small world zoo creatures to large stuffed toys) and then we do sorting activities with the animals first looking at whats mentioned in the book too tall, too noisy and then move on to look at other aspects such as number of legs, colour & patterns on fur, through to what the toys are made of, which leads into comparisons and opposites even getting out the getting out the balance wieghing scales and comparing the animals weight It all depends on the ages of the children in the group how far you take the exploring but one activity can link to so many stepping stones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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