| Communication,
Language and Literacy
Names of spring flowers
Talk about the growth of
day - more daylight, warmer weather
Birds building nests
Lambs being born
Life cycles
Animal babies
Stories -
The Enormous Turnip
Jasper and the Beanstalk
The Very Hungry Caterpillar |
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Personal
and Social Development
Celebrating new life
Festivals - Eid, Easter
Caring for young babies,
young animals
Caring for living things
in the environment - plants and trees
Noticing changes in the
world around us - changes in colour, changes in growth |
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Mathematical
Development
Songs for counting -
'Five little peas'
'Five little speckled frogs'
Sorting different types
of seeds
Matching baby animals to
mothers
Comparing sizes - baby to
adult
Sequence life cycle pictures
Counting seeds/flowers
Counting lambs/calves using
toy animals, also sorting and matching |
| Knowledge
& understanding of the world
Life cycle of frogs
Observation and recording
Observation of frog spawn,
tadpoles, frogs
Observing growth of cress,
carrot heads, seeds and bulbs
IT - click and drag to match
baby animals to mothers
Observing nests
Using magnifying classes
to notice detail
Eggs hatching into chicks
Making Easter nests - baking |
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Creative
Development
Seed collage pictures
Paintings of flowers
Colour work - spring colours
Collage of chicks
Collage of lambs
Collage using natural materials
e.g. Twigs, leaves, feathers
Cutting and sticking -
flower pictures
Using musical instruments
- sounds of spring
Pictures for 'Enormous Turnip' |
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Physical
Development
Growing movements -
Curled up small like a seed
Tall like a flower/tree
Spread out hands/arms like
a new
leaf
Using tools with play dough
and plasticine to make flowers, leaves
Role play/movement to the
story of Jack and the Beanstalk or the Enormous Turnip |