Well all has been a little quiet on my
blog recently, however that's not to say that I haven't been busy!
I have been working on writing some
'follow up' extension activities relating to the Sensory Story that can be used
in the classroom or nursery environment.
What I have found out whilst I have
been working on this venture, is that my Sensory Story and accompanying
activities will benefit all the children in class not just the small group of
children for whom it was originally written for.
Although we probably don't think about
it we use our senses all the time to help us learn things. I am sure all of us
can draw on memories associated with different senses - for example that
special song or a precious photo. Whenever my middle daughter smells
freesias she recalls holding the basket of flowers when she was a bridesmaid -
age 2! She is now 22! What an impact that one smell had on her!
With this in mind my challenge today
was to think around writing examples of different learning activities that
could be used with the whole class once the Sensory Story had been
delivered.
Most of you may have realised by now
that my main character is a squirrel. The setting of the story is in a wood.
The time of year is Autumn. So here is a sneaky peek at just a few of my ideas
that I have included along with the story to support and extend the children's
learning further. . .
Personal, social and emotional
development -
Talk about
different feelings. How was the
squirrel feeling at different points in the story? Are there times when you
feel happy? Sad? Scared? Talk about looking after the environment, and safety
issues regarding picking berries that grow in the wild.
Literacy -
Use descriptive
words to describe the stimuli such as 'prickly' fir cones, extend into writing
simple sentence. Draw maps of
the places that Squirrel visited when he was looking for food and encourage labelling. Read stories
such as ‘Ferdie and the falling leaves’......
Understanding
the World -
Baking – Make
individual blackberry crumbles (also covers Maths development with weighing and
measuring etc.). Become a nature detective – go for a walk and
explore a hedge! It's amazing what you can see in there! Find out about
habitats - which animals live in the hedgerow?
I have also
written activities to cover Maths, Communication and Language, Physical
development, and Expressive arts and design....but I felt it would be too much
to include in tonight's blog.
Enough written
for tonight as my sewing machine is beckoning me from afar…….will be back soon
with more news of my Sensory Story journey.
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