This term we have been learning about Bonfire Night and Diwali.
All groups used clay to create Diva pots and then decorated them with paint. We learned about being safe with candles and got the chance to blow them out at group time. We decorated hand templates with different Mendhi designs. We read non-fiction books about fireworks and Diwali. We used paint and chalk to create firework pictures. We used coloured rice and chalk to recreate rangoli patterns, using different shapes, lines, and colours.
Books We’ve Been Reading
We have been focusing on repeated refrains in our stories.
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt – “We can’t go over it, we can’t go under it, we have to go through it!”
Peace at Last – “I can’t stand this!
Goldilocks – “It was just right.”
This includes joining in with words and actions to retell the story in our own ways. We have used small world resources, drawings, and acting to remember the key events in the stories.
Songs We’ve Been Singing
We have been practicing counting with 1:1 correspondence up to 5 and thinking about ‘one more’ and ‘one less’ using number songs. We have particularly liked singing 5 Little Ducks with the finger puppets and 5 Speckled Frogs with our jumping frogs.
