Themes for Early Years
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This pack contains practical activities covering helping at home; helping at school; keeping healthy; keeping us safe; bringing our food; and making our world beautiful. As well as likely helpers such as the police, fire-fighters and lollipop people, more unusual roles are highlighted, such as opticians, park-keepers and farmers. There are eight photocopiable activity sheets plus ideas for displays and assemblies. The resources section provides lively action rhymes, poems, stories and songs, all based on the "People Who Help Us" theme. A topic web shows how all the activities relate to the National Curriculum and Scottish 5-14 Guidelines subject areas.
Christmas is a festival celebrated by practically all early years groups. It has, at its heart, themes such as sharing, giving and enjoying hospitality which are ideal for helping to develop young children's personal and social skills. The activities in this book cover the story of Christmas, Father Christmas, Christmas giving, food, fun and games and other people's Christmases. Linking up to these activities is a photocopiable anthology section of action rhymes, poems, stories and songs based on the Christmas theme. In addition, there are photocopiable activity sheets, plus ideas for displays and assemblies. A topic web shows how the activities help to prepare for both the National Curriculum and the Scottish 5-14 National Guidelines.
Weather is a popular theme in nursery and reception classes as it is something that all young children are aware of and it has a very immediate effect on all of their lives. Each chapter in this book takes a different aspect of weather and provides practical activities across the curriculum. The chapters cover sun, rain, wind, clouds and fog, and snow and ice. There are linking photocopiable activity sheets as well as ideas for displays and simple assemblies. A photocopiable resources section gives an anthology of poems, action rhymes, stories and songs, all based on the weather theme. A topic web shows how the activities will help to prepare young children for both the National Curriculum and the Scottish 5-14 Guidelines.
Water is a popular early years theme as children are familiar with it from a very early age and it affects so many aspects of our lives. This book aims to harness their interest by looking at water in a broad enjoyable topic. The six chapters of activities will focus on the weather; sea water; fresh water; how we can use water at home; how living things need water; and people who work with water. There are eight photocopiabe activity sheets plus ideas for displays and assemblies. The resources section provides lively action rhymes, poems, stories and songs, all based on the water theme. A topic web shows how all the activities relate to the National Curriculum and Scottish 5-14 Guidelines subject areas.
Seasons are used as a stimulus for activities in all early years settings partly because their effects are so apparent on a day-to-day basis, spring is a particularly enjoyable season to look at with its concentration on warmer weather and new life. There are six chapters within the book which cover spring weather, outdoor signs of spring, spring traditions, spring around the world, animals in spring and new beginnings. Linking up to these activities is a photocopiable anthology section of activity rhymes, poems, stories and songs, all based on the spring theme. A topic web shows how the activities help to prepare for both the National Curriculum and the Scottish 5-14 guidelines.
This series aims to provide an add-on series of photocopiable books that link with the "Themes for Early Years" series. The ideas offer a collection of ready-made photocopiable activity ideas that link in with popular themes and cover all areas of the Desirable Outcomes. The activities are supported by teachers' notes. This book includes chapters on: traditional stories, fairy tales, nursery rhymes and action and counting rhymes; each chapter focuses on six specific stories or rhymes. Practical ideas include moving like different-sized goats, building a castle for Sleeping Beauty, and making Humpty Dumpty a get-well card. The ideas aim to extend children's skills in all areas of the curriculum and are based on the Early Learning Goals.