Weekly Plan | Preschool | 20th September 2015 | Theme – Jonah and the Whale
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | |
| Craft | Cutting | Sticking | Glitter | Playdough | Paint |
| Option 1
Emily | Cook |
Make Glitter Playdough. Regular playdough recipe, with added glitter. | Banana Cake
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2451651/sugarfree-banana-cake |
Watermelon Whale!
http://www.superhealthykids.com/the-watermelon-whale/ |
Baking Cholla – as usual | |
| Option 2
Zagney | Art |
Painting – Free painting with brushes blue and green – the ‘sea’ where the whale swims, cut paper into different sizes and shapes, and encourage children to choose their paper of choice
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Sponge Painting Paper Plates in Dark Blue (The making of whales). To be used for a display https://rainbow-nursery.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1.png | Living inside a whale… what rooms would you need? Have things cut out of the Ikea catalogue, and each child can make their own room by sticking chosen furniture items on their card, then sticking it to the whale display … | Making a Shofa –
http://yom-kippur.holidayscentral.com/kids-and-crafts/make-shofar-yom-kippur#.Vf25crcWE7A |
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| Option 3
Amit | Chal |
Skittles (Bowling) – rolling the ball to knock the skittles | Coloured Building Blocks-(Light house-towers, like at sea) Each child building their own tower, which is the highest? Reddest? Widest? | Fishing out floating puzzles pieces from a bowl of water. Each child takes it in turns to fish out an item thinking about living at sea, like the whale | Match the shoe!
https://rainbow-nursery.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Voila_Capture-2015-09-19_10-31-48_pm.png |
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| Activity 1
Amit | Art |
Fish Pictures
Cut out simple fish templates, and invite children to stick sequins and glitter onto the fish (for the display) |
MESSY PLAY – Cooked Spaghetti and food colouring in BIG blue bucket. Hide small figures in there. This is what is like to be lost in the whale’s tummy! | Making Coloured Rice | ||
| Activity 2
Emily | Out |
Silver Foil Lucky Dip
With the children Wrap up a selection of toys and resources… Then, put them all in a big bowl. They take turns in selecting items to unwrap and guessing what it is |
Have a Blow! (Shofa)
Collect together all the things from the nursery that make a noise if you blow them, lay them out on the carpet outside and have a blowing session |
Jonah and The Whale Mobiles
http://sundayschoolresources.co.uk/crafts/jonah.php Sit on tables outside |
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| Activity 3
TL |R2 |
Floor Puzzle | Using High Frequency words on the magnetic board to make sentences | Counting different coloured beads into pots
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| Activity 4
Roee | Out |
Obstacle Course… trying to escape from inside the Whale… over, under, around… | Building a Den… What’s it like to be in the Whale? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I166F6F0cYs | Parachute games – What is it like inside the Whale? | ||
| Activity 5
Amit | R1 |
Make a SOUND LINE – collect things that make different sounds when you bash them, and line them up. Invite children to bash! | Costume Fashion Show
Invite children to try on different costumes, help with zips, buttons etc. Take pix |
Role Play – use the home corner equipment to turn the whole room into a play house, and take active role in children’s role play, extending their themes | ||
| Activity 6
Emily | Kitch |
Cutting string of different lengths | Using Sellotape to stick things | Stickers and Stamping |
