Communication, Language and Literacy
The children seemed to enjoy the different traditional tales. They
listened intently to spot the variety of different endings. When familiar
with the stories, many children joined in with the refrains and some
predicted the next page of text. The children enjoyed acting out the
stories and were heard using storybook language in their play. Various
types of puppets were made (by the children) or bought and used in
the puppet theatre and in the small world area. This helped the children
with their acting and story telling as well as organising the running
of the puppet theatre, by making signs and tickets.
Maths
Many of the stories used so far have numbers within the story –
Three Billy Goats Gruff, Three Little Pigs, Goldilocks and the Three
Bears. Time features in some stories – Sleeping Beauty. Size
features in The Elves and the Shoemaker, Jack and the Beanstalk, Three
Bears. Length features in Rapunzel and in The Beanstalk. The children
enjoyed counting and working out how many characters they needed to
act out each story. When selling tickets they had to work out how
many to sell and for how much.
Knowledge and Understanding of the World
As well as traditional tales, the children have heard stories from
different cultures and countries. Many stories feature items that
the children had not heard of and so had fun either looking them up
in books, on Google, or exploring items brought in to school. Various
stories are set in different historical times and it was interesting
to hear the children’s views on subjects such as dress and travel.
Physical Development
During gym the children played various games based on the stories
to improve their gross motor skills. Their fine motor skills have
been improved by cutting /sticking various puppets, rolling and kneading
dough for gingerbread men and bread and using stencils.
Creative Development
During music the children learnt songs to go with various stories,
listened to pieces of music that told specific stories and made up
tunes on percussion instruments to accompany the retelling of some
of the stories. The children have painted, drawn and modelled their
own variations of characters and scenery, in their play, and have
helped to make various displays.
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