Active Learning
- How do we feel about dragons?
- A dragon of our own!
- Dragon word bank
- Dragon sentences
Dragons
English Reception
This unit is part of
Reception English Dragons and Chinese New Year
Creating and Thinking Critically
- Are dragons real?
- Dragon maps
- Dragon words
- Dragon sentences
Exploring and Playing
- Model dragons
- Dragon hunters
- Crouching hunters, hidden dragons
- Dragon feely box
Books to Share
- Read Custard the Dragon by Ogden Nash (resources). Did this poem make you laugh? What sort of dragon is Custard? Are dragons in stories normally like this?
- Read Tell Me A Dragon. What do you think of the illustrations in the book? Which was your favourite of the dragons? Can you describe it? Why is it your favourite?
- Read The Dragon Machine up to the page with the map. What sort of places do the dragons hide in, and what sort of problems have they caused? What other trouble might they get into?
- Continue and finish The Dragon Machine. Where does George go to in his machine? If you had a machine like that, where would you travel to?
- Which has been everyone’s favourite book this week… Custard, Tell Me A Dragon or The Dragon Machine? Why so? Enjoy rereading children’s favourite text.
Poetry/Rhyme of the Week: Make copies of the first two verses of Custard the Dragon. Recite with children, enjoying the rhymes, then send home for children to share with parents/carers.
You Will Need
Essential texts
Tell Me A Dragon by Jackie Morris
The Dragon Machine by Helen Ward and Wayne Anderson
Websites
Custard the Dragon from youtube.com
Puff the Magic Dragon from youtube.com
Resources
Teabags, baking tray, long feathers/quill pens
Binoculars, measuring tape, goggles, clipboards etc for Dragon hunters activity
Bubble wrap, sand, feathers, pebbles etc. for dragon feely box