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Building Machines and Space

English Reception/Year 1

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  2. Role play and music
  3. Maths
  4. Space collage

You Will Need

Essential texts
Big Book of Machines by Minna Lacey (if available) or a similar text with plenty of images, e.g 199 Big Machines by Jessica Greenwell
National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Space by Catherine D. Hughes

Group Readers
Scooters by Sinead Gaffney

Animated Tale
Thad Gets to the Moon by Ruth Merttens

Group Readers

Scooters

This is a great book if you are studying non-fiction. It has many pictures all about scooters but with an original and eccentric twist. The illustrations will make children chuckle, and the text is simple and easy to read independently.

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