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The Dragon!

Topics Reception
This unit is part of Animals Sacred and Mythical Animals

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Objectives

Early learning goals

  • Listen attentively in a range of situations.
  • Listen to stories, accurately anticipating key events and respond to what is heard with relevant comments, questions or actions.
  • Follow instructions involving several ideas or actions.
  • Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.

Lesson Planning

Children learn that the dragon is a popular mythical creature from around the world. They explore popular dragon stories, describe the appearance and behaviour of dragons and create dragon puppets and models.

Teaching Outcomes
To know that dragons are a mythical animal, explore different cultural interpretations of the appearance and behaviour of dragons, to respond creatively to stories and ideas about dragons.

Children will:

  • Understand that dragons’ are a mythical animal popular in different countries around the world.
  • Appreciate that dragons from different cultures have different personalities and traits.
  • Create a dragon puppet and model.
  • Select and write descriptive language.

You Will Need

  • Toy knight’s helmet, sword and shield
  • Chinese dragon puppet template
  • Glitter
  • Paint pots
  • White paper plates
  • Stapler
  • Circles of coloured paper

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