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The Unicorn!

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 they hear with relevant comments, questions or actions.
  • Express effectively, showing awareness of listeners’ needs.
  • Develop narratives and explanations by connecting ideas or events.
  • Show good control and co-ordination in large and small movements.
  • Handle equipment and tools effectively, including pencils for writing.

Lesson Planning

Children learn that a unicorn is a mythical creature. They will be able to describe its appearance and character, and use this to create their own representations of unicorns.

Teaching Outcomes
To know that a unicorn is a mythical animal; to share ideas with adults and peers and justify opinions; to select and use equipment and tools to create own images of unicorns.

Children will:

  • Know that a unicorn is a mythical animal and be able to describe its appearance and behaviour.
  • Speak confidently and fluently in front of their peers.
  • Use imagination to create stories and narratives.
  • Use equipment and tools with precision and control.

You Will Need

  • Sugarlump and the Unicorn by J. Donaldson
  • Pastel shades of A4 paper
  • Black felt-tipped pens
  • Strips of colourful paper
  • PE cones, hoops and quoits
  • Clothes pegs
  • Pictures of unicorns
  • 3 different small world scenes

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