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Animal names

Topics Reception
This unit is part of Animals Baby Animals

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Objectives

Early learning goals

  • Know about similarities and differences in relation to places, objects, materials and living things.
  • Make observations of animals and plants and explain why some things occur, and talk about changes.
  • Try new activities confidently, and say why some activities are liked more than others.
  • Speak confidently in a familiar group, and talk about ideas.
  • Choose the resources needed for chosen activities.

EAD ELG 16 EUM&M: Sing songs.

Lesson Planning

Learn different names for baby animals, play a quick fire game to help remember some of these names. Collect counters when a correct name is matched to the baby animal. Make a baby animal book and match adult animals to their babies.

Teaching Outcomes
To learn different baby animal names.

Children will:

  • Know that baby animals have different names from the adult animal.
  • Remember some of the baby animal names.
  • Attempt new activities and explain their reasoning.

Provided Resources

  • Baby animals to display
  • Baby animals to cut out
  • Baby animals with their adults

You Will Need

  • Plastic splatter
  • Small world animals
  • Bubble bath and muddy animals in tuff spot
  • Toothbrushes

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