Pet picnic!

Topics Reception
This unit is part of Animals Pets

Objectives

Early learning goals

  • Follow instructions involving several ideas or actions.
  • Express self effectively, showing awareness of listeners’ needs.
  • Play co-operatively, taking turns with others.
  • Take account of one another’s ideas about how to organise activities.
  • Show sensitivity to others’ needs and feelings, and form positive relationships with adults and other children.
  • Make observations of animals and plants and explain why some things occur.

Lesson Planning

Bring in your toy pets to join the class pet show, award rosettes for different reason, choose your favourite pet, draw your pet’s favourite food on a paper plate ready for the final picnic, read the thank you letter from the girl in the story.

Teaching Outcomes
To enjoy a celebration of different pets and what makes them all different and special.

Children will:

  • Think of reasons why their pet is special and explain these to the class using an expanded sentence.
  • Think about what makes other chn’s pets special and by doing so think of other’s feelings.
  • Understand what a pet would eat.

Provided Resources

  • 1st, 2nd and 3rd place rosettes
  • Thank you letter from Jane

You Will Need

  • Arrange for children to bring in a picnic or snacks for the picnic in the hall or field/outside classroom area
  • Soft toy pets
  • Paper plates
  • Pens

Weblinks

There are no weblinks needed for this session.