Forest Animals

Topics Reception
This unit is part of Transport: On the Move Through Nature

Objectives

Early Learning Goals

  • Show good control and co-ordination in large and small movements. Move confidently in a range of ways, safely negotiating space. Handle equipment and tools effectively, including pencils for writing.
  • Know about similarities and differences in relation to places, objects, materials and living things. Talk about the features of the immediate environment and how environments might vary from one another. Make observations of animals and plants and explain why some things occur, and talk about changes.
  • 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.
  • Represent ideas, thoughts and feelings through design and technology, art, music, role-play and stories

Lesson Planning

Learn about forest animals and their habitats.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To experiment with movements required to move around the area safely
  • To learn about forest animals and their habitats.

Children will:

  • Name forest animals.
  • Search for evidence of forest animals.
  • Make leaf animals pictures.
  • Join in with repetitive parts of a story.

Provided Resources

This session does not need any provided resources.

You Will Need

  • We’re Going on a Bear Hunt story
  • Googly eyes
  • Magnifying glasses for tracking
  • Plastic carrier bags