Active Learning
English Reception/Year 1 Spring Lists, Instructions and Recipes
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Teach the children, then some may enjoy Exploring and Playing while you lead Group Learning.
Recipes, Lists and Instructions (suggested as 5 days)
Group Learning
Exploring and Playing
- Planning menus
- Shopping lists
- At the shops
- Making pancakes
You Will Need
Essential Text
Mr Wolf’s Pancakes by Jan Fearnley
Pigeon Instructions (suggested as 5 days)
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Group Learning
Exploring and Playing
- It's bedtime!
- Junk model buses and lorries
- Pigeon movements
- Pigeon at the wheel
You Will Need
Essential Text
Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late by Mo Willems
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
Writing Recipes (suggested as 5 days)
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Group Learning
Exploring and Playing
- Boris and Sid Story Stones
- Boris and Sid Sticky pasta
- Simon Says
- Weigh it out
You Will Need
Group Reader
Boris and Sid Are Bad by Ruth Merttens and Anne Holm
Group Readers
Boris and Sid are Bad!
The tale of two naughty children. There is not a child on the planet who won’t empathise with these two in this little story about a very familiar domestic situation! The book is very simple for those just starting on their reading journey.