We have been looking at our world -investigating both world maps and a globe, and have role played flying on a plane,getting on board a train and bus and going to a "partment" (apartment) which the children created on their own. Marcus (the puppet) needed help packing his suitcase - the children wrote lists -created binoculars and packed him maps they had made, along with clothes, toys and mobile phone and camera.
Our first country was Iceland - we made a 'real' volcano and experimented with the snow and ice we had that week - inside and out.
Next was a taste of Egypt -with Egyptian necklaces and hieroglyphic mark making scratch boards.
We then looked at Italy - making real pizza and collage pizzas at both the little ones group and Towerview. We used some basic Italian words in our daily routine and made lollipop stick puppets.
In to this mix has been much role play around 'supereroes' - one of our parents kindly picked up a couple more 'superhero' costumes - through this active play the children are learning about 'good' and 'bad' , how to play with 'kind hands', negotiate the roles, be inclusive of others and explore different real life concepts.
This week China is our focus and to see what transpires - watch this space !
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