Down in the garden

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• Communication, Language and Literacy
• Matching tools to labels in the garden shed.
• Writing plant labels
• Talking about what I would like to grow on my own
  magical wishing tree.
• Following and using instructions to make bug
  balls, fat balls and bird feed.

• Numeracy
• Designing our own shaped stepping stones
• Ordering the height of different flowers
• Tallies of bugs in our garden
• Survey of most popular flowers and plants
• Estimating how many cups of water you can fill to
  race in minutes.

• Personal, Social and Emotional Development
• Respecting our environment by
• Litter picking, tidying toys, brushing and
  washing windows
• Discuss our friends and why they are our friends

• Creative Development
• Inventing our own bear hunt story and rehearsing
  the actions
• Design a bug using the materials you think are
  suitable
• Role play in our Garden Centre
• Discuss different shades of colours found in the
  garden

Down in the garden

• Physical Development
• Learning to describe and experiment with
  different ways of moving in the garden bikes,
  hopping, skipping, tiptoes, jumping, climbing.
• Practising threading fruit, veg, numbers and
  letters
• Pencil grip and control

• Knowledge and Understanding of the World
• What do we need for plants and flowers to grow?
• Creating our own mini-beast corner and
  investigating it
• A trip to Highfields to talk about the
  similarities and differences between John
  Clifford and Highfields
• Observational drawings, talking about the name
  and key features of plants and flowers

• How to help at home
• Talk about the different colours and shades of
  colour seen on trees, plants and insects.
  Discuss how we can make those colours.
• Measure the length of natural objects and your
  garden.
• Watch Big Cook Little Cook and discuss where
  little cook goes to see how things are grown.
• Discuss symmetrical bugs and have a go at making
  them using household objects.