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EYFS

LITERACY

o Choose a story the children are familiar with. Encourage them to change it –The Very
Hungry Caterpillar becomes The Very Sleepy Caterpillar. Re-enact together, or write /
mark-make their new version and make into a class big book. (Links to PD, C&L, EAD)

Links to o Discuss the children’s favourite nursery rhymes. Change them and experiment with new
curriculum rhyming words. Older children write the new rhymes, younger children could illustrate
them. (Links to PD, EAD, C&L, PSED)

o Play alliteration games, e.g. “I spy someone who is amazing and adorable and likes apples.
Who do I spy?” Ask the children to attempt to identify the child whose name begins with
the same initial sound. (Links to C&L, PSED)

o Large scale mark-making or writing activity based on theme or topic (e.g. for a topic about
firefighters, draw round a child and ask group to fill in details of who the person is, and
what he is doing, what we know about them, what their job is, what they wear, what
things they need / use etc.) More able / older children could label their pictures. (Links to
UW, PSED, C&L)

o Share story sack and ask the children to use them to retell a story accurately. (Settings will
often have access to a range of story sacks, or you may be able to find objects from around
the setting to supplement a story). (Links to C&L, EAD).

MATHS

o Sing number rhymes using puppets. Encourage children to identify correct numerals or
order numerals. Younger children can count how many are left. (Links to EAD, PSED, C&L)

o Create a simple graph of children’s likes and dislikes (e.g. favourite fruit etc.) by drawing a
choice on post-it notes and sticking them to the board. Interpret the data. (Links to PSED,
C&L)

o Sort objects such as compare bears by a range of criteria. (Links to C&L, UW, PSED).