Yellow Room Planning on the Farm

Yellow room planning – Chinese New Year

WEEK Wednesday 4th January 2012 Road & Rail table TOPIC TIME Discuss Xmas and the New Year LETTERS/SOUNDS STORY TIME Favourites SINGING Favourites INDOOR PHYSICAL Ring games & who’s got the knot WRITING TABLE Colouring assortment CRAFT AREA Play dough and cutters WET FLOOR AREA Wet sand small spades and containers PSR&N Rubber object assortment & small abacus TOYS OUT Little Tikes dolls house, puzzles, stacking toys & wooden dominoes ICT Tizzy’s busy week ROLE PLAY Home corner OUTSIDE AREA As Blue & Green room OTHER EVENTS

WEEK Monday 9th January 2012 Low table TOPIC TIME Introduce Chinese New Year LETTERS/SOUNDS Rhyming bingo – See sheet STORY TIME Sing a song of bottoms, Who flung dung, Harry and the bucket full of dinosaurs, killer gorilla, Some dogs do. BR SINGING Number rhymes INDOOR PHYSICAL Parachute & bright paper WRITINGTABLE Chinese colouring pictures CRAFT TABLE Chinese dragons WET FLOOR AREA Gravel, tigers, pandas, other animals in story, small boxes and foliage PSR&N Connecting camels & work cards TOYS OUT Brio train track, magnetic letters ICT Tizzy’s Toy Box ROLE PLAY Picnic – 2 tents, blue material for river and cuddly toys, food and camping accessories OUTSIDE AREA As blue & green room OTHER EVENTS WEEK Monday 16th January 2012 Zig Zag car run TOPIC TIME Talk about China the country, people, food and animals LETTERS/SOUNDS Finish the rhyme STORY TIME If you go walking in Tiger wood, Stone soup, Night monkey day monkey, The loudest roar, Panda big Panda small - BR SINGING Active songs INDOOR PHYSICAL Obstacle course – stepping stones, bridge and tunnel WRITING TABLE Tracing pictures and money pockets CRAFT TABLE Chinese Lanterns WET FLOOR AREA Coloured rice – cups, saucers, chop sticks and play people PSR&N Light board and shapes, large cake with numbers TOYS OUT Fairy tale castle, ELC house, box of cars and mat with people ICT Ace monkeys numbers ROLE PLAY Chinese restaurant – borrow blue room table and chairs OUTSIDE AREA As blue & green room OTHER EVENTS

WEEK Monday 23rd January 2012 Road & rail TOPIC TIME Chinese clothes, language & writing LETTERS/SOUNDS Rhyming puppets STORY TIME Jill Murphy - Mr & Mrs large set BR SINGING Animal ones and Chinese ones – see sheets INDOOR PHYSICAL Exercises to promote healthy lifestyles WRITING TABLE Chinese fans CRAFT TABLE Cooli hats WET FLOOR AREA Cooked pasta, rice and noodles chopsticks and dishes PSR&N Weighing pennies, plastic scales TOYS OUT Wooden Noah’s arc, big and small, magnetico ICT Ace monkeys ABC ROLE PLAY Bus station – bus tent, steering wheels, till, chairs, dressing up, tickets, bags etc. OUTSIDE AREA As Blue & Green room OTHER EVENTS WEEK Monday 30th January 2012 Low table TOPIC TIME Preparing for Chinese new year celebration LETTERS/SOUNDS Odd one out STORY TIME Zog, the Gruffalo, George and the Dragon, Snuggle up sleepy ones, Ping won’t share, It’s mine, SINGING Instruments INDOOR PHYSICAL Dragon dance – using sheet and instruments WRITING TABLE Trace over laminated dragon face CRAFT TABLE Chinese dragon – decorate sheet and mask for dance WET FLOOR AREA Dinosaurs, bark, logs and foliage PSR&N Wooden cake stand, wooden bricks assortment in tray TOYS OUT Gruffalo floor puzzle and soft toy ICT Magnetic birds ROLE PLAY Chinese house – red/gold decorations, lanterns etc OUTSIDE AREA As Blue and green room OTHER EVENTS

WEEK Monday 6th February 2012 Zig Zag car run TOPIC TIME Look at and taste Chinese food LETTERS/SOUNDS I know a word STORY TIME Ping won’t share, Ten in the den, children’s choice SINGING Song box INDOOR PHYSICAL Skittles WRITING TABLE Shape stencils CRAFT TABLE Make valentines cards WET FLOOR AREA Measuring jugs, funnels tubes – coloured water PSR&N Count & link activity TOYS OUT Postman pat set, stickle bricks ICT Computer, keyboard, calculators and phones ROLE PLAY Café – different pans, eggs, milk, basic food OUTSIDE AREA As Blue & Green room OTHER EVENTS