Spring term 1 Easter 2020 Communication Language and Literacy • Introduction to Easter Story • Easter songs and rhymes, Hot x buns ,Hop little Bunnies, 5little ducks. • Break an egg CVC Words • Rhyming egg pairs. • Writing with Carrots / Name egg baskets. • Egg sounds What’s inside ? • Match the letter sounds on the egg halves. • Letters and sounds phonics. • To use fact books to find out information. Maths and Number • Arranging Eggs, rabbits in Size Order. • Egg shape hunt . • Easter egg number games, roll and throw counting. • Matching chicks to quantities. How many altogether • Water plays match the eggs. • Egg balancing / weighing scales. • Language of size, longest and shortest. • Cotton balls counting finger gym. • Frozen maths using numbers. • Bunny tails colour matching. Physical Development • Loose parts make a chick , rabbit (dough optional) • Scissor control activities, patterns Easter. • Fine manipulative skills scooping eggs sized spoons. • Making Easter chocolate nests • Easter egg threading cards. • Music and movement (Rabbits) . • Egg rolling outdoors. • Cotton bud, Potato masher printing to decorate Eggs. Knowledge Technology and Understanding of the World. • Humpty Dumpty egg dropping making predictions. • Looking at using eggs, omelette, scrambled egg and meringues. • Looking at similarities and differences. • Easter story Cbeebies ,Noahs Ark Rev Rachel. • Top marks IWB Counting and matching. • Chick lifecycles. • Cress heads • Sinking and floating eggs. Personal Social and Emotional • Easter Egg hunt small groups. • Turn taking activities and using the timer as support. • Egg and spoon race / assault course. • Continue to develop the children’s self help skills to become more independent. Media materials and Imagination • Easter sensory bins. • Making chocolate in moulds. • Playdough Hot x buns. • Hardboiled egg decorating • Marbling egg pictures. • Pom pom peg eggs pictures. • Colour sorting basket Easter Egg pom poms • Finger Gym sequin/ beads eggs Children develop at their own rate and in their own ways. Activities are in accordance with the Prime and Specific areas of the EYFS. Planning is a guideline and subject to change depending on the children’s interests and experiences. .