Ideas for activities, themes and topics

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   Ideas For Things In Child Initiated Areas

   July 31, 2006 by Guest

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   i am in process of setting my classroom up with all of the different areas. do these have to link with topic? role play, investigation area and book area can easily link in with topic but what about areas such as writing or construciton area (we have construciton in 'creative' area and an area where they can build things with lego/duplo etc? can this be themed or woudl you just have a range of different resources there througout the year for the children to access. thanks Jo

   

   Last reply by Guest, August 1, 2006
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   New Topic - Shopping

   August 1, 2006 by Guest

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   Can anyone help me with some ideas for a 'shopping topic', we have done this before but would like some fresh ideas.

   

   Last reply by Guest, August 1, 2006
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   Writing

   February 22, 2006 by AnonyMouse_2157

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   Hi there everyone I'm at that stage in the year where I'm beginning to pull my hair out with writing development! I have a group of children who have gone from mark making to writing recongisable letters However they seem to be stuck there and are not able without massive support to use their phonic knowledge to begin to write the appropriate/dominant sounds in words. I sometimes use the rearrange and stick a muddled up simple sentence strategy and have occassionally used overwriting their dictated sentence. I was wondering what others are doing and how they would go about tackling this? I though about the ELS type of groups that they do in Year 1 (targeted daily su…

   

   Last reply by Guest, July 24, 2006
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   Kuow And Bears

   July 22, 2006 by Guest

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   Has anyone done bears as a topic? If so does anyone have any ideas for KUOW activities?

   

   Last reply by AnonyMouse_3678, July 22, 2006
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   Circle Time Song's

   July 16, 2006 by Guest

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   [s ize=3] Hello everybody I have just started at a new setting and they are just starting to do circle time with the children. I was hoping you minght have some ideas for a song sing to start of the session and one to finish it apart from nursery ryhmes. I used to have a book full of then but left it at a previous setting and when i asked for it back it seems that fairys had borrowed it and forgot to bring it back. Also does anybody have any idea for golden rule as the behaviour is terrible and i want to introduce a visual board but not sure how to make it really simple. Thanks very much of to go and make a number song props on a sunday must be or w…

   

   Last reply by Guest, July 21, 2006
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   Country Dancing

   January 8, 2005 by AnonyMouse_2186

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   We have been thinking about introducing country dancing for a while The only experience the staff and i have of this is when we did it at school some 20 years ago All we can remember is do - si - do, promenade and heel toe. Just wondered if anyone still does it, how to do it, any videos available etc. Also i would love to get hold of the music that was used then but i remember it being a crackly record!

   

   Last reply by Guest, July 15, 2006
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   Ice Balloon

   June 21, 2006 by Guest

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   I'm hoping someone can help! I've just stood in the kitchen with water spilling everywhere and balloons popping in my face! On Friday I am delivering a half dya workshop course on sand, water and messy play and I want to set up balloons in the water - 1 with air, 1 with water and 1 with ice. My mind has gone a complete blank, and I can't remember how you get the balloon partly blown up and add the water to freeze - there is a trick and I can't remember - unless I dreamt it! Does anyone know the secret??? Many thanks Jenny

   

   Last reply by Guest, July 5, 2006
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   Toy Topic

   July 2, 2006 by Guest

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   HI our next topic is toys (starts tommorow) ~ my idea for a topic but im stumped for ideas... so any one have any for crafts / activities / experiences I work in the pre-school room ( 3- 5 years) Thanks Dawn

   

   Last reply by Guest, July 3, 2006
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   Numeracy

   June 23, 2006 by Guest

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   Hi, hope someone can help me. I seem to be having a mental block at the moment with teaching addition and subtraction to my Reception class. I really want some great play based activities rather than use the dreaded worksheets. If you can help me out I would really appreciate it.

   

   Last reply by Guest, June 26, 2006
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    The Circus

    June 18, 2006 by Guest

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    Hello We are thinking about doing a little end of term performance to mark the transfer of our nursery children to their new Reception classes. We normally do a sing-song but all fancy something a bit more adventurous. We have four main groups and are trying to think of "acts" which of course can include singing, around a "circus" theme. We have a few ideas, such as 5 little elephants balancing (though not sure how pc it is to have animal acts in a circus these days!), funny clowns etc but I'm very hopeful that some of you will have some really inspiring ideas. Thanks

    

    Last reply by Guest, June 24, 2006