Guest Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 Hello everyone! Does anybody have any ideas on the theme Humpty Dumpty. We are going to make finger puppets....and that is as far as ive got.......!
Guest Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 We are doing Humpty Dumpty this week. Yesterday we went out for a walk looking at different walls and the children made rubbings, which we've displayed. Today we have been sticking dyed egg shell pieces on to egg shapes to make mosaic patterns. Our role play area is a building site with large lego bricks and all our builders tools, the girls have really enjoyed it and were wearing all the hard hats! Oh and we're also growing cress in egg shells. You could also make egg sandwiches or do some baking. Hope this helps Rachel
Guest Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 You could read the story of little lumpty and acted it out you could also have boiled eggs and unboiled eggs.... drop them from a height and see if they break... then discuss why etc.. kids loved that one we also stained the eggs with teabags, hard boiled, then used toothbrushes and toothpaste to clean them, this lead onto a discussion about our teeth write a letter from humpty askig for the soliders to put him together again or saying sorry for sitting on a high wall...
Guest Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 Use a humpty dumpty outline on thin card which the children can collage, paint, etc. Then, when dry let them cut it up. You can pre-rule cutting lines or model for the children, explaining to use only say 3 or 4 lines. Then let them cut it up. Provide an envelope each which they can write on and they can keep their puzzle in it. You could do a Hide & Seek game with one puzzle, the owner hides the pieces and all the other children have to find and reassemble. Just a thought!
Guest Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 We made Humpty Dumpty puzzles. We laminated pictures of Humpty Dumpty and cut them into different size pieces. The children then had to put Humpty Dumpty back together again. Really easy to differentiate as we cut Humpty into 4, 6, 8 and 10 pieces. Laminate black and white pictures and the children can use white board pens to colour him in. Have you read the story of Little Lumpty? My children always love listening to this story.
Guest Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 sorry LJW we must have been typing at the same time!
Guest Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 You could read the story of little lumpty and acted it outyou could also have boiled eggs and unboiled eggs.... drop them from a height and see if they break... then discuss why etc.. kids loved that one we also stained the eggs with teabags, hard boiled, then used toothbrushes and toothpaste to clean them, this lead onto a discussion about our teeth write a letter from humpty askig for the soliders to put him together again or saying sorry for sitting on a high wall... Little Lumpty is my all time favourite story but did you realise that it is no longer in print? When I left my last nursery I wanted to buy a copy as a present and had little luck! What a shame - every setting should have a copy!!!!
AnonyMouse_4177 Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 You can buy it in New York Daisy doo, I got several copies. I think I may have started a craze over there! Posy
AnonyMouse_832 Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 Just looked up Little Lumpty on Amazon- the cheapest copy was £69.00!!!!!!!!!!
Guest Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Thank you everyone. You all have fab ideas. It's such a shame that Little Lumpty is out of print-i just tried to find it and its impossible....... never mind xx
AnonyMouse_832 Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Have you tried the libraries? You can reserve copies online from some.
AnonyMouse_64 Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Have you tried the libraries? You can reserve copies online from some. I would think they'd have them locked up in a safe somewhere at that price!
Guest Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 It's such a shame that Little Lumpty is out of print-i just tried to find it and its impossible....... never mind xx I've not got a copy...honest
Guest Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 I found a copy!! Yay!! Alleluia. I found one from a teacher at my school. does anyoneknow if u can change your profile name? xx
AnonyMouse_64 Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 I found a copy!! Yay!! Alleluia. I found one from a teacher at my school. does anyoneknow if u can change your profile name? xx Yes you can Hannah - pm Steve or Sue and they will help you out with it.
Guest LOSINGTHEWILLTOLIVE Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 A theme for Humpty Dumpty could include some of the following, especially for Easter:- Egg and spoon races Cooking eggs - hard boiled, fried, scrambled, poached - looking at the changes as they are cooked. Easter nests - to explore the changes in the chocolate as it cooks. Making Eggs for Easter using sequins and glitter in the play dough. Look at frogs spawn or the life cycle of an egg Egg rolling using wooden or plastic eggs Find out information about eggs on line or in non-fiction books, new vocab : shell, yolk, Egg White (albumin),oval etc. We are reading Little Lumpty and Egg Drop too! I got my copy from a library that was closing down, they had no idea how much it is on Amazon and I got it for £2.00!
AnonyMouse_13789 Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 Cooking eggs in different ways to compare the...my class loved seeing how different the parts of the eggs looked. Construction - can you build a wall strong enough and wide enough to hold a boiled egg?
Guest Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 You could also ask the children what they want to do, might not be Humpty at all but ' where does an egg come from' ' what do hens eat' and how soft is a baby chick?
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