Author: LFT1

Communication and Language:
Discuss the significance of Remembrance Sunday,
Think of questions to ask visitors to share their experiences of different festivals,
Retell festival stories e.g. Diwali with puppets and small world toys,
Talk to a friend on the phone and invite them to a party.

Personal, Social and Emotional Development:
Play “inside-out” – saying something nice about a chosen child.
Dress up in special clothes,
Discuss “poppy day”,
Circle time –discuss celebrating different festivals – food, clothes, presents, music, routines etc,
Share food made for celebrations.
Introduce different customs through stories and books etc.
Role play parts of festivals e.g. getting married, giving presents out
Sharing food
Talk about favourite colours and things that are special

Physical Development:
Explore dynamics of travelling,
Respond to music from various festivals,
Make plates of dough food for special occasions
Make junk models e.g. menorahs for Hanukah, Talk about healthy practices,
Use a range of resources in junk modeling e.g leaves, pasta,
Develop our fine motor skills doing things like painting outside using large brushes, chalking round lines, digging and planting seeds and bulbs, threading beads.

Expressive Arts and Design:
Explore colours throughout a variety of objects, both commercial and natural – leaves, and sequins
Learn names to different colours
Mix colours using a palate
Talk about lighter and darker shades
Use a variety of media to create pictures
Make poppies
Make musical patterns
Make collages on paper plates of food for special occasions
Sing various Xmas songs and carols
Make celebration cards
Role play in the the Bonfire Night Stall, Party area.
Use clay to make diva lamps

CHALLENGE
Can we make a huge weeping Poppy display?

Early Years
Autumn 2nd Half
Celebrations

Understanding the World:
Find out about how festivals are celebrated though stories and books,
Talk about a festival you have celebrated at home,
Make sweets for Diwali,
Learn about the true meaning of Christmas
Cook potato latkes,
Bake shortbread snowmen/stars for Xmas,
Plant some bulbs in the outdoor play area planters and watch them change.

ENTRY POINT
Paint and decorate your own Humpty Dumpty.

EVENTS/ VISITS
Christmas

Mathematics:
Shape print wrapping paper presents
Look at shapes in Temples
Design rangoli patterns
Make paper chain decorations in a pattern
Order numbers to 20
Counting place settings, spoons, menus etc
Problem solving e.g. how many plates for 4 people
Fill bags, socks, containers with sand and use language such as full/empty
Use language adding and subtraction in play
Sorting different coloured objects into sets
Act out different numbers e.g. 4 claps, 8 jumps

Understanding of the World
Watch/ listen to different nursery rhymes using a CD plauer/ Ipad/ projector etc.
Listen to different nursery rhymes from around the world. How do they compare?

Literacy:
Make books in diwa shapes
Find out about festivals though books
Look at non-fiction books about festivals
Compose party invitations using ICT
Make shopping lists for ingredients
Learn to read cvc and cvcc words
Write a letter to Santa
To write our own version of the Christmas story.