Blog by Tag: Speaking and Listening
The Scarecrow who didn't scare
As part of our harvest celebrations, we have been reading different harvest themed stories. The children have enjoyed retelling the story of The Scarecrow who didn't scare, using different props to help them. They are able to use the repetitive lanaguage from the traditional tale of The Little…
Category: Ducklings
Speaking and Listening retelling story
Working together to create patterns
We have been working with our talking partners this week to discuss patterns. We have discussed which objects to select to make our patterns and organised our patterns together, discussing errors and making changes when needed. Talking about the decisions we have made in front of the class is a…
Category: Ducklings
maths Speaking and Listening communication
Making animal homes
Can you make a home for an animal? What will it need to stay safe and dry? What would be the best materials to use? Our children are very busy working together to make suitable homes for a range of farm animals.
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How does it feel?
The Ducklings have been using their sense of touch to explore and describe how different objects feel.
"The grass feels tickly and soft!"
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countdown Speaking and Listening senses Understanding the World
Our sense of taste
This week we have been exploring our sense of taste through trying different foods. We have explored salty, sweet, spicy, bitter and sour foods and discussed our preferences. Some foods made our taste buds 'calm' and some made them 'tingly'!
Category: Ducklings
science Speaking and Listening
Musical Instruments using hearing
Little Chicks have been using one of their five senses, hearing to identify a musical instrument. Mrs Stock had a bag of instruments and the same instruments on display, Little Chicks took turns to identify the sound, closing their eyes and using their ears to listen, then identify the musical…
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Speaking and Listening senses instruments
Hearing one of the five senses
Little Chicks have been looking at the sense of hearing. We listened to sounds indoors and outdoors we took turns at circle time to listen for a sound.
Miss Taylor "What can you hear?"
Hunter "The toilet flush and talking."
Henry "The tap, talking."
Rex "An aeroplane."
Ben "A…
Category: Little Chicks
2D and 3D shapes
The children have our work on 2D and 3D shapes this week. They have been busy doing lots of sorting, noticing, naming, talking about properties and using mathematical vocabulary.
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Working together on our own interests
It has been so wonderful to observe many of the children come together and initiate their own learning this week. Each day a team of Ducklings have planned, communicated with one another beautifully and built a fantastic (and very colourful!) dinosaur land.
Such purposeful and busy building.…
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DT Speaking and Listening communication PSED
Fleetwood Town PE
Little Chicks this term will have a weekly session with Fleetwood Town this week their coach was Kirean. He introduced a game called Jungle.
Kirean used cones to represent animals of the jungle.
Trees (white cone)
Lions (red cone)
Tigers (orange cone)
Snakes…
Category: Little Chicks
Speaking and Listening Physical development follow instruction
Letters X and Y
Little Chicks are learning the letter X and Y they find objects beginning with X and Y write on the white boards words beginning with X and Y, learn the jolly X and Y song and join Captain Seasalt on Treasure island listening for words beginning with X and Y.
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writing phonics Speaking and Listening Singing
Letter of the week W
Little Chicks are learning the letter W they find objects beginning with W, write on the white boards words beginning with W, learn the jolly W song and join Captain Seasalt on Treasure island listening for words beginning with W.
Played the W Word game, listenend tfor words beginning with…
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