Hi everyone,
'The Shopping Basket' by John Burningham is another one of my favourites and lends it's self to healthy eating, conversations about bullying, money, knowledge about our locality and has a surprise for Steven round every corner.
Learning Ideas
Communication and Language
Re-tell the story from the beginning using just the pictures.
Role-play going to the shop and buying some food.
Research one of your favourite animals/foods from the story and give a 1 minute presentation.
Pretend you are trying to explain to Steven's mother why it took you so long to go to the shops and where all the shopping went.
Physical Development
Why is it important to buy healthy food to eat? What will happen if we have doughnuts and crisps for tea/dinner every day? What healthy changes can we make? What is your favourite food?
Move like an animal.
Using an effective pencil grip while writing and drawing.
When children are first starting out with scissors they can find regular scissors difficult to use, especially with the closing AND opening action. They tend to use them like sheers to snip the paper. I like to use squeeze scissors like these ones from Easi-Grip as once they have developed their hand strength they can move onto regular scissors.
Personal Social Emotional Development
How do you think Steven felt when he came across each animal? Do you think Steven was scared of the animals? Do you think Steven had a plan up his sleeve?
Build word power by encouraging children to use words other than happy/sad. e.g worried, upset, downhearted, miserable, dejected, cross, ecstatic, cheerful, merry, jolly, delighted, etc.
What should you do if someone demands something that is yours? What should you do? Who should you get help from? Who could you talk to about it?
Reading
Simple CVC drawings. Ask children to draw a picture of one of the animals but you need to use one of the words to change your picture. These could be written or printed on to flashcards. Can you draw a picture of a kangaroo but it should be "r-e-d"?, or a pig with long £l-e-g-s", or perhaps a monkey with a big "b-u-m"!
Predict what you think might happen the next time Steven goes to the shops? Can you make up your own story of going to the shops in the style of the book? Which animals will you meet?
Writing
Write a shopping list of all the things Steven had to buy.
Can you write a shopping list for this weeks shop when you go to the supermarket? What are necessities and what are treats?
Draw a picture of our favourite animal and write its name using phonetic knowledge. Remember in Nursery we aren't looking for spelling to be correct, mark-making is fine. If we are working with a Reception child then we would be hoping for a phonically plausible attempt to name the monkey e.g. "m-u-n-k-i"
Numbers
Make a list of all the thinks that Steven had to buy and their quantities. Can you count all the things up? How many things did Steven need to get from the shop?
How much do you think things will cost at the shop?
Go on a trip to the shop and write down the numbers (Prices) of the things you are going to buy.
What other numbers can you see in the supermarket?
Shape Space and Measures
What was the order of the thing that Steven needed to buy at the shop? Can you remember them?
Place a group of 5-10 objects on a tray and cover it with a cloth. Secretly take one away and uncover the tray. Can the children say which object is missing? Try with more objects or taking away two things at a time.
Understanding of the World
Used in combination with the animal research task talked about earlier, using the computer together can be a good introduction to the fact that a computer and/or iPad can be used to retrieve information.
Where do eggs come from? How about bananas, apples, oranges, doughnuts, crisps? research where they come from and how they might be made.
Taste test some fruit that you have not had before. What does it taste like? Pineapple, Kiwi, Starfruit, Persimmon, Lyche, etc.
Make your own doughnuts. Follow this link to a recipe from Binging with Babish.
Expressive Arts and Design
Make salt-dough animals and cook them. Paint them afterwards to finish them off. (Play-dough animals will be just as good.)
Make animals mask from paper plates.
Set up your own play shop and let the children explore this role-play opportunity. Playing with money and real-life food.
Have a lovely week,
Big Fox
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