ON THE LIST
Range of fiction and non-fiction texts
Fabric
Tarpaulins
String
Pegs
Paper, pencils and clipboard
Masking tape
Binoculars
Materials to make own binoculars
Image cards as visual prompts
Camera
THEME
We decided to create a bird-watching resource box because one of the children in class started to talk about all of the different types of birds that she had seen on her way to nursery. Through discussion and as her interest grew, we extended our planning using a PLOD (Possible Lines of Development) to enrich the curriculum with varied learning opportunities – both indoors and outdoors.
CHOICE
We provided the children with a varied assortment of resources including fabric, tarpaulins, string, tape and pegs so that they could physically construct their own den/bird hide. The provision of both fictional and non-fiction texts, books and stories promoted discussion between the adults and children and enabled practitioners to model subject-specific language and vocabulary to support and extend children’s subject knowledge.
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