Inspiring children's imaginative speaking and listening
This week, we have
focussed on inspiring children to extend their imaginative speaking and listening skills
through providing ‘magical’ opportunities and experiences.
We read a book called "The Blue Balloon" by Mick Inkpen and thought about where our balloons would take us. Some of the children's ideas were:
"Into the mud with the crocodiles"
"Through the jungle with cheeky monkeys and mean dinosaurs."
"My balloon would take me to a party with all my friends."
"My balloon would take me to space to meet some aliens."
We made some magical mixtures using vinegar and bicarbonate of soda and were very excited to see what happened when the ingredients reacted.
We read a story called The Magic Bed by John Burningham
We wrote labels for our bottles
"My magic will be beautiful . Its going to be good and make stars!"
"I'm using water and fairy dust. I'm going to make a magic potion. Abracadara...make me a rainbow unicorn."
We used the language of capacity, thinking about whether our bottles were full, half full or empty, as well as developing fine motor skills by using pipettes to fill our bottles.
We read a story called The Magic Bed by John Burningham
We thought about where a magic carpet might take us and described the animals we saw, the noises they made, the land around us and how it felt to be there.
We made up our own stories using a story box.
"Once upon a time, the pirates looked for treasure, they sailed across the sea. They met a whale. "Let's be friends" said the whale. The crabs chased away the pirate and the whale. They find the treasure...1,2,3,4,5,6,7 jewels, and go home and take it to see mummy and daddy."
We looked inside small secret bags and boxes to discover what was inside. We thought about who might use these special objects and what they might do with them.
