STORYTIME PLAN
Theme: Mothers/Carers & Spring Date: 31st March 2011
Title of Book/Song / Highlighted Skill(s) / Materials / Activity DescriptionMonkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson and Axel Sheffler / · CLL
Listen to stories with increasing attention and recall.
Join in with repeated refrains
Suggest how the story might end.
(40-60) Sustain attentive listening responding to what they have heard with relevant comments, questions or actions.
Hear and say the initial sound in words and know which letters represent some of the sounds.
· KUW
Express feelings about a significant personal event.
/ Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson and Axel Sheffler
· Billy Cat
· Story props: N o no no sign; butterfly, caterpillar, elephant, monkey, parrot, frog, bat, spider, snake.
· N card
· P card and pirate/plate
· S card and sock/ / Focus activity to help children concentrate – breathing, paint body and stretches, copy my face, relax.
Hello Red Group Song
Days of the week song (Adams Fam Click)
Calendar
Billy and listening.
Recap sounds S and P with props and letter cards.
Introduce N card and sounds, aeroplane nnnn, nose, nod, neck, no.
Story where someone says no a lot!
Read story: hold up ‘no’ card everytime, encourage children to join in, predict animal etc.
Someone at end to be monkey’s mum – all hug themselves. How would they feel if they lost their grown up. People who look after us are v impt, give them a big hug next time you see them and think how sad you’d be if you lost them!
Walking through the Jungle – choose animal from story.
Monkeys Jumping On the Bed
Songs:
Hello Red Group, Days of the Week, Walking through the Jungle, / · PSED form friendships with others. CD / CLL Build a repertoire of songs. / · / Singing.
Thinking of sounds and actions / expressions for songs.
Home connection 1 / · CLL Initiate conversation, attend to and take account of what others say. / Talk to their grown ups about their day. Tell them something that made them feel happy at nursery and ask about something which made their grown up feel happy.