Mad About Minibeasts!

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On second listening, encourage the children to retell the story using the props to help with the story sequence. They must not be used for commercial purposes and you are not permitted to redistribute them in any way.

If you have a lesson plan or activity that has worked well in your early years setting and you would like to share it with other practitioners then please get in touch, we’d love to hear from you. Two activity plans are laid out in detail for each area, and there is a book list to accompany the topic.

Looking at minibeasts provides opportunities to learn about how we care for other creatures and for our environment, as well as plenty of counting and sequencing activities.

We also talked about having the correct protective clothing when using each tool such as googles or safety gloves. A wide range of fully differentiated resources and planning around the popular book “Mad about Minibeasts”.Once upon a garden time… To hold attention and help engage the children you can show pictures, images puppets or toys to represent Susie and the birds, flowers, trees, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly, jar, twigs, lettuce, leaves etc. This resource could be used to introduce new habitats and show how animals and plants exist in different environments. Early Learning HQ is home to thousands of primary school / early years teaching resources, some of which are completely free to download. David began his illustration career by creating the Pigs Might Fly and Flux Deluxe greetings cards ranges and then illustrated the very popular and successful picture book series that began with Rumble In The Jungle, written by Giles Andreae.

The site was created a few years back with the aim of becoming a high quality sparklebox alternative - helping teachers and parents to create exciting and inspiring learning environments for young children. It also suitable for teaching KS1 in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland and 1st level in Scotland.A Cuddle For Claude was nominated for the Sheffield Book Award and Claude is now the subject of a popular animated TV series. He has won the Federation of Children's Book Award and the Book Trust Early Years Award, but he is probably most famous as the creator of the phenomenally successful Purple Ronnie, Britain's favourite stickman. This successful author/illustrator pairing won the picture book section of the Children's Book Award with The Lion Who Wanted To Love. She then invites the children to think about the minibeasts which don’t make a sound - worms, butterflies, spiders, slugs and snails - and to think about how they move. You are permitted to print, display, alter, transform or add to the digital version of the resource as long as it is not for commercial purposes.