The Very Helpful Hedgehog

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Choose which poem works best for your class (perhaps just ask children to learn the first verse of Three Little Kittens if you choose that one). Introduce on Monday by reading and discussing and sending a copy of the words home ( see resources) Make a Leaf Hedgehog - A fab creative task, this hedgehog activity is great for early years aims in expressive arts and design. Children can explore a new medium, and have fun outside gathering materials. Help children differentiate between the emergency services and other local and community jobs. Discuss children’s understanding and experiences of ambulance/ fire/ police/ rescue services. Read Don't Hog the Hedge together - This lovely Twinkl Original is a sweet story to use with your children in a literacy topic. It's a sweet story to help children learn about hibernation and think about sharing. Find a read-a-long video for this story below. Older nursery children will practise writing their names by developing an effective pencil grip, learning the letter sounds s, a and try reading and writing them.

The Very Helpful Hedgehog – HarperCollins

Perfect for a seasonal topic in the autumn, you can walk children through the changing seasons with these hedgehog activities. For early years, hedgehog activities are a great way to get kids engaged and thinking about the environment around them. They can work on their understanding the world goals, learning about scientific ideas and nature. What Hedgehog Activities Can I Use? Read Dog Eat Dog. How do you think the mum would have felt about her kitchen being messed up? What about the dad when he realises his lettuces have been eaten?! What do you do if someone messes your stuff up? Discuss hurt feelings and being upset, and how we cope with these emotions: forgiveness, making up, saying you still love someone. Reread Dog Eat Dog. Which animal was the first to do something bad? Discuss ideas with a partner. And can you say what that animal did wrong? Repeat for next animal and their misdemeanour. Share sequence ideas.Armistice Day: A Collection of Remembrance - Spark Interest and Educate Children about Historical Moments Communication, Language and Literacy: Our new nursery children will be continuing to recognise their names, respond to simple instructions, make more meaningful and controlled marks and participate in phonics phase 1 activities.

The Very Helpful Hedgehog - Rosie Wellesley

Share The Very Helpful Hedgehog. What helpful and kind things do Donkey and Isaac do for each other? What kind things do people at home do for you? How do we show people that we are grateful to them? Gather ideas: give a hug, say thank you, do something helpful in return (like Isaac does). Hello Yellow - 80 Books to Help Children Nurture Good Mental Health and Support With Anxiety and Wellbeing -Hedgehogs hunt for insects, eggs, frogs and even small mice to eat, but they don't use their eyes. They rely on their sense of hearing and smell to find their food because their eyesight isn't very good. Expressive Art and Design: Painting their own self-portraits to think about how we are all special and decorating Elmer the elephant with different resources of their own choice.

Wide-Awake Hedgehog by Rosie Wellesley (9781843653097 Wide-Awake Hedgehog by Rosie Wellesley (9781843653097

Rosie Wellesley was born in London but grew up in Morocco, Pakistan and the west country. She studied as an undergraduate at L'ecole des Beaux Arts in Aix en Provence and at the Ruskin school of Drawing and Fine Art in Oxford. Last year she graduated from the postgraduate diploma at Prince's School of Drawing in London. She now lives and works in East London. Build a Hedgehog Hotel - Ideal for a home or setting with some garden space. This exciting activity gets children hands on outside, building a space that hedgehogs can use. It doesn't just teach them about looking after the environment, they can also use maths, teamwork and problem-solving skills to name a few!Super sweet and charming!! Though the moral of "helping others" is often featured in kids books, this is by far one of the better showings of it I've come across. Physical Development: Using malleable materials e.g. play dough, play outdoors and take part in physical challenges and threading reels to make different patterns.