Nursery World - Noah's Ark (1)

The children at Cockfield Primary school nursery class enjoyed the story of Noah's Ark so much that they decided to make a display about it, says Judith Cowley. Planned learning intentions

Planned learning intentions

To talk about, recognise and recreate simple patterns

To look closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change

To explore colour, texture, shape, form and space in two or three dimensions

Resources

Illustrated version of the Noah's Ark story, such as Noah's Ark by Jane Ray (Orchard Paperbacks) * pictures of animals * small world animals * model ark * coloured backing paper * contrasting border roll and matching coloured paper * paint * brushes * computer * printer * digital camera

Step by step

* Read the story of Noah's Ark to the children and re-enact it using small- world animals and a model ark. Encourage them to look for similarities and differences between the creatures by comparing their features.

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