On parade
ADULT-LED
Organise a mask-making activity to start a focus on African animals.
Planned learning intentions
To encourage children to explore colour, texture and shape
To find out about and identify some feature of living things
Adult:child ratio 1:4
Resources
Paper plates; garden sticks; masking tape; markers; paint; brushes; glue; scissors; materials to decorate masks, including construction paper, tissue paper, foil, pipe cleaners, feathers, pompoms, and yarn or string; shakers and tambourines or recordings of music such as Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Sa ns; pictures of safari animals from magazines; books about African animals; video or CD of safari animals; small-world safari animals, Nursery Topics poster
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