Nursery World - Paws for thought (1)

This week's cat-inspired activities from Andrea Durrant include playing at vets; discovering lions, tigers and other big cats; an unusual song; and counting children with pets Activity 1

Activity 1

Cat care

Role play a veterinary surgery.

Planned learning intentions

To show care and concern for others

To take turns and share

To find out about some features of living things

Adult to child ratio: 1:6

Resources

Role-play equipment for a veterinary surgery such as telephone, tables, chairs, toy cats, paper, pencil.

Step by step

* Organise a trip to a cat sanctuary or veterinary surgery. If this proves to be impractical arrange for a vet or veterinary nurse to visit the classroom.

* Ask the vet/nurse to explain how the surgery operates, outline the various routines, describe the jobs that need to be carried out and explain why animals, cats in particular, would need to visit the surgery.

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