Nursery World - The Ugly Duckling

Encourage children's interest in numbers and counting with this display based on a traditional story, says Sue Wise Planned learning intentions

Planned learning intentions

To show an interest in numbers and counting

To willingly attempt to count, with some numbers in the correct order Resources

* Green, black and pink paper * white card * clear plastic * dark green border roll * newspaper * green foil * yellow and white feathers * sticks * brown felt * egg shells Step by step

* Tell or read the story of The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen (see The Hutchinson Treasury of Fairy Tales, 19.99) and introduce the words 'duck', 'duckling', 'swan' and 'cygnet'.

* Suggest working together to make a large picture of the story. Back a low display board with green paper surrounded by a dark green border. Create a pond from clear plastic and add green foil 'pond plants'. Make bulrushes from sticks with brown felt rolled around the top and staple to the edge of the pond.

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