Active Learning
English Reception/Year 1 Spring Repeating Patterns
African Adventure
Teach the children, then some may enjoy Exploring and Playing while you lead Group Learning.
Going on a Lion Hunt (suggested as 5 days)
Group Learning
Exploring and Playing
- Animal book nook
- Question time!
- We're going on a lion hunt
- Lion portraits
You Will Need
Essential Text
We’re Going on a Lion Hunt by David Axtell
The Rains in Africa (suggested as 5 days)
Active Learning
Group Learning
Exploring and Playing
- Book vlogs
- How many legs?
- Rain dance
- African landscapes
You Will Need
Essential Text
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema
Optional Texts
We're Going on a Lion Hunt by David Axtell
We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
We All Went on Safari by Laurie Krebs
Handa’s Surprise by Eileen Browne
Handa’s Hen by Eileen Browne
Group Reader
No Thank You by Ruth Merttens
Group Readers
No Thank You
Children will enjoy the humour of this bright and engaging book. Bobo and Muna want to feed the animals but they get a little muddled up, luckily the animals solve the problem and get their dinner in the end.
Finding Handa's Hen (suggested as 5 days)
Active Learning
Group Learning
Exploring and Playing
- Locating African animals
- Construction
- Small world
- Paint in numbers
You Will Need
Essential Text
Handa’s Hen by Eileen Browne
Optional Text
Handa’s Surprise by Eileen Browne