Planning for Learning through Minibeasts

Rachel Sparks Linfield · Penny Coltman

Aug 2012 · Andrews UK Limited

About this ebook

Plan for six weeks of learning covering all six areas of learning and development of the EYFS through the topic of minibeasts. The Planning for Learning series is a series of topic books written around the Early Years Foundation Stage designed to make planning easy. This book takes you through six weeks of activities on the theme of insects. Each activity is linked to a specific Early Learning Goal, and the book contains a skills overview so that practitioners can keep track of which areas of learning and development they are promoting. This book also includes a photocopiable page to give to parents with ideas for them to get involved with their children's topic, as well as ideas for bringing the six weeks of learning together.The weekly themes in this book cover activities such as a minibeast walk, make fridge magnet spiders, play the bee game and then bring it all together in a special 'minibeast world' event for friends and family!

About the author

Rachel Sparks Linfield has worked in education for over 25 years, teaching across the Foundation Stage, Key Stages 1 and 2 and in higher education at both the University of Cambridge and Leeds Metropolitan University. She has written a wide range of articles and books for early years practitioners and non-fiction texts for children. Penny Coltman accumulated wide experience throughout the range of early years education as a teacher and freelance consultant before engaging in initial teacher training. She has written widely for a number of educational publishers notably BBC worldwide, including a range of science and mathematics DVD resources for use on Interactive Whiteboards, and worked with a major company to produce two award winning practical resources which support the teaching of early mathematics. Penny’s current particular focus explores the extent to which encouraging classroom talk can support self regulated learning. Penny is the co-ordinator of the East Anglian regional Cambridge Primary Review Network which aims to to support and disseminate the work of teachers, researchers, teacher educators and others who wish to explore and build upon the ideas, findings and proposals of the Cambridge Primary Review, the most comprehensive enquiry into English primary education since the 1960s.