Egg-stra Large

Episode 8                                                                             Planet: Nature

Learning concept of the episode: Larger birds lay larger eggs and smaller birds lay smaller eggs.

Story Summary

As Bing and Bong stroll along the Tiny Planet of Nature, they encounter a family of small Flockers sitting on their nests. They watch as the small Flockers chicks begin to hatch. Further along their stroll, they encounter a family of larger Flockers and they also watch as the Flocker’s chicks hatch. When they encounter a giant Flocker egg at the top of a hill, Bing quickly figures out that there must be a giant parent Flocker close by. Sure enough, the parent returns just as the giant Flocker chick is hatched and Bing and Bong tiptoe away un-noticed.

Focus Early Learning Goal

Mathematical Development 11: Use language such as ‘circle’ or ‘bigger’ to describe the shape and size of solid and flat shapes.

Linked ELGs

CLL1, CLL8, CLL13, M4, KU2,

Preparation

• Watch the Tiny Planets episode 
• Talk about what Bing and Bong did in the story

Talk about…..

• Eggs, different types, different sizes and colour
• Different animals that lay eggs
• How eggs hatch
• What did Bing and Bong discover?

Focus Activity

Bing and Bong’s Egg-stravagansa (see overleaf)

Follow-on Activities

• Have an incubator in the room to incubate eggs or go to see them at a local farm
• Decorate eggs or pictures of eggs (if using eggs hard boil them)
• Look at other types of eggs e.g. frogs and toads
• Look at other animals that lay eggs e.g. crocodiles etc. Play a game - eggs or no eggs. Using pictures of animals sort the animals into groups of who does and doesn’t lay eggs
• Encourage children to retell the story

Bing and Bong’s Egg-stravagansa

Aim

For the children to look at size and relate it to the natural world

Resources

• Eggs, different sizes if possible or pictures of eggs in books. Include wild birds that are very small, hen’s eggs and ostrich eggs. Have pictures of the birds so that they can compare
• Cut outs of various size eggs from card and cut outs of chicks that fit exactly into the egg cut out
• Rulers
• Follow up work sheet (optional)

Guidelines

• Let the children look at examples of eggs, different kinds if possible, or let them look at pictures in books or encyclopedia.
• Mix up the different eggs and chicks and play a game where the children are to match the ones that are the same size. Have some that are very similar and ask the children to use a ruler to measure them
• Let them repeat the activity individually.
• Make a worksheet for them to follow up the activity with. Have pictures of different sized eggs and chicks and ask the children to draw a line to link the two that match (optional)

Key Vocabulary

Size, bigger, smaller, same as, equal to

 Health & Safety

If using real eggs, ensure that the children handle them carefully and wash their hands afterwards.