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Winter Warm Ups
Episode 5 Planet: Nature
Learning concept of the episode: Dressing appropriately for the weather
Story Summary
On the Tiny Planet of Nature, Bing and Bong find themselves in a snowy landscape and so they dress themselves in warm clothing. When they come upon a group of tiny, shivering locals, Bing unravels a scarf and knits tiny hats for them all as a result of learning the importance of dressing warmly in the cold.
Focus Early Learning Goal
Personal, Social and Emotional Development 11: Dress and Undress independently and manage their own personal hygiene.
Linked ELGs
PSE5, CLL7, CLL8, KU1, KU9, P6
Preparation
- Watch the Tiny Planets episode
- Talk about what Bing and Bong did in the story
Talk about…..
- Ways we can keep warm
- Clothes we need to wear dependent upon the weather
- How Bing helped the Locals
- Dressing and undressing
Focus Activity
Wrapping up warm (see overleaf)
Follow-on Activities
- Putting on hats, coats, gloves etc.
- Put warm clothes in the role play areas indoors and outdoors
- Turn the life experience area into a winter clothes shop
- Others ways of keeping warm; jumping, flapping arms etc. and look at our red faces
Wrapping Up Warm
Aim
To increase the awareness of how we should dress dependent depending on the weather.
Resources
- Various items of clothes to fit either a doll, teddy bear or child. To include clothes for summer and winter
- A4 paper with an outline of a person drawn onto it
- Various collage materials including, fleece, wool, warm fabrics
- Scissors
- Glue
Guidelines
- Discuss with the children how we dress for different weather.
- Ask the children to dress a doll/bear or choose a child for different types of weather.
- Give each child a piece of paper with a person drawn onto it. Ask them to choose suitable collage materials to “dress” the person for winter.
- Use the people to form a winter clothes display.
Key Vocabulary
Cold, warm, clothes, material, snow, frost, wind, hat, scarf, gloves, wool
Health & Safety
Ensure the children are aware of the dangers of putting things around their necks if playing with the scarves.
Provide scissors that can cut easily but do not have a sharp end.
Ensure glue is non toxic.
