Birthday Build Up
Episode 56 Planet: Self
Learning concept of the episode: Excitement is good and fun, but must also be managed correctly. Controlling ourselves and being patient prevents us from annoying others around us as well as wearing ourselves out.
Story Summary
Bing and Bong arrive on the Planet of Self for Bong’s birthday party. Bing shows Bong a huge present that makes Bong hyper all day. Bing is trying to set up for the party, but Bong is very excited and can’t even sit still. Bing tries to get Bong to take a nap but it does not work. Bong aggravates Bing by making a mess while Bing tries to decorate with streamers and then Bong explodes a party blower in Bing’s face. Bing keeps Bong busy by demonstrating how to make part hats. By the time Bing finishes, everything is ready and Bong can open presents – an Adventure Bong Playground.
Focus Early Learning Goal
Personal, Social and Emotional Development 6: Have a developing respect for their own cultures and those beliefs of others.
Linked ELGs
KU8, KU11, PSE11, CLL7
Preparation
- Watch the Tiny Planets episode
- Read the Tiny Planets book
- Talk about what Bing and Bong did in the story.
- Choose the day of someone’s birthday
Talk about…..
- Ways of celebrating a birthday
- Birthday parties
- How to behave when having fun so as not to upset others
Focus Activity (see overleaf)
Hats and streamers for a party
Follow-on Activities
- Party games – musical chairs, sleeping lions
- Make a birthday chart – train, tree or flower – with photos of the children
- Dress up for a fancy dress party
Hats and streamers for a party
Aim
To prepare for a birthday party by making hats and streamers.
To have a birthday tea (at snack time)
Resources
- Thin card (some already cut as 25cm diameter circles with a quarter cut out)
- Collage materials to decorate the hats – glitter, sequins etc
- Crepe paper or tissue paper to be cut in strips for streamers
- Coloured pens or crayons
- Glue and spatulas
- Scissors and sticky tape
Guidelines
- Present the materials in an attractive way to be accessible to children
- Older or more able children may design a more complex style of hat
Key Vocabulary
Colours and shapes, happy, birthday, other feelings
Health & Safety
Provide children with scissors that cut well but are not sharp at the ends.
Keep glitter under control in shakers to reduce the risk of it getting in eyes.
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