Favourite Stories	Book 1	Book 2
Text	We’re Going on a Bear Hunt	The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Unit Title	Animals in Stories and in the Environment
Engage/Hooks	Ice, clay, Hide and Seek	Duckling eggs to observe hatching
Additional Experiences	Librarians to visit	Visit to the Library
Outcomes (including published work)	Learning environment to reflect the story settings	Learning environment to reflect the story settings

 

Areas of Learning	EYFS Skills	Activities
Personal, Social and Emotional Development	To be a confident communicator and to make friends. To enjoy being responsible for my things.	To play in a group to tell the story by extending and elaborating play ideas To learn how to be tidy and put their things in the right places
Communication and Language	Listening and attention   Carpet skills Joining in with repeated refrains MTYT and speaking in whole sentences. Share Sustained Thinking.	To listen to stories with increasing attention and recall. To listen carefully to instructions Use positional language. RWI listening activities Show and Tell Review time
Physical Development	Turning pages by the corners Adding details to lines and circles using gross and fine motor skills Strengthening the dominant hand for writing. Using scissors. Beginning to show self-care in toileting and putting their coat on independently.	Daily writing challenges. Mark-making in and outside Finger-gym Playdough Disco Scissor skills and cutting challenges. Adults to model wiping nose, washing hands and flushing toilet. Children taught how to put on their coat independently
Literacy	Looks at books independently Holding a book, the right way up and tracking text top to bottom, left to right. Listens and joins in with stories Distinguishes between different marks they make.	Daily rhymes and story time. Adults to model enjoyment and use of books. Mark-making challenges. Pencil grip support and name writing cards.
Maths	Maths Meetings and Maths Mastery Using number language and number names in play The stable order principle, counting to 10/20 Correspondence principle- 1-1 Looking at pattern and early number up to 5	Continuing with early number. Measure, comparing size and weight. Thinking about full, empty and half-full. Grocer’s shop so we can buy and sort food for the caterpillar. Adults to model how to count and to finger match items to find the total. Number songs Symmetry Copying patterns and repeating patterns. Creating symmetrical patterns
Understanding the world	Looking for colours in the environment Talking about themselves, their families and their traditions at Easter time	Life cycles Natural changes outside in the environment Talking about the weather. Looking for signs of Spring.
RE	Learning about special times of the year, Easter.	Easter celebrations Looking after animals, creatures and the environment.
Expressive arts and design	Exploring colour and texture of bears and the animals in the stories. How to change colour or texture.	Drawings Paintings and colour mixing Collages Pattern making