This week we have enjoyed life cycles as a topic. Activities we have done include, alongside other child initiated activities:

• learning about the life cycle of a butterfly
• did butterfly painting
• created mini life cycle pictures of a butterfly
• read the story the hungry caterpillar
• learning about the life cycle of a frog
• made life cycle of a frog headbands
• made handprint frog pictures
• created mini life cycle pictures of a frog
• learning about the life cycle of chickens and ducks
• made handprint duck pictures
• made paper plate chicks
• made mini life cycle pictures of chicken
• watched a video of chickens hatching out of eggs
• learnt about the life cycle of a plant
• planted seeds in individual pots
• made flower pictures
• learnt about humans grow up
• jolly phonic songs and singing nursery rhymes
• music, movement and action songs

Please see the links below for home learning ideas related to our topic.

For further home learning ideas you can look back through the previous weeks to find more ideas of things you can do at home.

Best wishes, Julia, Claire, Hannah, Lisa and Adam


Home Learning Activities
Butterfly Life Cycyle
Plant Life Cycyle