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In the Tall, Tall Grass
Learning journey for Nursery
And Reception
Some books we will be reading:
What’s creepy and crawly? Claire
Llewellyn
Are you a spider? Judy Allen
Caterpillar to butterfly. Ally Hewitt
Bringing the rain to Kapiti plain. Verna
Aardema
Handa’s hen and Handa’s surprise.
Eileen Browne
The Little Red Hen and the Grain of
wheat. LR Jago
Some key questions we
hope to answer:
How does it feel to be in tall
grass?
What can you find in grass?
How is Handa’s environment
different from ours?
How do fruits and vegetables
grow?
Can we hatch chicks from eggs?
We will be growing lots of
What do guinea pigs eat?
plants.
You can look at the fruit
and vegetables in the
supermarkets, where do
Remember to read many
stories to your children when
ever you can.
they come from?
When you eat them, see if
they have seeds inside.
Maybe you could plant
some of these seeds and tell
us if they grow
Key vocabulary
We will celebrate this learning journey with an Ugly Bug Ball
Parts of a mini beast: thorax,
abdomen, antennae, legs, shell,
wings.
Parts of a plant: stem, roots,
leaves, flower, and nectar.
The word mini beast is a term for
a wide variety of arthropods and
Caterpillars: chrysalis, hatch,
larva, pupa.
We will look at the art of Henri
other invertebrates, including
Adult and baby names e.g. Sheep
Rousseau and develop our own
spiders, ants, butterflies, snails,
and lamb
‘Tall, Tall Grass’ designs,
beetles etc..
Chick hatching: egg, shell, yolk,
incubator, warmth, temperature.
influenced by his lines and use of
colour.
Please remember to dress appropriately, we will be going on mini beast hunts and
planting seeds in soil, so may well become a bit dirty!