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    What themes/topics/activities are you planning to do in January and February, looking for inspiration for when I return to work next week!

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    I'm going to be looking at winter.

    Wintry walks/ feeding birds- making bird feeders/ artic & antarctic / hoping for snow / snow painting / ice investigation-science etc / keeping warm and healthy.

    There are nice books about winter, I particularly like 'William's winter wish' and Percy the Park Keepers 'One snowy night' .

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    Quote Originally Posted by loocyloo View Post
    I'm going to be looking at winter.

    Wintry walks/ feeding birds- making bird feeders/ artic & antarctic / hoping for snow / snow painting / ice investigation-science etc / keeping warm and healthy.

    There are nice books about winter, I particularly like 'William's winter wish' and Percy the Park Keepers 'One snowy night' .
    Thanks loocy loo, this all sounds lovely :-)

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    We were going to do a winter theme, but the weather doesn't seem right for it at the moment! I'll hold out a bit and wait for snow/ice before we do our winter activities.

    For now we're going to do a theme around a book although I haven't decided which one yet! This week I'm going to read a few to the children, see which one they seem to enjoy most, then base our theme around that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mouse View Post
    We were going to do a winter theme, but the weather doesn't seem right for it at the moment! I'll hold out a bit and wait for snow/ice before we do our winter activities.

    For now we're going to do a theme around a book although I haven't decided which one yet! This week I'm going to read a few to the children, see which one they seem to enjoy most, then base our theme around that.
    I agree .. it's rather mild! ... maybe do ' weather ' as a theme.

    I also do a book theme each month... Tim Hopgood 's wonderful world is simply wonderful! Gorgeous illustrations and a cd of Louis Armstrong to listen to! I link it to all about and looking after our world.

    What a Wonderful World Book and CD: Amazon.co.uk: Bob Thiele, George David Weiss, Tim Hopgood: 9780192736918: Books

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    Quote Originally Posted by loocyloo View Post
    I agree .. it's rather mild! ... maybe do ' weather ' as a theme.

    I also do a book theme each month... Tim Hopgood 's wonderful world is simply wonderful! Gorgeous illustrations and a cd of Louis Armstrong to listen to! I link it to all about and looking after our world.

    What a Wonderful World Book and CD: Amazon.co.uk: Bob Thiele, George David Weiss, Tim Hopgood: 9780192736918: Books
    What a lovely book. I've not seen it before. I also like the look of the others, particularly Walking in a Winter Wonderland, for when we do our winter theme!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mouse View Post
    What a lovely book. I've not seen it before. I also like the look of the others, particularly Walking in a Winter Wonderland, for when we do our winter theme!
    I love walking in a winter wonderland and singing in the rain!
    I also have quite a few of his other books ... wow said the owl is my particular favourite!

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    I remember when you recommended those books a while ago Loocyloo. They are lovely and are hard to resist.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maza View Post
    I remember when you recommended those books a while ago Loocyloo. They are lovely and are hard to resist.
    I'm a bit of a walking advert for this author's books! I just love them all!

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    We will be looking at winter, tying in with preschool looking at weather. We also do Big Bird Watch in some way or other.

 

 

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