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Autumn Term 2008

10th September: Rainbows

rainbow elephants
Tonight there were several new rainbows, so we made Rainbow name badges, hand painted our helping hands and made toy Rainbow elephants. We played Please Mr Crocodile and Isn't it funny how a bear likes honey. We sang Everywhere we Go, I wish I was a little round orange, I stuck my head in a little skunk hole and the Crazy Elephant Song.

17th September: Ground Hog Day

ground hog masks and puppets  shadow puppets

This evening we found out about the American festival called Ground Hog Day. We looked at pictures of the festival then made Ground Hog puppets, Ground Hog masks and made shadow puppets. At the end we hunted for the Ground Hog's shadow as part of a game.

24th September: Harvest Festival

corn dolly  dough plaits  fruit men

On arrival we made harvest angels. After a Rainbow chat we made salt dough plaits (or whatever else we wanted), fruit and vegetable people, and corn dollies.

1st October: Rosh Hashanah

eating honey and apples  eating honey and apples

As we arrived we made Rosh Hashanah cards and coloured pictures. We then watched some short videos showing Rosh Hashanah traditions. After this we ate some honey cake, challah bread, and apples dipped in honey. We then played some Rosh Hashanah theme games.

8th October: Earth Festival (Re-cycling)

listening to a story

We started by making care for the planet posters. We then listened to a story about recycling and made kites from plastic bags.

15th October: Puppet Festival

We began by making puppets which we put our fingers through to make the legs. We then played mummy bear, daddy bear and baby bear. Next we made puppet theatres and stick puppets.