Funnybones - My Body
We have been learning about our bodies with the spooky and imaginative story Funnybones, written by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. On small world, we used the skeleton characters to retell the story and, if we were brave enough, we added our mini-me characters into the dark, dark adventures too.
We created skeletons in every area of our Bears classroom, on chalkboards, with chalk on black paper, cotton bud skeletons, large loose part skeletons, playdough skeletons and even large jigsaw skeletons too. Have a look at the skeletons on display in our book area.
On our blue writing table, we shared the story in groups. Then we sequenced pictures from the story to make our own concertina Funnybones book. We used our books to help us retell the Funnybones story. Next, we created a new page for the book and thought about what the Big Skeleton and Little Skeleton might say in their new adventure.
On the practical table, we explored our senses with flavoured teas, herbs, spices, coffee beans, and citrus fruits. We were encouraged to look closely, smell, taste and describe them. We thought about what the aromas reminded us of – toothpaste, curry and chocolate.
We continued our sensory play with a soundtracks game, and sound eggs filled with different things to make a noise when we shook them. We looked at some picture cards to help us guess what was inside.
We had lots of fun drawing different features on our laminated faces.
In our outside provision, we searched the sand area for bones to reconstruct a skeleton. In the Funnybones story the dog skeleton isn't put together correctly and he looks rather funny. Some of our skeletons looked rather funny too! We created chalk skeletons on our large chalkboards and floated boats in our water area. We made some spooky recipes in our mud kitchen and played in our large and small dark, dark street scenes. We enjoyed exploring pumpkins in a fun and hands-on way! We used hammers to carefully tap tees into the pumpkins, developing our hand strength, coordination and fine motor skills. Once we had finished hammering, we opened up the pumpkins and explored what was inside. We used our hands and scoops to investigate the seeds, flesh and different textures, talking about what we could see, feel and smell.
In outdoor learning, we continued our Funnybones theme by making skeletons using sticks and logs.
Next time, Super Me with Supertato.