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Return To Neverland

July 1st 2009 05:22
Return to Neverland is the dvd sequel following on from Peter Pan although being that this week's post is a two part post, I thought it a very apt way to start. We will of course endeavour to watch Return to Neverland which follows the capture of Wendy's daughter Jane by Captain Hook and the rescue attempt by Peter Pan.


Pirates and Indians feature in this week's activities and Sparklebox came to our aid in the way of pirate masks. We also made a pirate hat, eye patch and flag banner. This afternoon we are going to adorn our faces with war paint and make a feather hat to represent the Indians.

Reading to Kids provided some discussion points on the story as well as some craft ideas.

My daughter is a fan of the crocodile which features in the story but since our recent visit to the zoo, understands that they may not be as friendly as they appear on television. We found this easy crocodile craft and will revisit one of our favourite songs - Teasing Mister Crocodile.
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Peter Pan

June 28th 2009 05:11
"All this has happened before, and it will all happen again. But this time it happened in London. It happened on a quiet street in Bloomsbury. That corner house over there is the home of the Darling family. And Peter Pan chose this particular house because there were people here who believed in him."

Well it seems my daughter believes in him because this week is Peter Pan Week so we are off to Neverland. There is no shortage of colouring in pictures to be found for Peter Pan and all characters can be found from The Darlings through to Peter Pan, Tinkerbell and the Pirates. We also discovered some fun pinwheels and puppets to make.








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Trains

June 20th 2009 05:24
My daughter loves trains and it is interesting to know that the subject is as equally fascinating for her as it is with little boys. When the mood arises she can often be found setting up her duplo train track and building trains and cities to go with and around the track.

This week is train week if you haven't already guessed thanks to The Little Engine That Could - the classic tale retold by Watty Piper. Trains feature in a number of other tales we hold including Tootle and Thomas The Tank Engine - both on dvd and book form in our household.

Teacher Vision had a number of activities and printables that related directly to The Little Engine That Could but as we are not located in the States we were unfortunately able to only access three as part of their free giveaway.

About.com assisted with a variety of printouts including a train based version of tic tac toe and a fun train visor for us to make.

Random House had some Thomas related colouring pages and for those fans of Thomas and James, DLTK came to the aid in the way of an easy paper craft.

We are going to attempt to make our own train although my favourite activity for the week is this easy animal train. It gives us some variety on our discussions and we can look at some of our favourite animals while making our train.

For younger readers, we also stumbled upon a number train worksheet.

And our song of the week - I've Been Working On The Railroad of course. Toot Toot!
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Send In The Clowns

May 24th 2009 02:59
Admittedly I am not a fan of clowns, preferring to see them at children's parties rather than adorned all over my wall. So the inclusion of Clown Week into our schedule took me a little by surprise to say the least.

Loonette and Molly from the Canadian Series, The Big Comfy Couch, are a particular favourite in our house so at least I had a starting point on which to base our activities. And in particular I love the concept of a 10-second tidy which we are going to incorporate with a clown based cleaning chart.

Craft wise - cardboard megaphones, bow ties and clown hats will be a feature and face painting and juggling will no doubt be a daily occurrence this week.

Focussing on expressions and feelings this week, this blank faced clown drawing is a great place to start as well as the easy paint activity of just drawing simple faces onto paper plates.

First School again came to our aid with numerous clown pictures, simple clown crafts and a number of easy clown related jigsaw puzzles. And we found a number of sites which provided us with counting, addition and pattern activities to build on our number skills.

The Dr Seuss story, If I Ran The Circus, will be introduced this week and the online children's library comes to our aid with The CIrcus Procession and The First Circus. For the younger readers, Cbeebies features an easy story for children entitled Where's My Hat? and a song entitled The Funniest Clown.



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Chinese Dragon Craft

May 22nd 2009 00:10
My daughter was so impressed with our dragon handprint craft earlier this week that she has requested that we make a second dragon craft for Chinese week.

So we are going to attempt to make this colourful dancing dragon. We purchased a fax paper roll in order to make our chinese fan and the roll will also be useful for the dragon's fan-like body.

I also introduced the story of Mulan to my daughter this week and for those not familiar, it is a retelling of an old Chinese folktale about the story of a young maiden who learns that her sick father is to be called up into the army in order to fight the invading Huns. Knowing that he would never survive the war due to his health, she decides to disguise herself and join in his place. And much to the delight of my daughter, it also features a dragon named Mushu who decides to help her in the perilous times ahead.
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This Week's Theme: China

May 17th 2009 09:34
My daughter has a fascination for all things Chinese. Firstly because we live there and secondly, because facets of the colourful culture appeal to her curious nature. Therefore it is no surprise that she selected China to base our activities upon this week.

Lanterns are already a popular craft activity in our house as is the children's television show Kai-Lan, and both will of course be featuring in our weekly activities. Nick Jnr has come to our aid in particular combining both lanterns and Kai-Lan in this fun online paper lantern activity as well as a number of other online games for children to play


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Little Mermaid Week

April 9th 2009 02:07
We are taking a theme from one of my daughter's books and are basing activities and stories throughout the week on the theme of her choice. Her choice this week - The Little Mermaid - apt for someone who currently wants to be a mermaid when she grows up!

Doing a quick search on the internet so far we have uncovered sheet music and lyrics for a number of the tracks including Part of Your World and Under The Sea
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Little Einsteins

February 20th 2009 11:12
Many children's dvds aim to be educational but one of the favourites in our home currently are the Little Einsteins. Not only do they introduce elements of classical music and art to the children but they also teach about geography as well.

I was browsing some photos of famous landmarks around the world on the internet when my daughter asked if I was watching Little Einsteins! It made me chuckle to think that what she sees as entertainment is also aiding her recognisation skills and knowledge of the world.
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Leapfrog Learning DVDs

February 16th 2009 02:32
Admittedly I am quite fussy about the educational DVDs I purchase but my daughter and I both agree on one thing - we enjoy watching the Leapfrog Learning DVDs. We have Letter Factory, Talking Words, Reading Words and Math Circus and my daughter enjoys watching all of the dvds in the series.

Even though she is familiar with the sounds of the letters from the Letterland books and cds, she enjoys watching the Letter Factory dvd to cement the sounds in her mind. Reading Words is a little bit out of her reach at the moment but even still she is happy to watch it for the story alone.
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Learning Basic Language Skills

February 3rd 2009 07:40
My daughter is a huge Dora The Explorer fan and needless to say her basic Spanish skills are pretty good because of the programme.

Not as popular as Dora, but equally as cute, is Kai-Lan Chow, a cute little Chinese American girl who is being particularly helpful in teaching my daughter some basic Chinese words. Kai-Lan, like Dora, hangs out with a monkey named Hoho, as well as Tolee the panda and Rintoo the tiger


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