Gruffalo’s Child

language, creativity, science/nature, math

Activities:

The group read the Gruffalo’s Child by Julia Donaldson.  The children used pictures to retell the story and developed their phonological skills by focusing on initial sounds of keywords.  We talked about the animals in the story, paying a lot of attention on their homes and footprints as an introduction to our Animal Tracking activity.  They also developed their mathematical skills for addition by participating in a Gruffalo’s Child themed math activity.

 

Purpose:

• to develop story comprehension and language skills
• to use literature as a way to introduce animals tracking and Swedish forest animals.
• to develop mathematical skills

Connection to the Lpfö-98 revised 2016:

The preschool should strive to ensure that each child….

• develop an interest in written language and an understanding of symbols, and communicative function
• develop their ability to listen, reflect
• develop their understanding and knowledge of plants and animals