Key Stage 1 Resources 1

Planning Sheet/Activity Outline

A is for apple

Pre-session preparation

Photocopy the worksheets and prepare a sample sheet to show thechildren.

Activity OutlineThe children will colour in the pictures on the worksheet and then the

adult helper will stick a flap over each coloured picture. The children willplay the game of a is for … and choose a flap trying to remember which

flap covers up the picture of the apple etc.

Date: Staff Notes:

Resources needed:Photocopied worksheetsFelt Pens or crayonsCard for the flaps


Mark making to music


You will need to set the activity area up depending upon whether this willbe a whole group activity or carried out by individual children. If you

decide upon a whole group activity - get a large area of paper ready bysticking several large sheets of paper together. Make sure there are lots of

mark making materials easily accessible to each child. You will needprepared music - short bursts of varying tempos.

Activity Outline

As the music plays the children will mark make on the paper, using arange of crayons, pens etc in time with the tempo of the music.Encourage them to scribble fast if the music is fast, draw smooth or wavyline when the music is slower etc.Small children will quickly get the idea and the finished abstract art looksgreat on display

Date: Staff notes:

Resources needed:Music of differing temposLots of marking making materials -crayons, chalk, pens, pencils, paintPaper - large area of paper for agroup or small for individuals


Balloon Game


Blow up loads of balloons in a variety of colours - plenty of each colour.Place the balloons together in the middle of the activity space. You willneed a big card in the matching colour for each colour of balloon you

are using in the game.

Activity OutlineGet the children to sit with their adult helpers in a circle around the

balloons. Play background music and when the music stops you hold upa selected colour card and the children must collect a balloon which

matches the colour of card you show. This continues until all the balloonshave gone.

VariationGet the children to walk around the balloons and when the music stops

pick a balloon and sit down. Hold up a coloured card and ask thechildren who are holding a card of that colour to do a task - e.g. jump,

turn around, wave their hands in the air. Play the music again until all thecolours have been used.

Date: Staff Notes:

Resources needed:Coloured balloonsMatching coloured card - largeTaped music


Bubble Printing


Prepare several bowls with a mixture of water, paint and washing upliquid. You will need straws and paper. Demonstrate the technique to the

children of blowing air through the straw into the mixture and thenplacing a piece of paper onto the bubbles to make a print.

Activity Outline

The adult helpers will blow through the straw and make the paint bubble -then the children place the paper over the bowl and catch the bubbles

into a print.

Date: Staff Notes:

Resources needed:Bowls with water and paint andwashing up liquidSheets of paperStraws


Hop Skip and Jump


You will need three different sounds or four percussion instruments egdrum/maracas/tambourine. Each sound will instruct the children to either

hop skip or jump.

Activity OutlineGather the children in the centre of the activity space. Show the childreneach instrument and explain when they hear each individual sound it is a

signal - e.g. when they hear the drum they must jump, when they hearthe maracas - hop and when they hear the tambourine - skip. The

children move around the space until they hear a sound, then they dothe action. Practice with individual sounds and then build up to using

sounds one after another.

Date: Staff Notes:

Resources needed:4 percussion instruments or sounds


Sound Sack


You will need to prepare a drawstring bag . Fill it with a range of smallitems - anything can be used that is safe and interesting - toys - a

wooden spoon - a pine cone - sellotape - an orange - a sponge etc etc.

Activity Outline

The children and their adult helpers will sit in a circle and the as the musicplays the children pass the bag around the circle. When the music stops

the child who is holding the bag puts their hand into the bag and feels anobject and then tries to guess what it is. Then they pull out the object and

say what it actually is. Ask the children to say the letter sound that theobject begins with. The music starts and the bag is passed on again. This

continues until the bag is empty. If time - hold up each object - everyonesays the letter sound e.g. - b for book- as it is put back into the bag.

Date: Staff Notes:

Resources needed:A drawstring bag filled with arange of small objects.A tape of music


String of Stars


Cut out the stars . Prepare a sample to show the children

Activity Outline

The children will think about what they are really good at doing. Theywrite the sentence ... I am a star because I can … run fast e.g. on the frontof the star and then decorate around it. On the back of the star theydraw a picture of themselves. All the stars have a hole punched throughthe top and they are strung together and displayed.

Date: Staff Notes:

Resources needed:Stars cut from cardString/ hole punchMaterials to decorate stars - glitter,stickers etcGluePens/crayons


Caterpillar


You will need a copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle if youwant to include a story with this session. You will need photocopies of thecaterpillar template and the butterfly template plus coloured crayons orcollage materials to decorate the caterpillars and butterflies. You couldprovide a large caterpillar and a large butterfly cut into parts and then

after small groups of children have jointly decorated a part, join thefinished caterpillar/ butterfly together.

Activity OutlineRead the story of The very hungry caterpillar. Allow the children to

decorate individually a caterpillar or butterfly or alternatively get smallgroups to decorate/colour one together.

Date: Staff Notes:

Resources needed:Caterpillar templateButterfly TemplateColoured crayons or collagematerialsThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by EricCarle (optional)


Washing Line Game


Set up a mini washing line in the activity area. Prepare a basket of tenitems clothing - smaller items are best - number the items 1-10 and pin thenumber to each item of clothing. Cut sock shapes from card enough for

two per child and have crayons ready for the children to colour in.

Activity OutlineSplit the group if necessary- keeping a maximum of ten to play the

washing line game and sending the remainder to colour a pair of socks ina matching colour or pattern -no odd socks allowed ! Sit the washing linegroup in front of the washing line. Each child has a turn to rummage in the

washing basket and pick an item of clothing. When each child has anitem, go through numbers one to ten getting the children to come out inorder and peg the clothes on the line in the right order. Check at the end

by counting 1-10 and see if they can go backwards 10 - 9 -8 etc.Swap the groups over.

Date: Staff Notes:

Resources needed:A piece of string set up as awashing line.Some pegs and safety pins.Some clothes with numbers 1-10pinned on themCard cut into the shape of socksColoured crayons.


How Tall am I ?


You will need one circle of card per child and lots of equal width strips ofpaper which will be joined to make the length of the child. You can

introduce the activity by reading Tall by Jez Alborough (optional - but anice intro)

Activity OutlineRead the story. Adult helpers get the children to lie down whilst they

measure the child in strips of paper, which are then joined together and acircle is added to the top which the children colour as their face. When

everyone has finished line the How tall am I people up - in order of height.

N.B. This activity can be combined or continued from the handprinthead activity with the handprint head being used as the top of the HowTall Am I person

Date: Staff Notes:

Resources needed:Circles of cardLong strips of paperColoured pens/crayonsTape measureTall by Jez Alborough (optionalstory)


Hand Print Heads


You will need one paper plate per child and a large sheet of paper perchild to make four handprints on. Ready mix paint and aprons etc.

Activity OutlineGet each child to make four handprints on their sheet of paper - use onlya small amount of paint so that it dries quickly. Grown up helpers cut outthe four handprints which are then stuck to the top of the paper plate to

make funny hair. The child paints the eyes nose and mouth. Glitter can beadded to the spiky handprint hair.

Date: Staff Notes:

Resources needed:PaintPaper platesPaperGlueGlitter


Grab a Fish


Cut out the fish from different coloured card - plenty of each colour.Place the fish onto the paper or fabric sea in the middle of the activityarea. Put one colour of card on display in each corner of the activity

area.

Activity OutlinePlay the music. The children dance or move around the outside of the seauntil the music stops. When the music stops they grab a fish of any colour

then they have to go to the corner of the activity area showing thematching card. i.e. children who have picked a red fish go to the red

corner. You will announce that the … red fish are going to be eaten fordinner and take away the red card. The red corner can no longer be

used. All the other fish are thrown back into the sea and the gamecontinues until all the coloured corners have been taken away.

Date: Staff Notes:

Resources needed:Taped musicFish cut from card - four coloursFour large cards - one of eachcolourA large piece of blue fabric or cardfor the sea


What’s the Sound?


Prepare the instrument cards and game sheet. Photocopy enough ofeach card for the number of children - each child will need one of each

instrument and a game card.

Activity OutlineThe children sit with their adult helpers with the game card and the four

instrument cards. Show them the instruments and let them listen thesound that each one makes. Show them the matching instrument card.

Practice asking the children to hold up the correct card. Then ask them toclose their eyes ( or you can be hidden behind a screen) whilst you play

one instrument at a time. The children must cover the game card with theinstrument cards as they hear each sound - like music bingo!

Date: Staff:

Resources needed:Percussion instruments e.g.Tambourine/triangle/drum/maracasInstrument Picture cards

Learning notes: Helps withlistening skills.

Washing line activity numbers

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10


Pass the Teddy


Photocopy the forfeit sheets - the forfeits can be done more than once,so make plenty of copies. Cut the slips up and put them into the bag. You

need a soft toy for the children to pass round and music to play.

Activity OutlineGet the children to sit with their adult helpers in a circle around the. Playbackground music and the children pass the toy around. When the musicstops the child holding the toy chooses a forfeit slip from the bag and allthe children and adults carry out the forfeit together - e.g. jump three

times etc. Continue until all the children have had a turn.

Date: Staff Notes:

Resources needed:Teddy Bear or other soft toyBag with forfeit slips in.Taped music

Pass the Teddy forfeits

Stand up and jump three times.

Hop on one leg.

Pull a funny face.

Shout BOO.

Put your hands on your head and turn around.

Clap your hands 5 times.

Touch your nose.

Stretch your arms to the sky and wave.

Touch your toes.

Say hello to the person next to you.

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