Nursery World - EYFS Activities: An A to Z of learning

From creating an encyclopaedia to welcoming creatures into the setting, the Rachel Keeling Nursery School team share some of their children’s experiences

The children made their own animal encyclopaedia

OUR ANIMAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA

Our children are encouraged to follow their own interests, so after receiving a lovely financial donation, we invested in a research library. When Ana arrived upset at nursery one morning, her key worker supported her by quietly sharing some factual books from our library. Looking at the books calmed her and prompted her to get a small-world elephant, which she began to find out more about. She drew pictures and wrote about the elephant on a piece of A3 paper.

Ana and her key worker’s rich conversation enticed others to join in. Over three weeks, inspired by looking at an animal encyclopaedia, the children immersed themselves in compiling their own book by researching their chosen animals using books and iPads and devising their own A3 pages.

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