Benefits of our provocation in China searching for Pandas
Learning and discovery for ALL children as they develop their social and emotional skills, enhance language and vocabulary, and develop fundamental movement skills through creative role-play to music. Knowledge of the world around them and different cultures and countries, and sensory experiences.
Included
A super simple guide on how to set the scene for your little one’s experience, and safety, in Space. Ranging from what to wear to how to read a map. What to wear in the ice and snow on Mount Everest – the Littlemagictrain got lost! We problem-solve together to find our way back on track. Land on the Great Wall of China. Avoid the sleepy Dragons and hungry Tigers! Together you will meet a Pangolin and help him catch ants (with chopsticks) for a snack. Success you find the Pandas and join them as they play in the Bamboo Forest. After such a long journey we all deserve a well-deserved snooze with the cute and cuddly Pandas.
The interactive story, illustrations (to carry the story forward), movement guide, music, speech and language activities (including a story chain train), STEM, and sensory experiences.
And… a certificate, created for us by our SALT, to help develop narrative skills to share with their families at home.
How we did it
Setting the scene:
We created our adventure by telling the children we were looking for pandas to be in a Lunar New Year parade. We grew our magic train, introducing the words mammoth and miniature for small and big.
We rode the train and arrived at the top of Mount Everest, where we learnt all about it and then jumped over from Nepal to China.
We explored the map and problem-solved ways to get down the side of the mountain.
We rode the cranes- dancing as we flew. Some children chose feathers as well. Then we gave our cranes treats. They had different math goals, so some counted out a given amount, and some counted backwards as they fed their crane.
Then we found the dragons sleeping, and we crossed the Great Wall of China and froze or crouched down when we heard the dragons in the music. Some children went sideways, or backwards, depending on skill.
Then we wove through a bamboo forest, and some carried a dragon egg to help the dragons not be angry.
We saw pangolins and learned about them before turning into them and eating bugs. We used differentiated tweezers to collect and sort by colour.
Then we all headed home on the train and made it miniature again.
The children got out instruments to wake dragons, and one little boy acted out finding pandas with small-world toys.
We haven’t found the pandas yet, as that is for next week.
Soar Childcare, thank you for sharing your adventure.
