A 5-day lesson plan where children explore self-expression, its importance and forms, creativity, and the creative process. Activities cover CVC words, salt writing, playdough number work, and hairdresser pretend play.
What children learn
- Understand that self-expression communicates a person's thoughts, emotions, behaviour, choices, and unique identity.
- Express personal preferences, feelings, ideas, and imagined responses through conversation and creative work.
- Explore different forms of expression, including speaking, drawing, acting, singing, and dancing.
- Listen attentively and respond supportively while others share their ideas and choices.
Key activities
- Sharing personal preferences and experiences in a Spin the Bottle circle
- Imagining a day on an island and playing emotion-and-action charades
- Creating unique collages with washi tape and tissue paper
- Blending and reading CVC words with the vowel **o** through puzzles and picture searches
- Writing numbers in salt and forming numbers 61–80 with playdough
You’ll need
bottle, mat, hula hoops, balls, paper, washi tape, tissue paper, glue, crayons, letter and CVC word cards, books, number chart and number cards, salt trays and brushes, playdough, maths notebooks
Structure: Extracted sections cover Days 1, 2, and 4; days use Thought of the Day, Tuning-in Time, Warm-up, Social Studies/Science, Creative Learning, English, and Maths