A Nursery weekly lesson plan about Insects, Bugs, and Worms, featuring investigations of insect features, worms, ants, and bees, introduction to letter Mm, and counting/tracing the number 1.
What children learn
- Observe and describe common physical features of insects.
- Explore worms, ant colonies, and the work and behaviour of bees.
- Recall and compare information about several insects and other small creatures.
- Recognise and write Mm and recognise, count, trace, and write the number 1.
Key activities
- Inspecting insects with magnifying glasses and recording observations
- Observing a worm and making a yarn-and-paint representation
- Constructing a spoon ant with pipe cleaners and googly eyes
- Making a paper-plate bee while exploring busy bees
- Painting an insect image with marbles to review the week's findings
You’ll need
magnifying glasses and insect pictures, a worm or worm image, paper and paint, yarn, spoons and pipe cleaners, googly eyes and glue, paper plates and coloured paper, letter Mm cards, number 1 cards and loose parts
Structure: 5 days; each day: Thought of the Day, Tuning-in Time, Warm-up, EVS, Literacy, Numeracy