A Nursery weekly lesson plan focused on Friends, teaching children how friends are similar yet different, what good friends do, while tracing letter Gg, counting 11-15, exploring orange, and preparing friendship salad.
What children learn
- Explain that a friend is someone one likes and spends time with.
- Notice similarities and differences among friends.
- Identify qualities and actions associated with being a good friend.
- Recognise and write Gg, explore orange, count 11-15, and notice patterns and shapes.
Key activities
- Making friendship necklaces from pasta and string
- Drawing or painting similarities and differences between friends
- Peeling and juicing oranges to explore the colour orange
- Preparing and sharing Friendship Salad
- Role-playing situations involving friends
You’ll need
pasta and string, paper and paint, orange objects and oranges, fruit-salad ingredients and utensils, role-play props, letter Gg cards, chalk and slates, number and shape cut-outs
Structure: 5 days; each day: Thought of the Day, Tuning-in Time, Warm-up, EVS, Literacy, Numeracy