Categories: < 6 years 6 to 8 years Rough & tumble Speed

IR – I’ll Huff and I’ll Puff and I’ll Blow your House In

Begin with “The Three Little Pigs” story, discuss. Warm-up with the game Red Rover. Children engage in a rough and tumble outdoor adventure with a chasing game, tug of war and a huff and puff tumble activity. and Cooperative challenge to build a hula hut (Literacy, Physical Education, Drama, SPHE and STEM).

BE - I’ll Huff and I’ll Puff and I’ll Blow your House In by Apole project group is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Activity photos

BE - I’ll Huff and I’ll Puff and I’ll Blow your House In activity photos by Apole project group is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

SI – Alphabet race

The goal of activity is to create letters b and h using natural material. After creating them, students had to create words with these letters included. They worked in groups, so they had to cooperate. At the same time, they also did some physical exercises...

SI – Autumn fox

We did the activity outside, in the small forest near the school. The goal of the activity is to create foxes using natural materials and hot glue gun. At the beginning they had to construct the outdoor tables with chairs and protect tables with newspapers. They...

SI – Circle race

Goal of activity is the competition of two groups in circle race. Each group tries to move itself on truck carpet and reach goal before another group.[iframe width="1200" height="620" src="https://video.arnes.si/embed/sq34b6h2yd5c" frameborder="0"...

SI – Geometry

Children have to find shapes and 3D shapes on a playground and then they have to collect them together.[iframe width="1200" height="620" src="https://video.arnes.si/embed/93sn6x2nclbg" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen=""...

SI – School garden

Goal of activity is development of awareness of meaning for home grown food, how to take care for garden, and become flute with garden animas and plants.[iframe width="1200" height="620" src="https://video.arnes.si/embed/x5509zn1yn9g" frameborder="0"...

IR – Shelter building

Life as a child during World War II. Damage to home from bombing raid. Children to build a temporary structure to live in outside of their home (Subjects - History and Visual Arts)[iframe width="1200" height="620" src="https://video.arnes.si/embed/9d3qzvbkwh51"...

IR – Hide and Seek

Begin with "Hansel and Gretel” story, discuss. Warm-up with Cat and Mouse game with parachute. Children engage in an outdoor adventure following the trail to find hidden team member. Cooperative challenge hide and seek in pairs (Literacy, Physical Education and...

IR – Making Leek and Potato Soup

Soup Making – children used vegetable peelers and knives. We made leek and potato soup. The children each peeled and cut their own potato, we added them into the pot outside on the gas hob with all of the other ingredients. The children completed an additional written...

IR – Whittling – Making Wands

Simple whittling to make wands for use in role play. To whittle and make the wands we used potato peelers and short branches cut from young trees. The children then used string to decorate their wands before using them in role play. [iframe width="1200" height="620"...

IR – Orienteering

Identify areas of the school playground. Children begin to find the way – front, back, left and right; Children follow directions – forwards, backwards, left and right. Children are introduced to control cards: find the shape (control) and record it simply using a...