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<\/a><\/p>\nOne of our favourite books is Rumble in the Jungle and we had so much fun retelling \u00a0the story using our animals, adding a \u201croar for the lion\u201d, \u201coooh-oooh, aah-aah like the monkey\u201d, \u00a0and our favourite actions for the elephant, chimpanzee and sssssssssnake! Next we decided to move like our favourite animals! We agreed that the giraffe is \u201cvery tall so we have to reach up to the sky, on our tippy toes\u201d, \u201cthe hippo rolls in the mud, like this\u201d, \u201cthe crocodile snaps like this\u201d, and the cheetah runs really fast\u201d.<\/p>\n The weather may have been wild but we have had a wonderful time and had so much fun, ROAR!<\/p>\n Article 29: I have the right to an education which develops my personality, traits and abilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" All things wild and wonderful has been a continuing theme in our garden this week! We love small world play and are always keen to introduce our favourite animals, figures and vehicles! Small world play is a fantastic way to develop our imagination, creativity and problem solving skills. \u00a0We loved one of our friend t-shirts … Continue reading Wild animals in action!<\/span>
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\nWe shared our experiences of visiting \u201cEdinburgh zoo\u201d \u201cthe safari park\u201d and chatted about the animals we had seen and which were our favourites. Taking turns, we discussed our favourite animals and shared our fantastic knowledge about the features of each animal!
\n\u201cthe elephant has a trunk, it drinks the water and then spits it out all over its head, like a shower\u201d. \u201cThe lion was sleeping and it did a big roar\u201d, the giraffe has a big long neck. It doesn\u2019t have any hands so it uses its big long tongue to eat leaves on the tree. It\u2019s tongue is blue, like my top!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nWe demonstrated that we can hold balance in various shapes when moving, are aware of and can control our personal space and body parts when moving, perform basic movements such as jumping, hopping and running and move different parts of our bodies at different speeds.<\/p>\n