As part of our topic on Autumn I have been using the story sack, 'The Scarecrow who didn't Scare'. This is a great resource and comes with a large stuffed scarecrow, birds, rabbits and mice as well as scarecrow matching cards. My class are loving this book.
The book lends itself to many cross curricular areas, including pre writing skills. We divided our whiteboards into 6 sections and as the story was read aloud, children were asked to draw the scarecrows hat, the farmers fields, the corn, seeds, trees etc. I modeled each picture first and the children copied. This gave the children the opportunity to practice drawing, straight, curved and wobbly lines.
I also got a great number link to this activity. Children were asked to pick a number from a bag and then plant the correct number of seeds in the field (i used blue sorting trays for the field). Children thoroughly enjoyed picking and counting the seeds. I will definitely use this activity again.
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