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Nursery Arctic Small World: Tuff Tray Playmat

A whole-page Arctic playmat with sea and ice floes, plus stand-up animals. • Teacher guide with Development Matters links. • Arctic playmat. • 8 stand-up animal cut-outs. Linked to Development Matters for three and four-year-olds. Print-ready PDF.

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Arctic Small World: tuff tray playmat and animals. A whole-page Arctic playmat of sea, ice floes and snow, plus stand-up cut-out animals. Children build their own Arctic stories. What’s included: • Teacher guide with Development Matters links. • Arctic playmat. • 8 stand-up animal cut-outs. Ideas for using it: • Arctic stories: Move the animals and make up a story. • Ice floes: Which animal is on the ice? Which is in the sea? • Add real ice: Add ice cubes and cotton wool snow. • Animal homes: Where would each animal sleep? Linked to Development Matters (three and four-year-olds): • Begin to develop complex stories using small world equipment like animal sets, dolls and dolls houses, etc. • Make imaginative and complex ‘small worlds’ with blocks and construction kits, such as a city with different buildings and a park. • Begin to understand the need to respect and care for the natural environment and all living things. • Use a wider range of vocabulary. Supplied as a ready-to-print PDF (A4 landscape). Print, laminate and reuse all year.Read more

Arctic Small World: tuff tray playmat and animals. A whole-page Arctic playmat of sea, ice floes and snow, plus stand-up cut-out animals. Children build their own Arctic stories. What’s included: • Teacher guide with Development Matters links. • Arctic playmat. • 8 stand-up animal cut-outs. Ideas for using it: • Arctic stories: Move the animals and make up a story. • Ice floes: Which animal is on the ice? Which is in the sea? • Add real ice: Add ice cubes and cotton wool snow. • Animal homes: Where would each animal sleep? Linked to Development Matters (three and four-year-olds): • Begin to develop complex stories using small world equipment like animal sets, dolls and dolls houses, etc. • Make imaginative and complex ‘small worlds’ with blocks and construction kits, such as a city with different buildings and a park. • Begin to understand the need to respect and care for the natural environment and all living things. • Use a wider range of vocabulary. Supplied as a ready-to-print PDF (A4 landscape). Print, laminate and reuse all year.

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