Wellbeing in Nature Day
My name is Sarah and I am a children’s author. Today we are going to make a puppet, create our own stories, play a nature sound and word game and learn a new song too.
Make a Snail Puppet
Join Sarah as she demonstrates how to make a snail puppet to tell your own nature story.
You will need some card, pens, scissors and sellotape. With your child create your very own snail puppet that you can use to bring your storytelling to life. This supports children’s creativity and imaginative play.
You can try these activities:
- Draw your own snail picture.
- Draw a snail and cut him out.
- Draw and decorate your snail, cut him out and give him a stick to turn him into a puppet.
The Very Happy Snail Puppet Story
Join Sarah as she shares her story ‘Cyril the Snail.’
You will need some card, pens, scissors and sellotape. With your child create your very own snail puppet that you can use to bring your storytelling to life. This supports children’s creativity and imaginative play.
You can try these activities:
- Draw your own snail picture.
- Draw a snail and cut him out.
- Draw and decorate your snail, cut him out and give him a stick to turn him into a puppet.
Nature Sound and Word Game
Join Sarah as she shares this easy to play phonic game.
Create your own sound and word cards linked to nature. Can you come up with some new words together with your child. You can score points for each word linked to nature. This develops children’s sounds and letter recognition. It supports children’s knowledge and understanding of the natural world.
You can try these activities:
- With a grown up - think of 3 sounds and match a word that is linked to nature.
- With a grown up - think of 5 sounds and match a word that is linked to nature.
- Independently think of 5 sounds, make cards with some support and match a word that is linked to nature.
Sing a Song of Flowers
Join Sarah and sing along to this lovely song to celebrate wellbeing in nature day.
Play the video together with your child and learn the words together. You could make your own coloured flowers to hold up like Sarah to help you remember the different colours.
You can try these activities:
- Sing along with Sarah to ‘Sing a Song of Flowers.’
- Learn the colours of the flowers and sing together with a grown up.
- Make coloured flowers and learn the song to perform with a grown up.
Wendy the Wellbeing Witch by Sarah Griffiths
Find out about how Wendy and her cat Gwendoline help a little boy in need.