Stripy Berry Dessert RECIPE LESSON PLAN Age group: 4-5 years


Suggested text: Funnybones, by Janet and Allan Ahlberg, Puffin Books, but if you don’t have it or can’t access a copy you will be able to apply the activity ideas to a text of your choice.


Activities here are provided for the specific areas of Literacy, Mathematics, Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and Design within the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage, to provide a springboard for planning cross-curricular lessons appropriate for developing children’s knowledge, skills and understanding.


LITERACY Introduce and share the suggested text


• If you have made or plan to make Stripy Berry Dessert, explain that this recipe uses ingredients from the milk and dairy foods section of the Eatwell plate (see suggestions under Understanding the World).


• Explain that milk and yoghurt are particularly good for helping to keep our bones healthy. • Ask the children to name some of the bones in our bodies.


• If you have one, show the children a model of a skeleton; if not, look at a picture from a book or on the computer.


• Ensure that the children understand what the word ‘skeleton’ means and that they also understand that bones are very important. Ask the children what would happen if we had no bones. Ask them to try to imagine how they might move without bones.


• Tell the children that you know a story about a whole family of skeletons and show them the suggested text.


• Read the book to the children.


• Recite the first page, encouraging the children to join in using a ‘spooky’ voice with lots of expression. If possible try walking, or creeping, around very slowly and carefully as if you were looking for the skeletons as you say the words.


• Ask children why they think the skeletons only come out at night.


• The skeletons in the book do not have names. The authors call them the big skeleton, the little skeleton and the dog. Ask the children to decide on names for them and create some character traits.


• Ask the children to pretend to be the skeletons and make up a new adventure for them.


• Please note that there are many resources linked with this story available free by searching the internet, including animated episodes of Funnybones stories that it would be fun to watch.


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