Golden or silver sands, buckets & spades. Donkey rides and icecreams - which beaches do you visit?

How we keep and look after pets in the home or classroom. Cages, aviaries, fish ponds or bowls, runs, pens & kennels...

A brilliant topic for invention..... how have you planned activities for this theme?

Farming, show breeds, pets, crops and working the land.

Endangered gorillas, panda bears, gigantic plants and tree life.....

In the back yard hiding under a rock - or down the side of a wall.... what lurks in the darker corners of you garden ?

Spreading heather, rampaging gorse bushes? This personal favourite conjures up images of shaggy moorland ponies heading to lower ground for the winter time....

Fields, valleys, meadows, paddocks - what lives on these and who cares for them? Woodland, copses, forests and thickets usually join an open expanse of land how would the two living environments be used?

Whether this is a small well kept pond or a large self maintaining pond have you ever looked closely at the activity that goes on in and around this living environment? What did you find?

The buzzing life of a market place ~ stalls & their vendors....Or museums and tourist attractions real and recreated role play areas ...... what and how have you explored these places ?

Side winder snakes and camels, oasis mirages - amazing pyramids !

Above and below our ocean waves - fishermans boats & lobster pots - Whales, dolphins, seals and coral!!

from hot air balloons to Jets….. Hummingbirds & emperor butterflies what ideas have you used or need to help in planning for this...

Sub zero temperatures and white ground for as far as you can see! North and South poles…. Penguins, arctic foxes Inuits or Eskimos…. The cold of the arctic is a way of life in need of exploration….

From otters and voles, kingfishers and rainbow trout to Water wheel houses and fishing licences......

Out in the garden ~ winter, summer, trees & Flowers for games and activity ideas pop in here ...

How have you approached these themes ...