Castle themes for Preschool
 

hi all! the children would like to do something on 'castles' after easter, anyone got any ideas? would like to feel this is 'child-led' with a 'little help'! would also need to put it into the 'lovely e.l.g's'!:idea:

Hiya ..

We had a fantastic time when we did this, although it was within a Kings & Queens theme.

anyway hope these help .. child led & guided activities :D lol

PSED
:shootings Understanding roles~
Kings, Queens, princes, princess
Court Jester, Chamber maid. Page boy.
Court yard men, Kitchen , Stable boy.

CLL
:shootings Key words
Names - Castle, Palace, Fortress,
Transport ~ boats, carriages, horseback.
:shootings Circle time activity could be used to talk about what function castles originally served and how times have changed.
:shootings An all time favourite book is Castle Tales from Usborne.

Math
:shootings Cut lots of different sized squares from paper & leave in a tray for the children to glue, mosiac style to pieces of paper ~ build towers & walls.
:shootings Use numbered (graph paper could be interesting !) squared paper to match and count off squares.

KUW
:shootings Castles around the world
:shootings This is Pierrefonds Castle ~ France.. copyright free from Wikipedia.


:shootings Castles.org~ kids section has a nice 'Castle Parts' picture.

PD
Look at some traditional games of the period.

:shootings Hoopla throwing.
:shootings Hoola Hoops.
:shootings Skipping ropes
:shootings Juggling balls.
:shootings Follow my leader
:shootings Hobby Horse riding

Creative
:shootings Sand castles, moats + role play figures.
:shootings Capes & cloakes for 'regal dress up :D
Pillowcases cut open & a strip of fur sewn/glued to an edge is good ~ use a couple short pieces of ribbon for ties.
:shootings Musical intruments from 1509 ~ Reign of King Henry 8th
(need to look further into this !! )

:shootings Some songs to use ~

Old King Cole ~ wikipedia has lots of information on the history of this rhyme.

Old King Cole was a merry old soul
and a merry old soul was he;
He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl
and he called for his fiddlers three.
Every fiddler he had a fiddle,
and a very fine fiddle had he;
Oh there's none so rare, as can compare
With King Cole and his fiddlers three.

I had a little nut tree ~ link has a music song sheet
I had a little nut tree,
Nothing would it bear
But a silver nutmeg
And a golden pear.

The King of Spain’s daughter
Came to visit me,
And all for the sake
Of my little nut tree.

I skipped over the ocean,
I danced over the sea,
And all the birds in the air
Couldn’t catch me.


The Queen of Hearts ~ Nice printable Rebus rhyme from Enchanted Learning.

Grand Old Duke of York.


Have fun ..

thanks so much!!!
 

thanks ruthierhyme for the great ideas! my brain has just gone into overload lately! but great news! nearly finihed n.v.q.3! (can't wait!):banghead: