Hold the line

Develop children's understanding of repeating patterns. 1 LARGE AND SMALL. Adult-led. Form patterns in lines of toy animals. Planned learning intention *To talk about, recognise and recreate simple patterns *To investigate objects and materials by using all of their senses as appropriate Adult-child ratio 1:4 Resources Collection of farm animals (or similar); strips of paper for pathway; piece of paper for field. Activity content * Show the children the animals and encourage a discussion, for example, 'Is your favourite animal here?' 'Have you seen animals like these anywhere else?' *...