Growth 🌱

Use the JIT Infant Toolkit “Paint, Animate and Mix” tabs to create a digital mini biography by creating a series of digital drawings (introduce text towards end of EYFS). Ask your students to write about key moments in their life, for example, “When I was five I learnt to ride a bike”. 

Once made, get the children to create a voice-over by using the microphone feature. (N.B You must be using a device that has either an in-built microphone or a microphone attached.)

Use the JIT Infant Toolkit  “Animate” tab to enhance the classic activity of growing a bean; this can be done by creating an animated bean diary.

Once made, get the children to create a voice-over by using the microphone feature. (You must be using a device that has either an in-built microphone or a microphone attached.)

Within the resource Widgit, you can find pre-made resources to support the subject of growth. The pack contains 27 resources including a range of information books in symbol and text versions, flashcards, vocabulary lists, sequencing activities, labelling flowers and plants activities, glossaries of keywords and a selection of activities for individuals and groups.

Explore the life cycle of chickens with this interactive digital life cycle tool within ‘Busy Things’. Choose a template and draw in the stages of a chicken's life cycle, or if you are lucky enough to have live chickens in your local environment then take pictures and add them to the life cycle.

Explore the life cycle of frogs with this interactive digital life cycle tool within ‘Busy Things’. Choose a template and draw in the stages of a frog's life cycle, or if you are lucky enough to have live frogs in your local environment then take pictures and add them to the life cycle.

Explore the life cycle of butterflies with this interactive digital life cycle tool within ‘Busy Things’.  Choose a template and draw in the stages of a butterfly's life cycle, or if you are lucky enough to have live butterflies in your local environment then take pictures and add them to the life cycle.

Explore the life cycle of butterflies with this interactive digital life cycle tool within ‘Busy Things’.  Choose a template and draw in the stages of a butterfly's life cycle, or if you are lucky to have live butterflies in your local environment then take pictures and add them to the life cycle.

Explore the concept of growth and caring for animals with this fun interactive activity found within ‘Busy Things’. Water the flowers to make them grow. Keep watering them until they flower. Keep the bugs away by clicking on them. Click the cloud to make it rain. In the later levels use the taps to fill the watering can.

Explore the concept of growth and caring for animals with this fun interactive activity found within ‘Busy Things’.  Click the buttons underneath the worms to provide the worms with food, sleep and various forms of entertainment.

Explore the life cycle of plants with this interactive digital life cycle tool within ‘Busy Things’.  Choose a template and draw in the stages of a plant life cycle, or if you are able to take photographs of plants within your local environment, then add the images to the life cycle.