Feeling focus of the week 

This week we will explore the emotion disgust — how it feels, what it looks like, and why it can be helpful. We will discover how our bodies show disgust without us even thinking, through frowns, scrunched noses, or turning away. 

Do You Like Broccoli Ice Cream? 

The children will have fun sharing silly examples of what might make them feel disgusted — from “spider sandwiches” to “mashed potato and ice cream pizza” — while learning that even unpleasant feelings can guide us in knowing what we like and don’t like. 

Taste Station activity

As part of our learning about emotions, Reception children will take part in a fun and engaging Taste Station activity. 

The children will make predictions before tasting different foods — lemon, salt, sugar, Brussels sprouts, and bitter melon — and then will investigate their reactions. 

This week we are continuing to learn about sorting and matching. 

Let’s start with a quick recap… 

Can you help me to sort these items by size? 

Now we are going to introduce the concept of comparing. Use two different objects, like a small car and a large truck. "Look at these two. What is the same? What is different? This one is big and this one is small. We are comparing them!" Use language like "bigger," "smaller," "taller," "shorter," "same," and "different."

 Use a "mystery box" with a collection of objects (e.g., a button, a toy car, a piece of fabric, a leaf). "Last week, we sorted objects into groups. Can you help me sort these? What could our sorting rule be today?"

Encourage children to suggest their own sorting rules. For example, "Let's sort by what they are made of!" or "Let's sort by what they do!"

 "I wonder if we can sort them another way?"

Let's play shopping games using food picture cards. 

The children will pick an item, say its name, 

and decide if it is healthy before placing it on the rainbow plate. 

They will practise speaking in full sentences, such as “I eat broccoli. It is green and healthy”, while taking turns and helping each other. 

This activity makes learning about food fun and interactive 

while supporting language development.

Click on the title to access the game resources:

I went to the market and bought … 

What’s in the bag game

Let’s go shopping game 

Missing Beginning Sound