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1. Create a Tree on a wall, however you want to.
2. Create the number of branches for each group, class or age group.
3. Download Monkey March Faces from the website
4. Ask children to draw them selves or stick a picture to the Monkey Mask
5. Attach the faces to the monkey masks and stick on the tree
6. Use the larger Monkey March heads to be placed on the trunk of the tree.
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Dress up as a Monkey and encourage the children
to role play |
Use the ideas and templates below to dress up as a monkey before the event and on the day of the Monkey March |
Examples of dressing up like a Monkey
Dressing up example
Monkey Mask SMALL
Monkey Mask Medium
Monkey Mask Large |
The importance of role play
- As well as feeding the imagination and encouraging empathy, roleplay is a powerful way of developing social skills.
- Recall and extend special moments in your favourite Monkey stories by using them appropriately in real life situations.
- It's worth putting together a simple dressing up box of Monkeys and other animals for your child.
- All children need their own space and privacy, particularly in the area of role play.
- Children who are comfortable with roleplay delight in giving performances for family and friends on special occasions like birthdays or Christmas'.
- Role reversal is fun for young children, particularly when it involves becoming Mum or Dad for a while.
- A very important aspect of role play is the function it plays in socialisation - encouraging friendship through cooperation, listening and turn taking.
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Colour Awareness |
Use the colouring in template to explore the world of colours |
- Children make sense of the world around them by using their senses: tasting, touching, seeing, hearing and smelling.
- As their world broadens, the other senses become important, such as feeling and tasting, especially when they are toddlers.
- You can extend and broaden your child's experiences by exploring and investigating your local environment using the appropriate senses.
- Go for outings with a definite finding out agenda. Use the Monkey March you are attending to have an education benefit to the children.
- Children can also explore making their own colour chart of tones and shades.
- Talk to the children about what they have created
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