![]() I really want to try crocheting a poppy – I have seen some lovely examples all over the place this year, on TV, in magazines. ![]() The music mad them calm and focussed – it was one of my teaching highlights of last year □ I also have my Grandfathers war medals that I share with them.Īs 11 O’clock arrived I played Nimrod for 2 minutes (I have found a great guide to classic music for Remembrance on Classic FM’s website.) The children sat beautifully – it was such a wonderful moment. Then a potato print with black for the center), photo cards). ![]() We sat in a circle just before 11 and talked about what we had been looking at that morning ( making poppies (I used black buttons for the center), poppy prints (we used half and apple to print red onto black paper. Last year in our class of 3 and 4 year olds we did commemorate the war heroes with a silence. They are of course available as a free download for you to share with whom ever you want! Images of soldiers and vehicles to promote discussion. I have made some Photo fact cards to share with Freya and Seb too – these show images related to war – both Modern and World war 1. It ends showing how we commemorate the wars today. I will be sharing a beautiful book that I have come across with Freya and Seb – Where The Poppies Now Grow #affiliate – this beautifully illustrated book by Hilary Robinson gently introduces children to the idea of the Wars and what people went through. To try encourage appreciation in a very spoilt generation is difficult. With young children I think this is a hard area to cover – but also a very important area to cover.
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