You can’t have a teddy bears’ picnic without any food! Enjoy these fun activities that focus on picnic food to develop writing skills, quantity and shape recognition

1 Shopping list
Make a list of food that you will need for a picnic
Communication Language and Literacy
Writing
Development matters: distinguish between the different marks they make (22-36 months); use writing as a means of recording and communicating (40-60+ months).
Early learning goal: attempt writing for different purposes, using features of different forms such as lists, stories and instructions.
What you need
Group size: small groups.
Paper; pencils; pretend food; examples of shopping lists; whiteboard.
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