Tickled Skink - SCHOOL AND NURSERY VISITS

Invite Tickled Skink to visit your school or nursery with its enchanting mix of habitat themed musical magic and its utterly fascinating range of exotic animals!

Please also see the Christmas session for schools page for the perfect class party entertainment at your setting this year

Tickled Skink regularly visits primary schools and nursery schools with themes that suit, complement and enrich their current curriculum.

Compatible with science elements of the National Curriculum and the Early Years Curriculum "Knowledge and Understanding Of The World"

Available themes:

Rainforest:

Incorporates learning about the animals that live there; their behaviour, eating habits, camouflage, defences etc

Plants and their uses (including fruit, nuts and spices)

Indiginous people's use of the resources

All at a primary age level (up to age 7yrs ), through music, play and lots of fun!

Amazon Jungle

Incorporates learning about the animals that live in an amazon tree
Fishing for creatures that live in the amazon river
Helping tadpoles reach the safety of a bromeliad
Learning about the various ways a plant might distribute its seeds through movement and dance

All at a primary age level (up to age 7yrs), through music, play and lots of fun!

Desert

Incorporates learning about the animals that live there and how they survive

animals that live in burrows in the desert

The Meerkat family and how they look out for each other

weather conditions and sand dunes

All at a primary age level (up to age 7yrs), through music, play and lots of fun!

British Countryside

Incorporates learning about animals that live there, their behaviours and where to find them (bush, burrow or tree)

animals of the farm and what they produce

food at the farmers market;what it is called and where it is grown

All at primary age level (up to age 7yrs) through music, play and lots of fun!

Garden

Learn about the various minibeasts that live in the garden

Learn about the life cycle of the butterfly

Learn how flowers grow and be visited by a giant cuddly bee who wants your pollen

Learn the bees "Waggle Dance"

Recognise garden birds by sight and sound

All at Primary age level (up to age 7yrs) through music, play and lots of fun!

Sea

Incorporates learning about some of the animals that live in the sea

Building sandcastles through the art of mime

Learning/reinforcing manners and shopping skills at the ice-cream van

learn how to make different sized waves with the parachute and hear the thunder roll

All at primary age level (up to age 7yrs) through music, play and lots of fun!

African Safari

Incorporates learning about the different animals that live in Africa

Movement and Dance with an "African tribe"

Hear an African story

Learn about the powers of the baobab tree

All at primary age level (up to age 7yrs) through music, play and lots of fun!

Caves

Incorporates learning about the different animals that live there, their behaviours, survival techniques and eating habits

Predators and prey

All at a primary age level (up to age 7yrs) through music, play and lots of fun!

A school session typically involves an hour session per class of up to 30 (for school age children) and up to 20 (for pre-school age children).

30 - 40 minutes themed musical activites followed by 20- 30 mins handling of 2 live exotic animals.

Please email Vanessa on vbalkwill@talktalk.net, with your requirements, for a quote on prices or call her on 07951853204 to discuss options or for more information

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