Areas of Learning: Knowledge and Understanding of the World, Communication, Language and Literacy, Personal Social and Emotional Development.
Context: Children had read and acted out the story "We're Going on a Bear Hunt".
Learning Intentions: To ask questions about why things happen and how they work (KUW).
To find out about and identify the uses of everyday technology (KUW).
To work as part of a group, be confident to try new activities (PSED).
To use talk to organise, sequence and clarify thinking (CLL).
Success Criteria: I know/can control a floor robot.
Key Vocabulary: forward, back, move, remote control, press, buttons, turn, around.

You will need: remote control toy.
Model how to control the remote toy. Provide opportunities for children sitting in a circle to move the toy across the circle to another child.

You will need: remote control toy, story "We're going on a Bear Hunt", large paper, coloured pencils.
Discuss the story text and ask children to recall the places visited in the story. Ask each child to draw a place in the story and label it on a large piece of paper.

You will need: remote control toy and map(s) created in small group work.
Children to work in pairs moving the floor robot around the map to specific destinations. Children to recall the areas and sounds made.

Thinking Questions: How can you make the remote control toy move?
How can you make it turn?
Where did the family travel to first? How will you make the toy move there?
What sounds did they hear at this place?
Can you take the toy on a journey so that it visits all the places on your map?