Get ready for some action-packed learning with Supertato! This hilarious superhero-themed story by Sue Hendra is perfect for EYFS children, offering endless opportunities for creativity, problem-solving, and imaginative play.
These fun and engaging Supertato activities for EYFS will help children achieve their Early Learning Goals while having a smashing time!
Blossom’s Recommended Supertato Activities for Early Years:
Activity 1: Create Your Own Supertato
Provide a variety of craft materials like googly eyes, capes, and coloured paper, along with real or pretend potatoes, for children to make their own Supertato characters.
They can use felt-tip pens to draw superhero expressions and attach capes to give their potato superpowers!
EYFS Areas of Learning and Development and Early Learning Goals:
- Expressive Arts and Design
- Creating with Materials:
- Children use craft resources to design and decorate their Supertato.
- Being Imaginative and Expressive:
- Role-play with their superhero creations encourages storytelling.
- Creating with Materials:
- Physical Development
- Fine Motor Skills:
- Cutting, gluing, and decorating the potatoes enhance dexterity.
- Fine Motor Skills:
- Communication and Language
- Speaking:
- Children describe their Supertato’s superpowers and adventures.
- Speaking:
Activity 2: Vegetable Rescue Mission
Set up a “trapped veggies” station using string or tape to tie up toy vegetables. Children become Supertato, freeing the vegetables by untangling them or solving puzzles to release them.
EYFS Areas of Learning and Development and Early Learning Goals:
- Physical Development
- Fine Motor Skills:
- Untying knots or cutting string strengthens hand control and coordination.
- Gross Motor Skills:
- Crawling or reaching to “rescue” the vegetables builds agility.
- Fine Motor Skills:
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- Building Relationships:
- Working together to solve problems encourages teamwork.
- Managing Self:
- Completing the mission boosts confidence and persistence.
- Building Relationships:
- Communication and Language
- Listening, Attention and Understanding:
- Following instructions develops focus and comprehension.
- Listening, Attention and Understanding:
Activity 3: Design a Veggie Superhero Team
Provide children with paper and crayons to draw their own vegetable superheroes. Encourage them to think about their character’s special powers (e.g., a “Carrot Commando” who sees in the dark or “Broccoli Blaster” who shoots super sprouts).
EYFS Areas of Learning and Development and Early Learning Goals:
- Expressive Arts and Design
- Creating with Materials:
- Drawing and designing superheroes spark creativity.
- Being Imaginative and Expressive:
- Children use storytelling to explain their veggie team’s powers.
- Creating with Materials:
- Communication and Language
- Speaking:
- Explaining their superhero creations enhances language development.
- Speaking:
- Literacy
- Writing:
- Older children can label their superheroes or write simple sentences about their powers.
- Writing:
Activity 4: Evil Pea Hunt
Hide Evil Pea cut-outs or toy peas around the room and challenge children to find and capture them. Provide baskets or jars for collecting the peas and encourage the children to count how many they’ve caught.
EYFS Areas of Learning and Development and Early Learning Goals:
- Mathematics
- Number:
- Counting the peas helps develop number recognition and early maths skills.
- Numerical Patterns:
- Comparing groups of peas introduces pattern recognition.
- Number:
- Physical Development
- Gross Motor Skills:
- Crawling, running, and reaching improve coordination.
- Gross Motor Skills:
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- Managing Self:
- Staying focused during the hunt builds persistence and determination.
- Managing Self:
Activity 5: Supertato Story Retell
Set up a story corner with props like a Supertato figure, toy vegetables, and an Evil Pea. Encourage children to retell the story using the props or act it out with friends.
EYFS Areas of Learning and Development and Early Learning Goals:
- Literacy
- Comprehension:
- Retelling the story strengthens understanding of sequencing and characters.
- Comprehension:
- Communication and Language
- Speaking:
- Acting out the story develops vocabulary and storytelling skills.
- Speaking:
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- Building Relationships:
- Collaborating to retell the story promotes teamwork.
- Building Relationships:
Activity 6: Super Veggie Obstacle Course
Create an obstacle course where children guide their Supertato or superhero vegetables through challenges like tunnels, ramps, and balance beams. Include “traps” set by Evil Pea for added excitement!
EYFS Areas of Learning and Development and Early Learning Goals:
- Physical Development
- Gross Motor Skills:
- Crawling, jumping, and balancing improve strength and coordination.
- Fine Motor Skills:
- Picking up and moving vegetables refines precision.
- Gross Motor Skills:
- Expressive Arts and Design
- Being Imaginative and Expressive:
- Pretending their veggies are superheroes makes the activity magical.
- Being Imaginative and Expressive:
- Mathematics
- Numerical Patterns:
- Counting obstacles or measuring time adds an extra layer of learning.
- Numerical Patterns:
These Supertato activities for EYFS are an action-packed way to inspire creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving while hitting key Early Learning Goals. From designing veggie superheroes to saving trapped vegetables, these playful activities immerse children in the story while developing their skills across all EYFS Areas of Development.
For UK nurseries and early years providers, these fun, hands-on activities are the perfect way to engage little learners and encourage imaginative play. Let the Supertato adventures begin!
