This week’s activities and learning opportunities based on the Early Years Foundation stage will include the following:
ACTIVITIES
Exploring – binoculars and magnifying glasses outdoors (pre-school and school field) and indoors, magic potions, snow globes, dens and torches, magnetic blocks, water play – float and sink, mirrors and natural objects
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
Explore, play and seek meaning in their experiences
Show an interest in why things happen
Describe and talk about what they see
Show curiosity about why things happen and how things work
Show understanding of cause/effect relations
Show curiosity and interest in the features of objects and living things
Explain own knowledge and understanding, and ask appropriate questions of others
Show an interest in the world in which they live
Comment and ask questions about where they live and the natural world
Observe, find out about and identify features in the place they live and the natural world
ACTIVITIES
Measuring, estimating and solving problems - measuring table, making dens, making hats, circle time discussions - estimating number of children, cushions, objects etc, water play with objects to float and sink
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy
Begin to understand variations in size
Begin to understand ‘bigger than’ and ‘enough’
Order 2 or 3 items by length or height
Describe solutions to practical problems, drawing on experience, talking about own ideas, method and choices
Use language such as ‘greater’, 'smaller’, ‘heavier’ or ‘lighter’
Estimate how many objects they can see and check by counting them