Just Play
This week’s activities and learning opportunities based on the Early Years Foundation stage will include the following:

ACTIVITIES

Indoors - self portrait (paint and collage), “I can…” tree as part of autumn display, certificates, book – What I Like About Me

Outdoors – Handprints and footprints

 

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

Personal, Social and Emotional

Have a sense of personal identity

Have an awareness and pride in self as having own identity and abilities

Feel pride in their own achievements

Take pleasure in gaining more complex skills

Show a strong sense of self as a member of different communities, such as their family or pre-school

Have an awareness of and interest in, cultural and religious differences

Have a positive self image and show that they are comfortable with themselves

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

Are interested in others and their families

 

ACTIVITIES

Indoors and outdoors - Free style drawing (Lydiard Park), photo poster (autumn welly walk), autumn collages, autumn display including “I Can..tree”

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

Remember and talk about significant events

Talk about past events

Begin to differentiate between past, present and future

Understand about seasons of the year and their regularity

Develop an understanding of growth, change and decay over time

Show an interest in the world in which they live

Comment and ask questions about the natural world

Notice differences between features of the local environment