W/B 26th September 2022
| Personal Social and Emotional Development Circle Time- Passing Lola the leopard around the circle. Can you tell her your name? Your favourite colour? Show confidence in different social situations | Communication and Language Focus Language: Once Upon a Time, cottage, wolf, woodcutter, furry, lion, roar, pink, autumn, orange, brown, red, yellow, green Use a wider range of vocabulary Learn new vocabulary Listen to simple stories and understand what is happening with the help of the pictures Understand simple questions about ‘who’, ‘what’ ‘where’ and ‘why?’ | Physical Development Fizzy Totz & Music and Movement Gain control of their whole body through practise of large movements Fine Motor control- Colouring Little Red Riding Hood pictures with pencils and crayons Using different tools to make marks with paint Use one-handed tools and equipment Show a preference for a dominant hand Use a comfortable grip with good control when holding pencils/pens | Literacy Focus stories: Pink Lion, Little Red, Little Red Riding Hood Enjoy sharing books with an adult Repeat words and phrases from familiar stories Ask questions about the book. Make comments and share their own ideas Spot and suggest rhymes Recognise words with the same initial sound | |
| Colours and Shapes/Autumn Weeks beginning 26/9/22 & 3/!0/22 | ||||
| Outdoor focus Collecting resources like leaves & sticks to explore and use in our creative activities. | Mathematics Block Play Combine objects like blocks Build with a range of resources Talk about 2D & 3D shapes Select shapes appropriately Counting out loud, counting small sets Number rhymes, counting the children at register time, how high can you count? How many blocks are in your tower? How many leaves have you found? Develop counting like behaviour Count in everyday contexts Recite numbers past 5 Say one number for each item in order | |||
| Expressive Arts and Design Block Play Make imaginative small worlds with blocks; make simple models Nursery Rhyme time Join in with songs and rhymes Explore colour and paint Red shape collages Explore different materials freely Join different materials and explore different textures Painting using different tools– different types of brushes, sticks, potato mashers Explore paint using brushes and other tools Explore colour and colour mixing Making leaf prints with paint Explore paint Look closely at patterns | Understanding the World Use natural resources to build with- bark, wooden blocks, shells, pebbles Explore natural materials, both inside and outside Explore collections of materials with similar and/or different properties Autumn Begin to talk about the change’s autumn brings. Can you see the colour of the leaves on the trees? Has anybody found any conkers or acorns? Explore natural materials Talk about what they see |
