| Personal Social and Emotional Development Settling into Pre-school Find ways of managing transitions, for example from their parent to their key person | Communication and Language Focus Language: Swirly, snail, stripy, spotty, gold, grasshopper, grey, white, lizard, rectangle, tumbling 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- Using paint droppers, making marks with crayons, pencils and fingers 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: The Blue Balloon, Blue Chameleon, Green Lizards, Red Rectangles and the Blue Ball 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 | |
| Outdoor focus Explore the outdoor environment: climb, slide, swing, ride scooters and bikes, throw balls into the nets, paint using water and big paint brushes, mark make with large chalks | Mathematics Making patterns with different coloured shapes on the boards Notice patterns and arrange things in patterns Talk about and explore 2D shapes Select shapes appropriately, a triangle shape for a roof, for example Block Play Combine objects like blocks Build with a range of resources Talk about 2D & 3D shapes Select shapes appropriately | |
| Expressive Arts and Design Block Play Make imaginative small worlds with blocks; make simple models Nursery Rhyme time Join in with songs and rhymes Finger Painting beach balls Using droppers and paint to decorate cotton wool ice creams Explore colour and paint Making Blue Balloons with different blue collage materials Explore different materials freely Join different materials and explore different textures | 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 | |
