| Personal Social and Emotional Development Small and large group early phonics sessions and listening/language games- ‘Farm animal describe and find it’ game- picking out different animals from a feely bag key questions: Can you describe it? How many legs does it have? What colour is it? Where does it live? What does it eat? Begin to show ‘effortful control’ –waiting for their turn, for example Show more confidence in adult led activities- talking to their friends and teachers in a small group situation School visits for the older children Find ways of managing transitions Become more outgoing with unfamiliar people Show more confidence in new social situations | Communication and Language Focus Language: Farm animals and their young names: cow/calf, pig/piglet, horse/foal, goat/kid, goose/gosling, sheep/lamb, cattlegrid, vegetable names: courgette, carrot, potato, parsnip, sweetcorn, leek, swede, turnip 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 Pencil/Scissor control- Farm animal colouring and dot to dot, cutting out characters from the focus stories to make puppets 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: A Squash and a Squeeze, Rosie’s Walk, Oliver’s Vegetables, The Enormous Turnip 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 Phonics games- Tune in and pay attention Learning a selection of sounds written with one letter- ‘s’ & ‘a’ for example Read letters by saying the sound for them Write some letters accurately Recognise some words with the same initial sound | |
| The Farm Weeks beginning 20/6/22 & 27/6/22 | |
| Outdoor focus Water play- using water in the mud kitchen, adding natural resources like leaves and grass to their mixtures, moving water in different containers, using large paint brushes and water. Use large muscle movements to make marks with paintbrushes Choose the right resources to carry out their plan Explore different forces | Mathematics Farm animal counting-can you pass me 3 cows, 4 horses, 2 pigs? Can you make a bigger group of horses than cows? React to changes in amounts in a group of up to 3 items Say one number for each item in order Develop fast recognition of up to 3 objects Know that a number reached when counting in a small set of objects tells you how many there are in total Compare quantities Farm jigsaws Compete inset puzzles Rosie’s Walk Story Where is the fox? Where does Rosie go next? Discuss route and locations using words like in front of and behind | |
| Expressive Arts and Design Making a woolly sheep Join different materials and ad explore different textures Songs: The Farmer’s in his Den, Old Macdonald had a Farm Join in with songs and rhymes Vegetable prints- using paint to make different prints with- potato, carrot, courgette Explore different materials Explore colour and paint Building houses for the farm animals out of blocks Make imaginative small worlds with blocks; make simple models | Understanding the World Learning about farm animals and their young Find out about the natural world, understand the life cycle of an animal, understand the need to care for all living things Exploring Vegetables. Which is a fruit, and which is a vegetable? Looking closely at real vegetables- sweetcorn, courgette, carrot, swede, parsnip, potato, leek Use all their senses in a hands-on exploration of natural objects Talk about what they see, using a wide vocabulary | |
