Willow
Autumn Term: 2018-19
Topic: All About Me, followed by Space
Mathematics Development
- Enjoy and begin to join in with number songs and rhymes
- Explore and experiment with different shapes and blocks
- Post items and complete jigsaws
- Explore and order Numicon
- Develop understanding of number problems
Personal Social Emotional Development
- Respond to interactions from staff
- Begin to follow the routine of the day and class boundaries
- Enjoy finding their own nose, eyes and tummy as part of a naming game
- Initiate and play co-operatively with peers
Communication, Language and Literacy
- Books: Funnybones, My Five Senses, From Head to Toe, Up, Up and Away, Beegu, and Aliens Love Underpants!
- Join in joint attention activities with an adult
- Begin to request help/attract an adult’s attention
- Make choices during snack and Choosing Time
- Explore mark making activities and develop pencil control
- Engage in a sensory story
Physical Development
- Explore mark making in damp sand, paste, shaving foam or paint
- Build confidence in exploring the classroom and outside areas
- Manipulate dough in their hands
- Co-operate and begin to support with changing and dressing
Understanding of the World
- Explore a variety of objects by looking and feeling
- Press and release switches on interactive toys and talking aids
- Use objects for their purpose
- Use their senses to explore outdoors
Expressive Arts and Design
- Listen to rhymes and songs
- Experience a range of musical instruments
- Imitate actions observed
- Explore a range of media including pliable materials
