Author: Bev Evans

Communication, Language and Literacy
Interact with others, negotiating plans and activities and taking turns in conversations
Extend their vocabulary, exploring the meanings and sounds of new words
Use talk to organise, sequence, and clarify thinking, ideas, feelings and events

Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Work as part of a group, taking turns and sharing fairly
Select and use activities and resources independently

Creative Development
Explore colour, texture, shape, form and space in 2 or 3 dimensions
Respond in a variety of ways to what they see, hear, smell, touch and feel
Express and communicate ideas, thoughts and feelings by using a widening range of materials, suitable tools, imaginative and role play

Physical Development
Use a range of small and large equipment
Handle tools, objects, construction and malleable materials safely and with increasing control

Knowledge and Understanding of the World Build and construct with a wide range of objects, selecting appropriate resources and adapting their work as necessary
Select the tools and techniques they need to shape, assemble and join materials they are using
Investigate objects and materials, using all their senses as appropriate
Find out about and identify some features of objects and events
Look closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change
Ask questions about why things happen and how things work

Mathematical Development
Use everyday words to describe position
Use language such as ‘circle’ or ‘bigger’ to describe the shape and size of solid and flat shapes
Use developing methods and ideas to solve practical problems

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Lego, Duplo, Mobilo, Sticklebricks, Interstar, Wooden building blocks etc.
Cars, road mats, train track, etc
Animals, farm, zoo
Dolls house and small world people
Pictures of models as stimulation
Clipboards, pens and paper for planning and recording

Build/building/design/make/join
Tall/short/long/wide/deep
Slide/roll/turn/pull/push
Names of vehicles and buildings
Drive/travel/move/steer/fly/fix/mend
Forwards/backwards/high/low/fast/slow
Names of 2D and 3D shapes
Names of settings e.g. zoo, town etc
Name of areas e.g. island, hill etc.

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