Author: Bev Evans

Communication, Language and Literacy
Listen with enjoyment and respond to stories, songs, rhymes and poems and make up own stories, songs, rhymes and poems
Explore and experiments with sounds, words and texts
Read a range of familiar and common words and simple sentences independently
Know that print carries meaning and in English, is read from left to right and top to bottom
Show an understanding of the elements of stories, such as main character, sequence of events, how information can be found in non-fiction texts

Creative Development
Use their imagination in imaginative play and role-play and stories

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Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Maintain attention, concentrate and sit quietly when appropriate
Select and use activities and resources independently
Work as part of a group or class, taking turns and sharing fairly

Knowledge and Understanding of the World
Ask questions about why things happen and how things work

A range of fiction and non-fiction books, covering a wide range of subjects
Banded books for free readers
Books relevant to class topics
Story tapes/CDs with headphones
Puppets/puppet theatre
Dressing up clothes
Story sacks and story props

Book terms e.g.. front/back cover, title, author, blurb, illustrator, pictures, print, letters, sentence, page, story,
non-fiction, fiction, setting, characters, read