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

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

Knowledge and Understanding of the World Investigate objects and materials by using all of the senses, as appropriate
Look closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change
Ask questions about why things happen and how things work

Mathematical Development
Use developing methods and ideas to solve practical problems
In practical activities begin to use the vocabulary involved in adding and subtracting
Use language such as ‘greater’ ‘smaller’ ‘heavier’ or ‘lighter’ to compare quantities
Talk about, recognise and recreate patterns
Use everyday words to describe position

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A range of toys, containers, buckets, scoops, jugs, and measuring equipment in different sizes and shapes
Resources to encourage literate and numerate activities, e.g. magnetic/foam letters and numbers, clipboards and pens and paper for recording
Signs with questions and challenges on e.g. how many letter ‘a’s can you find?

Pour/pouring
More/less
Heavier/lighter
Measuring jug/cylinder/litre
Wet/water/ice/cold/warm
Drip/splash/trickle/flow
Full/empty/fill/half-empty/half-full
Float/sink
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