Our Current Topic
This is just a snap shot of what we do
Personal, social and emotional Development
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What are our favourite things?
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Who is in our family- all families are different
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Name and talk about a wide range of feelings.
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What do we like to do? discuss and make plans to incorperate what everybody likes and look at the importance of sharing and taking turns.
All about me
Physical Development
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Playdough- use playdough mats to create self portraits
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Talk about heathy eating and make a healthy picnic.
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Look at the effect of excersise on our bodies.
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How many ways can we move- crawling, running, jumping, rolling.
Communication and Language.
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Use language to imagine and recreate roles and experiences
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Encourage children to tell each other stories about themselves.
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How many body parts can we name?
Literacy
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Make a story box with the children
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Make all about me books
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Encourage early writing- what does your name look like?
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Books-Only One of you by Linda Kranz; What makes me me? by Ben Faulks and David Tazzyman
Mathematical Development
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Look at numbers that are special to us- our age, our door number, how many are in our family?
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Compare sizes of hands and feet.
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What shapes can we make with our bodies?
Understanding the World
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Our world belongs to all of us, look at the importance of looking after it- Feed the birds; recycle rubbish; put litter in the bin.
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Make books about home, family etc.
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Go on a sensory walk- look for different sights, smells and textures?
Expressive Arts and Design
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Use a variety of media and loose parts to make self portraits.
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Draw around each other and work collaboratively to decorate our outlines.
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Make hand and foot prints.
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Dance to our favourite music.
