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| under5s - winter & christmas topic web |
| Personal, social and emotional development | Communication, language and literacy | Mathematical development | |||
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| Show care and concern for self, others, and for living things | Keeping
warm - ourselves, babies, old people and animals
(books, role play equipment) |
Build up vocabulary | Winter
words - icy, cold, freezing etc.
(books) |
Willingly
attempt to count
Recognise some numerals |
'Snowman's buttons' worksheet |
| Talk freely about home and community | Enjoying staying inside in winter | Begin to use more complex sentences | Talking about the seasons - wintertime and celebrations | Use mathematical language in play | 'Snowman's Buttons' matching game |
| Express
needs and feelings
Dress and undress independently |
Feeling
hot, cold.
Putting on hats, coats and gloves |
Enjoy
books
Handle books carefully Know information can be relayed in the form of print |
Story
time - The Snowman, Percy the Park keeper, Christmas Story, and information
books about winter.
(books and tapes) |
Show an interest in shape and space | 'Winter' jigsaws |
| Have an awareness of and show interest in and enjoyment of cultural differences | Explore
celebrations -
Diwali, Christmas, Eid, Jewish celebrations - Chanuka (Books, decorations, artefacts) |
Understanding
the concept of a word.
Listening to rhyming sounds |
Reading
winter poems
'Snow stomping' 'Poor Old Snowman' |
Use some number names | Advent
calendar
Dot to dot sheets - stars, christmas trees |
| Understand what is right and what is wrong, and why. | Talk about giving presents and think about less fortunate children | Develop
hand/eye co-ordination.
Begin to use anticlockwise movement |
Tracing
snowmen shapes
Drawing snowflakes Pictures of hats, gloves, scarves and wellys (tracing cards) |
Count actions | Count footsteps in the snow |
| Develop correct pencil control | Activity
sheets - winter
'I've lost my scarf and hat' |
Sorting into sets of two | Sorting
pairs of socks
Sorting pairs of gloves |
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| Begin to make patterns through ordering and sequencing | Complete jigsaws with winter pictures | Sorting using size as the criteria - big, small | Sorting hats, clothes etc. | ||
| Developing mathematical language | Wrapping 'presents' using different sized books | ||||
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| Knowledge and understanding of the world | Physical development | Creative development | |||
| Stepping
Stone/
Early Learning Goal |
Activity/
(Resources) |
Stepping
Stone/
Early Learning Goal |
Activity/
(Resources) |
Stepping
Stone/
Early Learning Goal |
Activity/
(Resources) |
| Ask
questions and develop ideas
Show awareness of change |
Investigating
light sources - torches, reflectors etc.
Exploring seasonal changes, autumn - winter (books, go for a walk) |
Move freely, with confidence | Outdoor play - keeping warm - jumping up and down, running on the spot, skipping etc. | Use available resources to support role play | Role play with winter clothes, blankets etc. |
| Investigating how heat changes materials (food) | Baking - hot food to keep us warm, Star Biscuits | Construct
with large materials
Construct with big bricks Construct with small bricks |
Modelling
with large boxes, tubes
Making 'buildings' |
Experiment to create different textures | Frost patterns, stencils, sponge painting and glitter |
| Environment
- geography
Ask questions about where we live, and the natural world Describe features of 'materials' |
Walks
- around the school, to the park
Watch snow melt Examine materials which keep us warm |
Show awareness of own needs | Dressing
dolls in warm clothes
Putting on coats, hats and gloves |
Use
ideas to explore shape and form
Work creatively on a small scale |
Snowflakes
Christmas decorations Christmas cards Party hats |
| Show an interest in the world | Discuss
hibernation
(books) |
Manipulate objects with control | Small world play - farm, zoo - put animals into buildings, shelters | Explore texture and colour | Christmas
tree collage
Snowmen pictures - using material, paint, glitter |
| Develop an awareness of culture | Christmas
and Festivals
(display) |
Show awareness of healthy living | Baking - soups, curries, hot toast | Choose particular colours for purpose | 'Warm' colour pictures - glowing log fires, brightly lit houses |
| History - show an awareness of the past and the present | Christmas
in the past
(books and photos) |
Show awareness of need to look after own body | Exercise
inside (P.E.)
Walking outside |
Imitate
sounds
Create response to music |
Music and dance - learn seasonal songs, experiment with sounds (instruments) to represent weather - hail, wind, rain |
| Using tools and techniques | Make
a sledge using various materials
(boxes, tubes, string and balsa wood) |
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| ICT - show an interest in ICT | Switching
torches on/off
Putting cassette tapes in a cassette player - pressing 'Play', 'Rewind', Stop' |
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