This forms the foundation for later work in science, design and technology, history, geography and information and communication technology.
We aim to do this by:
- Providing opportunities for the children to explore, observe, investigate and think about outcomes.
- Use activities to promote the above such as, gloop, cookery, bread making, painting and modelling with different media, junk mdelling, sand, water, growing cress, plants, weather charts, time lines.
- Enjoy and explore experiments such as freezing, melting, making jelly etc.
- Record outcomes and results in different ways, using pictures, graphs, mark making, etc.
- Encouraging use of construction activities, stickle bricks, duplo, lego,
- magnetic shapes, cogs and wheels, hammer and nails.
- Providing opportunities everyday for the children to use the computer area and listening box.
- Provide a range of software and child friendly mouse.
- Provide a large range of cd’s, tapes, books, rhymes for the children to use in the listening corner.
- To encourage independence when using ICT toys.
- To support the children who are not confident using the ICT equipment.
- To talk about our home life and families.
- Encourage the children to bring in pictures, favourite things from home.
- Provide opportunities for the children to talk about their families, either as a group or on a one to one.
- Plan trips to local areas, the zoo, Kents cavern, Cockington park, local primary schools, walk down to the local shops.
- Welcome and encourage visitors to the Pre-School, i.e. lollipop lady, fire service, invite visitors relevant to the topic.
- Celebrate and talk about different religious celebrations, Divali, Hannukah, Chinese New year, Christmas etc.
- Invite parents / carers/ grandparents to take part in different celebrations.
- Encourage the children to think about time, present, past and future, using picture lines, time lines, photographs, clocks.
- Changing role play areas, different themes linking to the current topic.
- Plenty of circle time opportunities to talk about news from home, topic discussions, anything of interest or just time for a chat.
- Listen and appreciate what the children have to say, allowing them time to answer and express their feelings and thoughts.
- Provide a special times board where the children can display special photographs and items from home.
