Before the lesson
Learning Objectives
- To understand how to sort and categorise objects.
- To explain how items have been sorted and categorised.
EYFS outcomes
Communication and language
- Articulate their ideas and thoughts in well-formed sentences
- Use talk to help work out problems and organise thinking and activities, and to explain how things work and why they might happen
Mathematics
- Count objects, actions and sounds
- Subitise
- Count beyond ten
- Compare numbers
- Understand the ‘one more than/one less than’ relationship between consecutive numbers
- Continue, copy and create repeating patterns
- Compare length, weight and capacity
Characteristics of Effective Learning
- Playing and exploring
- Active learning
- Creating and thinking critically
Outcomes taken from Development Matters, 2021.
ELGs taken from the Statutory framework for the EYFS, 2021.
Activity
Teacher notes
Key vocabulary
Prompts for learning
Observations
Next steps
To understand how to sort and categorise objects.
To explain how items have been sorted and categorised.
Make a note of any specific next steps for individual children.