Learning goal
- To find and name familiar features on maps.
EYFS outcomes
Development matters
Understanding the world
- Draw information from a simple map.
- Recognise some environments that are different from the one in which they live.
Characteristics of effective learning
- Creating and thinking critically.
See Development Matters (non-statutory curriculum guidance).
Support and challenge
Adults can use the opportunity to discuss and/or support with:
- Discussing what a map is.
- Thinking about why pirates might need to use a map.
- Identifying different features on the map.
- Naming different features on the map.
- The use of new vocabulary.
Vocabulary
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feature
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feature names (e.g. hill, hut, island, lake, land, ocean, palm tree, river)
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find
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identify
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look
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map
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search
