Learning goal
- To begin to understand the concept of generations.
EYFS outcomes
Development matters
Understanding the world
- Compare and contrast characters from stories, including figures from the past.
Characteristics of effective learning:
- Playing and exploring.
- Active learning.
- Creating and thinking critically.
See Development Matters (non-statutory curriculum guidance).
Understanding the World
ELG: Past and Present
- Understand the past through settings, characters, and events encountered in books read in class and storytelling.
See Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage, 2021.
Support and challenge
Adults can use the opportunity to discuss and/or support with:
- Labelling pictures of the characters or providing a pre-made family tree to refer to.
- Reminding the children why certain family members have a specific place to sit in the tree.
- Challenging the children to use their phonics skills to label who they have added to their tree (e.g. M-u-m).
- Providing sound mats so the children can look at letter formation.
Vocabulary
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dad
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family
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mum
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older
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grandad
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grandma
