Lesson 3: Who helps us?

Exploring who helps people in the community.

Learning objective

  • To talk about special people in the community.

EYFS outcomes

Development matters

Understanding the world

Children in reception will be learning to:

  • Talk about members of their immediate family and community.
  • Name and describe people who are familiar to them.

See Development Matters (non-statutory curriculum guidance) – contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 

Understanding the world

ELG: Past and present

Children at the expected level of development will:

  • Talk about the lives of the people around them and their roles in society.

See Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage, 2021.

Before the lesson

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Teacher notes

Lesson plan

Support and challenge

Adults can use the opportunity to:

  • Support the children during the Adult-led painting task by providing them with images from the Activity: People who help us.
  • Ask the children to draw the people who match each of the associated items (see optional Adult-led task).

Key vocabulary

  • care

  • community

  • job

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