Learning objective
- To know why it is important to care for others.
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.
Support and challenge
Adults can use the opportunity to:
- Encourage the children to use small world characters to recap the story of The Lost Sheep.
- Ask the children to draw an example that they have seen of someone being kind to others on a small piece of paper to add to a ‘kindness jar’.
Key vocabulary
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kind
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lost
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treat
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shepherd
