Learning objective
- To recognise how animals prepare for winter.
EYFS outcomes
Development matters
Understanding the world
Children in reception will be learning to:
- Explore the natural world around them.
- Describe what they see, hear and feel whilst outside.
- Understand the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around them.
Characteristics of effective learning
- Playing and exploring.
- Creating and thinking critically.
See Development Matters (non-statutory curriculum guidance) – contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Understanding the world
ELG: The Natural World
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Explore the natural world around them, making observations and drawing pictures of animals and plants.
- Understand some important processes and changes in the natural world around them, including the seasons and changing states of matter.
See Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage, 2021.
Support and challenge
Adults can use the opportunity to:
- Assist the children in identifying their dominant hand to ensure they are provided with left-handed scissors if needed during the adult-led task of how to hold scissors.
- Provide easy-grip squeeze scissors for children not yet ready to use standard scissors, ensuring they can comfortably and safely participate in the adult-led task.
- Provide modelling dough rolled into sausage shapes and have the pupils cut off small pieces for extra scissor practice.
- Challenge the children to use tools to add more detail to their modelling dough hedgehogs, such as sculpting realistic features like paws or adding patterns to the ears.
Key vocabulary
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aututmn
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hibernation
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season
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weather
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winter
