Learning objective
- To understand how to help local animals by making places for them to live.
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.
See Development Matters (non-statutory curriculum guidance) – contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Early learning goals
ELG: Understanding the world – 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.
See Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage, 2021.
Support and challenge
- Support the children by offering limited choices to make the animal homes.
- Challenge the children to explain why they placed each picture into alive and non-living in the Recap and recall.
- Challenge the children to design their own animal habitat using natural materials they find on the nature walk.
- Challenge the children to keep an animal log by drawing or writing about any animals they spot over the next few days.
Key vocabulary
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alive
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home
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non-living
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notice
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observe
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sort
