Development matters

• Learn new vocabulary
• Use new vocabulary through the day
• Know and talk about the different factors that support their overall health and wellbeing: healthy eating.
• Develop their small motor skills so they can use a range of tools competently safely and confidently.
• Explore the natural world around them.
• Explore, use and refine a variety of artistic effects to express their ideas and feelings.

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

Early learning goals

Communication and language 

ELG: Speaking 

• Participate in small group, class and one-to-one discussions, offering their own ideas, using recently introduced vocabulary. 

Personal, Social and Emotional Development 

ELG – Managing self 

• Manage their own basic hygiene and personal needs … understanding the importance of healthy food choices.

Physical development 

ELG: Fine motor skills

• use a range of small tools, including scissors, paint brushes and cutlery.

Understanding the world 

ELG: The Natural world

• Explore the natural world around them, making observations and drawing pictures of animals and plants.

Expressive arts and design

ELG: Creating with materials 

• Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.

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