Lesson 1: Fantastic fruits and vegetables

Children explore and become familiar with different types of fruits and vegetables and their differences in texture, taste and appearance.

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Learning objectives

  • To explore fruits and vegetables and the differences between them.
  • To use adjectives to describe how fruits and vegetables look, feel, smell and taste.

EYFS outcomes

Communication and language

 

  • Learn new vocabulary.
  • Use new vocabulary throughout the day.
  • 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

  • Know and talk about the different factors that support their overall health and wellbeing: healthy eating.
  • ELG: Managing self: Manage their own basic hygiene and personal needs, including…understanding the importance of healthy food choices

Understanding the world

  • Explore the natural world around them.
  • ELG: The Natural World: Explore the natural world around them, making observations and drawing pictures of animals and plants.

Characteristics of effective learning

> Playing and exploring

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Before the lesson

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Activity

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Teacher notes

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Key vocabulary

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Prompts for learning

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Observations

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Next steps

To design a class soup recipe.

Note any specific next steps for individual pupils.

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Created by:
Sophie Pickles (EYFS),  
Design and technology specialist
Sophie is an expert Early Years consultant. She has spent many years both teaching in Reception and leading, in her role of Head of Early Years and senior manager at an outstanding-rated, child-led setting. Sophie now works with many national educational…
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