Learning goal
- To compare the local environment to other places around the world.
EYFS outcomes
Development matters
Understanding the world
- Recognise some environments that are different from the one in which they live.
- Recognise some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries.
- Draw information from a simple map.
Characteristics of effective learning
- Creating and thinking critically.
See Development Matters (non-statutory curriculum guidance).
Support and challenge
Adults can use the opportunity to discuss and/or support with:
- Challenging the children to draw a place that Bear went on his visit and labelling or writing a sentence about it.
- Drawing a map of their local area and adding some features they would find (note: it is not expected that the map is accurate in any way).
- Providing word mats/cards with key vocabulary.
- Helping children to use sentence stems, such as “These places are similar because …” or “These places are different because…”
Key vocabulary
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beach
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building
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church
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desert
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forest
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hill
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mountain
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playground
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river
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roundabout
