Learning goal
- To understand the characteristics of desert environments, including climate and landscape.
EYFS outcomes
Development matters
Understanding the world
- Recognise some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries.
- Recognise some environments that are different from the one in which they live.
Characteristics of effective learning
- Playing and exploring.
- 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:
- Having other books about hot environments available for the children (both fiction and non-fiction) to show various places, lived experiences and perspectives.
- Giving clear, simple instructions for each role-play scenario and helping the children select appropriate props they might need in a desert.
- Reading each item from the checklist and discussing it.
- Asking questions that require more than a yes or no answer, such as “Why do you think it’s important to wear a hat in the desert?”
Key vocabulary
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cactus
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camel
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desert
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explorer
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palm tree
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sand dune
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storm
