Activity 4: Creating journey sticks

Using directional language and mapping a journey using found objects.

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Learning goal

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EYFS outcomes

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Before the lesson

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Teacher guidance

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Activity

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Support and challenge

Adults can use the opportunity to discuss and/or support with:

  • Fixing objects or items to their stick if needed.
  • Vocabulary including geographical features and positional/directional language.
  • Presenting their sticks to the rest of the group, verbally mapping out their route as they explain the journey they took to gather each item.
  • Providing paper and drawing materials for the children who would like to record their route by making a simple linear map.

Vocabulary

  • direction

  • find

  • identify

  • journey

  • map

  • object

  • path

  • route

  • feature names (e.g. bench, building, field, gate, house, playground, pond, road, steps, tree, etc.)

  • directional language (e.g. across, around, behind, beneath, next to, under, etc.)

Curriculum opportunities

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Created by:
Sophie Pickles (EYFS),  
Geography 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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