Learning goal
- To describe the effects of different weather conditions.
EYFS outcomes
Development matters
Understanding the world
- Explore the natural world around them.
- Describe what they see, hear and feel whilst outside.
- Understand the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around them.
Characteristics of effective learning
- Playing and exploring.
- Active learning.
- Creating and thinking critically.
See Development Matters (non-statutory curriculum guidance).
Support and challenge
Adults can use the opportunity to:
- Observe and support the children as they explore.
- Find appropriate opportunities to extend learning, introduce new ideas or model how to do something.
- Listen to storytelling and extend language/depth of learning when appropriate.
- Model the use of vocabulary to describe the weather or the changes/effects that you see.
Vocabulary
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weather adjectives (e.g. soft, hard, wet, bright, dark, freezing, etc.)
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weather words (e.g. sun, rain, snow, hot, dry, cold, wet, etc.)
