Learning Objectives
- To recognise that kings and queens are powerful people.
EYFS outcomes
Development matters
Understanding the world
- Compare and contrast characters from stories, including figures from the past.
Characteristics of effective learning
- Playing and exploring.
- Active learning.
- Creating and thinking critically.
See Development Matters (non-statutory curriculum guidance).
Understanding the World
ELG: Past and Present
- Understand the past through settings, characters, and events encountered in books read in class and storytelling.
See Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage, 2021.
Support and challenge
Adults can use the opportunity to discuss and/or support with:
- Remembering what the items are for.
- Ask the children to draw their ideas of what they would do if they were king or queen for the day.
- Challenge the children to think of a simple problem to solve as a king or queen.
Vocabulary
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fairytale
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king
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power
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queen
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royalty
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rule
