Lesson 1: How do some people treat special books?

Recognising that some people treat special books with care by finding out how different people look after them.

Learning objective

  • To recognise that some people treat special books with care by finding out how different people look after them.

EYFS outcomes

Development matters

Communication and language

Children in reception will be learning to:

  • Engage in storytimes.
  • Listen to and talk about stories to build familiarity and understanding.

Understanding the world 

Children in reception will be learning to:

  • Recognise that people have different beliefs and celebrate special times in different ways.

See Development Matters (non-statutory curriculum guidance) – contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 

Literacy

ELG: Comprehension

Children at the expected level of development will:

  • Use and understand recently introduced vocabulary during discussions about stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems and during role-play.

ELG: People, culture and communities

Children at the expected level of development will:

  • Know some similarities and differences between different religious and cultural communities in this country, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class.

See Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage, 2021.

Before the lesson

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Teacher notes

Activity

Support and challenge

  • Provide the Resource: Taking care of books for the children to use as a prompt when thinking of actions to mime.
  • Encourage the children to point to the picture showing what is being acted out on the Resource: Taking care of books.
  • Challenge the children to use complete sentences to explain why each way of taking care of books is important.

Key vocabulary

  • care

  • Christian

  • Christian Bible

  • God

  • Muslim

  • respect

  • Qur'an

Created by:
Kapow Primary’s Religion and Worldviews Team,  
Religion and worldviews specialist
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