Learning objective
- To find ways to help me feel calm.
Cross-curricular links
Communication and language
ELG: Listening, Attention and Understanding
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Listen attentively and respond to what they hear with relevant questions, comments and actions when being read to and during whole class discussions and small group interactions.
ELG: Speaking
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Participate in small group, class and one-to-one discussions, offering their own ideas, using recently introduced vocabulary.
Physical Developement
ELG: Fine motor skills
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Begin to show accuracy and care when drawing.
See Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage, 2021 – contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
EYFS outcomes
Early years foundation stage statutory framework
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Express their feelings and consider the feelings of others.
- Identify and moderate their own feelings socially and emotionally.
ELG: Self-regulation
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Show an understanding of their own feelings and those of others, and begin to regulate their behaviour accordingly.
See Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage, 2021 – contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Development matters
Personal, Social and Emotional development
Children in reception will be learning to:
- Express their feelings and consider the feelings of others.
- Identify and moderate their own feelings socially and emotionally.
Characteristics of effective learning
- Playing and exploring
- Active learning
- Creating and thinking critically
See Development Matters (non-statutory curriculum guidance) – contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Adaptive teaching
Adults could give support by:
- Using the Resource: Calm corner ideas to prompt the children in the adult-led task.
- Annotating the children’s plans for them.
Key vocabulary
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calm
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calm corner
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feelings
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relax
