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Personal, social and emotional development		Communication, language and literacy		Mathematical development
Stepping Stone/ Early Learning Goal	Activity	Stepping Stone/ Early Learning Goal	Activity	Stepping Stone/ Early Learning Goal	Activity
Take turns/share fairly Snack time	Sharing - coloured treats - fruit	Interacting with others	Colours around us - speaking and listening	Using number names accurately Willingly attempt to count	Balloon colour board game Ladybird dominoes
Working as a part of a group	Co-operate with simple matching activities	Listening to stories with increasing attention and recall	Books - colourful animal books Elephant frog Monkey mice Fish bear	Sorting and counting - separate 3/4 objects	Sorting for colour - equipment
Developing respect for your own culture	Discussing 'best' clothes (special colours) for special events/occasions	Building up vocabulary	Coloured dice game - roll dice, taking turns, name colour	Using positional language Talking about and recreating simple patterns	Threading colour cotton reels - sequence and pattern making
Understanding that people have different cultures and beliefs	Candles - bring light and colour to our lives - display of candle holders and coloured candles	Listening with enjoyment Responding to stories	'Elmer the Elephant' by David McKee, and photocopy patchwork elephant	Counting up to 3/4 objects and saying number names	Colour match express game - match bear to truck
Selecting and using resources independently	Favourite colours E.g. crayons	Listening to others	Discussion about 'Winnie the Witch' story	Talk about shape/colour Talk about positional language	Colour clothes line - Sorting and hanging dolls clothes, sorting into colour groups
Baking Showing interest and enjoyment in cultural and religious differences	Food rituals - special foods at religious festivals	Extending vocabulary	'Maisy's Colours' - colour names	Counting and sorting leaves	Leaf sorting - for colour Make leaf rubbings
		Beginning to experiment with language Using vocabulary focussed on objects	'Roll the cube' game - language development - colour identification	Sorting and counting	Make a chart of door colours
		Extending vocabulary	'Lollipops for sale' game - language development 'Colour game song' - colour identification	Ordering items into pairs	Matching socks - finding 2 the same
		Vocabulary (maths) number song	Colour songs - 'Rainbow Song' - '10 Green Bottles'	Counting objects	Counting sets of different colour objects
		Beginning to use more complex sentences	'What's missing' game - colour identification 'What's in my bag' game - colour identification	Counting objects, attempting to count with the same numbers in the correct order	10 Green Bottles
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Knowledge and understanding of the world		Physical development		Creative development
Stepping Stone/ Early Learning Goal	Activity	Stepping Stone/ Early Learning Goal	Activity	Stepping Stone/ Early Learning Goal	Activity
Investigating objects and materials, using senses. Examining objects and living things	Looking at the colour of fruit and vegetables Searching for colours in the environment	Manipulating objects	Threading cards/shoelaces - motor skills	Exploring what happens when mixing colours	Mixing colours
Investigating objects and materials, using senses. Examining objects and living things	What happens to white yoghurt when colour is added	Moving in a range of ways. Can stop	Musical statues 2 groups with coloured bands Children whose colour is called freeze, the other children keep moving	Choosing particular colours to use for a purpose	Sponge painting with colour on large shapes - Triangles, circles, squares of paper etc.
Performing simple functions on ICT apparatus	ICT colour match game - using basic IT skills and following instructions	Learning to control movement	Organise into two teams Kick a ball into goal when colour group called	Choosing particular colours to use for a purpose	Door colours - door shapes (with numbers on for each child) - paint door the correct colour
Sorting objects Using imagination	Small World Play with colour cars, lorries and vans etc. Brio train set	Manage body to create intended movements	Moving like animals - relate big movements/small movements to different size animals	Understanding that different media can be combined	Balloons - cut and stick shiny pieces onto balloon shapes, attach ribbon/string for display
Joining construction pieces together to build and balance	Construction with colour bricks - duplo/wooden bricks Construction with Mobilo	Moving freely with pleasure and confidence Using imagination	Dance	Working creatively on a small or large scale	Fruit prints (and fruit vocabulary sheet)
Showing an awareness of change	Dissolving colour jellies Put pieces of fruit in a bowl and add jelly	Using movement to express feelings	Attach crepe paper streamers to paint brushes - move carefully around the room to music, holding brushes high	Making constructions with colour	Tissue paper flowers on sticks - put in plant pots with plasticine to hold stick
Talking about what is seen and what is happening	Making festival sweets - awareness of cultures			Pencil control, using lines to enclose a space	Leaf templates to draw around and colour in
Constructing with a purpose in mind, using a variety of resources	Making models of elephants/dinosaurs or other animals and paint them			Experimenting to create different textures	Pasta patterns on card with glue, use coloured pasta or dip pasta shapes in water coloured with food colouring to dye
Using simple tools and techniques	Design and technology - making 'jewellery' with bottle tops, beads and macaroni			Working creatively on a large/small scale	Create rainbow pictures using roller sponges
				Trying to capture experiences and responses with music and dance	Music Move bodies like animals, think about the colour of an animal, accompany with musical instruments

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