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Stepping Stone/
Early Learning Goal
Activity/
( Resources)
Stepping Stone/
Early Learning Goal
Activity/
(Resources)
Stepping Stone/
Early Learning Goal
Activity/
(Resources)
Feel safe and secure Home - a special place

My family at home

Use vocabulary focussed on objects.

Hand/eye co-ordination, build up vocabulary

Labelling rooms in a home/ shop

Different kinds of home

Different kinds of shops

Show an interest in numbers and counting Counting objects at home.

How many ?

(home/shop role play resources)

Have a sense of belonging Helping at home

Special things at home

Use words/gestures to communicate

Listen to favourite nursery rhymes, stories and songs

Moving house

Stories - Goldilocks, Peace at Last

Action rhymes - 'Build a house', 'Kitchen chorus', 'At my front door'

Use mathematical language in play Sorting furniture in dolls house/shop
Have a positive approach to new experiences Homes in other countries

Children/people who have no home

(photos/posters/Big Issue)

Show interest in illustrations and print Postman Pat

Peepo!

User some number names Door numbers

(door pictures and number labels)

Make connections between different parts of their life experience New homes

My friends house

Looking after the world around us

Celebrations at home

Listen to others in one to one/small groups.

Use action with limited talk

My home -

i). Where is my home ?

ii). People in my home

iii). What happens at home ?

iv). Things we have at home

v). Going shopping 

Show an interest in shape and space Shapes/spaces inside and outside home

(photos/books)

Begin to accept the needs of others with support Behaving well, behaving badly at home and outside     Compare 2 groups of objects Shops - counting items

Ordering/sorting items

(post office resource)

Show care and concern for self Road safety

Safety at home

(Road safety role play resources)

    Use some number language spontaneously Fast food shop

Buying/selling

Getting dressed sequence

        Enjoy number songs 'Five little monkeys'

'Five currant buns'

'Five little caterpillars'

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Knowledge and understanding of the world Physical development Creative development
Stepping Stone/
Early Learning Goal
Activity/
(Resources)
Stepping Stone/
Early Learning Goal
Activity/
(Resources)
Stepping Stone/
Early Learning Goal
Activity/
(Resources)
Investigate construction materials

Use tools

Design and technology - making houses/shops

(boxes, card, glue, scissors)

Construct with large materials 'Building' - construction using large plastic bricks/wooden blocks Pretend that one object represents another

Notice what adults do

Mending things - role play

Tidying the home - role play

(role play resources)

Explore objects ICT - Investigating machines in the home

(nursery kitchen)

Respond to rhythm, music Music and movement

'Here we go round the Mulberry bush'

(Tape)

Join in favourite songs 'Five little monkeys'
Know how to operate simple equipment Pelican crossings - going out

Using simple computer programmes

(computer, software)

Manage body to create intended movements Keeping warm - exercise indoors/outdoors Begin to differentiate colours Painting my house

(large paper, paints)

Remember and talk about significant things that have happened to them History - old homes, new homes, shops/supermarkets Show awareness of own needs with regard to eating/hygiene Keeping healthy/clean

(books, role play resources, dolls)

Begin to describe texture Collage - patterns

Collage - a street

(Range of materials, glue, scissors)

Show an interest in the world in which they live Geography - walk to shops

Homes around the world

(small world resources - dolls house)

Use one handed tools and equipment Using tools to mend things 'in the home' Show an interest in what they see/feel Playdo/plasticine models of snails
Express feelings about events

Show curiosity

Science - cooking meals

Investigating materials

Looking after the world around us

Engage in activities requiring hand/eye co-ordination Construction - making models of houses

(boxes, glue, paint, scissors)

Tap out simple repeated rhythms and make some up Music - using pots and pans to make sounds

(kitchen utensils)


 
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