EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION STAGE PLANNING.

KG1 Bumblebee
WK BEGINNING: 4th week

TERM 1

Theme: All
About Me (5
senses/ parts
of the body)
PERSONAL SOCIAL
AND EMOTIONAL
DEVELOPMENT.
MAKING
RELATIONSHIPS
Seeks out others to
share experiences.
Shows affection and
concern for people
who are special to
them.
May form a special
friendship with
another child.
(22-36 months)
SELF CONFIDENCE
Expresses own
preferences and
interests.
(22-36 months)
Can select and use
activities and
resources with help.
Shows confidence in
asking adults for help.
(30-50 months)

CELESTE NARVAEZ

28.09.2014

LEARNING INTENTIONS, GOALS OR OBJECTIVES

COMMUNICATION AND
LANGUAGE.
LISTENING AND
ATTENTION
30-50 months:

Listens with interest to

the noises adults make
when they read stories.
Recognises and
responds to many
familiar sounds, e.g.
turning to a knock on
the door, looking at or
going to the door.
Shows interest in play
with sounds, songs and
rhymes.
Single channelled
attention. Can shift to a
different task if
attention fully obtained
using childs name
helps focus.
Listens to others one to
one or in small groups,
when conversation
interests them

LITERACY.

MATHEMATICS.

READING
Has some favourite
stories, rhymes, songs,
poems or jingles.

NUMBERS
Selects a small number
of objects from a group
when asked, for
example, please give
me one, please give
me two.

Repeats words or
phrases from familiar
stories.
Fills in the missing
word or phrase in a
known rhyme,
Story or game, e.g.
Humpty Dumpty sat
on a.... (22-36 months)
WRITING
Distinguishes between
the different marks
they make.
(22-36 months)
.READERS

WRITERS
WORKSHOP
Non Fiction
Teaching
Points
Readers know that
every story has a
main character.
Readers think about
people.

Recites some number

names in sequence
Creates and
experiments with
symbols and marks
representing ideas of
number.
Begins to make
comparisons between
quantities.
(22-36 months)
Shows an interest in
numerals in the
environment. (30-50
months)
SHAPES & SPACE
Notices simple shapes
and patterns in
pictures.
Beginning to
categorize objects
according to properties
such as shape or size.
Anticipates specific
time-based events

UNDERSTANDING
THE WORLD.

PHYSICAL
DEVELOPMENT.

EXPRESSIVE ART &

DESIGN.

PEOPLE &
COMMUNITIES
Has a sense of own
immediate family and
relations.

MOVING AND
HANDLING
Imitates drawing
simple shapes
such as circles
and lines.

EXPLORING & USING

MEDIA AND
MATERIALS

In pretend play,
imitates everyday
actions and events
from own family and
cultural background,
e.g. making and
drinking tea.
Beginning to have their
own friends.
Learns that they have
similarities and
differences that
connect them to, and
distinguish them from
others. (22-50 months)
Shows interest in the
lives of people who are
familiar to them.
Recognises and
describes special times
or events for family or
friends. (30-50 months)

May be beginning
to show
preference for
dominant hand.
Holds pencil near
point between
first two fingers
and thumb and
uses it with good
Control.
Uses one-handed
tools and
equipment, e.g.
makes snips in
paper with child
Scissors.
HEALTH AND
SELF-CARE
Feeds self

Joins in singing
favourite songs.
Creates sounds by
banging, shaking,
tapping or blowing.
Shows an interest in
the way musical
instruments sound.
Experiments with
blocks, colours and
marks.
Sings a few familiar
songs.
Beginning to move
rhythmically.
Imitates movement
in response to
music.
Taps out simple
repeated rhythms.

MANGAING
FEELINGS &
BEHAVIOUR
Seeks comfort from
familiar adults when
needed.
Can express their
own feelings such as
sad, happy, cross,
scared, and worried.
Responds to the
feelings and wishes of
others.
Aware that some
actions can hurt or
harm others.
Tries to help or give
comfort when others
are distressed.
Shows understanding
and cooperates with
some boundaries and
routines.
Can inhibit own
actions/behaviours,
e.g. stop themselves
from doing something
they shouldnt do.
Growing ability to
distract self when
upset, e.g. by
engaging in a new
play activity. (22-36

Listens to stories with

increasing attention
and recall.
Is able to follow
directions (if not
intently focused on own
choice of activity).
UNDERSTANDING
Identifies action words
by pointing to the right
picture,
e.g., Whos jumping?
Understands more
complex sentences,
e.g. Put your toys
away and then well
read a book.
Understands who,
what, where in
simple questions
(E.g. Whos that/can?
Whats that? Where
is.?).
Developing
understanding of
simple concepts (e.g.
big/little
Understands use of
objects (e.g. What do
we use to cut
things?)
Responds to simple
instructions, e.g. to get
or put away an object.
SPEAKING

Readers think about

places.
Readers think about
objects.
Readers think about
events.
What does this tell
about the character?

such as mealtimes or
home time.
(22-36 months)
Shows an interest in
shape and space by
playing with shapes or
making arrangements
with objects. (30-50
months)

THE WORLD

Enjoys playing with

small-world models
such as a farm, a
garage, or a train
track.
Notices detailed
features of objects in
their environment
(22 36 months)
Comments and asks
questions about
aspects of their
familiar world such
as the place where
they live or the
natural world.
Talks about why
things happen and
how things work.
Shows care and
concern for living
things and the
environment. (30-50
months)
TECHNOLOGY /ICT

Seeks to acquire
basic skills in turning
on and operating
some ICT
equipment.
Operates
mechanical toys,
e.g. turns the knob
on a wind-up toy or
pulls back on a
friction car.

competently with
spoon.
Clearly
communicates
their need for
potty or toilet.
Helps with
clothing, e.g.
puts on hat,
unzips zipper on
jacket,
takes off
unbuttoned shirt.
Gains more bowel
and bladder
control and can
attend to
toileting needs
most of the time
themselves

Uses various
construction
materials.
Realises tools can be
used for a purpose.
BEING IMAGINATIVE

Beginning to use
representation to
communicate, e.g.
drawing
a line and saying
Thats me.

Beginning to makebelieve by
pretending.
Developing
preferences for
forms of expression.
Creates movement
in response to
music.
Notices what adults
do, imitating what is
observed and then
doing it
spontaneously when
the adult is not
there.
Engages in
imaginative role-play
based on own firsthand
Experiences.

months)

Uses language as a
powerful means of
widening contacts,
sharing feelings,
experiences and
thoughts.
Holds a conversation,
jumping from topic to
topic.
Learns new words very
rapidly and is able to
use them in
communicating.
Uses gestures,
sometimes with limited
talk, e.g. reaches
toward toy, saying I
have it.
Uses a variety of
questions (e.g. what,
where, who).
Uses simple sentences
(e.g. Mummy gonna
work.)
Beginning to use word
endings (e.g. going,
cats).
Uses talk in pretending
that objects stand for
something else in play,
e,g, This box is my
castle.

(22 36 months)
Knows how to
operate simple
equipment, e.g.
turns on CD player
and uses remote
control.
Shows an interest in
technological toys
with knobs or
pulleys, or real
objects such as
cameras or mobile
phones.
(30-50 months)
Knows that
information can be
retrieved from
computers
(30-50 months )
.

Uses available
resources to create
props to support
role-play.
Captures
experiences and
responses with a
range of media,
such as music,
dance and paint and
other materials or
words.

PSED

CL

UTW

PD

EAD

Talk about school

routine. The school
starts at 7:15; we
have the circle time
and register. During
the register
encourage the
children says: Im
here, present or
raise their hands.
Explain: they must

Vocabulary of the
week: parts of the
body. (Head, neck,
shoulders, arms,
hands, fingers, legs,
Knees, feet and toes,
etc.
(link to L)

Letter of the week:

C. Teach them
some words which
begin for the letter
C: cat, cup, car,
camel, camera,
clock, etc.
Make simple
sentences with
these words.
(link to Cl)

Writing: Children
can use the white
boards for write
the number 2.

Game: My name
is.. And with
my.. (Hands,
arms, legs,
shoulders, etc.) I
can. (Jump, clap,
dance, wall, etc.)
With my eyes I
can (Read a
book, watch TV,
and see my

Make play
dough with
them. Show
them the recipe
and explain
how to make it.
(link to CL)

Colour of the
week:
White. Talk about
white things.

Songs: Head,
shoulders, knees and

Number 2:
decorate number
two and stick two
legs, two arms or
two ears.
(lint to PD)

Start to uses
safety scissors

Workgroups: Make
a big poster about
the 5 senses.
Artwork: prepare
an Eid card with a

come at time. They

cant come later
every days.
(link to UTW)
Speak with them
about rules: what
rules do you think
that we have in our
school?
We walk, we dont
run.
We are polite, we
are not rude.
We play with our
peers; we dont spit,
push or fight them.
Etc.
5 senses: discussion
about our senses.
How many senses
do we have?
Sight, hearing,
taste, touch and
smell.
I can see. I can
hear. I can taste, I
can feel, and I can
smell. Ask them
questions about
their senses.
(link to CL and
UTW)
Discussion about
feelings.

toes.
http://www.youtube.c
om/watch?
v=ZanHgPprl-0
This is me!
http://www.youtube.c
om/watch?
v=QkHQ0CYwjaI
Vocabulary: 5 senses:
sight-eyes/ hearingears/ smell-noise/
taste- tongue/ touchall body.
(Link to PSED and
UTW)
Where is Wally?
Discussion about
Wallys book. About
his clothes and try to
search him in
different photos.
Introduce different
concepts like: biglittle.
Introduce
prepositions: onunder.
Play dough: Make
letter of the week C.
(link to L and PD)
Good morning song
and bye song during

Look if some
student has a
name that begins
for the letter C.
Decorate a
camera.
Take photos during
this activities and
uses our cameras
and print some
photos for
decorate our
literacy blue
board.
(link to EAD and
PD)
Workbook:
Decorate our
letters C and
colour the camel
in yellow.
(link to PD)
What a videos
about the letter C.
http://www.youtub
e.com/watch?
v=qmyZypvjqRs
Song: Letter C
http://www.youtub
e.com/watch?
v=hSk_fgAAjjs
(link to CL)

Workbook: colour
and stick tissue
paper inside the
number two.
Shape of the
week: Triangle.
Encourage the
children
understand their
tables names.
Blue square,
Green circle,
Purple triangle
and red rectangle.
Play with puzzles.
Songs: Five little
ducks. Encourage
the children use
the fingers for
counting
http://www.youtub
e.com/watch?
v=LfXRGW0OXTE
http://www.youtub
e.com/watch?
v=LfXRGW0OXTE
Lets count 1.2.3
http://www.youtub
e.com/watch?
v=3ku3FueLlV8
(link to EAD)

friends.)
With my noise I
can.. (Smell
flowers, food,
perfume, etc.)
With my ears I
can (Listen
music, sound, my
mother voice, etc.)
With my tongue I
can (Taste
vegetables, fruits,
biscuits)
Talk about the
importance of eats
fruit and
vegetables every
day.
Cooking: Make a
fruit salad and eat
it. Uses spoons
(link to CL and PD)
Computer games:
http://www.sesam
estreet.org/games
?uuid=edb864ea1524-4f23-808a8636b53961d2
Play in the kitchen
or in tables
center.

Encourage the
children the
importance of
washing hands
before eating or
after use the
toilet.
(link to CL)
Cut paper into
small pieces.
Make balls of
paper.
Make bracelets:
insert beads /
pieces of straws
in laces
Ssupermarket
catalogues: use
them to teach
how to hold it
(like books) and
turning pages.
(link to CL)

white sheep.
Sing and dance
with them
different songs.
Do you like this
song? What song
do you want to
sing? Do you want
to sing that song
again?
(link to PSED and
CL)
Follow the leader:
Try the children
imitate the
teachers or other
students
movements or
actions.
Nursery rhymes:
Baa Baa Black
Sheep.
http://www.youtub
e.com/watch?
v=6RmzV9QgnlQ

(link to CL)
Songs: hello, how
are you today?
http://www.youtube.
com/watch?
v=aeQlnlMpizI
Feelings
http://www.youtube.
com/watch?
v=zEk48QQSPo4
(link to CL and EAD)
Read:
The feelings book
When I feel
Scared

circle time (At 7:15

and 1:30). Encourage
children use hello,
good morning, bye,
please, thank, etc.
(link to EAD)

Read:
Go away
When I was Little

Take height of the

students, we will
compare our
heights, and we
will repeat this
activities during
the year.
(link to UTW)
Read:
1,2,3 to the zoo

EVALUATION OF ACTIVITIES

CHILD INITATED LEARNING

- Daily observation of students.

- Encourage the participation of all in class.
- Individually: Knowing that students can do at present. (He /
she participates in class, enjoys coloring, dancing, singing, etc.).
In order to know how much they have progressed.

- At times, you let them choose the songs, activities or toys ...
- Listen to them and consider their proposals. (Last week we had a
birthday in class, and one of the girls told me: I want to get her
something, together we can make a gift. The first surprise was me.
She had had a great idea We did not have much time and I did a
cardboard crown. Therefore when we have a birthday (if we have
time) we will make a postcard or a crown for the birthday child.)