The Six Broad Areas of Learning

Personal, Social and Emotional Development.

• Instilling a sense of fairness and helping each other.
• Co-operation with other children and adults.
• Encouragement of good manners at all times.
• Importance of cleanliness.

Communication, Language and Literacy

• Conversation with each other and with adults.
• Enjoying stories, songs and rhymes.
• Linking sounds to letters.
• Practising pre-writing skills.
• Recognising names (their own and others).

Mathematical Development

• Counting everyday objects regularly.
• Mathematical games and songs.
• Using ideas such as 'heavier' or 'shorter'
• Discussing shapes and sizes.
• Matching, sequencing and making patterns.

Knowledge and Understanding of The World

• Finding out about the world around them.
• Days, months, weather and seasonal activities.
• Imaginative play - train set, farm set, home corner, etc.
• Building things - Lego, big builder, junk modelling, etc.
• Using everyday technology.
• Finding out about different cultural beliefs.
• Looking at past events in their lives.

Physical Development

• Enjoying a range of physical activities inside and outside.
• Using their bodies with confidence and control - music and movement, bikes, balls, slide, etc.
• Manipulative skills - cutting, threading, pencil control, playing with small toys and objects, etc.

Creative Development

• Regular craft activities involving painting, drawing, cutting, gluing, colouring, modelling, printing, etc.
• Using sand, water, playdough, etc.
• Making and listening to a range of music.