Water at Home
This curriculum topic teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to investigate and describe different sources and uses of water at home by families to understand its importance in the world. The class can explain what might happen if they did not have any water to use.
Investigate and describe different sources and uses of water at home by families to understand its importance in the world.
Lesson One : Washing, Cleaning and Drinking
Investigate, describe and role-play some of the different uses of water at home that families can use for washing, cleaning or drinking
Lesson Two : Washing and Cleaning
Identify, describe and compare different ways to use water at home to wash and clean people and a range of special objects
Lesson Three : Cooking
Explore and devise some of the different ways of using water to prepare a range of foods and drinks at home for family meals and snacks
Lesson Four : Fruit Cocktails
Practise following and sorting a set of instructions about how to use water when making some different drinks at home for members of a family to enjoy
Lesson Five : Gardens
Investigate, describe and record how to use water to grow a range of plants and flowers when working in a family garden
Lesson Six : No Water
Identify and describe some suitable replacements for water that can be used to perform different jobs in a home by a family
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School Friends
Investigate, describe and model some of the special ways of providing practical, spiritual and emotional support to other pupils in the school
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School Pictograms
Explore how to count and record the numbers of different pieces of school equipment that can be found in trays stored around the classroom
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Listening Skills
Develop and refine listening skills when practising how to follow commands and instructions when playing games and role-playing actions
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Halving Things
Explain and model how to find and record the halves of some of the different objects that can be used at home and in school