Extra Teaching Resources for the Foundation Stage
Discover some schemes of work, lesson plans, classroom worksheets and interactive activities to develop skills in extra curriculum areas for Reception aged children in the Foundation Stage
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Easter Events
Explore and discuss the sequence of events in the Easter story and reflect on how and why Jesus was crucified by the Romans
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Easter Egg Puzzles
Practise using art and design and maths skills to produce a range of puzzles on the theme of Easter eggs using matching and themed shapes
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Easter Story
Explore and illustrate the main sequence of events in the Easter story and understand the role of different characters in the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus
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Easter Decorations
Practise shaping and combining a range of different materials to produce decorations with matching patterns and shapes to celebrate Easter
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Easter Egg Sums
Identify and record matching numbers of Easter eggs that make sums to five, ten and twenty when using different number skills
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Christmas Counting
Practise counting and recording different numbers of Christmas objects to twenty using their matching numerical digits and vocabulary words
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Christmas Shapes
Investigate and model how to use different materials and art techniques to design and make decorations to celebrate Christmas
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Christmas Food and Drink
Identify, describe and compare some of the special food and drink that can be enjoyed by families at Christmas
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Festive Decorations
Investigate how to shape and combine different materials to produce a selection of decorations to celebrate the festive season
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Nativity Scenes
Read and respond to the main events of the nativity story by using drama, role-play and art and design projects
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Christmas Tree Ornaments
Investigate how to use different modelling techniques when shaping and combining materials to create Christmas tree ornaments
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Christmas Shopping
Solve a range of money problems about different things that families might need to buy to celebrate Christmas by adding money amounts within twenty
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Seaside Subtraction
Calculate and record the difference between pairs of numbers to ten by counting back to show numbers of items sold in a shop at the seaside
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Animal Alphabet
Practise finding information in non-fiction books about some of the different animals that live around the world
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Spring Farming
Identify and describe some of the changes to farm animals that occur during the spring and jobs performed by the farmer during this season of the year
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Shape Numbers
Identify and count the numbers of different geometric shapes that can be seen in special places, themes and illustrations