Lesson Two – Washing and Cleaning

This curriculum topic teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to identify, describe and compare different ways to use water at home to wash and clean people and a range of special objects.
The class can label illustrations to indicate some of the different ways of using water for washing or cleaning when at home such as using scrubbing brushes to clean floors or cloths to clean windows.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify, describe and compare different ways to use water at home to wash and clean people and a range of special objects
Activities in this teaching pack include a template to record some of the different ways that can be used to clean parts of the body or rooms in a house and worksheets to name tools and equipment that can be used at home for washing and cleaning functions.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore some of the different ways to use water at home to wash and clean people and objects.
This lesson is part of a curriculum topic scheme of work to get the children to investigate and describe different sources and uses of water at home by families to understand its importance in the world. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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