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

  • Water

    Water

    Explore, describe and illustrate the importance of water in the world including how it can be used by families for different purposes

  • Water at Home

    Water at Home

    Investigate and describe different sources and uses of water at home by families to understand its importance in the world.

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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

  • Family Trips

    Family Trips

    Investigate how to select and compose simple sentences with initial capital letters to describe some of the special trips that can be made by a family