We will explore The Three Little Pigs through storytelling, role play, and props. Children will be encouraged to recall and act out parts of the story, join in with repeated phrases, and use books to retell events.

Development Matters:
Engage in extended conversations about stories, learning new vocabulary.

Key Vocabulary:
Story, character, setting, beginning, middle, end, pigs, wolf, house, build, strong, weak

Children will have opportunities to explore size, shape, and number through the theme of houses and building. They will compare materials (big vs. small, heavy vs. light) and count objects such as bricks, sticks, and straw bundles.

Development Matters:
Compare quantities using language: more than, fewer than.
Begin to describe shapes and sizes.

Key Vocabulary:
More, less, fewer, big, small, heavy, light, strong, weak, count, compare

Understanding the World

We will investigate different building materials (straw, sticks, bricks) and their properties. Children will explore why some materials are stronger than others and make simple predictions. We will also link to homes and families around the world.

Development Matters:
Use senses to explore natural and man-made materials.
Begin to understand the need to respect and care for the environment.

Key Vocabulary:
Build, materials, straw, sticks, bricks, strong, weak, explore, predict, investigate, home, family

Expressive Arts & Design

Children will use imagination to roleplay as the pigs and the wolf. They will create houses using a variety of materials and explore crafts linked to the story. Music and movement will include acting out the wolf huffing and puffing!

Development Matters:
Take part in simple pretend play using an object to represent something else.
Explore a variety of creative materials and media.

Key Vocabulary:
Pretend, role play, build, create, design, glue, stick, paint, sing, dance, act

Physical Development -The children will continue to develop and improve their movement skills such as rolling, crawling, walking, jumping, running, hopping, skipping, and climbing. We will focus on strengthening fine motor skills so that children can confidently use a range of tools.

Development Matters:Continue to develop their movement, balancing, riding (scooters, trikes, and bikes), and ball skills.

Key Vocabulary:Rolling, balancing, sliding, jogging, running, leaping, jumping, hopping, galloping, skipping, catching, throwing, building, stacking

We will focus on building confidence, taking turns, and sharing during play. Children will talk about families and homes, linking with the story theme. Circle time will support discussions about feelings such as being scared, safe, or proud.

Development Matters:
Select and use activities and resources, with help when needed, to achieve a goal.

Key Vocabulary:
Family, house, safe, scared, happy, proud, brave, share, take turns, friends, help, kind, listen, thank you, please, sorry

Children will be encouraged to listen attentively to the story The Three Little Pigs and participate in group discussions. They will learn to retell the story in sequence, describe the characters, and use new vocabulary.

Development Matters:
Enjoy listening to longer stories and remember what happens.
Use a wider range of vocabulary.

Key Vocabulary:
Pigs, wolf, straw, sticks, bricks, huff, puff, chimney, house, strong, safe, clever