IEYC unit

Once Upon a Time

• Developing the interpersonal skills needed to form positive relationships
• Participating in group situations and making choices with others
• Co-operating, taking turns and following the rules of group activities
• Learning how to apply the personal qualities on a daily basis
• Resolving conflicts in positive ways

• Expressing ideas and experiences in a variety of way
• Re-telling familiar stories using props and story maps
• Making up their own stories
• Identifying and anticipating repetition in stories, poems, songs, rhymes and other language activities
• Listening to familiar sounds and identifying them; joining in stories, poems, action songs and rhymes
• Exploring and increasing vocabulary through play
• Demonstrating listening skills, taking turns and joining in with conversations
• Asking questions

• Using illustrations to re-tell a story
• Exploring books and reading for pleasure
• Repeating and retelling familiar stories, filling in missing words/ phrases/events
• Choosing books for pleasure

• Mark making using a range of materials
• Developing and applying fine motor control
• Telling stories by using symbols and pictures
• Exploring marks in the environment

• Counting in play and through songs, rhymes and games
• Begin to recognise some numbers
• Explore one to one correspondence - count out up to 5/10 objects
• Develop mathematical language of shape, size and measurement through play

• The use of computers, tablets and a range of ICT to convey information
• Giving instructions to the Bee Bots
• Play games on the smart board

• Using the senses to explore materials and textures
• Explore how colours can be changed
• Creating 2D and 3D artwork for a range of purposes
• Using illustrations to inspire drawings and art work
• Freely experimenting with art materials and initiating own art adventures
• Explore the sound of musical instruments and sounds in the environment
• Explore rhythm and beat by clapping, tapping, banging, stamping and moving
• Explore story-telling with props and drama activities (helicopter stories)

• Asking questions about the natural world
• Using materials to carry out simple investigations
• Observing nature in the natural environment
• Exploring growing things
• How to take care of living things and the environment

• Developing gross motor skills using a range of equipment
• Developing confidence, control and coordination and balance using small and large equipment
• Learning about body and space awareness
• Learning to take care of our personal needs
• Keeping ourselves safe
• Following instructions, copying and repeating actions

There are many ways you can support your child's learning at home. Please do talk to us about your child's achievements at home as well as their interests.

Here are some of the ways you help with our IEYC learning:

• Listen to the traditional story of the week. Ask your child to re-tell it in different ways. Can they change the ending or the characters?

• Can your child draw the story?

Encourage independent play

Encourage risk-taking and self-challenge

Develop your child's social skills - play dates, with children of all ages

Lots of singing and reading stories

Lots of talking - making statements, asking open questions...I wonder what would happen if...?

Lots of sensory play...be messy!

Plenty of sleep and healthy eating

Encourage self-help skills

Be active as a family