EYFS Ten Green Bottles Provision Enhancements

EYFS Nursery Rhymes: Ten Green Bottles Provision Enhancements

This Ten Green Bottles circle time activity is adult-led with a clear and easy to follow structure. There are regular opportunities for discussion with suggested questions around what to do when things get broken. The activity then moves on to an engaging and practical task to help children develop their understanding.

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Development Matters and Early Learning Goal Links:
3 and 4 year olds
Communication and Language
Know many rhymes, be able to talk about familiar books, and be able to tell a long story.

Physical Development
Use one-handed tools and equipment, for example, making snips in paper with scissors.
Show a preference for a dominant hand.

Mathematics
Compare quantities using language: ‘more than’, ‘fewer than’.
Make comparisons between objects relating to size, length, weight and capacity.

Understanding the World
Explore the natural world around them.
Describe what they see, hear and feel whilst outside.

Being Imaginative and Expressive
Explore different materials freely, to develop their ideas about how to use them and what to make.
Join different materials and explore different textures.
Take part in simple pretend play, using an object to represent something else even though they are not similar.
Develop their own ideas and then decide which materials to use to express them.

Children in Reception
Communication and Language
Articulate their ideas and thoughts in well-formed sentences.

Physical Development
Communication and Language
Articulate their ideas and thoughts in well-formed sentences.

Being Imaginative and Expressive
Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.
Share their creations, explaining the process they have used.

Mathematics
Compare length, weight and capacity.

Understanding the World
Explore the natural world around them, making observations and drawing pictures of animals and plants.

Early Learning Goal
Participate in small group, class and one-to-one discussions, offering their own ideas, using recently introduced vocabulary;
Use a range of small tools, including scissors, paint brushes and cutlery;
Begin to show accuracy and care when drawing.
Write recognisable letters, most of which are correctly formed;
Spell words by identifying sounds in them and representing the sounds with a letter or letters;
Write simple phrases and sentences that can be read by others.
Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function;
Share their creations, explaining the process they have used;

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