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Early Years activities - worksheets, ideas for the provision, outdoor learning, literacy, numeracy etc...

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Early Years activities - worksheets, ideas for the provision, outdoor learning, literacy, numeracy etc...
Toys KS1 - Old and New
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Toys KS1 - Old and New

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As part of our topic on toys, we planned our explanation writing about how a toy car works. We used the skeleton to help us with our ideas first. We also focused on adjectives to describe old and new.
Apple Experiment - observe changes over time
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Apple Experiment - observe changes over time

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Reception Activity - Science Experiment We cut an apple up into quarters. We talked about cutting it in half, and having 2 pieces, then half again, now we have quarters, 4 pieces altogether! We put one in water, one in oil, one in vinegar and the other ‘air’. We put them in the cupboard for 4 days then looked at at them to see if there were any changes in appearance, texture or smell.
Making patterns - Reception
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Making patterns - Reception

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Actions and Instruments - Children used the flash cards to make a pattern with actions. Children took turns making the pattern for the rest of the group to make. Use 2D shapes for children to follow a pattern also. Repeating Pattern Snakes - My children used their fingers to paint a pattern on the snakes. My top group were encouraged to make 3 changes.
Instruction Writing - Early Years - How to play a triangle
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Instruction Writing - Early Years - How to play a triangle

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Reception Worksheets - Cornerstones Topic - ‘What’s that sound?’ Instruction Writing - how to play a triangle PDF 3 differentiated worksheets/activities Top group - use the writing template to scaffold writing. Children write independently using the word mat to start with bossy verbs. Draw pictures to illustrate writing. Middle group - Draw pictures to illustrate writing. Children just need to choose the correct bossy verb to include at the start of their sentences. Word mat included. Lower group - cut and stick activity. Children could draw their own pictures to illustrate the writing for further differentiation.
Hedgehog Cutting Skills
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Hedgehog Cutting Skills

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Aimed at Reception children. I usually cut each hedgehog out into strips to make it easier for the child to concentrate on one hedgehog at a time.
2D Shapes
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2D Shapes

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PDF & Editable Word document included Flashcards of repeating patterns with 2D shapes to use in the enhanced provision as a stimulus to encourage the children to either copy or make their own repeating patterns. Cutting skills activity for a TA task or in the provision. Children need to colour in then cut out the 2D shape. Worksheet - look for the 2D shapes in the top half of the page. Write the correct number of shapes in the box. Worksheet - 2D shape hunt record answers in a table (Differentiated for 3 ability groups). Worksheet - tick the correct shape. Staff member to read out the sentence. E.g.‘Tick the circle’. Children need to search for the circle and tick it.
Dental Hygiene
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Dental Hygiene

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Early Years / Reception / Year 1 Sort food that is healthy and unhealthy for your teeth. Print page as A3. Lower - children can cut and stick pictures Middle - children can draw pictures, adults can label drawings Top - children can draw and label pictures independently Word document (editable) and PDF has been included.
Finger Paint teen numbers
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Finger Paint teen numbers

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Finger Paint teen numbers Children need to read the teen number and finger paint that number. Rec/Y1 - Early Years Numeracy 3 differentiated worksheets
Report Writing
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Report Writing

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Reception Report Writing We looked at the features of report writing. Then we read a report about chickens/chicks, including the life cycle of a chicken, as we had chicks in Nursery. Our topic was 'mini beasts', we we wrote a report about butterflies. We had caterpillars/butterflies in class. The children had observed the full life cycle of a butterfly. Differentiated worksheets x2
Computer Symbols
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Computer Symbols

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Year 1 ICT - X3 differentiated worksheets Symbols - cut out to play snap or pairs. Lower - 4 symbols to discuss and match Middle - 7 symbols to discuss and match Top - write independently
Sort Hot and Cold
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Sort Hot and Cold

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Sort Hot and Cold Early Years / Year 1 / Foundation Phase Worksheet and word mat included (Word document can be edited & PDF copy) Photocopy the worksheet as A3. Lower ability - cut and stick pictures in the correct place Core ability - draw pictures and staff label drawings Top ability - copy and draw pictures and label independently using word mat
Magnetic and Non-Magnetic
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Magnetic and Non-Magnetic

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Foundation Phase Science / Knowledge and Understanding / Science and Technology Differentiated worksheets - editable Word document and PDF copies. Lower - draw a line to match the correct picture to magnetic or non magnetic Middle - print in A3. Children could either cut and stick pictures in the correct place or draw pictures and staff label their drawings. Top - draw and label their pictures and sort them into magnetic and non magnetic
Beth sy yn y fasged? What is in the basket?
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Beth sy yn y fasged? What is in the basket?

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Early Years / Foundation Phase Second Language Welsh Speaking and Listening After reading Tedi Twt ‘Beth Sy Yn Y Fasged?’, we take turns putting things in a basket. The children take it in turns to ask each other the question. They answer the question. Then children record their answers on the table. Resources included: Editable Word document & PDF copies of differentiated worksheets.