Spring 1 - Toys We Love 

Communication and Language

Key Text:

Just Like Jasper.

The Toy Shop.            

The children will learn to:

• Use vocabulary focused on objects and people that are of particular importance to them. 
• Use our 'talking dens' in their learning and play with their friends. 
• Use talk and vocabulary that links to their learning experiences and the topic of toys e.g. what did Jasper buy in the toy shop? 
• Answer questions about different toys and stories linked to the topic of toys. 
• Talk about the similarities and differences with old and new toys.
• Use talk to explain how to make toy biscuits. 
• Speak to others about the feelings happy and sad and when they may feel these feelings. 
• Talk about the celebration of Chinese New Year. 

Personal Social and Emotional Development:

Key Text:

Just Like Jasper.

The Toy Shop.

The children will learn to:

• Extend play by responding to what others are saying (in our role play areas - toy shop, dolls house or baby clinic).
• Demonstrate friendly behaviour, initiating conversations and forming good relationships with peers and familiar adults.
• Ask friends and adults for help when needed in their play. 
• Talk about their feelings (happy and sad) and why/what makes them feel that way. 
• Wash their hands before carrying out a cooking activity.
• Explain what is their favourite toy and why.

Physical Development:

The children will learn to:

• Develop their ball skills - throwing, catching and kicking. 
• Continue to develop their riding skills using bikes and scooters. 
• Use and strengthen their fine motor muscles (moulding playdough, using tweezers).
• Hold the scissors in the correct grip and make snips in paper and around objects.
• Hold a paint brush using the correct grip to paint a picture (toys and picnic objects).
•  Start to hold a pencil/pen in a comfortable grip (pincer then tripod grip) when mark making.
• Make a model of a toy using different materials. 

Literacy:

Key Text:

Just Like Jasper.

The Toy Shop.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

The children will learn to:

• Show awareness of rhyming words when singing or playing games. 
• Clap the syllables in their name and other words linked to toys. 
• Begin to hear and learn some initial sounds in words and words sharing the same initial sounds.  
• Begin to orally blend sounds in words - for example c  a  t. 
• Understand print has meaning and is read from left to right and top to bottom.
• Begin to know what an author and an illustrator are. 
• Begin to be aware of how stories are structured - beginning, middle and end.
• Sequence a story (Goldilocks and the Three Bears).
• Talk about and answer questions about stories and books linked to the topic of toys (setting, characters, main events). 
• Mark make/draw pictures and talk about their marks (favourite toys, picnic items) 
• Continue to write/ mark make their name on their work. 
• Write/make a mothers day card. 

Mathematics:

Key Text:

Goldilocks and the three Bears.

The children will learn to:

• Master the names of the colours and talk about different objects that are different colours and why.
• Learn and sing new number songs (1 toy, 2 toy). 
• Start to subitise amounts up to 3 (fast recognition of how many objects there are without needing to count them). 
• Continue to recite numbers in order from 0-5 then extend to 10.
• Continue to recognise numbers 0-5 then extend to 10. 
• Show amount of fingers to match number shown 0-5 then extend to 10. 
• Continue to count objects giving 1 number name to each item (counting toys).
• Understand the last number reached when counting is the total (cardinal principle).
• use language to explain amounts - more and fewer.
• Match a number 0-5 then extend to 10 with the correct quantity of objects (toys). 
• Start to use and understand prepositions (on top, under, in front , next to ect) to explain where an object is. 
• Continue to recognise, name and describe 2D shapes using mathmatical language - sides, corners, round, curved (drawing/making 2D shape pictures). 

Understanding the World: 

The children will learn to:

• Relate and talk about own experiences with toys (role play areas, small world). 
• Explore different types of toys and how they work (winding up, pushing, pulling).
• Understand and talk about toys from the past and present.
• Talk about their baby photographs and how they look the same of different. 
• Investigate how to get trapped toys out of ice. 
• Discover, explore and talk about different types of textures and materials. 
• Understand and talk about the celebration of Chinese New Year. 

Expressive Arts and Design 

The children will learn to:

• Draw/Paint and talk about their favourite toys and items to have at a teddy bears picnic. 
• Use correct colours of objects in their paintings and begin to mix colours to make other colours. 
• Make a sock toy puppet using different materials and tools. 
• Use the resources in the role play areas - toy shop, baby clinic to develop their imaginative skills. 
• Act out the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. 
• Make Gingerbread Men. 
• Sing songs starting to change the pitch of their voice. 
• Explore how to make different sounds using the instruments.
• Begin to follow a beat using the claves. 
• Move using scarves and ribbons to different beats of music. 
• Explore movement and music related to the celebration of Chinese New Year.