Ashmead Nursery 2014

HOW WE LEARN AT NURSERY

The learning behind the photos….

PSED- Personal, social and emotional development

Two children playing with a toy phone……

• Share experiences with others

• Starting to form a friendship• Responding to each other to

keep the game going• Demonstrating friendly

behaviour

Some girls looking at princess books….

• Initiating conversations, attending to and taking account of what others say

• Forming a small friendship group

• Becoming more outgoing and more confident in social situations

• Confident to talk to others

The learning behind the photos….

PD- Physical Development

Playing with playdough….

• Developing fine motor skills• Using one-handed tools and

equipment• Developing control• Manipulating an object using a

range of actions e.g. patting, pushing, rolling, squashing

Feeds in to writing, pencil control and art

Playing hide and seek…

• Experimenting with different ways of moving

• Negotiating space• Moving freely with pleasure

and confidence in a range of ways

• Having fun!

The learning behind the photos….

CAL- Communication and language

Playing with the barbies….

• Using language to imagine and recreate roles and experiences

• Linking statements but sticking to a main theme

• Using a range of tenses

“You have beautiful purple hair”

“Oh thank you”

Feeds in to Literacy and drama

Singing with some teddies….

• These children are using a story sack from the story sack library

• Singing 5 little Woolly teddy bears

• Joining in with repeated refrains and phrases

• Listening and showing interest in play with songs

Feeds in to literacy, drama and maths

The learning behind the photos….

Literacy

Painting circles…..

• Using one handed tools• Developing fine motor

skills• Developing grip and

control over the paintbrush

• Using anticlockwise motions to lead into early letter formation

Three boys with notepads….

• Make marks which form the early stages of writing

• Give meaning to some of their marks

• Beginning to use a tripod grip and develop the fine motor skills to hold writing tools

Investigations feed in to science

The learning behind the photos….

Maths

Children playing ice-cream shops…..

• Beginning to use everyday language realted to money

• Recognising numbers• Using language to

recreate a role (and order an icecream!)

• Covers all the areas of learning

Developing numeracy

Some girls playing hopping games….

• Developing number recognition

• Selecting the correct numeral

• Putting numbers in sequence

• Showing an interest in numbers

• Balancing on one foot

A boy with his apron on back to front……

“ There’s one small baby, but there’s 3 babies, one there, there and there.”

• He is developing early number skills

• He uses number names accurately during everyday play

• Uses language of size and starts to categorise

The learning behind the photos….

UTW- Understanding the World

Chinese New Year….

• Shows interest in the lives of others

• Shows interest in different ways of life

• Looking at similarities and differences between themselves and others

• Building up vocabulary

Investigations feed in to science

A pretty picture the little girl drew…..

• Knows some of the things that make them unique and can talk about similarities and differences

• Noticing detailed features• Uses a range of vocab to

describe what she has created

A girl has drawn some ants she saw in the woods…..

• Noticing detailed features of the environment

• Can talk about things they have observed and is starting to use media to record and express these experiences

• This is early science plus writing!

The learning behind the photos….

EAD- Expressive art and design

A boy with his hands in some jelly and dinosaurs…..

• Beginning to be interesting in and describing the texture of things

• Using sentences to connect thoughts “It cold and slimey and dinosaur is hiding.”

• He may also build a story around the dinosaurs e.g. they are stuck, hiding or needing rescue

• A good one for language development!

Cooking…

• Covering all areas of learning and so valuable

• A multisensory experience