Session Outline Preparation • Mark out 4 ‘eye spy’ areas with cones. At each area, hide 4 items (some camouflaged, some not) for the children to spot. (Write a list of the hidden items on a piece of paper and place it under each cone. These can act as clues for adult helpers in case the children need prompts!) Activity • Discuss ‘camouflage with the children’ and demonstrate with 2 items how the shape, texture, size, reflective properties and colour can either camouflage an object or help it to ‘stick out’ amongst its surroundings. • Split the children into small groups (dependent on numbers) so that each group has an adult helper. Each group should rotate around the ‘eye spy areas’ to try to spot the 4 items hidden in each. • Remind the children not to touch or remove any items they find as other groups need to spot them too! They can just point to items, say “I spy” & use their words to describe their positions. • Children can be encouraged to say why they were easy/ hard to spot & why referring to the item’s shape, texture, size, reflective properties, colour, etc. Differentiation: HA: Can they describe the items they see in more detail and give reasons why they were, or weren’t, camouflaged? LA: Help and prompts with finding items. Extension: Can they choose an item to hide for their friend to try and spot? (You may wish to provide a bucket of items and a specific area for their own ‘eye-spy’ Session Objectives Children will know that we see with our eyes. They look closely to spot items. They say whether they are camouflaged or not. Resources 4 cones; 4 items to hide near each cone (16 items in total - some camouflaged, some not); lists of items near each cone (scroll down for templates - an example is also provided to give you some ideas of items you could use). Key Vocabulary Senses, sight, eyes, camouflage, shape, colour, match, light, dark, shade, blend, reflection, shape, texture. Curriculum Links EYFS PSED: Confident to try new activities C&L: Responds to what they hear with relevant comments, questions or actions. PD: Talks about how to keep safe. L: Uses vocabulary that is influenced by their experiences M: Recognises, creates and describes patterns; Counts reliably. UW: Knows about similarities and differences in relation to places, objects, materials and living things; Talks about features of their own environment & how environments may vary from one another; Make observations of plants & animals; Explain why things occur & talk about changes. EAD: Experiments with colour. Learning Outcomes LA - Children will be able to use their eyes to search for hidden items and will describe what they see. MA - Children will understand camouflage and will use their eyes to search for hidden items & say whether they were camouflaged or not. HA - Children will use their eyes to search for hidden items and say whether they were camouflaged or not referring to shape, texture, size, reflective properties and shade. www.outdoorlearningmadeeasy.co.uk © Eye Spy Camouflage EYFS TOPICS EYFS OURSELVES & OUR SENSES Photos: OLME Ltd ©

Photos: OLME Ltd - outdoorlearningmadeeasy.co.uk · Session Outline! Preparation! • Mark out 4 ‘eye spy’ areas with cones. At each area, hide 4 items (some camouﬂaged, some

Download PDF Report

Upload
vonhan
View
215
Download
0

Embed Size (px)

Citation preview

Session Outline Preparation

• Mark out 4 ‘eye spy’ areas with cones. At each area, hide 4 items (some camouflaged, some not) for the children to spot. (Write a list of the hidden items on a piece of paper and place it under each cone. These can act as clues for adult helpers in case the children need prompts!)

Activity • Discuss ‘camouflage with the children’ and demonstrate with 2 items how the shape,

texture, size, reflective properties and colour can either camouflage an object or help it to ‘stick out’ amongst its surroundings.

• Split the children into small groups (dependent on numbers) so that each group has an adult helper. Each group should rotate around the ‘eye spy areas’ to try to spot the 4 items hidden in each.

• Remind the children not to touch or remove any items they find as other groups need to spot them too! They can just point to items, say “I spy” & use their words to describe their positions.

• Children can be encouraged to say why they were easy/ hard to spot & why referring to the item’s shape, texture, size, reflective properties, colour, etc.

Differentiation: HA: Can they describe the items they see in more detail and give reasons why they were, or weren’t, camouflaged? LA: Help and prompts with finding items. Extension: Can they choose an item to hide for their friend to try and spot? (You may wish

to provide a bucket of items and a specific area for their own ‘eye-spy’

Session Objectives Children will know that we see with our eyes. They look closely to spot items. They say whether they are camouflaged or not. Resources 4 cones; 4 items to hide near each cone (16 items in total - some camouflaged, some not); lists of items near each cone (scroll down for templates - an example is also provided to give you some ideas of items you could use). Key Vocabulary Senses, sight, eyes, camouflage, shape, colour, match, light, dark, shade, blend, reflection, shape, texture.

Curriculum Links

EYFS PSED: Confident to try new activities C&L: Responds to what they hear with relevant comments, questions or actions. PD: Talks about how to keep safe. L: Uses vocabulary that is influenced by their experiences M: Recognises, creates and describes patterns; Counts reliably. UW: Knows about similarities and differences in relation to places, objects, materials and living things; Talks about features of their own environment & how environments may vary from one another; Make observations of plants & animals; Explain why things occur & talk about changes. EAD: Experiments with colour.

Learning Outcomes

LA - Children will be able to use their eyes to search for hidden items and will describe what they see.

MA - Children will understand camouflage and

will use their eyes to search for hidden items & say whether they were

camouflaged or not.

HA - Children will use their eyes to search for

hidden items and say whether they were camouflaged or not referring to shape,

texture, size, reflective properties and shade.

www.outdoorlearningmadeeasy.co.uk ©

Eye Spy Camouflage

EYFS

TOPICS