PPS EYFS KEY SKILLS

EYFS KEY SKILLS

Personal, social and emotional development

2012 Chris Quigley Education Ltd 3

Making relationships

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Play cooperatively,taking turns

Listen to the ideas of others

Show sensitivity to others

Interested in others play and are starting to join in.

Can play in a group, extending and elaborating play ideas.

Initiate play, offering cues to peers to join them.

Initiate conversations.

Seek out others to share experiences. Keep play going by responding to what others are saying or doing.

Attend to and take account of what others say.

Show affection and concern for people who are special to them.

Demonstrate friendly behaviour, initiating conversations.

Explain own knowledge and understanding and ask appropriate questions of others.



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Form positive relationships

May form a special friendship with another child.

Form good relationships with peers and familiar adults.

Take steps to resolve conflicts with other children.

Early Learning GoalChildren play cooperatively, taking turns with others. They take account of one anothers ideas about how to organise their activity. They show sensitivity to others needs and feelings, and form positive relationships with adults and other children.


Self-confidence and self-awareness

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Try new activities withconfidence

Speak toothers

Ask forhelp

Separate from main carer. Select and use activities and resources with help. Welcome and value praise for what they have done. Enjoy responsibility of carrying out small tasks.

Describe themselves in positive terms.

Seek support and encouragement from a familiar adult.

Outgoing towards unfamiliar people and more confident in new social situations. Confident to talk to other children when playing.

Talk about own abilities. Confident to speak to others about own interests and opinions.

Express own preferences and interests. Show confidence in asking adults for help. Confident to speak to others about own needs and wants.

Early Learning GoalChildren are confident to try new activities, and say why they like some activities more than others. They are confident to speak in a familiar group, will talk about their ideas, and will choose the resources they need for their chosen activities. They say when they do or dont need help.


Managing feelings and behaviour

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Talk about feelings

Talk about behaviour

Describe behaviour that

is wrong

Seek comfort from familiar adults when needed. Can express feelings such as sad, happy, cross, scared, worried.

Aware of own feelings. Describe own and others feelings.

Aware that some actions can hurt or harm others.

Know that some actions and words can hurt others feelings.

Describe own and others feelings and their consequences.

Can inhibit own actions/behaviours. Describe words or actions that may be hurtful to others.

Understand that their own actions affect other people. Know that some behaviour is wrong.



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Follow rules

Adapt behaviour for the situation

Show understanding and cooperate with some boundaries and routines.

Respond to the feelings and wishes of others.

Can usually tolerate delay when needs are not immediately met, and understand that wishes may not always be met.

Begin to negotiate and solve problems without aggression.

Work as part of a group or class

Try to help or give comfort when others are distressed.

Begin to accept the needs of others, take turns and share resources, sometimes with support from others.

Aware of the boundaries set, and of behavioural expectations in the setting.

Usually follow rules and routines. Understand and follow rules.



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Accept changesto routine

Have growing ability to move onto some thing different when upset.

Can usually adapt behaviour to different events, social situations and changes in routine.

Early Learning GoalChildren talk about how they and others show feelings, talk about their own and others behaviour, and its consequences, and know that some behaviour is unacceptable. They work as part of a group or class, and understand and follow the rules. They adjust their behaviour to different situations, and take changes of routine in their stride.

Take changes of routine in their stride.


Physical development


Moving and handling

2236months

3050months

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Show good coordination

(large and small scale)

Move confidently

Negotiate space

Run safely on whole foot. Squat with steadiness to rest or play with object on the ground, and rise to feet without using hands.

Mount stairs, steps or climbing equipment using alternate feet. Walk downstairs, two feet to each step, whilst carrying a small object. Can stand momentarily on one foot when shown. Can catch a large ball.

Jump off an object and land appropriately. Show increasing control over an object when pushing, patting, throwing, catching or kicking it.

Walk upstairs or downstairs holding onto a rail.

Move freely and with pleasure and confidence in a range of ways, such as slithering, shuffling, rolling, crawling, walking, running, jumping, skipping sliding and hopping.

Experiment with different ways of moving. Travel with confidence and skill around, under, over and through balancing and climbing equipment.

Climb confidently and begin to pull themselves up on climbing equipment. Can kick a large ball.

Run skillfully and negotiate space successfully, adjusting speed or direction to avoid obstacles.

Negotiate space successfully when playing racing and chasing games with other children, adjusting speed or changing direction to avoid obstacles.


Moving and handling

2236months

3050months

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Handle equipment and

tools

Turn pages in a book, sometimes several at once. Show control in holding and using jugs, hammers, books and mark-making tools. Begin to use three fingers (tripod grip) to hold writing tools. Imitate drawing simple shapes such as circles and lines. May be beginning to show preference for dominant hand.

Draw lines and circles using gross motor movements. Use one-handed tools and equipment. Hold pencil between thumb and two fingers, no longer using whole-hand grasp. Hold pencil near point between first two fingers and thumb and use it with good control. Can copy some letters.

Use simple tools to effect changes to materials. Handle tools, objects, construction and malleable materials safely and with increasing control. Show a preference for a dominant hand. Begin to use anticlockwise movement and retrace vertical lines. Begin to form recognisable letters. Use a pencil and hold it effectively to form recognisable letters, most of which are correctly formed.

Early Learning GoalChildren show good control and coordination in large and small movements. They move confidently in a range of ways, safely negotiating space. They handle equipment and tools effectively, including pencils for writing.


Health and self-care

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Understand the importance of exercise and diet for good

health

Talk about ways to keep healthy and

safe

Dress independently

Feed themselves competently with spoon. Drink well without spilling.

Begin to recognise danger and seek support of significant adults for help.

Help with clothing, e.g. put on hat, unzip zipper on jacket, take off unbuttoned shirt.

Can tell adults when hungry or tired or when they want to rest or play. Observe the effects of activity on their bodies.

Understand that equipment and tools have to be used safely.

Dress with help, e.g. put arms into open-fronted coat or shirt when held up, pull up own trousers, pull up zipper once it is fastened at the bottom.

Eat a healthy range of foodstuffs and understand the need for variety in food. Show some understanding that good practices with regard to exercise, eating, sleeping and hygiene can contribute to good health.

Show an understanding of the need for safety when tackling new challenges, and consider and manage some risks. Practise some appropriate safety measures without direct supervision. Show understanding of how to transport and store equipment safely.

Dress independently.



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Washindependently

Go to thetoilet

independently

Begin to be independent in self-care, but still often need adult support.

Clearly communicate need for potty or toilet.

Can usually manage washing and drying hands.

Gain more bowel and bladder control and can attend to own toileting needs most of the time.

Wash independently. Usually dry and clean during the day.

Early Learning GoalChildren know the importance for good health of physical exercise, and a healthy diet, and talk about ways to keep healthy and safe. They manage their own basic hygiene and personal needs successfully, including dressing and going to the toilet independently.

Can go to toilet independently.


Understanding of the world


People and communities

2236months

3050months

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Talk aboutpast and presentevents

Show sensitivity tothe likes and dislikes ofothers

Know the similarities and differences between

themselves and others

Imitate everyday actions and events from own family and cultural background, in pretend play.

Have a sense of own immediate family and relations. Begin to have their own friends.

Learn that they have similarities and differences that connect them to, and distinguish them from, others.

Remember and talk about significant events in their own experience. Recognise and describe special times or events for family or friends.

Show an interest in the lives of people who are familiar to them.

Show an interest in different occupations and ways of life. Know some of the things that make them unique, and can talk about some of the similarities and differences in relation to friends or family. Enjoy joining in with family customs and routines.

Know that others dont always enjoy the same things and are sensitive to this.

Early Learning GoalChildren talk about past and present events in their own lives and in the lives of family members. They know that other children dont always enjoy the same things, and are sensitive to this. They know about similarities and differences between themselves and others, and among families, communities and traditions.

Talk about past and present events in their own lives and in the lives of family members.

Know about similarities and differences between themselves and others, and among families, communities and traditions.


The world

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Observe and describe

environments

Enjoy playing with small-world models such as a farm, a garage or a train track.

Comment and ask questions about aspects of their familiar world such as the place where they live or the natural world.

Talk about features of their own immediate environment and how environments might differ from one another.

Notice detailed features of objects in their environment.

Can talk about some of the things they have observed such as plants and animals, natural and found objects. Talk about why things happen and how things work. Develop an understanding of growth, decay and changes over time. Show care and concern for living things and the environment.

Know about similarities in relation to places, objects, materials and living things. Make observations of animals and plants and explain why some things occur. Talk about changes.

Early Learning GoalChildren know about similarities and differences in relation to places, objects, materials and living things. They talk about the features of their own immediate environment and how environments might vary from one another. They make observations of animals and plants and explain why some things occur, and talk about changes.

Learn in familiar places


Technology

2236months

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Recognisethe uses

of technology

Use technology

for a purpose

Aware of technology in the immediate environment.

Seek to acquire basic skills in turning on and operating some ICT equipment. Operate mechanical toys, e.g. turn the knob on a wind-up toy or pull back on a friction car.

Know that information can be retrieved from computers.

Know how to operate simple equipment, e.g. turn on CD player and use remote control. Show an interest in technological toys with knobs or pulleys, or real objects such as cameras or mobile phones. Show skill in making toys work by pressing parts or lifting flaps to achieve effects such as sound, movements or new images.

Recognise that a range of technology is used in homes and schools.

Complete a simple program on a computer. Use ICT hardware to interact with age-appropriate computer software.

Early Learning GoalChildren recognise that a range of technology is used in places such as homes and schools. They select and use technology for particular purposes.


Communicationand language


Listening and attention

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Listenattentively

Anticipatekey events

Make relevant responses

Listen with interest to the noises adults make when they read stories.

Listen to others one to one or in small groups, when conversation interests them. Listen to stories with increasing attention and recall.

Two-channelled attention can listen and do for short time span.

Show an interest in play with sounds, songs and rhymes.

Join in with repeated refrains and anticipate key events and phrases in rhymes and stories.

Accurately anticipate key events.

Recognise and respond to many familiar sounds.

Focus attention still listen or do, but is able to shift own attention.

Respond with relevant comments, questions or actions.



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Give attention to others

Single-channelled attention - can shift to a different task if attention fully obtained (using childs name helps focus).

Able to follow directions.

Early Learning GoalChildren listen attentively in a range of situations. They listen to stories, accurately anticipating key events and respond to what they hear with relevant comments, questions or actions. They give their attention to what others say and respond appropriately, while engaged in another activity.

Maintain attention, concentrate and sit quietly during appropriate activity.


Understanding

2236months

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Follow instructions

Answer how and why

questions about events

Identify action words by pointing to the right picture. Understand more complex sentences.

Understand use of objects. Show understanding of prepositions such as under, on top, behind by carrying out an action or selecting correct picture. Respond to simple instructions.

Respond to instructions involving a two-part sequence. Able to follow a story without pictures or props.

Understand who, what, where in simple questions. Developing an understanding of simple concepts.

Begin to understand why and how questions.

Listen and respond to ideas expressed by others in conversation or discussion.

Early Learning GoalChildren follow instructions involving several ideas or actions. They answer how and why questions about their experiences and in response to stories or events.


Speaking

2236months

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Can express ideas to an audience

Describe events in the past, present and future

Develop narratives and explanations

Use language as a powerful means of widening contacts and sharing feelings, experiences and thoughts.

Use intonation, rhythm and phrasing to make the meaning clear to others. Use vocabulary focused on objects and people that are of particular importance to them.

Use talk to organise, sequence and clarify thinking, ideas, feelings and events.

Learn new words very rapidly and use them when communicating. Use gestures, sometimes with limited talk.

Can retell a simple past event in the correct order. Use talk to connect ideas, explain what is happening, anticipate what might happen next and recall and relive past experiences.

Use language to imagine and recreate roles and experiences in play situations.

Hold a conversation, jumping from topic to topic. Use a variety of questions. Use simple sentences. Begin to use word endings.

Begin to use more complex sentences to link thoughts. Question why things happen and give explanations. Use a range of tenses. Build up vocabulary that reflects the breadth of their experiences. Use talk in pretending that objects stand for something else in play.

Extend vocabulary, especially by grouping and naming, exploring the meaning and sounds of new words. Link statements and stick to a main theme or intention. Introduce a storyline or narrative into their play.

Early Learning GoalChildren express themselves effectively, showing awareness of listeners needs. They use past, present and future forms accurately when talking about events that have happened or are to happen in the future. They develop their own narratives and explanations by connecting ideas or events.


Expressive artsand design


Exploring and using media materials

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Sing songs

Make music

Dance

Join in with singing favourite songs.

Create sounds by banging, shaking, tapping or blowing. Show an interest in the way musical instruments sound.

Sing a few familiar songs.

Tap out simple repeated rhythms. Explore and learn how sounds can be changed.

Enjoy joining in with dancing and ring games. Begin to move rhythmically. Imitate movement in response to music.

Begin to build a repertoire of songs and dances.

Explore the different sounds of instruments.

Move whilst joining in with songs. Experiment with ways to change dances.


Exploring and using media materials

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Use toolsand materials

safely

Experiment with blocks, colours and marks.

Realise tools can be used for a purpose. Explore colour and how colours can be changed. Understand that they can use lines to enclose a space, and then begin to use these shapes to represent objects. Begin to be interested in and describe the texture of things. Use various construction materials. Begin to construct, stacking blocks vertically and horizontally, making enclosures and creating spaces. Join construction pieces together to build and balance.

Use simple tools and techniques competently and appropriately. Explore what happens when they mix colours. Experiment to create different textures. Understand that different media can be combined to create new effects. Manipulate materials to achieve a planned effect. Construct with a purpose in mind, using a variety of resources. Select appropriate resources and adapt work where necessary. Select tools and techniques needed to shape, assemble and join materials they are using.

Early Learning GoalChildren sing songs, make music and dance, and experiment with ways of changing them. They safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.


Being imaginative

2236months

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Use media and materials

imaginatively

Represent ideas, thoughts and

feelings through design, technology, art, music, dance,

role-play and stories

Begin to make-believe by pretending.

Begin to use representation to communicate, e.g. drawing a line and saying thats me.

Build stories around toys. Use available resources to create props to support role-play.

Develop preferences for forms of expression. Use movement to express feelings. Create movement in response to music. Sing to themselves and make up simple songs. Make up rhythms. Notice what adults do, imitate what is observed, and then do it spontaneously when the adult is not there. Engage in imaginative role-play based on own first-hand experiences. Capture experiences and responses with a range of media, such as music, dance and paint and other materials or words.

Initiate new combinations of movement and gesture in order to express and respond to feelings, ideas and experiences. Choose particular colours to use for a purpose. Introduce a storyline or narrative into their play. Play alongside other children who are engaged in the same theme. Play cooperatively as part of a group to develop and act out a narrative.

Create simple representations of events, people and objects.

Early Learning GoalChildren use what they have learnt about media and materials in original ways, thinking about uses and purposes. They represent their own ideas, thoughts and feelings through design and technology, art, music, dance, role-play and stories.


Key Skills in the Early YearsPersonal, social and emotional development


Play cooperatively, taking turns.

Listen to the ideas of others.

Show sensitivity to others.

Form positive relationships.

Self-confidence and self-awareness

Try new activities withconfidence.

Speak to others.

Ask for help.


Talk about feelings.

Talk about behaviour.

Describe behaviour that is wrong.

Work as part of a group or class.

Follow rules.

Adapt behaviour for the situation.

Accept changes to routine.

Communication and language


Listen attentively.

Anticipate key events.

Make relevant responses.

Give attention to others.

Understanding

Follow instructions.

Answer how and why questions about events.

Speaking

Can express ideas to an audience.

Describe events in the past, present and future.

Develop narratives and explanations.

Physicaldevelopment

Moving and handling

Show good coordination(large and small scale).

Move confidently.

Negotiate space.

Handle equipment and tools.


Understand the importance of exercise and diet for good health.

Talk about ways to keep healthy and safe.

Dress independently.

Wash independently.

Go to the toilet independently.

Literacy

Reading

Read and understandsimple sentences.

Use phonic knowledge to decode regular words.

Read some common,irregular words.

Demonstrate to others an understanding of reading.

Writing

Use phonic knowledge to write words.

Write some irregular common words.

Write simple sentences.

Spell some words correctly.

Spell some words in a phonetically plausible way.

Mathematics

Numbers

Count reliably with numbers from 1 to 20.

Place numbers from 1 to 20 in order.

Represent numbers.

Add and subtract.

Solve problems.

Shape, space and measure

Use measurements.

Recognise, create and describe patterns.

Describe objects and shapes.

Understanding of the world

People and communities

Talk about past and present events.

Show sensitivity to thelikes and dislikes of others.

Know the similarities and differences between themselves and others.

The world

Learn in familiar places.

Observe and describeenvironments.

Technology

Recognise the uses of technology.

Use technology for a purpose.

Expressive artsand design

Exploring and using media and materials

Sing songs.

Make music.

Dance.

Use tools and materials safely.

Being imaginative

Use media and materials imaginatively.

Represent ideas, thoughts and feelings through design, technology, art, music, dance, role-play and stories.


Literacy


Reading

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Read andunderstand simple

sentences

Use phonic knowledge to decode regular

words

Read some common

irregular words

Not applicable at this stage.






Begin to read words and simple sentences.

Hear and say the initial sound in words. Can segment the sounds in simple words and blend them together and know which letters represent some of them. Link sounds to letters, naming and sounding the letters of the alphabet.

Read some irregular words, such as was, of, the, to, you, I, is, said, that, he, his, she, her, for, are, as, they, we, were, be, this, have, or, one, by, what, with, then, do, and there.


Reading

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Demonstrate to others an understanding of reading

Early Learning GoalChildren read and understand simple sentences. They use phonic knowledge to decode regular words and read them aloud accurately. They also read some common irregular words. They demonstrate understanding when talking with others about what they have read.

Have some favourite stories, rhymes, songs, poems or jingles. Repeat words or phrases from familiar stories. Fill in the missing word or phrase in a known rhyme, story or game.

Enjoy rhyming and rhythmic activities. Show awareness of rhyme and alliteration. Recognise rhythm in spoken words. Listen to and join in with stories and poems, one-to-one and also in small groups. Join in with repeated refrains and anticipate key events and phrases in rhymes and stories. Begin to be aware of the way stories are structured. Suggest how the story might end. Listen to stories with increasing attention and recall. Describe main story settings, events and principal characters. Show interest in illustrations and print in books and print in the environment. Recognise familiar words and signs, such as own name and advertising logos. Look at books independently. Handle books carefully. Know information can be relayed in the form of print. Hold books the correct way up and turn pages. Know that print carries meaning and, in English, is read from left to right and top to bottom.

Can continue a rhyming string. Use vocabulary and forms of speech that are increasingly influenced by their experiences of books. Enjoy an increasing range of books. Know that information can be retrieved from books and computers.


Writing

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Use phonicknowledge to writewords

Write some irregular

commonwords

Write simplesentences



Can distinguish between the different marks they make.



Sometimes give meaning to marks as they draw and paint. Ascribe meanings to marks that they see in different places.

Hear and say the initial sound in words. Can segment the sounds in simple words and blend them together. Link sounds to letters, naming and sounding the letters of the alphabet.

Write own name and other things such as labels, captions. Write some irregular words, such as was, of, the, to, you, I, is, said, that, he, his, she, her, for, are, as, they, we, were, be, this, have, or, one, by, what, with, then, do, and there.

Begin to break the flow of speech into words. Attempt to write short sentences in meaningful contexts. Give meaning to marks they make as they draw, write and paint.


Writing

2236months

3050months

4060+months

Spell some words

correctly

Spell some words in a phonetically plausible way

Early Learning GoalChildren use their phonic knowledge to write words in ways which match their spoken sounds. They also write some irregular common words. They write simple sentences which can be read by themselves and others. Some words are spelt correctly and others are phonetically plausible.





Some words are spelt correctly.

Spell some words in a phonetically plausible way. Continue a rhyming string. Use some clearly identifiable letters to communicate meaning, representing some sounds correctly and in sequence.


Mathematics


Numbers

2236months

3050months

4060+months

Count reliably with numbers from 1 to 20

Place numbers from

1 to 20 in order

Represent numbers

Select a small number of objects from a group when asked, for example, please give me one, please give me two.

Recite some number names in sequence. Begin to make comparisons between quantities. Use some language of quantities, such as more and a lot.

Create and experiment with symbols and marks representing ideas of number.

Recite numbers in order to 10. Compare two groups of objects, saying when they have the same number.

Show an interest in numerals in the environment. Show an interest in representing numbers. Begin to represent numbers using fingers, marks on paper or pictures.

Count actions or objects. Count up to 3 or 4 objects by saying one number name for each item. Count objects to 10, and begin to count beyond 10. Count out up to 6 objects from a larger group. Count an irregular arrangement of up to 10 objects. Estimate how many objects they can see and check by counting them. Count on and back.

Use the language of more and fewer to compare two sets of objects. Can say the number that is one more or less than a given number.

Recognise some numerals of personal significance. Recognise numerals 1 to 5. Select the correct numeral to represent 1 to 5, then 1 to 10 objects.

Know that numbers identify how many objects are in a set. Use some number names and number language spontaneously. Use some number names accurately in play. Realise not only objects, but anything can be counted, including steps, claps or jumps. Sometimes match numeral and quantity correctly.


Numbers

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Add and subtract

Solveproblems

Early Learning GoalChildren count reliably with numbers from 1 to 20, place them in order and say which number is one more or one less than a given number. Using quantities and objects, they add and subtract 2 single-digit numbers and count on or back to find the answer. They solve problems, including doubling, halving and sharing.

Know that a group of things changes in quantity when something is added or taken away.


Separate a group of 3 or 4 objects in different ways, begin to recognise that the total is still the same.

Show an interest in number problems. Show curiosity about numbers by offering comments or asking questions.

Find the total number of items in 2 groups by counting all of them. Find one more or one less from a group of up to 5 objects, then 10 objects. Begin to use the vocabulary involved in adding and subtracting in practical activities and discussion.

Record, using marks that they can interpret and explain. Begin to identify own mathematical problems based on own interests and fascinations. Solve problems involving doubling, halving and sharing.


Shape, space and measure

2236months

3050months

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Usemeasurements

Recognise,create anddescribepatterns

Understand some talk about immediate past and future, e.g. before, later or soon. Anticipate specific time-based events such as mealtimes or home time. Begin to use the language of size.

Use positional language. Show an interest in shapes in the environment.

Use everyday language related to time. Begin to use everyday language related to money. Order and sequence familiar events. Measure short periods of time in simple ways. Can describe their relative position such as behind or next to. Order 2 or 3 items by length or height. Order 2 items by weight or capacity.

Notice simple shapes and patterns in pictures.

Show an interest in shape and space by playing with shapes or making arrangements with objects. Show awareness of similarities of shapes in the environment. Use shapes appropriately for tasks.

Use familiar objects and common shapes to create and recreate patterns and build models.

Describe objects and shapes

Begin to categorise objects according to properties such as shape or size.

Begin to talk about the shapes of everyday objects, e.g. round and tall. Show an interest in shape by sustained construction activity or by talking about shapes or arrangements.

Begin to use mathematical names for solid 3D shapes and flat 2D shapes, and mathematical terms to describe shapes. Can select a particular named shape.

Early Learning GoalChildren use everyday language to talk about size, weight, capacity, position, distance, time and money to compare quantities and objects and to solve problems. They recognise, create and describe patterns. They explore characteristics of everyday objects and shapes and use mathematical language to describe them.


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