The toddlers have been discovering the theme of pirates. The idea was sparked when one of the children brought in his treasure map to show everyone. He was so excited telling us all about it that we decided to further explore the world of pirates, starting by turning our home corner into a pirate cove. The children really enjoyed looking at the sensory table with the different sea shells and crystals, touching and feeling whilst talking about the different colours and looking at the compasses on the map. The children dressed up and pretended to be pirates, wearing eye patches and costumes and we continued the exciting activities throughout the week, making parrots in play-dough using different tools to make their own sculptures. We created our very own treasure maps drawing with the coloured pencils and then painting over with cold tea to make them look really old and played with gold slime describing the sticky and wet texture. Then the sneaky pirates came and hid treasure around our garden and we had great fun exploring and finding the treasure!EYFS links
Plays alongside others. (16-26) Personal & Social
Interested in others’ play and starting to join in. (22-36) Personal & Social
Understands ‘who’, ‘what’, ‘where’ in simple questions (e.g. Who’s that/can? What’s that? Where is.?). (22-36) Communication & Language
Uses simple sentences (e.g.’ Mummy going to work.’) (22-36) Communication & Language
Uses a variety of questions (e.g. what, where, who). (22-36) Communication & Language
Shows control in holding and using jugs to pour, hammers, books and mark-making tools. (22-36) Physical
Beginning to use three fingers (tripod grip) to hold writing tools (22-36) Physical
Imitates drawing simple shapes such as circles and lines. (22-36) Physical
May be beginning to show preference for dominant hand. (22-36) Physical
Holds pencil between thumb and two fingers, no longer using whole-hand grasp. (30-50) Physical
Distinguishes between the different marks they make. (22-36) Literacy
Selects a small number of objects from a group when asked, for example, ‘please give me one’, ‘please give me two’. (22-36) Mathematics
Says some counting words randomly (16-26) Mathematics
Uses positional language. (30-50) Mathematics
Can talk about some of the things they have observed such as plants, animals, natural and found objects. (30-50) Understanding the world
Beginning to be interested in and describe the texture of things. (30-50) Expressive Art & Design
Beginning to make-believe by pretending. (22-36) Expressive Art & Design
Uses available resources to create props to support role-play. (30-50) Expressive Art & Design
