(PDF) Foundation Stage, Early Years: Learning Through Play

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Imagining and Thinking
• Child says “What can I/we do with this?”
• Child involved in group planning and organisation
• Child builds more complicated structures e.g. roof and windows
• Child uses props, signs, labels
• Child uses a variety of resources in an imaginative way
• Interest is often maintained for several days
Strand 1 Strand 2
Progression in Learning
(knowledge & understanding , skills and attitudes)
The Role of the Adults
LEARNING THROUGH PLAY – INTRODUCTION
Progression in Provision
(extending experiences and resources; the adults’ role)
The adults will facilitate the progression in learning by planning
appropriate activities.
They will:
• Support children in their play
• Provide good quality resources
• Be aware of the potential learning in all areas of the curriculum
• Model skills involved in play
• Interact with the children, asking questions and making suggestions
to support their learning
• Be familiar with key vocabulary – model and support children in
their use of key words
• Work alongside children, modelling skills and attitudes
• Read with children from fiction/non-fiction books, plans, instruction
cards etc.
• Scribe children’s ideas and thoughts, and display their work
• Observe children’s learning and use of the provision
• Assess children’s development/progress to inform planning for
future learning