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

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POSSIBLE<br />

EXPERIENCES<br />

Capacity/<br />

Weight/Height<br />

Comparing the nature<br />

and properties of sand<br />

INTENDED LEARNING<br />

OUTCOMES<br />

• use comparative language<br />

e.g. heavy/light, long/short,<br />

wide/narrow, tall/small<br />

• predict which hold most/least<br />

• use information to learn how<br />

the different sands behave<br />

• know that dry sand runs freely<br />

and sticks to the hand if it is<br />

wet<br />

• develop descriptive language<br />

– pour, trickle, lumpy, smooth,<br />

bumpy, colour, soft, hard<br />

• discover that patterns made in<br />

dry sand will not be as well<br />

defined<br />

• damp sand holds impressions<br />

and impressions in very wet<br />

sand will disappear quickly<br />

DAMP/WET SAND PLAY<br />

ACTIVITIES<br />

• fill and empty containers, talk<br />

about full/empty/nearly full,<br />

more/less<br />

• lift empty containers, fill with<br />

sand, lift again<br />

• use bags imaginatively e.g.<br />

bags of sugar, flour, soap<br />

powder<br />

• find and fill containers which<br />

hold nearly the same amount<br />

• explore and experiment<br />

• collect information through<br />

their senses; feel, listen, look<br />

• take off shoes, wiggle toes in<br />

sand, discuss how it feels<br />

• hold sand in hands<br />

• make prints in the 3 states (dry,<br />

damp, very damp) and types<br />

of sand<br />

• draw patterns in the different<br />

sands<br />

LEARNING THROUGH SAND PLAY<br />

PROGRESSION PROVISION<br />

• containers which hold the<br />

same amount but different<br />

shapes<br />

• sequence and put containers<br />

in order from holds most to<br />

holds least, biggest to<br />

smallest, heaviest to lightest,<br />

tallest to smallest<br />

• add balance scales to sand<br />

tray<br />

• predict – which type/state of<br />

sand will make the best castle,<br />

turn the sand wheels, make<br />

the best hill, tunnel<br />

• add water to dry sand<br />

• spades, buckets, containers –<br />

plastic yogurt/petit filous pots,<br />

plastic bags, cardboard boxes,<br />

cups, basins, scoops<br />

• trays of damp/wet/dry sand,<br />

fine, coarse, silver coloured<br />

• sand, spades, sand wheels,<br />

trowels, moulds, rakes, combs,<br />

magnifying glass

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