Here is a very simple overview of our planning; we work on setting up the environment and activities to promote the following:

Terms one and two	§          Managing personal hygiene, flushing toilets, washing hands. §          Settling in, separating from parents with confidence. §          Recalling past and future events. §          Respecting toys and understanding tidy up time §          Learning our names, making friends, feeling confident. §          Small group work activities §          say good morning and good afternoon to each other §          introduce makaton signing §          Go through the ground rules and develop an understanding §          Songs, music, poetry and story time §          Rhymes and rhyming §          Individual numbers from 1-10 §          Where the children live – features in the environment §          Activities to use all senses §          Lots of different writing opportunities §          Lots of writing materials §          Different malleable materials.
Terms three and four	(strengthen skills learnt in terms one and two and beginning to introduce the following) §          Lots of sharing opprtuniites. §          Turn taking opportunities §          Sitting encouragement- sititng at meal times and registration. §          Opportunities to dress and undress, P.E, Dance, music and movement and outside play. §          Making books §          Writing opportunities / writing with different media §          2d and 3d shapes §          Colour and texture in 2d and 3d §          Pattern making and copying §          Investigating natural objects §          Position §          Size §          Movement in large spaces §          Movement in confined spaces §          Musical instrument §          Movement to music §          Balancing, crawling, climbing.
Terms five and six	(strengthen skills learnt in previous terms and introduce the following) §          Lots of work on recognising, expressing and discussing feelings §          Personal safety- people who help us and who we can trust §          Sounds and phonics work §          Linking letters to sounds §          Count to ten §          Addition §          Subtraction §          Work on sets of numbers §          1 more than or 1 less than a number §          Weighing – heavier and lighter §          Listening activities §          Recording own sounds §          Recognising changes to our bodies when active, understanding keeping healthy and the things that help us keep healthy §          Writing opprtunties and different media. §          Programmable toys and I.T §          Story making project – lots of work on 1 story – can children re-tell the story in their own word? Discuss characters, change endings, ask who, how, when, where and why?