Foundation Stage : Curriculum Topics : Vehicles : Lesson One – Car Garage


This curriculum topic teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to identify, name and describe the functions of different parts of a car vehicle used for a range of journeys. The class can draw and label illustrations and models to show parts of a car.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to identify, name and describe the functions of different parts of a car vehicle used for a range of journeys

Learning Objectives

Know about similarities and differences in relation to objects. Talk about the features of their own immediate environment and how environments might vary from one another.

Learning Outcomes

I can names parts of a vehicle and say how they are the same or difference. I can compare pairs of objects by their functions.

Car Garage

Teaching sequence to help the children identify, name and describe the functions of different parts of a car vehicle used for a range of journeys

Car Parts

Display posters to help the children identify and describe the names and functions of different parts of a car

Car Parts Labels

Activity cards to help the children identify and label different parts of a car on a model or illustration

Car Colours

Activity to help the children identify and record the colours used for different parts of a car model

Car Garage

Interactive activity to help the children identify, name and describe the functions of different parts of a car vehicle used for a range of journeys

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to identify, name and describe the functions of different parts of a car vehicle used for a range of journeys

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