Foundation Stage : Curriculum Topics : Vehicles : Lesson Two – Car Journeys


This curriculum topic teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to select and record different lists of the preparations needed for a range of journeys. The children can use pictures and words to make lists for family visits to a range of locations.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to select and record different lists of the preparations needed for a range of journeys

Learning Objectives

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

Learning Outcomes

I can match objects with their functions. I can create lists to match different activities for specific locations.

Car Journeys

Teaching sequence to help the children select and record different lists of the preparations needed for a range of journeys

Journey Lists

Display posters to help the children identify and describe some of the items needed for a range of different types of journeys

Journey Lists

Template to help the children select and record a list of items needed for a specific activity to match a journey to one location

Picnic List

Activity cards to help the children make a list of items that might be needed for a specific activity to match a journey to one location

Car Journeys

Interactive activity to help the children select and record different lists of the preparations needed for a range of journeys

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to select and record different lists of the preparations needed for a range of journeys

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