Foundation Stage : Curriculum Topics : Water at Home : Lesson One – Washing, Cleaning, Drinking

This curriculum topic teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to investigate and role-play some of the different uses of water at home for washing, cleaning or drinking. The class can identify and sort different ways that families might use water into matching groups of activities
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Learning Objectives
Answer ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions about their experiences and in response to events. Talk about the features of their own immediate environment and how environments might vary from one another.
Learning Outcomes
I can answer questions about how and why something happens. I can identify uses of water at home and sort information into groups.

Washing, Cleaning, Drinking
Teaching sequence to help the children investigate and role-play some of the different uses of water at home for washing, cleaning or drinking

Using Water
Display posters for whole class discussion to help the children identify different ways that families might use water at home

Home Water
Activity cards for whole class discussion to help the children identify and sort different uses of water at home for washing, cleaning or drinking

Using Water
Template to help the children record different ways for a family to use water at home for washing, cleaning or drinking

Using Water Labels
Activity cards to help the children sort between different ways to use water at home for washing, cleaning or drinking

Washing, Cleaning and Drinking
Interactive activity to help the children investigate and role-play some of the different uses of water at home for washing, cleaning or drinking
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to investigate and role-play some of the different uses of water at home for washing, cleaning or drinking
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