Foundation Stage : Curriculum Topics : Water at Home
This curriculum topic teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to investigate sources and uses of water at home by families to understand its importance in the world including washing, cleaning and cooking activities. The class can explain what might happen if they did not have any water to use.
Investigate sources and uses of water at home by families to understand its importance in the world
Lesson One : Washing, Cleaning, Drinking
Investigate and role-play some of the different uses of water at home for washing, cleaning or drinking
Lesson Two : Washing and Cleaning
Identify different ways to use water at home to wash and clean people and objects
Lesson Three : Cooking
Explore and devise ways of using water to prepare different foods and drinks at home
Lesson Four : Fruit Cocktails
Follow and sort a set of instructions about how to use water for drinking when at home.
Lesson Five : Gardens
Investigate and record how to use water to grow a range of plants and flowers in a garden
Lesson Six : No Water
Discuss suitable replacements for water that can be used to perform different jobs in a home
- Christmas Shopping
Solve a range of money problems about different things that families might need to buy to celebrate Christmas by adding money amounts within twenty - Christmas Lists
Use counting on to add pairs of money amounts to ten pence to record presents in a stocking - Christmas Cards
Add pairs of single digit numbers to calculate the cost of buying cards for friends and family - Christmas Gifts
Calculate and record the cost of buying pairs of gifts for members of family using money amounts to ten pence