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    Planning for Learning through Winter
    Planning for Learning through Winter
    Planning for Learning through Winter
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    Planning for Learning through Winter

    By Rachel Sparks Linfield and Penny Coltman

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    Plan for six weeks of learning covering all six areas of learning and development of the EYFS through the topic of where I live. The Planning for Learning series is a series of topic books written around the Early Years Foundation Stage designed to make planning easy. This book takes you through six weeks of activities on the theme of winter. Each activity is linked to a specific Early Learning Goal, and the book contains a skills overview so that practitioners can keep track of which areas of learning and development they are promoting. This book also includes a photocopiable page to give to parents with ideas for them to get involved with their children's topic, as well as ideas for bringing the six weeks of learning together. The weekly themes in this book include: detecting winter, winter foods, winter weather including snow and ice, winter clothes and the winter fair.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMark Allen Group
    Release dateNov 13, 2012
    ISBN9781909101920
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      Planning for Learning through Winter - Rachel Sparks Linfield

      Planning for Learning through Winter

      by Rachel Sparks Linfield and Penny Coltman

      Illustrated by Cathy Hughes

      Originally published by Practical Pre-School Books, A Division of MA Education Ltd

      St Jude’s Church, Dulwich Road, Herne Hill, London, SE24 0PB Tel. 020 7738 5454

      Revised edition © Step Forward Publishing Limited 2008

      First edition © Step Forward Publishing Limited 2001

      2012 digital version by Andrews UK Limited

      www.andrewsuk.com

      www.practicalpreschoolbooks.com

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopied or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher.

      Making plans

      Why plan?

      The purpose of planning is to make sure that all children enjoy a broad and balanced curriculum. All planning should be useful. Plans are working documents which you spend time preparing, but which should later repay your efforts. Try to be concise. This will help you in finding information quickly when you need it.

      Long-term plans

      Preparing a long-term plan, which maps out the curriculum during a year or even two, will help you to ensure that you are providing a variety of activities and are meeting the requirements of Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (2007).

      Your long-term plan need not be detailed. Divide the time period over which you are planning into fairly equal sections, such as half terms. Choose a topic for each section. Young children benefit from making links between the new ideas they encounter so as you select each topic, think about the time of year in which you plan to do it. A topic about minibeasts will not be very successful in November!

      Although each topic will address all the learning areas, some could focus on a specific area. For example, a topic on Spring would lend itself well to activities relating to knowledge and understanding of the living world. Another topic might particularly encourage the appreciation of stories. Try to make sure that you provide a variety of topics in your long-term plans, such as:

      Medium-term plans

      Medium-term plans will outline the contents of a topic in a little more detail. One way to start this process is by brainstorming on a large piece of paper. Work with your team writing down all the activities you can think of which are relevant to the topic. As you do this it may become clear that some activities go well together. Think about dividing them into themes. The topic of Winter, for example, has themes such as ‘Snow’, ‘Ice’ and ‘Winter food’.

      At this stage it is helpful to make a chart. Write the theme ideas down the side of the chart and put a different area of learning at the top of each column. Now you can insert your brainstormed ideas and will quickly see where there are gaps. As you complete the chart take account of children’s earlier experiences and provide opportunities for them to progress.

      Refer back to the Statutory Framework for the Early Years and check that you have addressed as many different aspects of it as you can. Once all your medium-term plans are complete make sure

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