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Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Topic 16 Articles
Managing behaviour
You might notice that: I like to see grown ups’ faces…
Self confidence and self awareness
You might notice that: I laugh and gurgle to tell you…
Making relationships
You might notice that: I like to be with other babies…
Self confidence
You might notice that: I choose the toys I want to…
Behaviour
You might notice that: I will go to a grown up…
Making relationships
You might notice that: I can use noises, words, pointing or…
Relationships and self confidence
You might notice that: I watch what other children are doing…
Behaviour
You might notice that: I will look worried if I hear…
Self confidence and self awareness
You might notice that: I can go and play with new…
Making relationships
You might notice that: I like to play next to other…
Making relationships
You might notice that: I can play in a group with…
Shapes and measuring
You might notice that: I can point to shapes and patterns…
Behaviour
You might notice that: I will go to a grown up…
Personal development
You might notice that: I like to chat with my friends…
Managing behaviour
You might notice that: I know when I’m feeling sad or…
Building resilience in young children
Some children might find coping with change a bit frightening, feel…
Physical Development
Topic 11 Articles
Health and self care
You might notice that: I like it when you cuddle me,…
Moving and handling things
You might notice that: I move my head or body when…
Health and self care
You might notice that: I open my mouth when I see…
Moving and handling things
You might notice that: I can sit up on the floor.…
Health and self care
You might notice that: I can tell you what I like…
Moving and handling things
You might notice that: I can walk upstairs when a grown…
Health and self care
You might notice that: I am beginning to choose to hold…
Moving and handling things
You might notice that: I can run without bumping into things…
Health and self care
You might notice that: I like to eat different types of…
Moving and handling things
You might notice that: I like to move in different ways,…
Moving and handling things
You might notice that: I like running, walking, jumping, hopping, skipping…
Communication and Language
Topic 13 Articles
Listening and attention
You might notice that: When I hear sounds I know, I…
Speaking and understanding
You might notice that: I will watch as you point to…
Listening and attention
You might notice that: I like to move my head, body,…
Self confidence and self awareness
You might notice that: I like to find my nose, eyes…
Speaking
You might notice that: I can let you know what I…
Understanding
You might notice that: When you say my name I stop…
Listening and understanding
You might notice that: When I am singing rhymes or songs…
Speaking
You might notice that: I use words that I have heard…
Listening and understanding
You might notice that: When you read me a story, I…
Speaking
You might notice that: I can use simple sentences of three…
Listening and understanding
You might notice that: I enjoy hearing stories where you make…
Understanding
You might notice that: When you ask me questions like “What…
Listening and attention
You might notice that: When I like what they are talking…
Reading and writing
Topic 11 Articles
Writing
You might notice that: I can tell you about the different…
Reading and writing
You might notice that: I like to hold books and look…
Reading and writing
You might notice that: I like you to read stories or…
Reading and writing
You might notice that: I like to share stories with you,…
Writing
You might notice that: Sometimes I can tell you about my…
Reading
You might notice that: I have some favourite rhymes and songs.…
Numbers
You might notice that: I can give you the right number…
Writing
You might notice that: I can tell you what the marks,…
Reading
You might notice that: I can tell you what rhymes with…
Speaking
You might notice that: I can use lots of words to…
Reading
You might notice that: I like singing nursery rhymes and songs.…
Numbers and Shapes
Topic 7 Articles
Numbers and shapes
You might notice that: I like to join in with saying…
Numbers and shapes
You might notice that: I notice when there is just one…
Numbers and shapes
You might notice that: I know that when you hide a…
Shapes and measuring
You might notice that: I like lining up shapes, or fitting…
Numbers
You might notice that: I can use some number names and…
Shapes and measuring
You might notice that: I am beginning to use shape names…
Numbers
You might notice that: I can recognise the numbers 1 to…
Understanding the World
Topic 8 Articles
Understanding the world
You might notice that: I like to look at and talk…
Understanding the world
You might notice that: I will watch what you do as…
The world around me
You might notice that: I move my eyes and then my…
Understanding the world
You might notice that: I can talk about my home and…
People around me
You might notice that: I am interested in the grown ups…
Understanding the world
You might notice that: I can play with toy cars, trains,…
The world around me
You might notice that: I like to join in with routines,…
People and communities
You might notice that: I like to look at and talk…
Creativity
Topic 9 Articles
Using art and imagination
You might notice that: I will jump, bounce or swing my…
Using art and imagination
You might notice that: I can copy actions, like clapping or…
Being imaginative
You might notice that: I am beginning to like some things…
Exploring art
You might notice that: I can tap out simple repeated rhythms,…
Being imaginative
You might notice that: I can tell you what the different…
Exploring art
You might notice that: I join in with singing my favourite…
People around me
You might notice that: I can recognise photos of my friends,…
Being imaginative
You might notice that: I can dress up or use toys…
Exploring art
You might notice that: I have favourite songs and dances, and…
Speaking
You might notice that:
- I can use simple sentences of three to four words to talk about what I am doing or what is happening.
- When I am talking with you, I talk about lots of different things – what I am doing, what I like or what I have done.
- I use objects and gestures to help me explain what I mean when I am talking.
- I can ask questions such as “what”, “where” and “who” when I am sharing a book or playing with toys.
- I am beginning to use word endings, such as “I am going” instead of “I go”, and plurals, such as “babies”, when talking about more than one object or person.
How you can help me learn:
- When we’re playing with things, use new words to describe what I’m doing with them or to tell me what they are called.