Children compare summer and winter and learn to classify weather, clothing, and food as hot or cold. Safe sensory comparison, visual sorting, preference work, letter Pp, and number 4 activities develop descriptive and comparative language.
What children learn
- Describe typical summer and winter weather conditions.
- Associate clothing, food, and activities with hot or cold conditions.
- Compare temperatures safely through touch and visual cues and state preferences.
- Recognise and write Pp and understand the symbol and value of number 4.
Key activities
- Sorting and discussing summer weather picture cards
- Exploring and matching items of winter clothing
- Comparing bottles of water at different safe temperatures
- Sorting images and objects using visual signs of hot and cold
- Creating a preference chart for weather, foods, and clothes
You’ll need
summer and winter picture cards, winter clothes, hot-and-cold flashcards, bottles and safely varied water temperatures, ice, paper and crayons, food and clothing images, letter Pp cards, number 4 cards, paint and counting objects
Structure: 5 days; each day: Thought of the Day, Tuning-in Time, Warm-up, EVS, Literacy, Numeracy