Ourselves- Topic web This topic web for the garden centre helps support planning across all areas of learning. www.earlybirdyeducation.com

Topic: Ourselves Term: Personal, social and emotional: Physical: Communication and Language: Look at similarities and differences Self portraits Favourite foods, games, activities. Where do we come from? Nationality? Look on world map. Describe homes, draw maps of local area. Building house uses various materials. Pictures of different houses- where do you live? Flat, bungalow, house Collage materials and tools (see EAD) Copy body movements and facial expressions in mirrors. Talking about our bodies- vocab of bodily features. Sharing similarities and differences Role play- favourite restaurants, shops. Topic: Ourselves Term: Literacy: Mathematics: Understanding the World: Expressive arts and design: Chalk- drawing around each other- label body parts, clothes etc Write about ourselves- favourite food, hobbies, appearances. Words to describe ourselves and each other. Door numbers- look at odd and even. Where do you live? Number lines Counting in 2s Look at where we come from- different countries. Look at food from around the world- which is our favourite food. Immediate environment- where do we live? Cooking favourite foods Look at self portraits, observation drawings. Collage self portraits- faces Take photographs. Experiment with blending skin tones- making hand/foot prints. www.earlybirdyeducation.com