Development Matters & ELG

Nursery

. Communication and Language

• Use a wider range of vocabulary.

• Understand ‘why’ questions, like: “Why do you think the caterpillar got so fat?

Literacy

• Engage in extended conversations about stories, learning new vocabulary

Mathematics

• Describe a familiar route.
• Discuss routes and locations, using words like ‘in front of’ and ‘behind’.

Understanding of the World

• Talk about what they see, using a wide vocabulary.
• Begin to understand the need to respect and care for the natural environment and all living things.
• Know that there are different countries in the world and talk about the differences they have experienced or seen in photos.

Reception

Communication and Language

• Learn new vocabulary
• Use new vocabulary through the day
• Ask questions to find out more and to check they understand what has been said to them.
• Describe events in some detail
• Use talk to help work out problems and organise thinking and activities explain how things work and why they might happen.
• Use new vocabulary in different contexts.
• Engage in non-fiction books.

Understanding of the World

• Talk about members of their immediate family and community.
• Draw information from a simple map.
• Understand that some places are special to members of their community.
• Recognise that people have different beliefs and celebrate special times in different ways.
• Recognise some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries.
• Explore the natural world around them.
• Describe what they see, hear and feel whilst outside.
• Recognise some environments that are different to the one in which they live.
• Understand the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around them.

ELG

Communication and Language

Listening, attention and understanding

• Listen attentively and respond to what they hear with relevant questions, comments and actions when being read to and during whole class discussions and small group interactions.

• Make comments about what they have heard and ask questions to clarify their understanding.

Speaking

• Offer explanations for why things might happen, making use of recently introduced vocabulary from stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems when appropriate.

Literacy

Comprehension

• Use and understand recently introduced vocabulary during discussions about stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems and during role play.

Understanding of the World

People, culture and communities

• Describe their immediate environment using knowledge from observation, discussion, stories, non-fiction texts and maps.
• Explain some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries, drawing on knowledge from stories, nonfiction texts and (when appropriate) maps.

The natural world

• Explore the natural world around them, making observations and drawing pictures of animals and plants.
• Know some similarities and differences between the natural world around them and contrasting environments, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class.
• Understand some important processes and changes in the natural world around them, including the seasons and changing states of matter