3 and 4 year olds: Understanding the World
- I enjoy exploring natural materials using all of my senses
- I explore and investigate collections of natural materials with similar and/or different properties
- I can talk about what I explore and investigate using a wide range of words
- I am learning about my own life-story and my family’s history
- I am interested in the different jobs people do
- I am interested in exploring how things work
- I enjoy planting seeds and caring for growing plants
- I can understand the important parts of life cycles of both plants and animals, e.g. a bean, a caterpillar or a chick
- I am learning that it is important to respect and care for the natural environment and all living things
- I am learning about different forces I can feel, e.g. how the water pushes up when I try to push a plastic boat under it
- I can talk about the differences between materials and changes I notice, e.g. when cooking
- I am learning to develop positive attitudes about the differences between people
- I know that there are different countries in the world. I can talk about differences I have experienced or seen in photos