EYFS Sense-ational

Explore the beauty of nature through the senses.

Child looking at the ground using a magnifying glass

Level

Early Years

Duration

45 minutes

Allocated space

30 pupils per group
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Children have the opportunity in a workshop to use all their senses to explore natural materials such as seeds, cones, flowers and leaves.

Learning outcomes

We design our sessions to match the learning outcomes in the EYFS national curriculum. All our sessions have a cross-curricular approach and are tailored to suit the educational needs of your group.  

This session offers pupils the opportunity to: 

  • Listen to and follow instructions.
  • Explore and observe the natural materials through the senses.
  • Talk about their findings.
  • Enrich and broaden language.
  • Explore a wide range of natural materials.

Curriculum links 

All areas of the EYFS curriculum are supported in a cross curricular form. 

Prime areas of learning

  • Communication and language 

  • Physical development 

  • Personal, social and emotional development 

Specific areas of learning

  • Make observations about plants and explain why some things occur 

  • Understand about similarities and differences in relation to plants 

  • Talk about features of the environment 

  • Understanding the world

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