3.3y–5y14 minArtFree playFamily time
Maps, Plans, and Landscapes Studio
Coach the adult to provide simple stimuli for your child to create maps/plans and represent landscapes through drawing and modelling, based on real observations (home/local area) and imagined places, using spatial and environment vocabulary.
What you'll need
Essentials
- paper or cardboard (any size)
- pencils/crayons/markers
- blocks/boxes/recycled containers OR playdough (use what you have)
Nice to have
- masking tape
- small toy figures/cars/animals
- string (to mark a route)
- phone camera (optional)
Movement level: low
What you'll do
The 4-step guide, with what to look for at each step, is for signed-in parents.
What this develops
- MilestoneCreate simple representations of events, people and objects.Mind· 3.3y–5y· core
- MilestoneExpressive spatial descriptionMind· 2.5y–3y· stretch
- MilestoneManipulates materials to achieve a planned effect.Mind· 3.3y–5y· stretch· Step 3
- MilestoneGives meaning to own drawings or marksMind· 2.8y–3.8y· core· Step 2
- MilestoneCaptures experiences and responses with a range of media, such as music, dance and paint and other materials or words.Mind· 2.5y–4.2y· core
- MilestoneUses talk to organise, sequence and clarify thinking, ideas, feelings and events.Mind· 3.3y–5y· core· Step 4
- MilestoneTalks about own interests and ideasMind· 4y–5y· core· Step 4
- MilestoneBuilds with non-block construction piecesBody· 2.5y–4.2y· stretch· Step 3
- MilestoneSays what will happen nextMind· 2.5y–4y· core· Step 4
What it practices
- Looks closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change.Observable behaviour from Development Matters
- Early Learning Goal Children recognise that a range of technology is used in places such as homes and schools. They select and use technology for particular purposes.Observable behaviour from Development Matters
Where it comes from
- Source
- Development Matters in the EYFS (DfE, 2012)
- Original guidance
- “Provide stimuli and resources for children to create simple maps and plans, paintings, drawings and models of observations of known and imaginary landscapes.”
- License
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Attribution
- © Crown Copyright 2012 (Development Matters in the EYFS, DfE)