2.5y–4.2y12 minFamily timeFree playQuiet time
My Special Things Show-and-Tell
A playful show-and-tell that encourages your child to use specific vocabulary about favourite people, objects, and interests to request, share, and comment—sometimes even when the item/person isn’t right there.
What you'll need
Essentials
- 3–5 favourite objects OR photos (printed or on a phone) of important people/things
- a small bag/box to hide or ‘post’ items
Nice to have
- a cuddly toy to be the ‘audience’
- paper and crayons to draw one favourite thing
Movement level: false
What you'll do
The 4-step guide, with what to look for at each step, is for signed-in parents.
What this develops
- MilestoneNames objects in contextMind· 2.5y–3.8y· core
- MilestoneExpresses own preferences and interests.Heart· 22mo–3y· core· Step 2
- MilestoneTalks about own interests and ideasMind· 4y–5y· core· Step 3
- MilestoneNames objects from memoryMind· 4y–6y· stretch· Step 4
- MilestoneNames pictured referentsMind· 23mo–2.9y· stretch· Step 1
- MilestoneAnswers simple open questionsMind· 2.3y–3.3y· core· Step 1
- MilestoneTalks About Past and Future EventsMind· 2.5y–3y· stretch
What it practices
- Uses vocabulary focused on objects and people that are of particular importance to them.Observable behaviour from Development Matters
- Builds up vocabulary that reflects the breadth of their experiences.Observable behaviour from Development Matters
- Uses talk in pretending that objects stand for something else in play, e,g, ‘This box is my castle.’Observable behaviour from Development Matters
Where it comes from
- Source
- Development Matters in the EYFS (DfE, 2012)
- License
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Attribution
- © Crown Copyright 2012 (Development Matters in the EYFS, DfE) — construct-derived activity authored from enriched DM2012 construct