Milestoneunknown· 4y–5.5y

Being Imaginative and Expressive

Invent, adapts and recount narratives and stories with peers and their teacher. Sings a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs. Performs songs, rhymes, poems and stories with others, and when appropriate tries to move in time with music.

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Normative evidence

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This milestone4y–5.5yEYFS Profile0mo–5y012243648607284months
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What mastery looks like

Not yet

Cannot yet demonstrate: invent, adapts and recount narratives and stories with peers and their teacher. sings a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs. performs songs, rhymes, poems and stories with others, and when appropriate tries to move in time with music

  • No observable behavior matching this goal
Emerging

Beginning to show invent, adapts and recount narratives and stories with peers and their teacher. sings a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs. performs songs, rhymes, poems and stories with others, and when appropriate tries to move in time with music with adult scaffolding

  • Requires significant adult support
Developing

Demonstrates invent, adapts and recount narratives and stories with peers and their teacher. sings a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs. performs songs, rhymes, poems and stories with others, and when appropriate tries to move in time with music in supported contexts

  • Achieves with prompting
  • Inconsistent across settings
Secure

Consistently meets goal across contexts — EYFS 'expected' level

  • Reliable demonstration without scaffolding
Reflexive

Exceeds goal; demonstrates with fluency and generalization

  • Applies independently in novel contexts

Activities for this (1)

physical3.8y–5.7y

Listen, Speak, Create

Parent observes six EYFS Profile milestones at 48-66mo: listening and understanding, speaking, self-regulation, managing self, being imaginative and expressive, and creating with materials. Covers the communication, personal-social, and expressive arts areas of the EYFS Profile.

Formal assessments

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