Rainbow Outdoor Plan
26.10.15
Autumn Theme
Outdoor learning
Activity
Resources
Language
Literacy
40-60 months- Hears and says the
initial sound in words.
40-60 months- Links sounds to letters,
naming and sounding the letters of
the alphabet.
Autumn pictures with initial sounds
on the side. Children need to put a
peg on the correct initial sound.
Laminated autumn
pictures,
pegs and material .
Mathematics
30-50 months-Shows an interest in
shape and space by playing with shapes
or making arrangements with objects.
40-60 months -Orders two or three
items by length or height.
Construction
40-60 months- Handles tools, objects,
construction and malleable materials
safely and with increasing control.
Mathematics
40-60 months- Can describe their
relative position such as ‘behind’ or ‘next
to’.
Find the Autumn pictures in sand.
Now order them in size order
starting from smallest to largest.
Autumn laminated
pictures, sand tray, trays
to order the pictures.
Leaf, acorn,
pine cone,
tractor,
scarecrow,
squirrel,
hedgehog,
tree, rain,
apple, coat
and tractor.
Smallest,
largest,
smaller,
larger, big
and small.
Can you make a shelter for the
animals?
Compost, sticks, leafs,
compost pots and a tough
spot.
Put,
together,
stick, roof,
door, under,
above, next
to and
behind.
Focus
Expressive Arts
40-60 months-Chooses particular
colours to use for a purpose.
40-60 months- Selects tools and
techniques needed to shape, assemble
and
join materials they are using.
CoEL- Creating & thinking critically
Finding ways to solve problems
Making links and noticing patterns in
their experience
Physical
Can you make an Autumn piece of
art?
Sticks, pine corns, leafs,
conkers, glue and paper.
Make, stick,
put,
Can you complete the Autumn
jigsaws?
Laminated Autumn
pictures. Strips
Order, next
to, put and
complete.
CoEL Playing & Exploring
Showing curiosity about objects, events
and people
Using senses to explore the world
around them
How do the Autumn objects feel in
water?
Do the objects change colour or
size?
Conkers, leaves, sticks,
mud and sticks.
Wet, soft,
hard, smooth
and spiky.
Expressive Arts
40-60 months-Explores the different
sounds of instruments.
40-60 months- Plays alongside other
children who are engaged in the same
theme.
Understanding the World30-50 months - Can talk about some of
Can you make Autumn sounds?
Tambourines, triangles
and drums.
Crunch,
bang, patter,
rustle and
whoosh
Autumn Hunt
Trees, autumn colour
leaves, sticks, conkers,
Found, look,
there is a,
the things they have observed such as
plants, animals, natural and found
objects.
30-50 months- Comments and asks
questions about aspects of their
familiar
world such as the place where they live
or the natural world.
Making Relationships.
30-50 months Can play in a group,
extending and elaborating play ideas,
e.g. building up a role-play activity with
other children.
• Initiates play, offering cues to peers
to join them.
acorns, pine cone, berry
and squirrels.
Help! The animals are feeling
poorly can you make them feel
better?
Soft animals and Dr
roleplay equipment.
trees,
autumn
colour
leaves,
sticks,
conkers,
acorns, pine
cone, berry
and
squirrels.
Poorly, pain,
arm, leg,
head ,back,
foot, ( all
body parts),
medicine and
rest.