Focused Learning
Organiser: Number, money and measure - Time
Learning outcome: I am aware of how routines and events in my world link with times and seasons and
have explored ways to record and display these using clocks, calendars and other methods. (MNU-0-10a)
Numeracy and mathematics
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An interactive display of different
kinds of clocks and timers, analogue
and digital and displayed vocabulary
related to time.
A clock jigsaw
Sequencing activities of events
throughout the day or of nursery
routines such as: snack, washing
hands, etc.
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Construction area
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Technology
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Digital clocks
Setting alarms
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Craft area
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Make clocks
Paint scenes from a story and put
them into a sequence to re-tell the
story from the pictures e.g.: “We are
going on a bear hunt
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Book corner
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“The very hungry caterpillar”, “ The
bad tempered ladybird”, “
Daily chart. Visual timetable of the
nursery routine.
Calendar
Information books about time
Sequencing stories or Nursery
Rhymes
Music
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Days of the week song
Weather song
- Display of “Hickory Dickory Dock”
with props and song. This can be
extended with children’s own
rhyming words.
Malleable materials
table
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Using play-dough set up a pretend
cooking area with a timer and
microwave.
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Writing/drawing table
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Make a circular display of days of the
weeks (using photos of nursery
routines), months (displaying
children’s birthdays) and seasons
(displaying photos of children
dressed in particular clothes for that
season).
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House corner
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Snack/Baking area
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Add a different kind of clock, a digital
clock, an alarm clock, timer,
watches, etc.
Add a calendar
Develop the concept of time in
house play e.g.: breakfast, lunch,
dinner, etc.
Role play area
Baking activities, timing preparation
time, time in the oven, you can use a
stop watch, etc.
Use a sequence of pictures and
words for individual baking
Outside/Gym
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“What is the time Mr Wolf?” game.
Chalk drawing clocks outdoors
Discussion about the weather.
Create a system to record the
weather outside daily.
Table top games
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“Hickory Dickory Dock” time game
Sequencing games
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Small group work
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“News Chair” discussion to share children’s news of things they have done throughout the day, using key vocabulary in interaction.
Discussion about different kinds of clocks and making an interactive display together.
Activities using timers, e.g.: Put our coat on before the timer stops, build a tower, etc.
Sorting events and sequencing activities.
Key Vocabulary: day, week, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday,
clock, longhand, short hand, month, season, yesterday, today, tomorrow, Spring, Summer,
Autumn, Winter.
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