This small world pack encourages children to express themselves through small world characters related to birthday parties. To extend children's thinking take a look at the small world challenge cards.

Objectives
Children in Reception
Articulate their ideas and thoughts in well-formed sentences (C&L)
Develop social phrases (C&L)
Express their feelings and consider the feelings of others (PSE)
Think about the perspectives of others (PSE)
Talk about members of their immediate family and community (UW)
Compare and contrast characters from stories, including figures from the past (UW)
Recognise that people have different beliefs and celebrate special times in different ways (UW)
Develop storylines in their pretend play (EAD)
Early Learning Goals
Express their ideas and feelings about their experiences using full sentences, including use of past, present and future tenses and making use of conjunctions with modelling and support from their teacher (C&L)
Work and play cooperatively and take turns with others (PSE)
Know some similarities and differences between different religious and cultural communities in this country, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class (UW)
Invent, adapt and recount narratives and stories with peers and their teacher (EAD)
Make use of props and materials when role playing characters in narratives and stories (EAD)
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