The Six Areas of Learning for the Early Years Programme
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development

I am learning to - negotiate plans and possessions peacefully with peers and adults
- responde to instructions
- play willingly with other children
- adapt to an environment outside the home
- Language, Communication and Literacy

I am learning to - recognise, explore and be imaginative about sounds, letters and words
- listen and respond to stories
- communicate effectively with my peers and adults (needs,feelings)
- read and write emergently
- Numeracy

I am beginning to - count to 13
- understand that a number stays the same no matter how it is represented
- recognise and make different sets
- compare size, weight, height and volume
- reason and make logical estimates
- measure using my hands/feet
- conceptualise addition and subtraction
- Physical Development (P.E.)

I am learning to - catch a ball; throw, roll a ball to a partner
- shoot a goal
- dress,undress,take my shoes off and put them on
- sew, thread beads
- skip with a rope
- use a hoop in different ways
- kick a ball effectively
- Creative Development - Art

I am learning to - express my imagination in different ways
- experiment with a variety of Art materials,
- explore colour, texture
Creative Development - Music

I am learning to - respond to different music in different ways
- experiment with a variety of musical instruments
- perform in front of an audience
- Knowledge and Understanding of the World (including
I.T.)

I am - curious about the environment: its wonders
- noticing and recognising change
- learning by discovery
- noticing that my friends speak different languages, eat different food and think differently from me sometimes
- getting to know who does what around me at school

I am learning to
- use the computer mouse effectively
- explore different kinds of software related to each Early Years theme.