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Develop children's understanding of appropriate clothing. 1 Hot and cold

1 Hot and cold

Adult-led

Investigate clothes for different weather conditions.

Planned learning intention

To sort objects into groups using a given criteria

Adult:child ratio 1:4

Resources

Nursery Topics poster; clothes for hot and cold weather such as T-shirts, shorts, swimming costumes, woolly jumpers, coats and scarves; pictures of people in hot and cold climates; two suitcases.

Activity content

* Discuss with the children the weather and the clothes that they are wearing. Will they need to put on their coats, hats and scarves when they go outside? What will they need to wear to keep dry if it is raining?

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