Lesson 4: Keeping warm
Explore keeping warm in EYFS by investigating the objects, materials and structures that help us stay warm. Children compare coats, hats, scarves, gloves, blankets and other familiar objects, looking closely at their similarities and differences and considering how they help us.
The lesson supports Understanding the World and develops early scientific enquiry through finding similarities and differences. Children compare materials and layers, think about warmth as a basic human need and investigate how shelters and roofs can provide protection.
How do different objects help us keep warm?
Children investigate familiar objects that help us keep warm and compare what they are made from, whether they have layers and how they are used. They then explore different types of roofs and use construction materials to build a stable roof of their own. A Keeping Teddy Warm activity encourages children to apply their ideas to a practical problem.
EYFS keeping warm and shelter activities
This lesson includes:
- teacher lesson plan
- launchable teaching slides
- keeping warm investigation
- Roof photo pack
- roof construction challenge
- Keeping Teddy Warm worksheet
- materials and layers comparison activities
- natural pillow continuous provision idea
- movement and body warmth investigation
- assessment questions
✨ How to use the launchable slides
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