❄️ Winter: High-Impact Question & Vocabulary Banks | EYFS Settings PLanning Download ❄️
for Babies 0-18 Months | Toddlers 18-36 Months | Preschool 3-4 Years | Reception 4-5 Years
Unlock the potential of every interaction with our brand-new High-Impact Question & Vocab Bank resource, expertly designed to elevate the quality of adult-child conversations within the EYFS framework.
This essential EYFS planning aid moves beyond basic activity ideas, providing practitioners with the precise language tools needed to deepen learning, extend thinking, and systematically build rich vocabulary throughout the Winter theme.
What Does This Bank Include?
This powerful resource provides a dedicated, focused page for each key stage, ensuring all planning is developmentally tailored:
Babies: 0–18 Months
Toddlers: 18–36 Months
Preschool: 3–4 Years
Reception: 4–5 Years
For each age group, you will find:
Intent Summary: Clearly defining the learning goals.
High-Impact Questions: Carefully phrased prompts to challenge children’s thinking and elicit deeper responses during play.
Vocabulary Bank (Core → Extended): Systematic lists to ensure targeted and progressive language development.
Continuous Provision/Enabling Environment Prompts: Specific suggestions for maximising language opportunities in your setting.
Adult-Led Opportunities: Quick, focused activity ideas to introduce or consolidate concepts.
Observation/Impact Prompts: Clear guidance on what evidence to record to demonstrate progress and inform assessment.
Why Practitioners Need This Resource:
This pack is an indispensable tool for every UK EYFS practitioner committed to quality interactions and curriculum coherence:
Boost Language Development: Systematically introduce and reinforce Winter vocabulary to narrow the word gap.
Enhance Critical Thinking: Use the High-Impact Questions to move beyond 'what' and 'who' to 'how' and 'why' in conversations.
Streamline Planning: Provides instant, evidence-based prompts for enhancing the educational value of your Continuous Provision.
Demonstrate Intent and Impact: Offers clear prompts to show how your teaching drives learning and meets your curriculum goals (Intent, Implementation, Impact).
Ready to transform your adult-child interactions this winter? Download this powerful EYFS Vocabulary and Question Bank today and start building confident communicators and deep thinkers! 🛠️
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Activity Ideas based on EYFS Areas of Learning | Support Packs for each Age & Stage:
Scroll through our Area of Learning Support Packs using the arrows on the right. Support examples within each pack are extracted from Development Matters (non-statutory curriculum guidance for the early years foundation stage) and presented in an ‘easy to digest’ format. Packs include colour and black and white versions.
