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Improving the use of ICT in the Foundation Stage

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Photographs of children using ICT in Homerton Children's Centre

Foundation ICT Top Tips

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Developing ICT Capability ~ Foundation Stage

Early Learning Goal: To find out about and identify the uses of everyday technology and use information and communication technology and programmable toys to support their learning.

Using ICT to support Knowledge and Understanding of the World

Numeracy	Research
In role play use telephones, cash tills and money, keyboards and calculators to develop number recognition.	Observe and talk about the uses of equipment in and around the school eg photocopier, fax, email etc
Use software such as Tizzy's First tools to play numeracy related activities eg Counting to develop one - one correspondence.	Visit a local supermarket to identify the many uses of ICT - replicate these uses back at base.
With adult support use calculators to support number recognition.	Read and learn how to navigate an interactive book on screen....
Take photographs on numbers in the environment and use in a variety of ways back at base.	Use the digital microscope to look at objects collected. Talk about what is seen through the lens.
Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy at Homerton Nursery	Use online activity to design own creation or play an online game egBuild with BobtheBuilder
Knowledge and Understanding at Sir Robert Hitchams	Knowledge and Understanding at Homerton Nursery
ICT and Role Play	Using the internet with young children
Shapes	Using computers with young children
	Finding a Website
	Minibeasts

Using ICT to support Control and Modelling

Free Play with Remote control cars

Exploring a musical keyboard

Using walkie-talkies in the role play area

Learning how to use a food mixer safely

Programme a toy to move along a fixed route using knowledge of numbers and directional keys

Understand and Visualise Technical Language - Teddy Bears Picninc " Walk in the Woods"

Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy at Homerton Nursery

Using a remote control car

Using music mats and exploring karaoke

Using programmable toys

Using ICT in cooking

Using a photocopier

Using ICT to support Creative and Communicative Development

Creative Development	Communicate with Others
Supported use of the digital camera to take a photograph and display the results.	In the role play area record a message on the answer machine for the children to listen to each day. Children will then model adult behaviour.
Exploring painting and drawing on the IWB
Taking own photograph of a chosen activity or subject	Using walkie-talkies in the role play area
Chose to take a photograph then save/print with support	Communication Language and Literacy at Homerton Nursery
Use growing range of tools to create pictures and patterns on the screen or IWB	Communication Language and Literacy in Brent
Creative Development at Homerton Nursery
Using ICT in role play
Using digital cameras, scanners and more
Music and ICT at Sir Robert Hitchams
Art and ICT at Sir Robert Hitchams
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End of Year Statements and NC Levels

last updated February 2009