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Early Years Let’s Explore
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Learner’s Book 2A
Kathryn Harper & Elly Schottman Original material © Cambridge University Press and assessment 2023.
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Note to parents and practitioners Block 1: Friends, family and me
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Block 2: Home and buildings
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Note to parents and practitioners This Learner’s Book provides activities to support the first term of Let’s Explore for Cambridge Early Years 2.
Find us on the front covers doing lots of fun activities.
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Activities can be used at school or at home. Children will need support from an adult. Additional guidance about activities can be found in the For practitioners boxes.
Hi, my name is Mia.
Some activities use stickers. The stickers can be found in the section in the middle of this book. Stories are provided for children to enjoy looking at and listening to. Children are not expected to be able to read the stories themselves.
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Children will encounter the following characters within this book. You could ask children to point to the characters when they see them on the pages, and say their names.
Hi, my name is Gemi.
The Learner’s Book activities support the Teaching Resource activities. The Teaching Resource provides step-by-step coverage of the Cambridge Early Years curriculum and guidance on how the Learner’s Book activities develop the curriculum learning statements. Hi, my name is Rafi.
Hi, my name is Kiho.
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What’s healthy for your body? Follow the lines.
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Circle the healthy choices.
For practitioners Children trace the pathway with their pencils. When they get to the choice circles, ask Is this healthy for your body? They trace the circle of their choice using a colouring pencil. Talk about how we can keep our bodies healthy. Pair up children to compare and discuss their choices. 10 Original material © Cambridge University Press and assessment 2023.
Block 2
Home and buildings
Look at the town!
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Choose stickers and say.
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I’m in town. Look up and down!
For practitioners Look at the picture together and discuss the buildings and people. Show the stickers. Discuss with children where the stickers go on the page. Children stick the matching pictures in place. Ask children What do you think this building is used for? Who do you recognise from our community? Encourage children to find Gemi in the picture. 19 Original material © Cambridge University Press and assessment 2023.
Can you spot the difference? Spot the difference. Find 8 things and circle them.
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Picture 2
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Picture 1
For practitioners Look at Picture 1 and talk about the objects in the bedroom. Ask What is different in Picture 2? Demonstrate circling one thing that changes. Children find the differences and circle them. Talk about the new objects. Ask What is it? What colour is it? Does anything have a different pattern? What do you think it feels like? 20 Original material © Cambridge University Press and assessment 2023.