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Months
Understanding
I stop and look when I hear my own
name.
Speaking
I communicate my needs and feelings in
different ways including crying and babbling.
Birth - 11 months
8 - 20 months
16 - 26 months
Understanding
I select familiar objects by name and will
go and find objects when asked. I can also
pick objects out of a group.
Speaking
I copy familiar expressions, e.g. oh dear
and all gone.
22 - 36 months
30 - 50 months
I am showing an understanding of
prepositions such as under or behind by
carrying out an action or selecting a picture.
Speaking
I am beginning to use more complex
sentences to link thoughts (and, because).
I can retell a simple past event in the right
order (went down slide, hurt finger).
40 - 60 months
Understanding
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
Months
Birth - 11 months
When I lye on my tummy I can lift my head and my chest, with straight arms.
I watch and explore my hands and feet (grabs feet when lying on my back).
I can sit unsupported on the floor. I can lean forward to pick up small toys.
8 - 20 months
I can pull myself to stand, holding onto furniture or a person for support.
I can crawl, bottom shuffle or roll to continuously move around.
I walk around furniture lifting one foot and stepping sideways. I can walk
with one or both hands held by an adult.
I can attempt to use a spoon: I can guide towards mouth but food often falls.
I actively co-operate during nappy changing (I keep still & hold my legs up).
I enjoy the sensory experience of making marks in damp sand, paste or paint.
I can hold a pen or crayon using a whole hand grasp and make marks with
different strokes.
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
Months
16 - 26 months
I can hold a cup with both hands and drink without much spilling.
I am clearly communicating when my nappy or pants are wet or soiled.
22 - 36 months
I am beginning to recognise danger and look for the support of adults I know
for help.
I help with clothing, e.g. puts on hat, unzips and zips up coat, takes off
unbuttoned shirt.
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
Months
I can mount the stairs, steps or climbing equipment using alternate feet.
30 - 50 months
I can walk downstairs, two feet to each step while carrying a small object.
I can hold a cup with both hands and drink without much spilling.
40 - 60 months
I can hold a pencil and other writing tools correctly when mark making.
ELG04
I can go to the toilet, dress myself and carry out hygienic tasks by myself.
ELG05
I know that exercise and healthy food helps to keep my body fit and healthy.
ELG05
8 - 20 months
Birth - 11 months
Making Relationships
I enjoy the company of others & seek contact
with others from the moment Im born.
I gaze at faces and copy facial movements,
e.g. sticking out my tongue.
I respond when talked to, e.g. I move my
arms and legs or make mouth movements.
I recognise and respond the most when I
hear my main carers voice.
I respond to what my carer is paying
attention to (following their gaze).
16 - 26 months
Making Relationships
I can play alongside others.
22 - 36 months
30 - 50 months
40 - 60 months
ELG06
ELG06
ELG06
I like to try new activities and can say why
I like some more than others.
ELG06
Making Relationships
ELG07
I can talk about how I behave and understand
what happens when people misbehave.
ELG07
ELG07
I change how I behave when we are in
different places. Change doesnt bother me.
ELG07
ELG08
ELG08
ELG08
I can play co-operatively, taking turns with
others.
ELG08
LITERACY
Birth - 11
22 - 36 months
I enjoy looking at books and other printed material with people I know.
8 - 20
Reading
16 - 26
Months
I fill in the missing words or phrases from well known rhymes & stories.
30 - 50 months
Writing
I listen to and join in with stories and poems, one to one and in groups.
I join in with repeated refrains and anticipate events & phrases in stories.
LITERACY
Months
Reading
I am beginning to show awareness of the way stories stories are structured.
Writing
I ascribe meanings to marks that I see in different places.
30 - 50 months cont...
40 - 60 months
I know that print carries meaning and that English is read from left to right
and from top to bottom.
I can share my feelings and ideas about what I have read with others.
ELG09
I can read and understand simple sentences.
ELG09
I am able to read some irregular common words.
ELG09
I use phonics to help decode regular words and read them outloud correctly.
ELG09
I can write words that are phonetically correct, e.g. poetree (poetry).
ELG10
I can write some irregular common words.
ELG10
When I am writing, some of the words are spelt correctly, others are
phonetically correct.
ELG10
ELG10
Numbers
I notice changes in a number of objects or sounds in a group of up to 3.
16 - 26 months
8 - 20
Months
Birth - 11
MATHEMATICS
I have some understanding that things exist, even when they are out of sight.
I am getting to know and enjoying daily routines such as getting up, meal
times and nappy time.
I know that things exist, even when they are out of sight.
22 - 36 months
I can select a small number of objects from a group when asked to.
I can recite some number names in sequence.
I create and experiment with symbols and marks showing ideas of number.
I understand some talk about present, past and future, e.g. before, later.
MATHEMATICS
Months
Numbers
I use some number names and number language spontaneously.
30 - 50 months
I can compare 2 groups of objects, saying when they have the same number.
I realise that anything can be counted, including steps, claps and jumps.
MATHEMATICS
Months
Numbers
I can count reliably with numbers from 1-20.
ELG11
ELG12
ELG12
I can place the numbers 1-20 in the correct order.
40 - 60 months
ELG11
I can use everyday words such as tall or heavy to talk about size and
weight.
ELG12
I can say which number is one more or one less that the number given to me
(up to 20).
ELG12
ELG11
I can use everyday words such as under and over to talk about position.
ELG12
Using objects to help, I can add 2 single-digit numbers and count on to find
the answer.
ELG11
ELG12
ELG11
ELG12
I can compare objects and quantities and use them to solve problems.
ELG12
The World
Birth - 11 months
8 - 20 months
Technology
16 - 26 months
Technology
I anticipate repeating sounds, sights and
actions, e.g. when an adult shows an action
toy several times.
22 - 36 months
The World
30 - 50 months
Months
Technology
ELG13
40 - 60 months
The World
ELG13
I know that there are similarities and
differences between myself and others.
ELG13
ELG13
ELG14
ELG15
ELG14
I can make observations of plants and
animals.
ELG14
I can explain why some things happens and
talk about changes.
ELG14
ELG15
Being Imaginative
Birth - 11
Months
22 - 36 months
16 - 26 months
8 - 20 months
Being Imaginative
I am developing preferences in relation to forms of expression
30 - 50 months
I understand that I can use lines to enclose a space and then use these
shapes to represent objects.
I notice what adults do, imitate what I see and then do it randomly
when they are not around.
I build stories around toys, e.g. farm animals needing rescue from a cliff.
ELG16
Being Imaginative
I can represent my own ideas, thoughts and feelings using stories.
ELG17
ELG17
ELG16
40 - 60 months
ELG17
I can make music and play around with ways of changing it.
ELG16
ELG17
ELG17
ELG16
I can represent my own ideas, thoughts and feelings using design and
technology
ELG17
I safely use and explore lots of different materials, tools and techniques.
ELG16
I use what I have learnt in original ways, thinking about uses and
purpose.
ELG17