Knowledge and Understanding of the World

This Area of Learning:

• helps your child to gain an understanding of their own world
• will help your child to understand changes such as seasons and growth
• develops your child's understanding of how other people live, including their different cultures and beliefs
• encourages your child to explore and investigate
• gives your child opportunities to enquire and show interest, and to develop their observation skills
• will help develop your child's designing and making skills
• will give your child opportunities to understand and use Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
• helps to develop your child's sense of time; past, present and future