INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF SAMUI

Early Years Curriculum

Communication & Language


Understanding

Learning Objective - CL2.1

Stops and looks when hears own name.

  • National Curriculum of England - Early Years Foundation Stage
  • Birth - 11 Months

Learning Objective - CL2.2

Starts to understand contextual clues, e.g. familiar gestures, words and sounds.

  • National Curriculum of England - Early Years Foundation Stage
  • Birth - 11 Months

Learning Objective - CL2.3

Developing the ability to follow others’ body language, including pointing and gesture.

  • National Curriculum of England - Early Years Foundation Stage
  • 8 - 20 Months

Learning Objective - CL2.4

Responds to the different things said when in a familiar context with a special person (e.g. ‘Where’s Mummy?’, ‘Where’s your nose?’).

  • National Curriculum of England - Early Years Foundation Stage
  • 8 - 20 Months

Learning Objective - CL2.5

Understanding of single words in context is developing, e.g ‘cup’, ‘milk’, ‘daddy’.

  • National Curriculum of England - Early Years Foundation Stage
  • 8 - 20 Months

Learning Objective - CL2.6

Selects familiar objects by name and will go and find objects when asked, or identify objects from a group.

  • National Curriculum of England - Early Years Foundation Stage
  • 16 - 26 Months

Learning Objective - CL2.7

Understands simple sentences (e.g. ‘Throw the ball.’)

  • National Curriculum of England - Early Years Foundation Stage
  • 16 - 26 Months

Learning Objective - CL2.8

Identifies action words by pointing to the right picture, e.g. “Who’s jumping?”

  • National Curriculum of England - Early Years Foundation Stage
  • 22 - 36 Months

Learning Objective - CL2.9

Understands more complex sentences, e.g. ‘Put your toys away and then we’ll read a book.’

  • National Curriculum of England - Early Years Foundation Stage
  • 22 - 36 Months

Learning Objective - CL2.10

Understands ‘who’, ‘what’, ‘where’ in simple questions (e.g. Who’s that/can? What’s that? Where is...?)

  • National Curriculum of England - Early Years Foundation Stage
  • 22 - 36 Months

Learning Objective - CL2.11

Developing understanding of simple concepts (e.g. big/little).

  • National Curriculum of England - Early Years Foundation Stage
  • 22 - 36 Months

Learning Objective - CL2.12

Understands use of objects (e.g. “What do we use to cut things?’”)

  • National Curriculum of England - Early Years Foundation Stage
  • 30 -50 Months

Learning Objective - CL2.13

Shows understanding of prepositions, such as ‘under’, ‘on top’, ‘behind’ by carrying out an action or selecting correct picture.

  • National Curriculum of England - Early Years Foundation Stage
  • 30 -50 Months

Learning Objective - CL2.14

Responds to simple instructions, e.g. to get or put away an object.

  • National Curriculum of England - Early Years Foundation Stage
  • 30 -50 Months

Learning Objective - CL2.15

Beginning to understand ‘why’ and ‘how’ questions.

  • National Curriculum of England - Early Years Foundation Stage
  • 30 -50 Months