Through working on this theme it is hoped that the children will be able to develop the following skills and concepts:
A sense of place and space
- awareness and appreciation of occupations of people in the community
- awareness of people from other places
Extension task: Teacher can develop awareness of names and locations of clothes shops in the local community and in larger shopping centers
Geographical investigation skills
- identify materials/fabrics which are waterproof
- Observation of pictures
- Developing children’s questioning skills using pictures
Extension tasks with teacher: Recording weather conditions in different seasons and linking this to clothing worn
- Data-surveys relating to favourite clothing
- Investigate the effect of water on a variety of materials and fabrics
Maps, globes and graphical skills
- examine photographs of clothes shops and shopping centres
- Observing the location of shops
Extension tasks with teacher: using a picture map to locate local clothes shops and shopping centers
- Identify the location of specific shops on a simple map of a shopping center
- survey and graph the children’s favourite clothes shops and favourite clothes