Play activity 6 - texture massage - Early Years Foundation Stage

How the texture massage activity contributes to the Early Years Foundation Stage

Communication language and literacy

• Gains attention and makes contact
• Increasingly moves arms and legs to reach and grasp
• Responds when spoken to
• Shows anticipation of familiar games and toys
• Makes sounds for social interaction
• Is intrigued by novelty in the events and actions around them

Physical development

• Responds to differences in the environment
• Links with the environment through movement and sensory information
• Turns head to side on tummy
• Watches and explores hands and feet

Knowledge and understanding of the world

• Responds to the world creatively
• Responds and thrives on warm, sensitive contact and care
• Reaches out, touches and begins to hold objects

Creative development

• Connects to the environment through movement and sensory experience
• Responds to what they see, hear, touch and feel
• Responds to familiar sounds
• Seeks to make sense of what they hear, see, touch and smell

Personal social and emotional development

• Develops understanding and awareness of self
• Learns that experiences can be shared
• Finds comfort in touch
• Learns that they can influence adults
• Has a positive approach to activities and experiences

Problem solving, reasoning and numeracy

• Is alert and investigates things that challenge their expectations
• Notices changes in groupings of objects
• Begins to develop an understanding of shape, form and texture
• Shows curiosity and interest
• Shows interest in pushing and pulling things