Ages 3–6 (Early Years, Foundation and Key Stage 1)
Resources
From exploring numbers, colours, shapes and patterns in the many galleries to interactive taught sessions tailored to the national curriculum, the British Museum is a place for discovery for young children.
Visiting the British
Museum with the under-5s
Age 2–4 (Early Years)
Visiting the British
Museum with Early Years and Foundation
Stage
Age 3–5 (EYFS)
Visiting the British
Museum with Key Stage 1
Age 6–7 (Key Stage 1)
Maths: 2D
shape
Age 5–7 (Foundation & KS1)
Maths:
colour
Age 5–7 (Foundation & KS1)
Maths:
pattern
Age 5–7 (Foundation & KS1)
Sessions
African animals
EYFS & Key Stage 1 (Age 3–7)
Identify African animals on the whiteboard, take images in the gallery and make digital masks.
African tales
Foundation and KS1 (Age 5–7)
Students share a story set in Africa before exploring some African handling objects
Printmaking for young artists
Foundation and KS1 (Age 5–7)
Students use the Museum’s Chinese galleries to design and create their own printing tile
African Maths
Foundation and KS1 (Age 5–7)
Use the Museum’s African galleries to explore shape, pattern and counting
April 2013
Friday 19
April
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10.30
Thursday 25
April
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10.30
Monday 29
April
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10.30
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10.30
May 2013
Monday 13
May
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10.30
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10.30
Monday 20
May
Thursday 23
May
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10.30
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10.30
Friday 24
May
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10.30
June 2013
Monday 3
June
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10.30
Thursday 6
June
Friday 7
June
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10.30
Monday 24
June
Thursday 27
June
Friday 28
June
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10.30
July 2013
Monday 1
July
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10.30
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10.30
Friday 5
July
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10.30
Monday 8
July
Friday 12
July
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10.30
Monday 15
July
Books
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