Time - Before and after - Presentation

The educational resource provides a series of engaging activities focused on understanding the concepts of 'before' and 'after' in relation to time. The presentation begins by introducing key vocabulary such as 'before', 'after', 'first', 'morning', 'afternoon', and 'evening'. Students are encouraged to familiarise themselves with these terms, which are crucial for describing sequences of events. The first activity involves sorting various daily activities into two categories: those that occur before school and those that happen after. For example, 'breakfast' would be placed before school, while 'bedtime story' would be after. Students are also prompted to think of additional activities for each category and to further categorise them into times of the day—morning, afternoon, and evening.

The subsequent activities require students to apply their understanding of sequencing to practical scenarios. In one activity, they help a character named Zach order his orange juice bottles by matching the words 'first', 'next', and 'finally' to the correct bottle, indicating the sequence of consumption. A similar task is set for another character, Rosie, who is drinking water. The final activities delve deeper into reasoning skills, where students describe a special day using the learned vocabulary and draw and label pictures to visually represent the sequence of events in a character's day, such as Leanna's visit to the park, café, and cinema. The resource concludes with a discussion prompting students to explain their reasoning for the sequence of pictures and to reflect on their own daily routines before and after school, as well as in the morning, afternoon, and evening.