Bears All Around
The children particularly enjoyed the ‘Mr Wolf and the Three Bears’ book we had out when reading ‘Mr Wolf’s Pancakes‘ and this lead to lots of ‘bear’ play. I set up lots of opportunities linked with...
View ArticleSpring is Here…
We’ve been enjoying some spring activities over the last couple of weeks. Here are some of our experiences… . Counting Frogs Lots of ‘Speckled Frogs’ fun with this 🙂 . Finger Gym Fun Using fine motor...
View ArticleMinibeasts!
As the minibeasts invitation on the light panel, shared previously, was popular (and also the worms), we continued with this interest and have enjoyed a few related opportunities. Here are some of the...
View ArticleDinos and Earth Play!
The age group I work with always seem to love ‘dinos’, and so we often have a bit of a dinosaurs focus. Not sure how many people will read this, seeing as half term has just started for many, but here...
View ArticleColour Explosion
There’s been an explosion of colour in our classroom recently, brought about by particular interest in a few of my books. I took the opportunity to provide lots of colour, number and shape activities...
View ArticleSummer Play
Lots of summer, flower and garden related activities this week after a bit of interest in the flowers I rescued from an overgrown area at school… Here are some of the things we’ve enjoyed… . Citrus...
View ArticleAnimal Play
There has been so much animal play occurring naturally recently that I thought I would set up some invitations to support this. Here are a few of the things we’ve enjoyed – sorry there’s not as many...
View ArticlePlans for the Holidays
Not sure if anyone will read this, seeing as so many of you are now on your summer holidays, but we still have another week to go so I thought I’d share a post anyway. There has been lots of talk of...
View ArticleGetting to Know Me
I wasn’t going to post our ‘getting to know each other’ activities as I’ve repeated so many of the things I’ve posted before, but I feel like I haven’t blogged for ages so I’ve decided to anyway. Sorry...
View ArticleAutumnal Play and Learning
I love the beauty of autumnal days, when the leaves are changing colour and falling. The grey days are coming in fast so we’ve been making the most of the gorgeous-ness while we can! Here are some of...
View ArticleSpooky Stories
It’s Halloween next week, so we have lots of spooky stories out in the classroom. We actually started enjoying them just before half term (& they will stay out next week for the first week back...
View ArticlePoppy Play
I shared some poppy play pictures over on my Instagram account this time last year, but apart from a collage of the pictures, didn’t share them on my blog. As it is Remembrance Sunday in the UK...
View ArticleLast Christmas
Last Christmas, I shared a post with all my previous seasonal activities, but didn’t blog what we were enjoying at the time as there were lots of repeats or variations (instead, I shared pics over on...
View ArticleWoodland
Lots of interest in a couple of our nocturnal animals stories during our autumnal play lead us to some woodland and woodland animal related play. I would have shared my Christmas set-up today, but was...
View ArticleHappy New Year!
Can you believe that another year is coming to an end?! I’ve had a few messages asking if we do any specific planned activities to celebrate the new year and we don’t really, apart from talking about...
View ArticleActivities Relating to The Gingerbread Man
We enjoyed a few activities related to ‘The Gingerbread Man’ during the first few days back after Christmas, so I am sharing a few of them here… . Maths inspired by The Gingerbread Man . Simple Board...
View ArticleWinter Play Continues…
Frosty mornings have meant a continued interest in our wintery activities. It’s been a very busy couple of weeks… . Counting Snowmen The snowman below is a FREE printable, available to download from...
View ArticleChinese New Year Last!
These are the activities we enjoyed for Chinese New Year last year. They are very similar to activities we’ve enjoyed before… . Chinese Restaurant This is super popular and generally stays out for...
View ArticleColourful Play
We’ve been enjoying lots of colourful play and learning recently. Run off my feet at the moment, but sharing a few of them here. Many of them are variations of things we’ve done before, so apologies...
View ArticleEggs!
Eggs everywhere! Sharing some of our egg-related activities from this year. Some from before the Easter break and some that have continued into this week… . Egg Related Books These are the books we...
View ArticleSpring Play
Spring arrived! It seemed like winter for a long time! Our previous egg play naturally lead to some spring-related activities. Here are a few of them… . Farm Small World Play The free carpet samples I...
View ArticleMonsters and Superheroes
Monsters & Superheroes have featured heavily in our play recently so I set up a few activities related to this… . Monsters on the Finger Gym I’ve done this a few times before, but not with this...
View ArticleOcean and Beach Play
Lots of ocean, beach and holiday inspired play recently. We’re still in the middle of it, actually, but thought I’d share some of what we’ve enjoyed so far… . Beach Finds in the LED Box The starfish...
View ArticleSummer Time
Summer is upon us! I know lots of you will now have started your break, so I’m not sure how people will read this, but I haven’t finished yet, so sharing lots of play related to this time of year… ....
View ArticleChristmas Last Year
I didn’t have time to share what we got up to at Christmas last year (although you may have seen some pics on my Instagram page), so thought I’d share some of the activities we enjoyed now. By the...
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