Fairy Play
I am sharing some fairy fun this week – it’s a delayed post due to the blog update last week, but the children were so excited by it, I wanted to share some of the things we enjoyed… It started with...
View ArticleLadybird Inspired Play
There has been a bit of ladybird spotting in the garden recently & I suspect that this is why the children kept requesting some of our ladybird books at story time. As a result I decided to set out...
View ArticleAutumn Discoveries
There are so many discoveries for the children during autumn. Here are some of the opportunities we have enjoyed during this gorgeous season… . Autumn Walk What would we see? . Books These are some of...
View ArticleHearty Love Gone By
I wasn’t going to post this week, but Valentine’s Day will be upon us soon and so I thought I’d share some of the ‘hearty’ activities we’ve done in the past. I’m only actually in school for two days...
View ArticleMr Wolf’s Pancakes
It was ‘Pancake Day’ this week and we couldn’t let this pass by without making pancakes. I thought it would be lovely to share the book, ‘Mr Wolf’s Pancakes’ too, so we’ve had activities related to...
View ArticleBears 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 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 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 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 ArticleFamily Counters
The wonderful Learning Resources sent me a pack of All About Me Family Counters to use at school. There are 6 characters in 6 different colours and the children have really enjoyed using them. I’m...
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 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
We’ve enjoyed lots of winter play recently and are actually still in the middle of it all. I’m sharing some of the things we’ve enjoyed so far… . Small World Play Arctic land… there is a video of this...
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 ArticleHearts Galore!
We’ve had both hearts (for Valentines Day) and Chinese New Year inspired activities in our classroom this week! With both celebrations on the calendar next week, we’ve been enjoying a mixture of...
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 ArticleDinosaurs!
Dinosaurs have been a big feature of natural play in my classroom for a while now, so I set up various actives related to them. Very similar to many I have set up before 🙂 . Dinosaur Inspired Number...
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 ArticleKings, Queens and Castles
Lots of castle play recently, inspired by the UK Royal Wedding – kings, queens, princes, princesses and castles… . Castle Inspired Maths . Castle Small World Play Kings, queens, princesses, knights and...
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 ArticleAnimals All Around
Animals have always been popular with this class and we’ve had lots of them out over the last couple of weeks. Here is some of the play we’ve enjoyed… . Panda Play This was very popular! Tray, part of...
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… ....
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