by EYR Team | Feb 26, 2020 | Early Years Ideas, Inspiration
This article has been written by early years consultant, Anne Rodgers, from ATR Consultancy. Anne has 36 years’ experience of working in the childcare and education sector – including training practitioners, managing numerous settings over the years and writing...
by EYR Team | Feb 21, 2020 | Early Years Ideas, Inspiration, Recipes
Pancake Day is crêpe-ing upon us… So let the kids join in with the flip-tastic fun and create their very own animal pancakes. This deliciously healthy animal-themed pancake recipe is a great way of getting fruit into the children’s diet – even those fussy...
by EYR Team | Feb 12, 2020 | Early Years Ideas, Inspiration
“Creativity is the secret sauce to science, technology, engineering and math”— Ainissa Ramirez Introduce STEAM into the early years this British Science Week and engage children in STEAM learning through our range of hands-on and fun spring tuff tray activities &...
by EYR Team | Dec 5, 2019 | Early Years Ideas, Inspiration
The winter weather might be frightful…but it’s time to grab your winter warmers and head outside for some fun outdoor winter activities with the kids. Don’t let the brisk winter chill put you off taking the children outdoors! Outdoor play is extremely important...
by EYR Team | Oct 31, 2019 | Early Years, Early Years Ideas, Inspiration, Professional Development
This article has been written by storytelling specialists, Tonya and Natasha, from Little Creative Days. In this blog they delve into the importance of stories for multicultural literacy. It doesn’t matter where we’re from or what our cultural background is a story...
by EYR Team | Sep 2, 2019 | Early Years Ideas, Inspiration
“There should be no such thing as boring mathematics” — Edsger Dijkstra Looking for new and creative ways to engage children in maths? Try our top sensory maths activities and ideas for early years! Whether you are shopping, baking, telling the time, budgeting or...