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 | Nov 11, 2019 | Health & Wellbeing, Inspiration, Primary School Ideas
Children don’t have long break times, usually between 20-30 minutes. So how can they be encouraged to use this time to do something active? We’ve put together a list of traditional and engaging playground games, ideal for the schools and for helping...
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...
by EYR Team | Aug 30, 2019 | Craft Corner, Early Years Ideas
Make the most magical small world set up in your tuff tray and support imaginative play. Your little ones will love creating and playing in their fairy garden and can add various elements to really make it their own. Once complete you can encourage communication and...
by EYR Team | May 22, 2019 | Early Years, Early Years Ideas, Inspiration, Professional Development, Teachers' Corner
This article has been written by storytelling specialists, Tonya and Natasha, from Little Creative Days It’s great to be able to make the most of the summer weather! Children love all that fresh air but sometimes it’s just too hot to be running around. So what...