Welcome to the Early Years pages.
Feel free to browse through the General Early Years resources listed below,
or use the links in the bar above to look through the other Early Years pages.

• Cat and Mouse - A fun game for children to play at spare moments during the day.
• Hunt the Honey - A fun, competitive game, in which children have to find a pot of honey!
• Don't Get Caught! - A fun game, which can be used to reinforce work in lots of subjects.
• Who is it? - A simple game which requires children to identify each other.
• Captain Silence - A simple method of encouraging children to sit quietly.
• Mr. Men Displays - Make an interactive shape and colour display based on the Mr. Men characters.
• Magic Wand - Cast a magic spell on your class, to encourage them to sit up and listen carefully!
• The Magic Carpet -A fun way of learning about other cultures.
• Sounds - A useful PDF worksheet, which asks children to identify how different instruments make sounds.
• Find that Sound - Develop children's listening skills with this game, then make up your own orchestra!
• Rewarding Learning - An effective way of encouraging children and rewarding them when they succeed!
• Yes / No Sticks - Make these simple tools to help children answer your questions.
• Snap / Matching Game - A set of cards (in PDF), which can be laminated and used as part of a snap / matching game. Contributed by a visitor.
• Email Project - A PDF file, outlining a project by Veronica Carter, involving emailing in a Year R class. Contains useful information for others wanting to try a similar project.
• Exercise - Match the different forms of exercise to the relevant picture. Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi.
• Early Years Links - A long list of links to other useful Early Years sites.
• Paint the Playground! - Learn letters, numbers and shapes by painting the playground!
• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - A popular rhyme, translated into Urdu, for younger children to enjoy. Contributed by Shahida Yunus.
• Song Sack - Choose one of these cards from a song sack and enjoy singing the song together! Contributed by Shahida Yunus.
• Keeping Records - An extremely easy way of recording learning by early years children.
• Teddy Shoe Shop - A fun way of thinking about estimations.
• ICT and Phonics Top Tips - A set of useful tips and advice for using ICT to develop early Literacy skills.
• Conscious Baby Alphabet - Conscious Baby Alphabet is an alphabet learning tool that is value based; aimed at broadening the foundational thoughts at early years. Contributed by Kwabena Mehutusekamen.
• Lynn Waters has contributed a number of Powerpoint presentations aimed at children in the Early Years:
• The Big Dragon
• Phonemes
• Ready Steady Go!
• Humpty Dumpty

These contributions are moderated, so they may not appear to other visitors immediately. All ideas submitted here may be added to their own dedicated page on the site at a later date. Please leave your name so that I can credit your contribution, if you would like me to.

You can also submit ideas and resources via email, or using this form.

Links to other sites:

• Tweenies - A great site from the BBC with lots of educational activities based on the Tweenies.
• Lesson Sense - Worksheets, lesson ideas & plans for young children on a wide range of themes and topics.
• Nursery Nurse Forum - A very useful site where nursery nurses can discuss relevant issues and share ideas.
• Poisson Rouge - A wonderful site to develop the use of ICT by younger children.
• Topic To Go - Supply, for hire, educational resource boxes for Reception and Year 1 classes.

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