Autumnal 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 ArticleA Simple Clear Tray
TTS kindly sent me a set of Light Panel Messy Play Protective Covers to have a play with and I thought I’d share some of the ways we’ve used them so far (you may have already seen some of these in...
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 ArticleBest Nine of 2017 – Instagram
Hello! As you may already know, I absolutely love Instagram. There is a huge amount of inspiration for the classroom and I spend far too much of my time on there! At the end of the year many people...
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 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 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 ArticleShaping Up – Shape Play
… ‘shaping up’ with a bit of shape play. I never had chance to share any of the shape-related actives we enjoyed back in November as I was too busy, so I thought I’d share a few of them now (you might...
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 ArticleEaster Egg Play
This will be a super quick post. Just sharing some of our Easter egg play from last year… . Egg Tree A simple fine motor activity – hanging eggs on our tree… . Eggs on the OHP Lots of shape talk with...
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… ....
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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