Photographs to use as conversation starters.
Develop language and communication skills by talking about what you see in the photograph; describe using the senses; and relate to own experiences where relevant.
Resource pack with ideas to develop speech, language and communication outdoors. The resource is great to share with parents/carers, it includes activity ideas; suggestions for stories, rhymes and songs; and an activity board.
Themes include…
Bug Hunt
Mud Play
Rainy Day
Listening Walk
A5 preposition cards can be used for displays, adult focus activities or print multiple copies to play games (e.g. pairs/snap). Choose from a set of owl preposition cards, mouse preposition cards or dog preposition cards
A pack full of resources including:
Paw print numbers 1-10
Goldilocks topic cards
Goldilocks emotions cards
Cards relating to ‘Brown Bear, Brown Bear what do you see?’
Cards relating to ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’
2 Teddy Bear Rhyme Cards
Bear outline for creating masks
Bear colour cards - use on display or print multiple copies to play snap/pairs
Bear positional language cards - use on display, or as part of activity
Bear number cards - use on display or print multiple copies to play snap/pairs
Bears 1-10 number line strips
This resource includes
Story sequencing cards
Characters and ‘props’ - print, laminate and add lollipop sticks to create a quick and easy storytelling resource
Vocabulary cards
Word mat to support early writing
Prompts for continuous provision challenges
Size matching activity
Size vocabulary - thinking about alternative words for big and small to develop vocabulary
2D shape cards and 3D shape cards showing shapes in the environment - great for a sorting activity.
Shape finder - simply laminate and add a lollipop sticks to encourage children to explore the environment to find 2D shapes around them.
Create a calm corner to support children with self-regulation.
This resource includes:
*Calming corner A4 sign
A4 posters with positive affirmations to display
Affirmation circles which can be used on display and a selection can be displayed around a mirror to create an interactive aspect to your display
Calming techniques A4 posters (e.g. 5 finger breathing and 5-4-3-2-1 calm)
Emotions/feelings cards - real faces depicting a range of emotions/feelings
Pumpkin cards
count the pumpkin seeds on the pumpkin and match to the correct numeral (1-10)
put the correct number of ‘seeds’ on the pumpkin to match the numeral (1-10)
large pumpkin (A4) can be used for lots of different activities (e.g. adding playdough seeds)
Spider cards
provide pegs for children to add the correct number of legs to match the number on the spiders
large spider (A4) can be used for lots of different activities (e.g. group input, in the playdough area)
Spider’s web - count out the correct number of spiders to place on the web
Use for display purposes, part of your continuous provision or as a focus activity
Colour names with photograph depicting colour (e.g. red - strawberries)
Colour names on crayons and paintbrushes - great for displaying in the mark making and painting area.
Colour mixing posters
Colour mixing title for display
Rainbow sheet - place in a shallow tray cover with sand and encourage mark making to reveal the colours
Colour Wheel A4 poster
Colour Monsters - can be used to talk about emotions relating to colours (e.g. tickled pink, feeling blue)
Use the cards to identify and talk about a range of emotions and feelings. Can be used as part of a display, as a focus activity or to create a lanyard/keyring resource.
PowerPoint with information about the lifecycle of a frog and fun facts. Contains high quality photo images and video clips. Key vocabulary is highlighted in a different colour text. Enjoy talking about the information and the images at your own pace with the children.
Days of the Week and Weather display resources in 2 different sizes so you can pick the one suitable for your space. Hessian background used for those wishing to use a more calming and neutral resource.
Days of the week and weather colourful display pack. 2 different size options so you can choose the one that is suitable for your space.
Rainbow coloured high quality resource will look great on display in an Early Years setting or in a child’s bedroom/playroom.
Ideas to explore the topic/theme of birthdays in the Early Years, covers the 7 areas of learning and story suggestions too. Also comes with high quality resources including;
Display ‘birthdays’ bunting
Birthday cupcakes - one for each month of the year
Candles that can be used for display with the birthday cupcakes or as part of an activity
Birthday balloons - one for each month
Birthday cake playdough mat
Cake and candles number cars 1-10
Birthday pairs game
Birthday themed photographs
Animal balloon modelling picture cards
A look at the ‘connecting’ schema - what the schema is, what it might look like in the child’s play, how adults can support and extend the schema, vocabulary to introduce/reinforce when commenting on what the child is doing and also story suggestions.
This double sided A4 resource will look great on display in your Early Years setting along with your own photographs of children demonstrating this schema. This is also a fantastic resource to share with parents/carers so they can support the schema at home too.
If you like this resource please check out my full set of resource cards for 8 different schemas