A menu of 18 forest school and outdoor learning activities tasks for Nursery or Reception (Early Years) They can be used in school or nursery as planning or can be sent home as a home learning menu. There are a total of 18 activities that can easily be done with few resources. This makes them easy to do at school or at home with parents/guardians. Activities are practical using items children can find in the outdoors and/or at home. There are key questions to guide parents delivering the activities at home. The activities are all based outdoors and are woodland/forest school type activities. They cover all areas of the EYFS curriculum. There are art, building, science, imaginative activities etc. There are lots of opportunities for children to develop personal and social skills, communication skills and physical skills throughout. There are some risk taking activities such as those using tools or working around fire. There aren’t any stand alone phonics or number activities but these subjects are addressed in other activities e.g. where writing or counting is involved. Can be used as planning with support for staff or sent out during school closures, to support remote learning or as a homework or home learning grid.

18 Seaside and holiday themed home learning tasks for Nursery or Reception (Early Years) There are a total of 18 activities that can easily be done at home split over two sheets. Activities are practical using items children will have at home. There are key questions to guide parents delivering the activities at home. The activities are topic based. They cover all areas of the EYFS curriculum. There are art projects, research ideas, movement, imaginative etc. There aren’t really any stand alone phonics or maths activities but these subjects are touched upon in other activities e.g. where writing, stories or patterns are involved. There are activities which use aspects of Phase 1 phonics (which should be reviewed regularly throughout EYFS ) Originally made for Covid school/ bubble closures and where children were asked to complete 3 tasks a week, however, it could be easily used as a half termly or termly home learning sheet where children complete one task a week or similar. This can also be used as a basis for activity planning for the topic or used by support or cover staff.