A collection of 34 messy and malleable play ideas that allow the children to explore a variety of sensory experiences to make marks and be inquisitive.

An Operations Log for Early Years Managers to keep track of the tasks and checks that need completing each month. This log contains enough sheets for a 12 month period.

A checklist to outline an 8 week induction program for an Early Years Practitioner

A checklist that outlines a 4 week induction for a college student in an Early Years setting.

A set of 30 Funky Fingers Challenges to help build the children’s fine motor skills ready for writing. Writing in both Comic Sans and Boring Boring fonts.

A set of A4 posters of 3D shapes in the real world such as cubes, spheres, cones, cuboids (and rectangular prisms) and triangular prisms. The posters are in the Boring Boring font which has lead ins but is not joined up. A Comic Sans version is also available.

A set of 3D shapes in the environment A4 posters in Comic Sans font.

Challenge cards that encourage the children to explore number bonds to 10, 20 and 40 by asking them to see how many potions they can make using the available creepy crawlies in her spell cupboard. They are also encouraged to write their number sentences out onto the cauldron.

A set of 64 Phase 4 words that can be used as part of an activity where the children can reveal the letters and blend them together to make the word.

A set of 97 Phase 2 words that can be used as part of an activity where the children can reveal the letters and blend them together to make the word.

Number cards with 1-10 and corresponding numbered train characters from Thomas and Friends. I created and used this resource with a child who was reluctant to engage in maths activities in a Early Years setting. They engaged in counting and recognising the numerals using these cards. They can also be used to match numeral to quantity as they are big enough to place small wooden trains or blocks onto.

A set of 120 Phase 3 words that can be used as part of an activity where the children can reveal the letters and blend them together to make the word.

Set of 10 question prompt cards on fans that can be cut out and made into fans using key-rings to help prompt children to "Identify and comment on the structure and organisation of texts, including grammatical and presentational features at text level" They can be used as part of guided reading in the classroom or sent home with reading books to involve parents and to give them an idea of the kinds of questions they can ask their child.

Set of 10 question prompt cards on fans that can be cut out and made into fans using key-rings to help prompt children to "Identify and comment on writers' purposes and viewpoints, and the overall effect of the text on the reader" They can be used as part of guided reading in the classroom or sent home with reading books to involve parents and to give them an idea of the kinds of questions they can ask their child.

Set of 10 question prompt cards on fans that can be cut out and made into fans using key-rings to help prompt children to "Deduce, infer or interpret information, events or ideas from texts" They can be used as part of guided reading in the classroom or sent home with reading books to involve parents and to give them an idea of the kinds of questions they can ask their child.

Set of question prompt cards on fans that can be cut out and made into fans using key-rings to help prompt children to "Relate texts to their social, cultural and historical contexts and literary traditions " They can be used as part of guided reading in the classroom or sent home with reading books to involve parents and to give them an idea of the kinds of questions they can ask their child.

Set of 10 question prompt cards on fans that can be cut out and made into fans using key-rings to help prompt children to "Understand, describe, select or retrieve information, events or ideas from texts. Use quotations and reference to text." They can be used as part of guided reading in the classroom or sent home with reading books to involve parents and to give them an idea of the kinds of questions they can ask their child.

Set of question prompt cards on fans that can be cut out and made into fans using key-rings to help prompt children to "Explain and comment on the writer's use of language, including grammatical and literary features at word and sentence level." They can be used as part of guided reading in the classroom or sent home with reading books to involve parents and to give them an idea of the kinds of questions they can ask their child.

Bundle contains: EYFS Linked concept map of activities to help celebrate Chinese New Year Number cards with 0-10 in Mandarin Alphabet cards with Mandarin characters on7 Traditional Chinese game Cat chases Mouse rules Baked Spring Rolls recipe booklet Chinese words eg. Happy new year, happiness, friendship