These three posters are ideal for displaying in early years settings for practitioners or parents to read. The characteristics of effective teaching and learning are: Playing and Exploring - Children investigate and experience things and ‘have a go’. Active Learning - Children concentrate and keep on trying if they encounter difficulties and enjoy achievements. Creating and Thinking Critically - Children have and develop their own ideas, make links between ideas and develop strategies for doing things. They are bright and easy to read, and a useful tool for early years practisioners.

The new framework for the early years foundation stage describes the three characteristics of effective teaching and learning as: Playing and exploring: children investigate and experience things and ‘have a go’; Active learning: children concentrate and keep on trying if they encounter difficulties and enjoy achievements; Creating and thinking critically: children have and develop their own ideas, make links between ideas and develop strategies for doing things. This observation overview uses the statements from Development Matters 2020. It has been designed to record observations over the year, to give practitioners an overview of how each child learns. The statements from Development Matters 2020 are on each sheet, alongside a space for adults to record their observations of the child. They are colourful and match the Characteristics posters that I have made.

Early Years Development Matters for three to four year olds. Split into the sections: Prime and specific. Contains three pages of statements.

Do you need help understanding the different play schemas? This resource consists of 4 A4 pages, describing each schema. This can be displayed in your provision to help staff understand the different play observed.

This rainbow challenge board is a great tool to encourage children to move around and try new activities. Laminate the cards, then write on the daily challenges. Once a child completes a challenge give them a coloured lolly stick or the coloured strips, which can be placed on a display board to show how many challenges they have completed that day. Children love challenges!

A colourful farm scene with missing farm animals. I fantastic resource which can be enlarged and laminated for children to talk about what animals they would find on a farm and for them to create their own farm scene.

Under the Ocean is a great way of getting children to talk about what type of animals they might find under the ocean. It allows them to talk about what they might look like, eat etc and is great for encouraging them to speak clearly and confidently. The resource can be enlarged so children can create their own under the ocean scene.

Doctors surgery role play set containing: Key vocabulary Opening times Appointments Book - cover & sheets Prescription sheets Patient details sheets On duty sheet COVID injection poster Stop spread of COVID poster Height and weight poster Eye chart Great to get small children’s imagination flowing.

Two pages of EYFS Development Matters Statements for Reception age children, split into the two areas, Prime areas and specific areas.

At the Beach role play pack for children to use their imagination. Includes: Numbered sea animals 1-30 Lower and Upper Case alphabet beach pebbles Key Vocab Role play shopping list Role Play Beach hut food Beach Hut order form

Early years new development matters from birth to three years. Three pages of statements focussing on prime and specific areas of development.

Two pages showing the Early years development matters Early Learning Goals. Split into the two areas: specific and prime areas of learning.

Two worksheets related to what and who you’d find at the park.

Two worksheets about who and what you’d find at the dentist.

Two worksheets to say who and what can be found at the farm.

Two worksheets to say who and what can be found at the zoo.

Two simple sheets about who you’d find at an airport and what they do.

Two worksheets about what and who you would find at a doctors surgery.

Children love to imagine - why not use this airport role play pack? Includes: Passport Key Vocabualry Aeroplane window Cockpit picture Bag scanner picture Airport signs Flight tickets Departure and arrival signs

Here is a classroom rules poster I used in my class.