A block of maths planning for Early Years or Year 1

This plan could be used in Rec or Year 1. It involves making 2D shapes using straws and playdough.

Clues and letter for children to go on a Gingerbread man hunt around school. Includes, cloakroom, staffroom, office, dinner hall, gym, music room, story chair, outside and back to Nursery. Also included is labels for the envelopes as each time we found a clue we counted and matched the correct number to the buttons on the envelope.

A block of maths planning for Reception children

A selection of Pirate themed worksheets for Early Years. Includes counting treasure, ordering treasure coins, sorting shaped jewels and repeating pattern necklaces.

Some Literacy planning I used with EY's and worksheets. Also topic plan and some maths worksheets.

A few activities we are using in EY's for a spooky week. Links to Funnybones and Room on the Broom stories.

A weeks planning for early years with a spooky theme. We used it in the run up to Halloween. Includes lit/num planning, UTW, PD and EAD planning and planning for other areas of the classroom. Also a couple of worksheets.

This is an outdoor lesson plan I recently used with Nursery children and was graded as outstanding. It involves retelling the story, counting and building animal homes using natural materials. Also included is some photographs for ideas for the animal homes and some photos of the homes we made.

This includes 11 weeks planning for the topic animals. There is Literacy/Numeracy planning - 2 lessons per week, skills planning for the other areas of the classroom and several worksheets. The stories included are I wish I was a..., Funnybones the pet shop, walking through the jungle, we're going on a bear hunt, monkey puzzle, jen the hen, rumble in the jungle, farmyard hullabaloo, the great pet sale, the rainbow fish and Elmer

This 5 week planning includes a topic web, weekly literacy and numeracy planning, skills planning for other areas of the classroom and weekly PSED,PD,EAD and UTW. Also a couple of worksheets

A topic web to use in early years or KS1

Some worksheets I used when doing Elmer and Jungle animals

Activities linked to the story Jack and the Beanstalk which we used in early years. Also we wrote a new story we're going on a giant hunt and retold this story in the outdoor area and using story trays. maths incudes counting beans, adding beans, patten beanstalks, measuring beanstalks, ordering leaves on a beanstalk. literacy includes retelling both stories, describing the giant and making story maps.