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🦕 What will the dinosaurs say?🦖
Print the dinosaur speech bubble sheets and have fun thinking about what a dinosaur would say!
Comment ‘dinosaur speech bubbles’ if you would like the link to the resource or search for it on my website.
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Apr 9
A question I am asked constantly, ‘Can you help with my outdoor area?
There’s plenty on the website that you can download to give you advice about each area, review your current offering or help with planning and questioning.
The documents featured in this video:
•EYFS outdoor area review document
•Early Years Outdoor area review guide
•Early Years Outdoor area planning
•Early Years Outdoor area questions
You can download them from my website - they’re all free for members or choose to download as individual purchases if you don’t want to join.
If you’d like the links to any, just let me know in the comments. I hope this is used for those asking 🍃
#earlyyearsoutdoor #outdoorarea #outdooreyfs #outdoorlearning #eyfsoutdoors
Apr 8
✨Magical pre writing patterns✨
Make some nature wands and create patterns in the sand following the magical pre writing patterns 🌿
There’s a range of different designs available on my website. Comment ‘pre writing patterns’ and I’ll send the link to the section.
Pre writing patterns develop the specific directional pushes and pulls needed for letter formation and the writing of numerals, guiding children from free mark-making to controlled, precise movements.
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Apr 7
Inspired by the new film 🌳✨The Magic Faraway Tree✨🌳 we set up a magical themed mud kitchen complete with our new fairy themed recipes.
From enchanted biscuits to toadstool cupcakes, the new recipes add a little magic to the mud kitchen. Comment ‘magical recipes’ if you’d like the link sending over to this resource!
There’s a full week’s worth of early years outdoor area planning based on fairies/magic in the Summer 1 folder on the website which I loved creating for you all.
Our fabulous mud kitchen is from @precision.timber
The utensils, potion bottles, bowls and bio glitter are from @hope_earlyyears
The squeezy bottles are from @ikeauk
#mudkitchen #mudkitchenideas #outdoorlearning
Apr 6
I have finally released my Early Years Outdoor area planning for Summer 1. It’s on the website with plenty of accompanying resources to use.
I have themes including: The Farm, Earth Day, Castles, Kings & Queens, Magical - Fairies & Wizards and Bees.
Download as a complete bundle or as individual weeks. The planning includes ideas for the different areas you may have such as mud kitchen, water, construction, the ground etc… and has vocabulary, adult prompts, resource lists and links to the EYFS.
I’ll also be adding some one off themes to this section, so if there’s a theme you’d love a set of outdoor planning for, just let me know!
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Mar 30
✨So excited to finally share this!✨
Here are a few clips from the interviews with Nicola Coughlan, Billie Gadson and the director Ben Gregor, who are the stars of The Magic Faraway Tree.
They chat about the film, what it was like bringing this magical world to life and their favourite parts. I was honoured to be asked to talk to them.
I have put the long videos on YouTube - the link is in my Bio if you’d like to give them a watch and I’ll also add links to my stories.
Let me know if you watch the film and what you think about it. I loved it all 🌳✨
#outdooradventure #outdoorplay #magicfarawaytree #themagicfarawaytree
Mar 29
🌳✨The Magic Faraway Tree is out now in cinemas✨🌳
I was lucky enough to watch the film and then interview Nicola Coughlan who plays Silky, Billie Gadson who plays Fran and Ben Gregor - the director!
The adaptation of Enid Blyton’s classic is a gorgeous, feel good family film. There are so many amazing actors in it and it’s a joy to watch. The plot takes you on a journey of modern family life, the funny use of technology by children and getting outdoors to have some exciting adventures.
This is a sneak peek of the interviews, I’ll share the full videos soon.
Are you going to watch The Magic Faraway Tree?
#themagicfarawaytree #magicfarawaytree #outdooradventures
Mar 28
If you’re finishing for an Easter break soon, I hope you enjoy some well deserved time off.
Thank you for all of the downloads of the Easter resources, I have really enjoyed seeing them in your settings!
The Summer 1 planning will be uploaded to the website very shortly, I know lots of you are waiting for it. Hopefully it will be worth the wait ☀️🍃
#earlyyearsoutdoor #eyfs #outdoorlearning
Mar 26
