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How old are you?
Included in the ‘All about me’ set. Decorate with nature, collage, paint or colour and discuss how old your little ones are.
Comment ‘all about me’ if you’d like the activity set link which includes lots of nature inspired activities to use when getting to know the children 🍃
#earlyyears #eyfs #natureinspired
Aug 22
What’s popular on my website right now?
Everything linked to ‘All about me’ - from autumn nature faces to friendship recipes, family pebbles and the outdoor area planning with an ‘all about me’ theme.
Would you try any of these with your little ones?
Comment ‘all about me’ and I’ll send a link to the section on the website where you can find all of these resources (available for free as a member or to purchase individually) 🍂🍁
#earlyyears #newschoolyear #eyfs
Aug 21
My name begins with…
Paint the initial name letters with sparkly mud paint (we mixed a little bio glitter and mud in pots).
Comment ‘initial letters’ for the link to this resource in my website or find it in the new school year/all about me section.
Perfect for the start of the new year with young children when learning the letters of their name 🍃
#earlyyears #newschoolyear #eyfs
Aug 20
I have put the yearly overview of planned topics for Early Years in the outdoors onto the website. Each half term has six weeks planned with a different topic each week.
You can click on the topic box and it will open up the planning on the website in a new window for you.
If you’re a member, all of the prices will show as £0.
Comment ‘planning’ if you’d like the link or access it here: https://www.earlyyearsoutdoor.co.uk/product/yearly-planning-topics/
The Autumn 2 will be updated shortly. I hope you can make use of it all and it helps to plan your outdoor areas with ease 🍃
Any questions, just ask ⬇️
Aug 19
Love how @learning_play_and_wonder used our colour charts and nature colour resources. They’re a brilliant way to explore colours in nature and notice what is all around us.
I’ve seen lots of you use them in such creative ways over the last few years, such as art areas, activities and on pencil pots. When I designed them, I wanted to add images of nature onto the colour charts to show just how much colour is in the outdoors 🌿
Comment ‘nature colours’ if you’d like the link to the colour section on the website.
Tag me if you have used any, I’d love to see 🌸🍃
Aug 18
✨ FRIENDSHIP RECIPE✨
A sprinkle of sharing and a dash of kindness, a dollop of helping and a pinch of caring…
Comment ‘friendship recipe’ if you’d like the link sending over.
Mix up a friendship recipe using nature finds, loose parts or any items you can find. The resource includes poems, labels, tags and vocabulary to set this up and leave for little ones to explore!
A lovely one for the first few weeks back as children are getting to know each other and are making new friendships 🌿
#earlyyears #outdoorlearning #eyfs
Aug 17
🐞BUG MUD KITCHEN🐛
This set is great fun in the mud kitchen. From caterpillar crunch to worm pies, little ones can make their own pretend bug recipes 🌿
Comment ‘bug recipes’ if you want the link sending over. There’s also a lighter version included if you don’t want to use lots of black ink when printing.
The code AUGUST20 is available on the membership for 20% off if you’re thinking of becoming an Early Years Outdoor member.
#mudkitchen #outdoorlearning
Aug 16
A question that keeps popping up in my inbox and emails is will I add indoor planning to the website? It’s not something I am wanting to focus on right now, I love the outdoors and have so many ideas that I’d like the team we have to concentrate on this. I hope you don’t mind…
For all of of your outdoor planning and plenty of resources you can use indoors, my website is full of instant downloads to help.
I have sent a few of you over to the lovely @isittimetoplay as I’m sure Emma will be able to help with your indoor and long term/medium term planning requests. 💕
#earlyyears #eyfs
Aug 13
