Bears!
We had an increased interest in bears last week, and as […] The post Bears! appeared first on Stimulating Learning.
View ArticleGinger & Other Scents
It has been ‘Story Telling Week’ in school […] The post Ginger & Other Scents appeared first on Stimulating Learning.
View ArticleThe Gruffalo!
A couple of weeks ago, one of the children went on a […] The post The Gruffalo! appeared first on Stimulating Learning.
View ArticleThere Be Pirates!
After lots of ‘walking the plank’ games out […] The post There Be Pirates! appeared first on Stimulating Learning.
View ArticleGo Wild!
The Bank Holiday weekend meant that some of the childre […] The post Go Wild! appeared first on Stimulating Learning.
View ArticleThe Tiger Who Came to Tea
After our wild animal play last week, one of the girls […] The post The Tiger Who Came to Tea appeared first on Stimulating Learning.
View ArticleWintery Activities
Sorry for no post last week – I had a lovely weekend away with my hubby! Our wintery fun has continued over the last couple of weeks and the children have been so engaged with all the activities. Here...
View ArticleStory Baskets & Props
Reading books and story telling is an everyday activity in the Early Years classroom, and I often add props or characters to go with them. I’ve had a bit of a blog-break over the Easter holiday and am...
View ArticleNature Play Continues
Our simple ‘nature-inspired’ play has continued this week… . Transient Art on the Discovery Table …with mirrors as a base… . Tracing Line Designs with Loose Parts The patterns are simply drawn on black...
View ArticleFairy Play
I am sharing some fairy fun this week – it’s a delayed post due to the blog update last week, but the children were so excited by it, I wanted to share some of the things we enjoyed… It started with...
View ArticleDay Visit for Newbies
Our new intake of children come for a short visit before the summer holidays. On this day, I put out simple invitations to explore with their accompanying adult. Some of the children are not yet 3 at...
View ArticleLadybird Inspired Play
There has been a bit of ladybird spotting in the garden recently & I suspect that this is why the children kept requesting some of our ladybird books at story time. As a result I decided to set out...
View ArticleMr Wolf’s Pancakes
It was ‘Pancake Day’ this week and we couldn’t let this pass by without making pancakes. I thought it would be lovely to share the book, ‘Mr Wolf’s Pancakes’ too, so we’ve had activities related to...
View ArticleBears All Around
The children particularly enjoyed the ‘Mr Wolf and the Three Bears’ book we had out when reading ‘Mr Wolf’s Pancakes‘ and this lead to lots of ‘bear’ play. I set up lots of opportunities linked with...
View ArticleFairy Play
I noticed lots of the children were knocking on our fairy door recently. Our little door backs onto our staff kitchen and when we ‘knocked back’ it caused near hysteria! We decided to set up some fairy...
View ArticleAutumnal Play and Learning
I love the beauty of autumnal days, when the leaves are changing colour and falling. The grey days are coming in fast so we’ve been making the most of the gorgeous-ness while we can! Here are some of...
View ArticleFamily Counters
The wonderful Learning Resources sent me a pack of All About Me Family Counters to use at school. There are 6 characters in 6 different colours and the children have really enjoyed using them. I’m...
View ArticleLast Christmas
Last Christmas, I shared a post with all my previous seasonal activities, but didn’t blog what we were enjoying at the time as there were lots of repeats or variations (instead, I shared pics over on...
View ArticleWoodland
Lots of interest in a couple of our nocturnal animals stories during our autumnal play lead us to some woodland and woodland animal related play. I would have shared my Christmas set-up today, but was...
View ArticleActivities Relating to The Gingerbread Man
We enjoyed a few activities related to ‘The Gingerbread Man’ during the first few days back after Christmas, so I am sharing a few of them here… . Maths inspired by The Gingerbread Man . Simple Board...
View ArticleWinter Play Continues…
Frosty mornings have meant a continued interest in our wintery activities. It’s been a very busy couple of weeks… . Counting Snowmen The snowman below is a FREE printable, available to download from...
View ArticleChinese New Year Last!
These are the activities we enjoyed for Chinese New Year last year. They are very similar to activities we’ve enjoyed before… . Chinese Restaurant This is super popular and generally stays out for...
View ArticleColourful Play
We’ve been enjoying lots of colourful play and learning recently. Run off my feet at the moment, but sharing a few of them here. Many of them are variations of things we’ve done before, so apologies...
View ArticleDinosaurs!
Dinosaurs have been a big feature of natural play in my classroom for a while now, so I set up various actives related to them. Very similar to many I have set up before 🙂 . Dinosaur Inspired Number...
View ArticleMonsters and Superheroes
Monsters & Superheroes have featured heavily in our play recently so I set up a few activities related to this… . Monsters on the Finger Gym I’ve done this a few times before, but not with this...
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