Colour Explosion
There’s been an explosion of colour in our classroom recently, brought about by particular interest in a few of my books. I took the opportunity to provide lots of colour, number and shape activities...
View ArticleSummer Play
Lots of summer, flower and garden related activities this week after a bit of interest in the flowers I rescued from an overgrown area at school… Here are some of the things we’ve enjoyed… . Citrus...
View ArticleAnimal Play
There has been so much animal play occurring naturally recently that I thought I would set up some invitations to support this. Here are a few of the things we’ve enjoyed – sorry there’s not as many...
View ArticlePlans for the Holidays
Not sure if anyone will read this, seeing as so many of you are now on your summer holidays, but we still have another week to go so I thought I’d share a post anyway. There has been lots of talk of...
View ArticleConstruction & Engineering
I had some amazing ‘builders’ in my class last year and the construction area was a favourite area in the classroom. I often share images of some of their fabulous creations (both inside and outdoors)...
View ArticleFlowers in The Classroom
We’re still going through the ‘settling in’ process at school, and I’m exhausted, so instead of a ‘normal’ post I thought I’d share some of the ways we’ve used real flowers in the classroom. Some of...
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 ArticleSpooky Stories
It’s Halloween next week, so we have lots of spooky stories out in the classroom. We actually started enjoying them just before half term (& they will stay out next week for the first week back...
View ArticlePoppy Play
I shared some poppy play pictures over on my Instagram account this time last year, but apart from a collage of the pictures, didn’t share them on my blog. As it is Remembrance Sunday in the UK...
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 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 ArticleHappy New Year!
Can you believe that another year is coming to an end?! I’ve had a few messages asking if we do any specific planned activities to celebrate the new year and we don’t really, apart from talking about...
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
We’ve enjoyed lots of winter play recently and are actually still in the middle of it all. I’m sharing some of the things we’ve enjoyed so far… . Small World Play Arctic land… there is a video of this...
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 ArticleHearts Galore!
We’ve had both hearts (for Valentines Day) and Chinese New Year inspired activities in our classroom this week! With both celebrations on the calendar next week, we’ve been enjoying a mixture of...
View ArticleShaping Up – Shape Play
… ‘shaping up’ with a bit of shape play. I never had chance to share any of the shape-related actives we enjoyed back in November as I was too busy, so I thought I’d share a few of them now (you might...
View ArticleEaster Egg Play
This will be a super quick post. Just sharing some of our Easter egg play from last year… . Egg Tree A simple fine motor activity – hanging eggs on our tree… . Eggs on the OHP Lots of shape talk with...
View ArticleEggs!
Eggs everywhere! Sharing some of our egg-related activities from this year. Some from before the Easter break and some that have continued into this week… . Egg Related Books These are the books we...
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...
View ArticleKings, Queens and Castles
Lots of castle play recently, inspired by the UK Royal Wedding – kings, queens, princes, princesses and castles… . Castle Inspired Maths . Castle Small World Play Kings, queens, princesses, knights and...
View ArticleOcean and Beach Play
Lots of ocean, beach and holiday inspired play recently. We’re still in the middle of it, actually, but thought I’d share some of what we’ve enjoyed so far… . Beach Finds in the LED Box The starfish...
View ArticleAnimals All Around
Animals have always been popular with this class and we’ve had lots of them out over the last couple of weeks. Here is some of the play we’ve enjoyed… . Panda Play This was very popular! Tray, part of...
View ArticleSummer Time
Summer is upon us! I know lots of you will now have started your break, so I’m not sure how people will read this, but I haven’t finished yet, so sharing lots of play related to this time of year… ....
View ArticleChristmas Last Year
I didn’t have time to share what we got up to at Christmas last year (although you may have seen some pics on my Instagram page), so thought I’d share some of the activities we enjoyed now. By the...
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