Category Archives: Early Years

Time for a spring clean: free creative teaching resource

The sun finally made its way in through the office window this week. Apart from making the computer screen impossible to see, it also showed up a winter’s worth of dust. Our offices are in a converted barn on a … Continue reading

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Mothers Day gift idea: free creative teaching resource

Is it a card, a bookmark, a flutter, a window hanging …? Let your children decide what they would like to make for Mothers Day with their piece of art once it has dried.

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Soap flake snow: free creative teaching resource

We have been warned of blizzards this weekend. How many of your children remember the snow that fell in 2010 and 2011? What did it feel like? What did it look like? What did they make with it?

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Taking turns: free PSHE teaching resource for younger children

This exercise not only introduces the idea of taking turns but also teaches telling the time.

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Pollution Solution: free creative teaching resource for Early Years/KS1

Why not see if your pupils noticed any littering in the places they visited during the summer? – I know I did! Find out what they think can be done about it.

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