Early Years Fine Motor Colour Activities
I am a big fan of learning centres in classrooms! They are great places for children to explore, investigate, take risks and consolidate previous …
Letters and Sounds Learning Centre
Create an inviting space for children to play, learn and practice their knowledge of letters and sounds by setting up a Letters and Sounds …
ANZAC Day Poppy Activity
ANZAC Day Poppy Activity- creating beautiful red craft poppies on a background of ‘Lest We Forget’ is a great activity for young students to …
Measurement Length Activity – The Really Big Dinosaur
This measurement lesson was inspired by the story The Really Really Big Dinosaur by Richard Byrne. It really got my Pre-primary (4-5 year olds) …
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Paper Plate Umbrella Craft
The Paper Plate Umbrella Craft was a creative activity inspired by the story Ella’s Umbrellas by Jennifer Lloyd (affiliate link) and other activities we …
Painting Clouds on the Easel
Painting on the easel provides an opportunity for children to be creative and incorporate art into theme based programs. Painting Clouds on the Easel …
V is for Vegetables Letter V Activity
V is for Vegetables Letter V Activity was inspired by the book Vegetables in a Van and Oliver’s Vegetables by Vivian French. It is …
U is for Umbrella Letter U Activity
U is for Umbrella Letter U Activity was inspired by the book Ella’s Umbrellas by Jennifer Lloyd, Illustrated by Ashley Spires (affiliate link). It …
F is for Feather Fish Painting
F is for Feather Fish Painting is an activity is an activity that was inspired by the story Hooray for Fish by Lucy Cousins. …
Primary Colours Squishy Bag Experiment
Primary Colours Squishy Bag Experiment is a wonderful sensory experience for children to see how colours mix and form other colours. Children use their …
Letter Spotting in Big Books
Letter Spotting in Big Books is a great way for children to become little reading detectives and play and learn with alphabet letters. It …
Q is for Quilt Letter Q Activity
Q is for Quilt Letter Q Activity is an activity that was inspired by the book The Quilt by Ann Jonas. It is a …
Rice and Ice Sensory Activity
Rice and Ice Sensory Activity is a fun activity that provides an opportunity to play with rhyming words, explore scientific concepts and learn about primary …
The Rainbow Fish Play Dough Activity
The Rainbow Fish Play Dough Activity was inspired by the book The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister (affiliate link). This book is certainly one …
T is for Tiger Tea Party Story Retell
T is for Tiger Tea Party Story Retell activity involves bringing the story alive through sensory play. We created a sensory tub using various …
C is for Cotton Cloud Letter C Activity
C is for Cotton Cloud Letter C Activity is an activity that was inspired by the book Little Cloud by Eric Carle. It is …
Car Craft Activity for Kids
This simple car craft activity for kids provides the opportunity for so much fun and learning. Firstly, making a car craft can be used …
Play Dough Dinosaur Printing
Play Dough Dinosaur Printing: “Stomp Chomp, Big Roars, Here Come the Dinosaurs!” I absolutely love the name of this book by Kaye Umansky and …
Learning to Count Activity
Books are a wonderful way of exploring and learning about a new concept. It provides as an introduction and also an extension of the …
Old Mac Donald Had a Farm Sensory Box
Old Mac Donald had a Farm is a favourite nursery rhyme in our house at the moment and we have read (and sang) …
Learning Colours – Orange
Come play and learn with the colour ORANGE, we have lots of activities and play ideas! As part of our Learning Colours Series here on …
We’re Going on a ‘Teddy’ Bear Hunt
We’re going on a ‘Teddy’ bear hunt…….I’m not scared! We have a gorgeous book which comes with a CD that tells the story of …
Where is the Green Sheep?
We have a long list of favourite children and toddler books in our collection and one of them that we never get bored with …
How to help Children Develop a Love for Reading?
Developing a love for reading in the early years is a lifelong lasting gift on so many levels. Not only in an imaginative sense …
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