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16 page PDF Early Years Transition booklet It includes various activities for children to do at home or in nursery prior to moving into a school nursery or reception class. Activities all encourage children to think about their new school and discuss it with a grown up. Some give space for children to draw their ideas or colour in, alongside key questions for adults to ask them as they complete the activity. There are some pages for guided discussion such as around what they may do in their new setting, and discussion of the child’s feelings. There are 5 pages of tips for parents on how they can support their children to have a good transition experience too and how to prepare their children for school. This would work as a document to send home for families to complete, or to do some in nursery and send the tips home to parents.

Everything you need for Pancake Day literacy! After children have watched a pancake being made (in real life or on a video) they will use the resources to write ingredients lists, order the steps and write instructions. This resource fully editable and includes: Pancake recipe booklet - instruction writing template Photos of each step of making a pancake for children to cut out and stick on to their recipe booklet or ordering sheet How to make a pancake- picture and step ordering activity Pancake ingredients list Write your own pancake ingredients list Pancake Day word mat The resource could cover multiple literacy lessons and/or can be used for differentiation. Children will need the printed resource, pencils, scissors and glue. For a free ‘design a pancake’ sheet to accompany this resource please see: /teaching-resource/design-a-pancake-sheet-pancake-day-12481053

4 differentiated writing tasks for Early Years EYFS around the theme of Easter and Spring. Design and describe an Easter egg (2 x differentiations) Label a chick (2 x differentiations) Write a sentence to describe an Easter or Spring picture Write a word to describe an Easter or Spring picture Folding books so children can write their own Easter or Spring stories in provision or lesson time

14 Phase 2 phonics activity sheets giving opportunities for reading and writing of initial sounds, CVC words and sentences. There is also opportunities to demonstrate understanding of what the child has read. Several activities are differentiated. Activities include: Read and colour - graphemes Read a colour- common exception words Say and write initial sounds Read and match to the picture - CVC words Read and match to the picture -Simple sentences Read and match to the picture - Slightly more tricky sentences Read and draw - CVC words Read and Draw- simple sentences Spell- CVC words It is all Christmas themed with bright pictures and simple-to-read font. Can be used as individual worksheets or the whole thing can be printed as a workbook. Children can write or use magnetic letters to complete the spelling activities. For matching Phase 2 flashcards and grapheme handwriting cards see /teaching-resource/resource-12610872 For lots of practical Early Years ideas follow me on Instagram @LittleWildLearners

This pack includes 2 x 5 days (2 weeks) of planning for subitising which includes: A small group or whole class input each day Group or individual task each day Differentiation 3 ways where appropriate Resource list each day Planning for the child initiated provision so children can practise their skills 1 home learning task The pack also includes all the digital resources needed to carry out the planning- Interactive whiteboard slides and activities as well as printable activities. Resources include: Subitising cards (printable) for matching game, snap activity and Bingo. Bingo boards (printable) Tens frame introduction – interactive whiteboard slides Real world subitising activity – interactive whiteboard slides Number cards (printable) 2 x dice activity worksheets (printable) 1 x number shape worksheet (printable) tens frames (printable) dice game creative activity (printable) Printable note to parents explaining the home learning task You will also need access to items which are not included: Number shapes such as Numicon Dice Counters Chalk Paints Game Selection of board games The inputs and activities are suitable for young children and consist of a range of practical activities as well as a couple of work sheet style tasks. Printable resources are designed so that they can be used during an adult led task but also left in the provision for children to access independently later to practise their skills.

Dinosaur themed home learning tasks for Nursery or Reception (Early Years) There are a total of 18 activities that can easily be done at home split over two sheets. Activities are practical using items children will have at home. There are key questions to guide parents delivering the activities at home. The activities are topic based. They cover all areas of the EYFS curriculum. There are art projects, research ideas, movement, imaginative etc. There aren’t really stand alone phonics or number activities but these subjects are addressed in other activities e.g. where writing, stories, counting, size or measuring weights are involved. Originally made for Covid school/ bubble closures and where children were asked to complete 3 tasks a week, however, it could be easily used as a half termly or termly home learning sheet where children complete one task a week or similar. This can also be used as a basis for activity planning for the topic or used by support or cover staff.

18 Space themed home learning tasks for Nursery or Reception (Early Years) There are a total of 18 activities that can easily be done at home split over two sheets. Activities are practical using items children will have at home. There are key questions to guide parents delivering the activities at home. The activities are topic based. They cover all areas of the EYFS curriculum. There are art projects, research ideas, movement, imaginative etc. There aren’t really stand alone phonics or maths activities but these subjects are touched upon in other activities too e.g. where writing, stories or shapes are involved. There are several activities which cover ‘Understanding the world’ (science). Originally made for Covid school/ bubble closures and where children were asked to complete 3 tasks a week, however, it could be easily used as a half termly or termly home learning sheet where children complete one task a week or similar. This can also be used as a basis for activity planning for the topic or used by support or cover staff.

A great resource for an independent play dough making activity used in Reception (though could be used with children of other ages). I modeled how to make the play dough to my class, then the children accessed it themselves. I gave as little help as possible. Children make own play dough regularly. This allows fantastic mathematical language, teamwork, communication and problem solving skills. This pack includes: recipe slides which can be used on the board to demonstrate to the children what they need to do, then be printed to create a recipe book. Recipe is written as simply as possible (higher ability Reception children should be able to read it) and represented in pictures too. All measurements are in cups or spoonfuls so the children can measure out themselves. Design a play dough creation writing/ drawing/ labeling sheet Ingredients list writing task sheet. Challenge sheet for continuous provision Teacher notes and planning (including scoop sizes etc. so you can resource the activity so the recipe works!) EYFS areas covered within this resource : PSED Communication and language (following instructions, communicating ideas e.g. how to crack an egg) Physical development Reading writing Shape, space and measure

EYFS Valentine’s Day celebration activities inc. mud kitchen, maths, literacy, art Continuous provision ideas and activities for Valentine’s Day with all printable resources included. Activity booklet includes Printable mud kitchen recipes Play dough recipe and challenge prompts Valentines addition activity Heart shape hunt, sort and count activity I love you writing and PSED task Colour mixing prompt Everything you need to celebrate Valentine’s Day with your Early Years children (age 3-5 recommended).

A simple sheet to print. Children will find items that match the colour on the sheet and stick them on using tape or glue. Used in EYFS as a forest school/outdoor learning task. For more inspiration for outdoor learning in EYFS and beyond, follow me on Instagram @LittleWildLearners

Outdoor learning planning for the book Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers. Suitable for EYFS or KS1. Lots of opportunities to get outdoors and active to develop children’s literacy skills and understanding of the book.

10 writing prompts- these are pictures, which can be coloured in, with lines for a sentence to be written underneath describing the picture. These are suitable for children working at Phase 3 - 5 phonics. 1 sheet for reading opportunities aimed at Phase 3 readers. Children read the sentence and cut out the corresponding picture and stick it next to the sentence. Halloween themed.

Mini beast (bugs, insects) themed home learning tasks for Nursery or Reception (Early Years)There are a total of 18 activities that can easily be done at home split over two sheets. I ask children to select 3 per week to complete but you could suggest more. Activities are practical using items children will have at home. There are key questions to guide parents delivering the activities at home. The activities are topic based. They cover all areas of the EYFS curriculum. There are art projects, research ideas, movement, imaginative etc. There are a couple of stand alone phonics/ maths activities and these subjects are addressed in other activities e.g. where writing, stories, patterns are involved. Originally made for Covid school/ bubble closures and where children were asked to complete 3 tasks a week, however, it could be easily used as a half termly or termly home learning sheet where children complete one task a week or similar. This can also be used as a basis for activity planning for the topic or used by support or cover staff.

Autumn themed home learning tasks for Nursery or Reception (Early Years)There are a total of 18 activities that can easily be done at home split over two sheets. Activities are practical using items children will have at home. There are key questions to guide parents delivering the activities at home. The activities are topic based. They cover all areas of the EYFS curriculum. There are art projects, research ideas, imaginative etc. There aren’t really stand alone phonics or number activities but these subjects are addressed in other activities e.g. where writing, stories, counting or measuring are involved. Originally made for Covid school/ bubble closures and where children were asked to complete 3 tasks a week, however, it could be easily used as a half termly or termly home learning sheet where children complete one task a week or similar. This can also be used as a basis for activity planning for the topic or used by support or cover staff.

2 weeks of maths activities home learning tasks for Nursery or Reception (Early Years). The focus is on Number (numeral) recognition and counting skills. There are a total of 18 activities that can easily be done at home split over two sheets. Children can choose to do 1 per day to complete but you could suggest more. Activities are practical using items children will have at home. There are key questions to guide parents delivering the activities at home. There is an additional sheet of guidance for parents to assist them to support maths learning at home. activities for children support for parents Originally made for Covid school/ bubble closures and where this provided 2 weeks f activities, however, it could be easily used as a half termly or termly home learning sheet where children complete one task a week or similar. This can also be used as a basis for activity planning for the topic or used by support or cover staff.

18 Jungle themed home learning tasks for Nursery or Reception (Early Years) There are a total of 18 activities that can easily be done at home split over two sheets. Activities are practical using items children will have at home. There are key questions to guide parents delivering the activities at home. The activities are topic based. They cover all areas of the EYFS curriculum. There are art projects, research ideas, movement, imaginative etc. There are no stand alone phonics or number activities but these subjects are touched upon in other activities e.g. where writing, stories or patterns are involved. Originally made for Covid school/ bubble closures and where children were asked to complete 3 tasks a week, however, it could be easily used as a half termly or termly home learning sheet where children complete one task a week or similar. This can also be used as a basis for activity planning for the topic or used by support or cover staff.

18 Spring themed home learning tasks for Nursery or Reception (Early Years) There are a total of 18 activities that can easily be done at home split over two sheets. Activities are practical using items children will have at home. There are key questions to guide parents delivering the activities at home. The activities are topic based. They cover all areas of the EYFS curriculum. There are art projects, research ideas, cooking, movement, imaginative etc. There are no stand alone phonics or number activities but these subjects are touched upon in other activities e.g. where writing, stories or patterns are involved. Originally made for Covid school/ bubble closures and where children were asked to complete 3 tasks a week, however, it could be easily used as a half termly or termly home learning sheet where children complete one task a week or similar. This can also be used as a basis for activity planning for the topic or used by support or cover staff.

A Christmas themed resource to support teaching repeating patterns (2 and 3 repeats) Power point activity for the interactive whiteboard where children need to complete the repeating patterns. They will develop the skills to identify, describe and continue patterns, Differentiated cut and stick activity where children can then independently complete repeating patterns and also make their own. Children will practise the skills to identify, describe and continue patterns, The cutting also develops fine motor skills. The patterns have pictures missing both at the end and in the middle and the resources include patterns with 2 and 3 repeats.

Frozen themed tens frame for use in early maths.